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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04
BISHOP O'CONNELL BACK.
Relieved That tie Went to Rome on
Mission For Cardinal.

Bishop Dennis j. O'Connell, OF
Richmond, Va, arrived in Baltimore
last night from Europe, after hav-
ing visited Rome. II is believed that
he went there on special mission
for Cardinal Gibbons. They left Bal
timore together last summer for
Spring Lake. n. j., and when the
Cardinal returned to Baltimore the
Bishop went to Rome.
Bishop O'Connell went to the resi-
dcnce of the Cardinal after his arriv-
al here and they chatted for time.
The guest retire! early and they viii!
discuss their plans today
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04
TEARS Up LICENSE.
Young Man Puts Pieces of Document
on Clerks Desk

Gle. mother won't have it, mourn
|rrnv se1d Louis A. Fucker the sce0n$i
YESTERDAY, as he tore up the license
which half an hour before he had Sc
'cured from Col. kroll at the mar
riagc license desk at the City Han
Washington. He put the torn-nE
document before Col. Kroll and OF
rrrcd him a rose, having fortified
himself with ar armful Of the flowers
for presentation to Halle L. Tyler
the young woman he intended tf
=, briCc
pcn"' y from Ocean View, Va.
ming. was cement and con
the no tor. and showed 4 bus
III one 1that effect. He gave his
have no@three and that of his
the 10 fdc rs eighteen. Tucke'
ligh' known Miss Tyler ever
since sh>. was a small child.
MIR. Tucker sal! he was gradu'
\alffGr harvard, with good muS'ca
Judge BumCy had been Sc
Fe. the knot.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04

"a gunner was found
'undy after lying uncon-
G woods for twcnty-four
A self inflicted wound.
AVS served ut Rammers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04

Enricavorin~ to hurry jhc kjtchcn
hlo in preparation for The evening
mra,. Mrs. Antonio Iisk. Of Utica. \.
y. poured kerosene on to the stove
There was an explosion and she ran
a flaming torch into the street. Her
cIcthin@ was burncd from her body
and she will die The house was gut
led. and when the iremen entered the
kitchen they found Mrs. Zisks twin
babies. aged four. burned to a crisp.
\ nan Twin" on the second floor OF
,hr house was severely burned IN
resruinr his two daughters.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04

riilaaclnhia,-Dr. Dixon isa''ed =
warning to parent to promptly
treat cases Of simple sore throat t"
prevent spread of diptheri1.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04
Your Rent MONEY
Pays For a HOME
on terms same as paying rent.
OR SALE: NEW HOUSES.

FOR SALE: NEW HOUSES.
Small cash payment and balance
monthly. An opportunity for any one
to own home.
All moicrn conveniences, city wa
ter. electric light and sewerage.
Houses cannot be duplicated for the
low price asked. Large yards. room
for garden and chickens. Located on
Washington. Virginia Electric Car
line. between Del Ray and Lloyd'S
Stations. Must be seen to be apprecl-
ated.
PHONE: AlexanGris 14T-L, or
Main 1854 for free auto service to
inspect property.
Apply to DAVID \. RUST, IT.,
400 II ST., y. w. Washington. d. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-11-04
COLLIE PUPPIES FOR SALE.

Bred from imported and prize VIII
ming stock of the highest type.
Males and females.
Pedigree and prices upon appllca-
ton.
IF. DYSON 400 King Street.
Northern light., 1913-11-01
Itamsssimime

As general thing when a preacher chooses a text for a Thanksgiving Sermon it is one laden with fulfilled promises of God. Let us turn to one seldom used and yet most fitting. To my mind there is none better.
 Although the fig tree shall not blossom neither shall fruit be ill the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flocl. shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd i. the stalls: Yet I will rejoice i.l the Lord. I will joy i'll the God of my sal vation The Lord God is my stength, and he will make my feet like hind's feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.
 Here is the picture of fruitless harvest, barren vines and fields turned into a desert; Flocks lost i1 the mountains, and empty stalls.
 But in spite of the adverse circum- stances shout of rejoicing upward leaps to the omnipotent. Why?be- cause of the good things left.
 Too often we go too blue to smile be- cause our dollar plan has failed. And pe-hps at that momentwith healthy blood leaping thru our system Nothing to be THANKFUL fo-?
 Just because it is cloudy is no cv- ide:ce that the sun has quit shining.
 Pic lding along foot lo:ie work man is passed ol a boulevard by q splendid team and carriage and coach man. Thru momentary cloud he
Northern light., 1913-11-01

