The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-18
Plants of the City Operating on
Full Time
HAS BIG COUNTRY TRADE
Little Is Found Guilty of Shooting
President Sweeney of Blue Creek.
Other News of 6es-
semer.

the iron and steel center of the world
the success of an industry will be largely
measured by its proximity to Red noun
tain, the heart Of the ore field, said the
pesl informed captain of industry In Ala
bama Bessemer, located within rifle
shot of an abundant supply of iron. ore,
COAL dolomite and water, is an example
of the ideal site for Industries that are
and that may be.
With every plant in the city operating
on full time except two blast furnaces.
with another large furnace soon to go
into blast with its excellent railroad IA
ellities with bright prospects for a large
steel plant, another pipe works and sew
| eral other industries, and its public
spirited citizens Bessemer is destined to
be the manufacturing center of this great
district.
At the present time there is hardly a
city in the south where there is a more
pronounced activity than in the Marvel
CITY, 1t Is conservatively estimated that
| there are more than 200 houses In the
course of construction In this city today
! This is not confined to any special part
of the town but is noted in almost every
section.
With every trunk line running into this
district having Bessemer as a terminal
point, the city has as good railroad rates
DIS dig OlHeT CITY Oh lLS size IN the cOun-
try.
The new waterworks system. where
! by Bessemer secures one of the best and
purest water supplies in the country, is
something that should commend itself
/ to every prospective citizen of this city.
The water is pumped from Hawkins
| spring, the largest in the country to a
reservoir on Red mountain, which has
a capacity of over 100000 gallons. The
Waterworks company offers a special rate
to all manufacturing plants.
As a residence city Bessemer offers
every indueement With its splendid pub
lie school system, broad, macadamized
! street, concrete sidewalks, shade trees,
sewerage systems handsome churches
and hourishing fraternal orders, the city
/ approaches the IDEAL
Here in the midsummer, the aeknowl-
edged dull season of the year, the Mar
! vel City from every indication Is on the
verge of great things industrially. The
! Tennessee company is overhauling furn-
aces numbers l and 2, the only plants
/ in the Bessemer division standing idle.
and making every preparation to relght
the two large iron plants.
Bessemer has one of the largest eoun-
try trades of any city in the Alabama
mineral district. 1t lies in close prox-
unity to one of the richest agricultural
districts in the country. This is eynced
/ by the several rural free delivery routes
running out of this city, which submit
! the best reports of any other routes In
the district.
i The Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land COM
i pany is offering an attractive proposition
/ to prospective investors In Bessemer prop
! erty to accept stock of the company in
payment Of lots sold, at 40 cents ON the
dollar
Little Found Guilty.
ON the reeonvenlng of the Bessemer city
4 10, ha that "a hea11
/ out all night on the case of the State
VS. o. A. Little, brought In "A verdict of
guilty as charged in the Indictment"
Little was charged with shooting Pres
ident Sweeney Of the United Mine Work.
ers' local at Blue Creek,
Case Is Argued and Submitted.
c. H. Odel attorney for the receiver
l=of the Bessemer Savings Bank returner
this morning from Natchez, Miss, where
he has been representing the receiver in
the case of the Receiver of the Bessemer
Savings bank VS. former stockholders of
| the bank
The case was argued and submitted to
the chancellor of the Mississippi cham
! Gerry court A decision is expected In the
| next ten days The case will doubtless
be carried to the higher court regardless
| of the decision.
The receiver is seeking to recover $4,000,
the amount by the original stockholders
of the defunct bank by Captain I. j.
| Cornwell.
City Officials to Attend Services.
The present mayor and board of alder
men, the mayor and board-elect and all
| of the city officials have been invited to
| attend services at the First Methodist
church Sunday night for the purpose of
| hearing a special sermon by the Rev.
| Theodore Copeland, who is conducting the
| revival. The officials have expressed
/ their willingness to accept the invitation
| and 1t Is probable that they will all be
present tomorrow night.
Sunday School Convention.
The Bessemer district Sunday school
convention will meet at the First Meth
| odlst church in this city ON Sunday MORN
| ing, June 25 An interesting programme
has been arranged, including addresses
| by a number OF Sunday school workers.
Personal and General.
| The Rev Frank Wear will preach at
the First Cumberland Presbyterian church
at the morning and evening services
! Sunday
Ernest Britain. son of the Rev j. L.
| Britain, who was operated on few
days ago for appendicitis is much I'M
proved
Billy Reynolds was operated ON for
| appendioitis at the Hilman hospital,
| Birmingham today.
The condition or A. b. Andrews, who
has been quite III for the past several
DAVIS remains unimproved.
| Mrs E. l.. Huey and little daughter left
| today for Lookout mounatin. where they
| ~, on aeenuut Of the III health of the