The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-01

ssS 5Sy and an 1Sey ave o. aed H's entirely
their own. The peculiarly Of their ~ !,
es fSnsss ee w9G hs or wn whe GM
derles the Gossan iron ores, has q large
amount or sulphur so intimately b u, far
With the iron rs to make IT unnt ipr
purposes OF fluxlng into pig Iron. by inc
herreschoff process this sulphur IL sep
nratcd from the iron and converted into
acid, while the residue OF iron ore. thus
deprived OF It's sulphur, can be used III
blast furnaces for making merchantablc
metal. ~,
The Importance of this enterprise will
be understood when i Is stated that there
are in Pulaski and Carroll counties mil
lions upon millions of tons OF the mundic
ore, there being one field of 1t some two
miles wide by thirty miles long.
The next largest undertaking OF the
year was that OF the Pulaski Iron Com
pany. This company not only spent large
n n but also pSIre ha for $1,000 the
ton estate Immediately adjoining the
town. en- THIS property they have opened
not two miles away-haye built a railrohd,
sunk artesan wells, constructed washers
and buddles, and are now getting out
Their Expenditures along tho lines indl-
Gated must have been close on to 100000
In lumbIer.ns milling, mereha 4,
various business, Pulaski has had the
most prosperous year in her history.
There have been erected numerous
those built by w. q. seagle, e. G. Bar
tee John Howard, the Trolinger-Price
Hardware Company and Others, ut prices
varying from 5000 to $1,000 , Whii leo. o,
have been more than q hundred yet, SO
much has the population increased, and
so great is the demand for places of
abode, that there is not n vacant dwelling
house In the town nor any unoccupied
rooms that can be used for family pur-
poses.
OF handsome residences there have been
a number constructed, such as those OF
X. r. Hannah. Joseph Eckman, Fl. l..
Trolnger and others. costing, with i'm
provements on the grounds, from $1,000 to
$4,000
Municipality the town has also pros
pered. This is due in large measure to
It's dispensary. Something more than
u year ago a majority OF the voters OF
the town decided that as long as so
many citizens insisted on drinking liquor
and spent their money at blind tigers"
in the towns and with barkeepers In
other towns. they would try the enects
OF n dispensary. The control OF the
business was put in the hands OF some
of the most prominent business men OF
the town, and the management was un-
dertaken by Or. j. w. Holmes, man or
property and for many years n physician
in active practice.
The business done the frst year was
s5o,792.54. The net profit yas S14,530.s9
of which one-eighth went to the State.
The proceeds Of the dispensary are used
on sidewalks and streets. There nave
been constructed four iron bridges. about
1900 square yards of grdno!thic side
walks, and number of yards OF sewers.
AS TO the moral features of the dis
pensary. few figures will prove instruc-
tive. Pulaski was formerly infested with
blind tigers" An inspection of the rec
ords of Pulaski county shows that, be-
ginning with the year 1892 there were.
prior TO the establishment of the. dis
pensary, indictments made as follows
Felonies. "A; misdemeanors 23s, and of
these misdemeanors ZIG were for Illegal
year of the operation of the dlspensary
there were the following indictments:
Feionies. u: misdemeanors. 2, and none
for Illegal sale OF intoxcants. These
figures are official. The reader can draw
his own conclusions.
1t would seem, then. that, both mate
rally and morally, 1906 has been the
bes. year in the history of pulaski.