The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-19

istic name tho red man rave to the valley.
 This Italian villa, in the fastnesses of Talladega County. 10 not without its present day romance. The gracious and altogether charming chateleine or Chinnabes Lodge. is a bride When Giuseppi Moretti found the white mar ble he had been seeking :,ere in Pal ladeea County. he decided that this should De his home. He put his house in order Then he went away to Bos- ton and claimed his life partner, who had pledged her troth to him several years ago under the soft Tuscan skies when she was studying music at Ma ples. The wedding was In last Novem- ber
 Mrs. Moretti Is a niece of John D. Long, some time secretary of our Navy Department She is possessed of the ar tistic temperament. Is an accomplished musician, has travelled extensively and being In the fullest sympathy with the life work of her distinguished hus- band, Is enthusiastic in her praise of this Talladega marble.
 The romance which had it's beginning in Sunny Italy, eliminated in Boston. Here in this beautiful valley of Ala bama, with their retirue of Italian ser wants, their priceless paintings. books and statuary about them. within easy access of the city, life Is "one grand sweet song," perfect poem of happi- nes for Mir. and Mrs. Moretti
 Plans for quarrying here in Talla- dega Valley are being pushed forward as rapidly as possible by the Talladega Marble Company, Cottages are being built for the workmen and a village Is springing up about the beds of marble. Already two Italian families are here or ChannetlnR machines and other expensive nachin- cry are on the way and the marble has been uncovered Mir. Moretti has gone to New York to complete plans for developing the marble.
 PIans for New Quarry.
 The company which has $360,00O cap- itaI stock. purchased 300 acres here on what is known as the Mckenzie place. Twenty miles further down the valley and near Sylacauga the company owns Hurd quarry which is to be operated later on. The business affairs at Mo Kenzie quarry are In charge of Rfch- ard Peters, Jr., a sun-burned young man of Philadelphia. who is just out of college. He Is Swarthmore man, a nephew of Henry M. Atkinson and an agreeable young fellow who has come to Alabama to work his way. MT. Peters has become deeply interested in Alabama marble. He believes that the
 business is just beginning and that m
 time it will be one of Alabamas most important industries.
 It is proposed to operate two quar- ries in the Mckenzie place. From one of these, which is already uncovered, marble of beautiful light blue and dark blue, solid colors, will be taken. The other quarry. about 300 yards dis tant, is what MT. Moretti calls his S, xrtHar hn perfect white marble in the world Is l found. It breaks up through an old field in the valley where for many years corn was planted. Great bould- CTS of the white marble with its ex- posed edges chisei1ed away lie glisten- | ing in the sunlight. MT. Moretti be- lieves that there are miles and miles of this white marble up and down the valley.
 When one realizes that the minimum price for rough blocks of white mar bie is s2 a cubic foot and that finished | white marble sells for s6 a cubic foot the value of these marble beds will be | more fully appreciated.
 Like the Alabama White Marble Com pany whose quarries are near Sylacau- ga, the Talladega Marble Company will ship most of It's marble blocks in | the rough to the finishing mills of the North, but a finishing mill will al , so be operated here. And here Giu. seppi Moretti will have his studio Here he will resume his artistic career here he will model. design and breathe | life into Alabama marble. Alabama will have her Phidias. Giuseppi Mo retti has already aroused the interest of the world in Alabama marble b, his Head of Christ" one of the prize | takers at the St. Louis exposition. II