The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-02
VALLEYHEAD IS
 VERY PROSPEROUS Mountain Scenery is Full of
 Grandeur DEkALB'S BRIGHT FUTURE Lahoosaee, New Mining Town. Is Developing RapidIy-Lookout
 Mountain Offers an Ideal
 Health Resort.
BY FRANK V. EVANS.

Valley Head July l.-tSpeclalJ-AS a. sure cure for pessimsism df such dis ease affects any Alabamian) your cores pendent prescribes or suggests visit to Wills valleys and to the mountains on each side thereof Just at this season of the year, for here the patient must find sure relief If his eyes be not too dim to see this beautiful spot, his body not too weak to inhale this exhllerating atmosphere, his mind not too slow to comprehend this magnificent industrial development in ag- riculture, horticulture, mining and manu- featuring, or his heart and soul too poo- and cast down to appreciate the glorious wealth vouchsafed to theis section of the south by the hand of Providence.
 As the name indicates Valley Head is quite near the upper end of Little Wills Valley, and not very far from the line which divides this state and Georgia It Is in DeKalb county. It Is not new town in years, having existed long before the Alabama Great Southern railroad found it's way through this rich section of the state. In fact Valley Head was prom inently identified with the promotion and construction of this great railroad, or with the Chattanooga and Wills Valley road, as it was once called, having furn- ished much of the capital used in it's con- struction: also its first president, the late Colonel Paine who in his life time did so much for the early development of this section, and so much to attract attention to It's wonderful resources.
 Is Strong White County.
 The county of DeKalb is one of the strong white counties of the state. It has today a registered voting population of 4500, which classes it about sixth in real political strength in the state. It is one of the older counties, having been carved out of the last Cherokee section from the district attached to St. Clair by an act of the legislature dated January 9, 1886. It was named in honor of Major General De- Kalb of the colonial rebellion of 1776. It's area is 725 square miles.
 The county is mountainous, with long and narrow valleys, and replete with TO- mantle scenery. The soil Is very pro- ductive in the valleys and on the hills, and peculiarly we'll adapted to farming in all branches.
 Baron DekaIb.
 Baron DeKalb Brewer tells us, was native of the German province of Alsace, which at that time belonged to France. He served with much credit under Fred erlck the Great, by whom he was knight cd and afterwards entered the French
 
 Fayette to the American commissioners, and resigned the position of brigadier gem eral to accompany Lafayette to the colonies in TIT. He was at once made a major general and served in New Jersey until ordered south in 17s0. He was nor tally wounded at the battle of Camden August is. 17S0
 So much for the great man In whose honor our own DeKalb county is named, n,,I =, aAAo and rrId should know.
 If for a long time DeKalb county was isolated by the absence of commercial re- lations, it. is rot so now, for the Alabama Great Southern railroad passes through almost the entire length of the county for forty-one miles, and it's natural ad vantages having become fairly open to in- spectors. development has begun in earn est in this county.
 Besides the rich agricultural lands of Kalb, these mountains are full of coal and iron, and today the miner is vigorously at work Timber and stone for construction work are abundant. while there are irn- mense deposits of kaolin, of other clays and of sand
 Development in the County.
 At Battelle, at Porterville, at Lahoosage and other points development is the
  uries are yielding up their great wealth to the energy and ingenuity of man.
 The readers need not be surprised to see within few years this great valley a perfect hive of industry with thousand whistles awaking the echo from Attalla to the Georgia line. It Is coming
 And then too, the surface. With soil so fertile and a climate so superb adapt ed to agricultural pursuits, to fruit-grow- ing and to truck gardening, these valleys and these hills and mountains are an- rually yielding rich reward to the capital, the energy and the labor of rapidly in- creasing population.
 Mayor Anderson's Home. Here at Valley Head is Winston Place." the beautiful country home of Major F. Y. Anderson and family and where they annually spent the heated term and where happiness in family life and proverbial hospitality reign supreme. Major Anderson not only enjoys the de- lightful comfort of his farm home which is a model of perfection. but upon the fields and In the gardens which surround him he Is demonstrating every year the possibilities of the section for farming, fruit-raising. gardening and stock raising. ---~---------------~--~-