The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-07
LETTERS EXPRESS
HIGH APPRECIATION
FINANCE COMMITTEE OF STORY OF
COAL AND IRON REPORTS MUCH
INTEREST SHOWN IN DIsTRIBU-
TION OF THE HISTORY

A meeting of the finance committee on
1.-THE story of Coal and Iron" was held
at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
morning at II o'clock Among those pres
emf were Mai. E. NJ. Tutwiler, chairman;
George B. Mccormack, Paschal Shook and
Frank Nelson, Jr Several letters In rel
erence to the history were read, among
them the following from DR.. George Lit
t,e secretary of the Tuscaloosa board Of
trade:
Tuscaloosa, May 2, 1910.
Joseph B. Babb, Secretary Chamber OF
Commerce., Birmingham:
Dear Sir-I inclose copy of resolution
adopted by the directors of the Iusca-
loosa board of trade April 2s, 1910:
Resolved, That The Story Of Coal
and Iron in Alabama" by Miss Ethel
Armes, contains much valuable and in
teresting matter about Tuscaloosa county,
and is heartily recommended to those OF
our citizens interested In the mineral de-
velopment Of our county, 80 rich In all the
materials for the production of iron, and
having within it's borders the total thick
ness of all the coal measures Of the War
TlOr coal uelQb, do ">hi Ole al e'o J~~'
round access by six-foot channel In the
Warrior river to the Gulf of Mexico
One of the objects of the Birmingham
committee Is to have 1.-The Story of Coal
and IRON brought to the notice OF u1e
leading business men Of every city In
Alabama In the manner adopted by the
Tuscaloosa board of trade, and DR.. Lit
ties action is MICH appreciated.
Paschal Shocks letters to- prominent
men in Tennessee have resulted In ma
terially assisting the committee in lifting
the cost price of the book. Five hundred
dollars has been raised by this commit
tees efforts, assisted by Secretary Babb
within the past few weeks.
The firm of Hickman, Williams d Co.,
through their Birmingham representative
T. l.. Powell, has expressed a practical
interest in the work, as have several Of
the railroads, banks and realty companies
of the south. s. E. Thompson, Stephen
Smith, l. C. Beatty, }. D. Gibson, Rob-
ert Jemison, Jr., and M. p Messer are
among the heads of local real estate COM
panies interested. Among others respond
ing to the Chamber of Commerce circular
letters are: J. B. McClary. j. r. Smith,
Jr.. r. 8. Munger, Otto Marx, J. D. o..
Davis, A. H. Ford. Birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company, John H.
Frye, ]. L. Edwards. Morris 4 der, D. r.
Turnbul, T. H. Motion, Jamcs A. Woods
]. r. OHara, Jr., N. w. Trimble, Joseph
Fl. Thompson, Nashville Trust company,
Nashville; East Pratt Coal company, sib-
ley Bros Coal company, H. A. Lockhart'
T. G.. Berents, DIR. Felix Tarrant, Totten
& Oil, Meade & Huey, D. II. Brown, j.
r. McWane.
Two letters Of particular interest have
been received from DR.. John A. Wyeth,
the author Of the Life Of General For
rest" and president of the Academy OF
Medicine of New York, in which he
states his interest in 1.-The Story Of Coal
and Iron," saying:
Everything which pertains to my ma
| tive state appeals to me, and ON proud
of the enterprise which she has shown
in the development of her marvellous re-
sources" And in his letter OF May
to the author, DIR. Wyeth says: II am still
| engaged in reading your book about Ala.
DANA ana tS HiiHci"i "ooi''' "S "e
scription of the battle of Selma Is excel
lent l know of nothing more difficult tt
describe than a battle scene. The sor
of Gen. Eli Long, who was SO desperately
wounded at Selma. is now here In New
York, and is q member Of the Academy
of Medicine. A letter from John With
erspoon DuBose. author Of THE Life Of
Yancey," has also been received In which
Dr. DuBose says: The Story of Goa
and Iron in Alabama 10 distinct ant
unique contribution to the permanently
valuable literature of Alabama, and Of
the entire Industrial world"
number OF practical suggestions were
presented by Mr.. Mccormack which vii
be followed during the next few weeks
and agents will be put in the field al
over the state. e.