The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04
NEW TRAIN SERVICE
MONTGOMERY WILL BE GREATLY
 BENEFITED.
Under Proposed Schedule Citizens of TaIIadega Cam Come to Capital in Morning and Return Home
 nt Might.

Talladcga, Feb. s.-( Special. )--Be- ginning Sunday, February II, Taliadega long desired. On that date the Ala bama Mineral division of the Louis- vile and Nashville Railroad will be- gin the operation of double daily pas senger service between Anniston and Calera. thus making 1t possible to go to Montgomery and return the. same day. The new train going south will pass Talladega at 2 a. m. and on the re- turn will arrive here at S:30 p. nl..
 The Talladega Cordage Company IFS the name of new enterprise organileo in ,Tsmli,a3dega this week pse of ioeai men. will own the new plant ana oegin the erection of brick building oyxl4V next week. The. mill will manufacture cotton rope and kindred products,
 The Title Guarantee and Trust Com pany of Atlanta has made another pur- chase of Talladega County marble, tnis time purchasing the Hurd quarries, SIX teen miles southwest of the city, Tor $25000. few days ago the same com pany invested s12,500 in marble prop The farmers institute continued through the day with good attend ance ,.
 an interesting illustrated lecture on the diseases of cattle last night. This morning Prof. R. s. Mackintosn of Auburn was called on for Ialk o1 | the value of growing pecans, He sald aroma homes and on good land The improved varieties, such as the Stuarl Van Deman, Pabst and other standaro trees, should be used. hese varieties may cost more than seeding trees, put when they come Into bearing, you know what to expect in size ana quaiss ! ity of nuts. The pecan should De useo | as garden and street shade tree. Wny not let the future boys and girls get, | besides the useful shade, yaluaole | fruit product Other topics discussed l by Professor Macintosh was the plant | ing of peach, apple and pear orcharus. | Te put especial stress on the peach as a vehicle for profitable industry. .ho Frank N. Evans, representing the | Immigration and Industrial Associatlon l of Alabama. was one of the speakers at the morning session. MT evans ans State and the. lack of labor. not only | in Alabama but in other Soutnern States. He showed the possibility - 9i 9i of the achievements already won in this respect. and of the prospect ,i 9I bringing still more. to this State. HIS populated: that. there should be m, no | unused tillable lands: and pointed out clearly how to induce foreign white ~ The immigration and Industrial |, As As sociation which Mir. Evans, under com missioner Ross c. Smith,, represents Is supported entirely by tne ths teh shseact a,.r | of any appropriation by the State for this purpose, and Is doing good work as is demonstrated by the fact Sn,e tnat Ine 1 has increased three-fold since the end l of the last fiscal year. June Soth'
 Alfred Gaskill. of the Forest Service of inc Department of Agriculture Washington. spoke at the morning ses- sion He proposes to spend the montr of February in Aa6aama, c,I,e SpeaH,inI p,erc,aI or. @ ganizations. Ills purpose Is to point | out the value and importance or tns flores reserves of the state. The SUD. twenty five per cent. of the land In tnt State Is in cultivation. though tne | whole of 1t may be made productive n 1 inc poorer lands are devoted to thf The iumhering industry is one of th' | most important in thN State, but tn' end is in sight, unless measures ar'
 promptly taken to perpetuate the tor
 ests There are two ways of develop
 Ing. resources. One by using them ul as is done with minerals, the other U
 by perpetuating them. through carefu | and gystematic use and development
 The Forests.
 The Southern States now furnish
 large part of the country's lumber. an
 may continue to do so If the prope
 means are taken MT. Gaskil tnink
 the State of Alabama should enact leg 7eg
 rester and Forest Commission. n n
 Commercial and Industrial Assoclatio
 with Headquarters at Montgonery, ,.il nii ii
 taken up the subject, .and MT. GaSKlii
 will go there on a visit this montn'
 Q meeting Is arranged.
 The United States government !
 now co-operating with several state
 on this important subject, finding tn
 needs that proper steps may De saKe
 for the preservation of the forests.
 Among the attendants at the Insti
 ute. was Prof C.. R. Hudson. Agrieni
 turaIist at the Fourth District , aer,
 nanied by his class. The meeting
 have been we'll attended, Talladegi
 Calhoun. Clay. Shelby, Coosa ana D 1 S,iair nn,,ntins heinz rapreSented.