looks and with envy ponders, as the carriage stops before mansion. I wish I were Ill the owner shoes. Later he lelrns that within the carriage sat the owner, all invalid, made so by his own debauchery. Now he suffers, suffers, suffers, suffers. But liste:,' Down the boulevard still plods the pedestrian. Do you hear that whist ing? He has come to himself and is now out of the cloud having praise service because he can ruu and leap. He isn't rich i'll this world goods, but good blood tounCs thru his veins. \ picture of hellth is stamped o:l his face He has corsit cred ard fines much over whit h 10 rejoi e
 John Bunyan might have felt blue and Respondent because of tie i:grat- itude of tle people of Bedford. But in that old jail he looked up tot down
 u SSCIllCu lCtAlL1C lO AlIG OulSNtc. But ill that damp prison away from the world God gave him all ilnagil,a- ton so nearly divine that from his pei there came forth the greatest allego-- i,al pro luction of the world
 I imagine he has bee1 praising God in eternity because of that impriso,,- meat for indirectly it hls gladdeacd many weary pilgrim on his journey hone Let us re;oicetoo for the bless ilgs so freely showe-ed about us
 Are yol cognizant that many Of o1r dismal hours arc brought aboat by the particular angle of vision?
 Then let Us shift ot1r position and view the other side of the question
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

had to undergo were tremendous.
Stanton, a man who had come from
the north in the interest of the north
ern stockholders of the South and
North. the determination he exhibited
in securing the site for his cherished
city, all is indeed interesting reading
Birmingham Worth $4,000
On December 10, 1870, the site for
the city of Birmingham was bought for
$4,000 cash for 1850 acres of land
All the men interested in this big pur-
chase formed themselves into the Ely
ton Land company. with James r. Pow
ell president. The names of B. r. Ro-
den, r. H. Pearson and +. p O'Brien
are prominent with the first days of
Birmin CHAM. AO'Bri brought into
Alabama the first steam machinery for
making brick. conducted planning mill
and superintended in 1879 to 1880 the
construction of the first rolling mill
i'll the Birmingham district and built
the coke ovens of the Pratt Coal and
Iron company at Alice and Oxmoor.
The spring of 1872 marked the en-
trance of Daniel Pratt and Henry Fair
child DeBardelehen into the Birming-
ham district They acquired controlling
interest in the Red Mountain Iron and
Coal company and assumed charge of
the reconstruction of the OXmoor fur
naces. These went into blast in the
winter of 1873.
In Colonel DeBardeleben we have an
other of those mighty pioneers who
blazed the way for the future of Ala
bamas greatest sources of industry and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Enoeh Ensley bought out the Pratt Coal
and Iron company.
In 1882 T. II. Aldrich and one Cor
nelius Cadle bought properties and
formed the Cahaba company. Their first
step was to build connecting line
from the mines to Alabama Great
Southern, the old Alabama and Chat
tanooga. This was from Woodstock to
Blocton. Work was opened at this
place in 1884 and a coke oven plant
constructed. simultaneously with the
Blocton operations, Mr.. Aldrich opened
the Dudley properties in Tuscaloosa
county. part of which is now owned by
the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron
company.
In 1888 Mr.. Aldrich formed the Export
Coal company, which was the first COM
pany to introduce Alabama coal to
ports in the West Indies. Mexico, South
America and Central America. The
making of the Birmingham district
opened the way into new regions OF
achievement throughout the mineral
belt.
Out of the ruins of the Oxford plant
in Calhoun county sprang the city of
-ahhiStoh. SaiRouH county was making
pig iron as far back as 1S43 and has
continuously up to the present time
This county furnished the iron that
went into the state capital, and also
iron for the first iron-clad gunboat ever
built in the south. Iron making in
Cherokee county was resumed in the
early 1S7O's. The iron making records
of Etowah county are closely interwov-
en- with those of Cherokee.
A $2,0OO,OOO Deal Made
In 1885 the DeBardeleben Coal ana
Iron company was incorporated and
capitalized with s2,OOO,o00. This dou-
bled the Enoch Ensley deal On March
22. 1885. there appeared in the Bir-
mingham Age-Herald this little story:
Sunday morning when the 1:o5 pas
senger train on the Georgia Pacific road
left the depot there were three men
on board. They We're II. +. DeBardele-
ben, Augustine 7. Smythe of Charles
Continued ON Page Five)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Iron and Steel Industries
Anteddte Cotton Products:
Development Started 1913
CONTINUED from Page Two


