The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
CARDOVA ENJOYS
 MANY ADVANTAGES
TOWN HAS EXTENSIVE MINING OPERATIONS AND ONE OF THE LARGEST COTTON FACTORIES IN THE STATE.

Cordova. April 15,--(Special)-ln its combination of industries Cordova has a marked advantage over most of the other
 towns in the mineral district of Ala i bama
 Besides it's extensive and ever grow ! ing mining operations, Cordova has one
 of the largest and most important cot
 ton factories in the state and Is also
 in the midst of very fine agricultural
 section. Any one of these three indus
 tries would make the town prosperous.
 Two railroads, the Frisco and South
 ern, touch this point, giving 1t excep- l tional shipping advantages.
 Cordova has population. including the factory division of nearly 5000 people and is steadily growing Several new and important mines are being opened | nearby and four companies already uper- ate extensive properties.
 J. M. Miller is mayor of the town and
 the -ollowing gentlemen, as councimen. l help to administer the affairs of the mu-
 nicipality: G. w. Alexander clerk; A.
 M. Konkle. treasurer; w. M. Key, W. w. Stagg and r. NJ Harper. J. R. Da-
 vldson is marshal. J. P. Miller Is man. ager of the dispensary which was put 1 in operation the first of last January and Is doing good business
 A water works system for fire protec- tion has just been installed and water
 was turned on. last Monday. The sys-
 tenn has heavy water pressure and is 1 considered adequate to control any ordi-
 nary fire in the business section of the | town
 1 new coal company is being organized l to develop some valuable property near town This company will go down to the lower seam of coal known as the | Black Creek seam.
 Cordova has fine graded school with 300 pupils enrolled The school building is modern structure and a credit to the town. Professor John A. Miller is prin- cipal, and he Is ably assisted by Pro lessor w. M Gormey, Miss Underwood and Miss Moore in the several grades. | The Walker county teachers institute will meet here on April 2S and 29 | J. E. Hartley X Sons operate an exten- sive lumber business in the place. They came here from Ensley and have given l to Cordova one of it's most important industries. They have an abundance of good timber close at hand and deal in 1 rough and dressed lumber, turned and l scrooi work. They make a speciality of | mantels, doors, window frames and other builders material and have an extensive plant for such work
 The lnulan Head mills or Alabama were established here in 1S9S and it was greatly due to the enterprise and busi- ness foresight of the late Capt. B. M Long that this industry was secured for the town. He subscribed six hundred acres of land to the company. | 1t would not be amiss to step aside here to state that Cordova owes a great deal to Captain Long for the good he did his town during his long and useful life ' iF4a Ia 1f ..f.. ergy and vitality and worked up to the very year of his death for the interest of Cordova. His estate at the time of his death two years ago was considered the | largest in west Alabama
 | The Indian Head Mills company is cap- italized at sGO0,0O0 and employs GOO peo- pie. They operate 27,472 spindles and 952 | looms, and have q capacity of 12000 bales of cotton per year Scott MaxwelI is agent for the mills, W. M. Stokes pay master and J. H. Craig bookkeeper. Mr. | Craig is also operator and manager of
 the Postal Telegraph and Cable com pany, whose office is in the offices of the mills.
 | good quality of sheetings, drills and cotton fiannes are manufactured by the
 mills. which finds a ready market In China and other countries of the Orient
 The company has q good filtration plant and a reservoir of 100000 gallons ca pacity. furnishing pure water to the em- ] poyes. A new turbine pump with ca- paclty of 5000 gallons per hour has just been installed. This pump is driven by generator at the mills. The water is forced from the Warrior river. about a mile away. The houses of the operatives and the town are lighted by the compa- nys own electric plant.
 l A feature of striking interest in refer ence to these mills is the fact that they | operate their own coal mine, securing the fuel for their furnaces. The tpple ! from the mine dumps the coal at the door of the mill furnaces. Coal Is also supplied to the employees at very small cost.
 1 Cordova is one of the most interesting towns on the Frisco system and is grow l ing in importance every day.