The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-01-10


cleanest town on the line OF the Ala
bana Great Southern Railroad between
Birmingham and Chattanooga.
who made 1t would renowned? Well,
once upon u time there dweit up IN :
England a lot of princes of wonderruI
thrift: But these good princes. after
while grew weary Of investing their lucre
at 10 per cent and said among Them
selves. we will HE us away to the Sunny
land of Alabama where the women are
still knitting socks for the awful Con-
federate soldiers and the men are mourn-
ing the death of Thomas Jefferson, and
we viii create us a principality that shall
be the wonder and admiration Of world.
so In the course OF time they journey
ed to Alabama and came to the land OF
DeKalb and pitched their tents IN the
city of Fort Payne, over against the
mountains of Lookout And the land
was theirs and the fuilness thereof.
And they built furnaces and steel
mills and coke ovens, and stove and other
kinds of foundries. and asphalt works
and woodenware factories, and hardware
and edge tool mills and pottery and fire
clay works. and planning mills, and furni-
ture factories, and built railroads. and
operated coal and ore mines, and erected
magnificent hotels and sanitariums. and
laid beautiful streets. and built palatiai
residences. And their stock, was in great
demand.
But 1t came to pass that though man
could tell a full stock from split ieath-
er shoe in Boston, yet he could not tell
the amount of silicon in a piece of iron
ore in Alabama, or know the exact pro-
cess of steel manufacture or the proper
mixture for stove plate and foundry cast
ings. And their stock was in less de-
mand
Now, about this time there arose great
discussions in the camps of the New
England folk and there was strife be-
tween the princes and their subjects. And
stocks fell again..
But though new princes were put in
authority. and a pathetic appeal made to
all loyal and disloyal subjects. the end
came as suddenly as the beginning. and
we are now trying to build the city up to
its former splendor.
wen succeed, too, and my grand chill
dren won't be voters when that time
comes either"
About Persons.
John NJ Caldwell of Admission is at the
Arlington.
R. T. Caldwell of Atlanta is at the
Hillman. . rs
49, IA
- n, fG Mt "a
Morris.
r. G. johnson OF Chattanooga is stop
pirg at the Arlington.
D. o'Reardon of New York is at the
Morris.
E. Kennedy of Cincinnati is at the
Arlington. -
J. Louis Clarke of New York is at the
Morris.
w. L. Hayward of New York is at the
Florence.
w. L. Amason of Macon is registered
at the Arlington.
B. f. Dryden of New Orleans is at the
Hillmaa.
E. H. Brown of Kansas City is at the
Morris.
A. E. Paxton of Louisville is at the
Morris. H4 ~
James L. Finch of Atlanta is at the
Florence.
Oscar S.. Miller of Newport, Pa, is at
the Metropolitan.
Henry McCalley of the University of
Alabama is at the Metropolitan.
A. w. Kaiser of Baltimore is at the
Hillman.
U. G. Reynolds of Indianapolis is at
the Metropolitan. -
Madame Nevada and her concert COM
pany are stopping at the Hillman. The
artists arrived yesterday afternoon.
B. C. Terrell of Tampa, Fla. is at the
Florence.
u a. NorriS VI 1yioHe, d., - a. eio
Metropolitan.
p. A. McPhillips of New York is at thu
Hillma2.
E. L. Reilly of New York is at the Hill
man.
A. ]. Morton and wife of Canton, o.,
are registered at the Hillman.
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