The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-15
THE NEWS OF SELMA
Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma AnriI i

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, April 14.
 Peacock's Iron Works, one of the largest industries of it's kind in the South, although considering induce out the South, has this week made an investment in this section of Alabama which will keep it in touch with Selma the next ten years.
 capitalist, G. H. Peacock and w. R. Peacock, the owners of Peacock's Iron Works, have purchased timber aggre- gating I2,0O0,00O feet in the vicinity of Demopolis and in Marengo and sum ter Counties. Ten years will be con- sumed in cutting the timber and the contracts made by the Messrs. Peacock and Farrier is made lasting ten years. A large sawmill near Demopolis is now in the course of construction by the Selma investors. A tram track from the Southern Railroad to the Tombigbee River in order that the company's traffic will have advantage of both rail and water. Other vast i'm proVementS will be made that will enlist much capital.
 This enterprise will be one of the most stupendous of its kind in Ala bama, and will mean an expenditure of d vast amount of money which cannot now be estimated.
 Pedcocks Iron Works, now located in this city, is making vigorous effort to find more advantageous location elsewhere, and in the course of the next few months may move its plant from Selma. The first information of this decision of the big industry was given in The Advertiser several weeks ago. Since then the firm has been of fered Inducements from forty-five cities which want the plant.
 Today the firm issued a circular of queries to the commercial bodies of the various bidding cities which per tained to the sites, terms and sundry advantages the cities can afford to offer the plant,
 The list of cities already bidding for the Peacock plant follows:
 Alabama, Alabama City, Birmingham Bessemer. Calera, Citronelle. New De- catur, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Pell City. Ragland, Sheffield, Tuscaloosa Arkansas, Fort Smith; Georgia. At lanta; Illinois, Chicago; Kentucky, Pa ducah Kansas, Independence; Louis jana, Shreveport; Maryland. Baltimore; Missouri, St. Louis; Mississippi. Green vile, Meridian. West Point; North Carolina, Asheville; New York. New York City. North Tonawanda, Ticonde- orago; Pennsylvania, Williamsport; south Carolina, Sumter; Tennessee, Bristol, Chattanooga, Memphis South Pittsburg, Nashville, Hartman; Vir- gnia Big Stone Gap, Newport News, Portsmouth, Waynesboro, Basic City; West Virginia, Wheeling, Parkersburg.
 Commercial selma Advertised.
 Did it ever occurto you that Selma is the center of the world?
 
 this city
 He viii tell you that Julian Smith, city engineer of Selma, recently made survey of the world. and found Dal- las metropolis to be in the center, with few degrees variance. According to MT. Brislin Montgomery. Birming gham and Atlanta. Ga, are some distance out of the way.
 If you want to seek the center of the world. come to Selma. So advises MT RriSlin.
 The discussion arose this morning when the pamphlet issued by the Selma Land and Immigration Company advertising its home city was circu lated on the streets.
 On the last page. of the pamphlet is globularly turned. At q glance it appears to be map of the world. There stands Selma in big black let ters by far the most conspicuous of all the towns and cities and it is right in the middle of the map. In looking at the map you would be just as justi fable in comparing a needles eye to a capital O as to compare Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlanta, Mobile. Pensa- cola, Chattanooga and Memphis with Selma.
 Coroner Brislin has good eyes. but his astonishment was so great to find without his spectacles that Selma was in the center of the world that he adjusted those valuable adjuncts to defective eyesight. He still wondered and he stil pondered. He is wonder ing and pondering yet.
 The pamphlet issued by the Immi- grafton Company is a splendid eXposi toin on paper of Selma and the Black broadcast throughout the United States.
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