wealth. He says, I'D rather be out in
the woods on the back of a fox-trot-
ting mule, with good seam of coal at
my feet than be President of the United
States" He was the most picturesque
and dramatic character in the coal and
iron history of the south.
1t was at this time that the Louis
Vile and Nashville railroad acquired
possession of the South and North road
and shouldered the burdens of the Br-
mingham district. But when it was
completed there was no traffic and 1t
seemed to be failure. But Milner was
still hopeful and opened the Newcastle
mines The Newcastle Coal and Iron
company was organized.
lizard Times" Handicap Work
The iron industry all over the United
States seemed to have had a blow and
Alabama suffered her share Along with
other disasters the dread plague of
cholera swooped down upon Birming-
ham. For several years matters were
in a deplorable condition. The whole
world was making fun of the Birming-
ham district. Again a few men rose
out of the ashes to make a last try at
tito see il pig iron could be made with
coke. there was no charcoal to be had.
On February 2S, 1876, the thing was
done and 100 coke ovens were erected
at Helena
A matter of special interest and I'M
portance to Alabama during the early
1SS0's was the establishment of the
oao1np'iraJ Thic hn Il
rection of DR.. Eugene Allen Smith, who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

any sign of life in the city OF Bir-
dustrial development of this entire
section dates from the successful test
of the Pratt coal. AS soon as DeBarde-
leben grasped the fact that they had a
forming other industries. He started
furnaces, iron works, mines. rolling
mills and every sort of industry pos
sible to promote the district
Many points of policy We're settled
by the Pratt mines developers in the
coal and iron business, by which mine
operators of the present day and of the
state in general are the beneficiaries.
At the date of the opening of Pratt
mines Milton H. Smith was traffic man
ager of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad and together with Aldrich and
DeBardeleben outlined the farseeing
railroad policy adopted a generation
later by the nation itself. Not only did
he give low freight rates to the coal
and iron men. but he built the Birming-
ham Mineral road, and constructed var
ious branch roads out to the mines and
mills; he supported progressive enter
prises; he gave facilities in every way
to the builders of the Birmingham dis
trict. such as no other railroad man in
the history of the south or any other
section of the United States has given.
New Industries Follow
Following the successful opening. Of
the Pratt mines eight new industries
We're started in the Birmingham dis
trict. namely: the Birmingham Rolling
Mills, Alice Furnace company, Sloss
Furnace company, Pratt Coal and Iron
company. Cahaba Coal Mining company,
Williamson Furnace company, Wood
ward Iron company, and Mary Pratt
Furnace company. Foremost among
these We're the Pratt Coal and Iron COM
pany. the Cahaba Mining company and
the Woodward Iron company
During this time the first million dol
lar deal in the coal and iron business
OF Alabama and indeed of the whole
south was made. 1t was when Col.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

eral resources of Alabama
No scientific or genuinely practical
methods We're applied to coal mining in
this state until Mr.. Truman H. Aldrich
came into the fields iii the early 1S70's.
In 1873 he leased the Monteyallo mines
no sooner did he lease them than he
set his men to digging coal. although
1t was midsummer. a thing unheard of
before. In 1875 Montevallo became the
one real coal mine of the state ana
netted an income of $4,000 per annuln
Mr.. Aldrich then went seeking other
coal fields and sunk the first shaft
mine of Alabama over the Jefferson and.
Black Creek coal seams
Pratt City Founded in 1878
The first big coal company formed
in Alabama was organized under the
name of The Pratt Coal and Coke
company" in January, 1873. Its orgin-
al officers were Fl. L. DeBardeleben,
president; j. w. Sloss, secretary and
treasurer; T. II. Aldrich, superinten-
dent and mine manager. To the camp
near the Pratt mines the name Pratt
City was given. The Pratt Coal and
Coke company started railroad con-
struction simultaneously with their
mining operations. The railroad was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

inlshed and the first coal shipped in
February, 1879. "Then," says John 4.
Miner, And not till then, was there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

as state geologist has performed per-
manent and invaluable works in the
explorations of the vast and varied min
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19
Exchange Comment

