The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-05
Data From Wany Quarters
 For St01y 0 C0aI And Iron

Truman Il. Aldrich, chairman Of the committee on publication of The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama by Miss Ethel Armes. left for Washington last evening, to be gone some two or three weeks.
 Regarding recent happenings of inter est in matters pertaining to the history Mr. Aldrieh said:
 MT J. s. B. Thompson, assistant t1 the president of the Southern railway, has just given Miss Armes some inter esting data relating to the Southern road. together with biographies of President rinley and the late Samuel B. Spencer
 "Hon. Oscar W. Underwood has within the past week. secured from the war de- partment some records pertaining to Col. T. L. White in command of the arsenal at Selma. As We have mentioned before Mr. Underwood also got for Miss Armes eata relating to the old Mount Vernon arsenal. direct from the office of tha adjutant general Of the United States army.
 "Dr. Eugene Smith sent me yesterday the photographs of the ruins of the Rob toy and Eagle forges in Talladegs coun- tx. One set is to be given to Dr. William 5. Philips who IS also a member of our committee.
 During the past few weeks there have leen frequent conferences with Mis- Armes at her residence on St. Charles street. South Highlands instead of at the Commercial club rooms as formerly. anu not only many of the leading factors in the Birmingham district, but several os the most prominent men in Georgia and in Tennssee have been lately in consulta- ton with Miss Armes.
 Maj. E. NJ Tutwiler. who is one of the strongest men of this district is now taking a great interest in this work, as ts also Mir. Erslxine Ramsay. Mir Webb Crawford, whose grandfather was one of the original projectors of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, has been preparing a brief biography of Mir. Cherry for use in the book. at our re- quest.
 Mrs. B. F. Moore and MT. William Morrow, Jr., are getting the data re- lating to Dr. Morrows work with the Ten nessee company. Mrs. Henry F. DeBar- 6eleben is most actively interested in the progress of the work, as is also Mrs. W. $. Lowell, and a number of other ladies, among whom are: Mrs. Oscar w. Underwood, Mrs. Giles Edwards, Mrs. T. T Hllman, Mrs. B. E. Grace, Mrs. Frank Fitch of Brierfield, daughter of J. Newton smith, Mrs. Horace Ware, Miss Mary Gordon Duffie. Miss Harris, Miss Me AIdle, secretary of the Corona Coal com p2ny; Miss Adelaide Maben, Miss Anne Paff and Miss Mary Noble of Anniston.
 Miss Noble sent last week, through Mir. John E. Ware, much additional in- formation relating to her brothers, the founders of the city of Anniston
 Miss Mary Kirkpatrick, the daughter .-f Mir. and Mrs. J. D. Kirkpatrick, Is lately assisting Miss Armes in the gather ing of certain information.
 MT. James Bowron, whose scrap books contain many interesting and important items in the history of the Tennessee company. has been kind enough to loan these books for refere nee to Miss Armes, and he has given personally an amount of information of great interest and value, SIS has also MT. John k. Ware.
 ''In fact" continued MT. Aldrich, 'the amount of material collected is. as I have stated before I believe, stupendous No known source has been left unsought h ,very leading county in the mineral belt