Biwabik Times: The ! opinion of
Attorney General Smith that the
sportsmen of the range cannot col
lect the rewards for game law con-
victions has stirred up a hornets
nest that promises to have far-reach-
ing effects. A number of real sports
men got together after Game Warden
G.. E.. Wood was discharged and
hired him to seek out game law vio-
lators. Wood was highly successful.
After period the sportsmen sent to
the game and fish commission bill
for what they considered themselves
entitled under the law. Then it was
that the attorney general came for
ward and held that the sum could not
be legally. paid. This business of
having laws made over by legal gen.
tlemen is getting tiresome. The legis-
lature plainly intended that a re-
ward should be paid in all such cases
of game law convictions, and so en-
acted, but the attorney general finds
that the reward clause is not legal,
constitutional, or some other old
defect.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19

The business the copper conn.
try,zS who have basns between upper and neither
raistones ever since the beginning Of the miners
strike !1 and who have suffered much, have taken
matters into their own hands and are striving
70 effect 9 settlement Of the trouble. They will
protect men going TO work in the mines against
violence if such athing is possible Several muir
ders recently, caused them to take this action
This means thai, q powerful influence is enlisted
against the cause Of the men. No doubt the
greater number Of the workmen engaged in the
copper country strike deplore the bloodshed and
arson that has attended it just as much as do the
business men. The business man as usual repre-
SCENTS the innocent third party to the strike, the
one that while slow to act accomplishes much
when he does get going. So long as such con-
dition as that which has existed in the Michigan
copper fields for the past few months obtains, we
cannot boast much about being the best govern
ed nation on earth. Government intervention is
apparently just as necessary in Michigan as it
was in the West Virginia coal fields, and just as
slow.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19
lzShould We Worry?

There are two things that it is absolutely
useless for US to worry about First, the
things that we cannot help: How utterly
useless is worry when we cannot help the
thing: And second, the thing that we can
help. Worry only binders us from helping.
# you cannot help conditions, worry only
makes it impossible for you to bear them; if
you can help them, then by all means change
the conditions and so Danish the cause of
worry. We all 60 through the days carry
ing the worry, which in the beginning was
very small thing causing personal anxiety
or solicitude; but it has steadily grown un-
til the whole mind is darkened and the heart
: embittered; slowly but surely it becomes
contagious, until it has darkened the lives of
others in the same household; and by and by
we awake to the realization that we are con-
firmed in the worry habit, of all habits the
most injurious to human happiness and the
highest development of character.
If we could but realize that not one in
hundred of the things about which we worry
ever takes place; if we could only sit down
calmly and with common sense analyze our
worries, and get back to the basis of fact
that lies beneath the worry, we would
smile at our folly and be ashamed of our
weakness in allowing such trivial things
usually of our own imagining, to create such
havoc in our lives.-Christian Work and
Evangelist.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19

The Virginia Enterprise this week presents to
it's readers the largest newspaper it has printed
in some time, considerable portion of which is
devoted to writeups of Virginia business houses.
The edition has been literally patronized and is
gratifying appreciation of the merits of the Vir-
ginia Enterprise as one of the biggest weekly
newspapers in Minnesota.
The descriptive stories an excellent Christmas
poem and charming Christmas story, "Christ-
mas in the Northland' are from the pen of Mr..
Charles Line.
This edition of this newspaper will be given
wide circulation and extra copies may be had at
the Enterprise office until the entire edition is
exhausted.
The Enterprise hopes it's efforts will be kindly
received by it's readers. It will leave them to
Judge of it's merit. 1t is made possible through
their cooperation and public spirit and the gener
Gus assistance of such friends as Mr.. Line who
was formerly on the staff Of the Chicago Chron-
icle For it's mechanical excellence, Mr. Alfred
Kiley, foreman, and Mr.. Otto Tuhkanen, press
man, in charge of the Enterprise printery, the
best on the range, are responsible, while every
member of The Enterprise force has had share
in it's production that has been quite as conscien-
tious as are all the efforts of the employees of this
newspaper.
The Enterprise sends it out to it's readers today
with it's best wishes for a Merry Christmas and
very Happy New Year.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19
THE JOY or CHRISTMAS GIVING

a. The christmas season with the Christmas mes
sage Of peace on earth good will to men, 8 IS
with US again marking another milestone ii life.
It gives momentary pause for retrospect and in
Prospect and we are all Of us much better there
fore The story Of the Babe Of Bethlehem, the
star, of the east, the wise men, the manager and
the cross is one Of the most beautiful ever writ
ten and to mankind it's message was never more
potent than today, peace on earth good will to
men, r =. r.. .-~~*. - = . =.
+ More and more is the Christmas season beco11-
ing time Of spiritual uplif, and the one who at
Christmas time in the Joy of giving cannot find
Ia genuine pleasure, cannot know the highest de-
gree of happiness that comes from the knowledge
that he is making others happy, is indeed UNI
fortunate. r. 80
Over the Christian world the Christmas time is
a season Of gladness. Annually it brings to us
it's message of love, it's glad tidings Of great Joy
and happy indeed are those who can sense the
Divine presense and touch the hem of His gar
ment.
In the great cities there will be Christmas din
ners for the poor Christmas trees for the children
of the tenements and Christians and the charita-
bly, inclined who feel at Christmas time as at no
other season of the year the force of the perfect
life lesson OF the Christ, will seek out the needy
and leave nothing undone to bring to their homes
generous measure of Christmas cheer.
In this section there is little of want and mis-
cry, and yet sufficient to afford everyone ample
opportunity to remember that it is truly more
blessed to give than to receive, for there are
beds of sickness, there are sorrow stricken homes
and there are poor and needy.
In Virginia the Associated Charities and the
Salvation Army will be in charge of the work of
Christmas charity. To them should go at this
time our substantial aid and from them in turn
it will be carried to every one deserving. In the
joys Of Christmas homecomings, the good red
glow of the ingle nook, and the full enjoyment
of bounteouS blessings let rot forget those less
fortunate than ourselves, and let US help those
who are helping others, to the end that none may
be overlooked or forgotten with generous mea-
sure of Christmas cheer
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19
Raised M0nstrOus Pear.

Hibbing Mesaba Ore: E. T. Griese,
chief chemist at the Oliver laboratory,
was last week exhibiting pear
raised on the farm of Charles s.
Simpson, near Pasadena, California,
and it was the biggest speciman ever
seen here-it looked i'm size, more like
one of those rutabages from Bear
River that took the prize at the
county fair. The pear weighed two
of that-and was but
one of a fine harvest. Mr.. Simpson
was formerly employed by the Oliver
Iron Mining company as gu
perintendent of the Sellers mine,
but went to the coast several
years ago on account of fail
ing health. He engaged in
farming and fruit raising, and the
sample of fruit sent here is evidence
that he's as good at that as he was
at mining, which was the best.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19

Two Harbors Journal-Review:
While the moral side of the temper
ance movement is always to the front
yet it is significant that in the present
organized movement against the sa-
loon more prominence than usual is
given to the financial and economic
point of view. 1t is this that appeals
with special force to employers of
labor as they realize the detrimental
effect of liquor on their employees.
This is why so many railroads and
other business concerns will not en-
ploy men who are addicted to liquor.
The public demands the best results
and to attain them the minds of men
must be clear and their bodies sound.
And this in ever increasing numbers
workmen are themselves realizing.
That is the reason why most of the
labor leaders impress upon their fol-
lowers the need of abstinence.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-19

Nashwauk Herald: Don't you be-
lieve the newspaper reports that all
the deer in Minnesota have been
killed. The season just closed has
been one of the most unsuccessful for
the killing of big game in the history
of the state-and all this slush about
the deer being exterminated has only
been conceived by men who are not
in touch with the situation. Yes,
hunting was all to the bad in northern
Minnesota for want of snow and but
few hunters returned with venison.