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Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-29
Local Mention.

The state board of equalization has found that the town of Windham has an acreage of 13.S26 acres.
 Wednesday morning Attorneys liar vey and Danahey completed their ar guments in the RoOd-Vernarec case. Judge Shumway reserved his decision.
 Friday. Memorial day, being a legal holiday. the stores of the city will be closed all day. The stores will be open this (Thursday) evening in cOnse- quence.
 Wednesday William F. Gates received a crate of pheasants which have been taken to Lebanon to be liberated. They were sent by the state fish and game commission.
 St Johns Commandery. Ne. II, Knights Templar, Tuesday evening conferred the royal purple degree on two candidates. A social hour follow ed with banquet.
 Tuesday evening John c. Trant of Hartford. past grand master of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, visited the local branch of the or ganization addressing the members.
 The Officers association of Company l. gave an exceedingly pleasant in formal invitation dance at the armory Wednesday evening. There was a good attendance and Helmold's er- chestra furnished music.
 A deer attracted considerable at tention in this city Wednesday. He visited several gardens on Pearl street and vicinity and later took a trip to Prospect street. Before leaving the city he was seen on Oak street.
 Tuesday afternoon Deputy Sheriff A J. GreensIit sold bicycle the prop erty of Marsto Dubino, to satisfy the claim of Jacob Brattschenieder against Dubino for a grocery bill. The at tachment was made some time ago with judgment for the amount of bill, SIP The wheel was bid in by Bratt- schnieder for $8.50.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-29

Rev. W. D. Swaffield was 8 visitor in Providence Wednesday,
 Henry D. Authier of Pawtucket vis- tied friends in Danielson Wednesday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-09-04
Among the Churches.

AT meeting OF the consiStory OF the
Reformed Church of Shepherdstown last
Friday night Rev. Charles F. Freeman,
who has been pastor since last December,
rendered his resignation, and after dis
cussion aid consideration il was accept
ed. Rev. Mr.. Freeman has received
call from Reformed congregation in
PENNSYLVANIA, and it was his desire to
accept the call that led him TO offer his
resignation here. He will preach his
fare we'll sermon here the last Sunday in
September.
Rev. c. Sydenstricker, pastor OF the
Southern Methodist churches OF this cir
cult, will preach on Sunday for the first
time since his accident last spring. He
will conduct service at Bethesda at 9 a.
m, and at Uvilla at II a. m. The Ep-
worth League will have its usual service
Sunday evening in Shepherdstown at
go.
The rector of Trinity Episcopal Church
gave notice on Sunday morning that the
hour for morning service until further
notice will be II o'clock, instead OF 1890,
evening prayer at 80, and Sunday school
at g. a. m. instead OF 9 o'clock.
There will be services in the Presby-
terrain Church Sunday, if Providence per-
mits, in Shepherdstowu at 1870 a. m.
and at Kearneysville at 100 p. m.
Rev. w. A. Lynch will preach in the
Methodist Church Sunday at Shenandoah
Junction at II a. m. and at Bakerton at
100 p. m.
Reformed Church-Sunday school at
9.45 a. m. and preaching in Shepherds
town at II a. m.
There will be no service in Elk Branch
Presbyterian Church Sunday
M. E. neutrality-suspicious. 1850
a. m, Sharpsburg 100 p. m.
Winchester Presbytery will meet at
Davis, w. Va, next Tuesday.
Lutheran Service Sunday in Shep-
herdstown at 1890 a. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-09-04

Mr.. Joseph L. Johnson, OF Meadow
Vile, w. Va, is visiting his son, DR.. {.
c. Johnson, at Duffields, this county.
Miss Lillian Stump, of Charles Town, is
spending the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
|. w. Knadler in ShepherdStown.
Mrs. M. L. Ronemous, Of Newport
News, Va, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. |. D. Derr, near Uvilla.
Mr. and Mrs. James McLanahan, OF
Baltimore, have been visiting friends in
Shepherdsfown the past week.
Miss Harriet Leaf, OF Philadelphia, is a
guest of Misses Eleanor and Margaret
Potts at Popodicon this week.
Mr.. VIM. M. Simpson, Jr., OF Wells
burg. this State, is spending fair week
with friends in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Musser, OF York.
Pa. are in Shepherdstown visiting the
family of Mr.. c. S. Musser.
Miss Anna Magruder, of Washington,
is the guest OF Miss Lucie Beltzhoover in
Shepherdstown this week,
Miss Alberta Buzzle, of Elkins, w. Va,
has been visiting Miss Florence Lickll-
der, near town, this week.
Miss Grace Chapline, OF Washington,
;s visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. S. Phillips,
near Shepherdstown.
Mr.. ]. E. Rentch is here from Baltimore
TO spend the week OF the fair among MS
relatives and friends.
Paymaster VIM. G.. Neil OF the U. 5.
NAVY is in Shepherdstown this week Wis
iting his relatives.
Mr.. Milton Fairall, of Baltimore, is
snending fair week with friends in this
neighborhood.
Mr.. Charles B. Chase, OF Nmoal
w. Va, is in ShepherdStown visiting al
his old home.
Mrs. ]. w. Snyder, Of Bluefield, WA
&c here this week visiting Mrs. Frank
L. Billmyer.
MIR. Harvey H. Pendleton, who spent
the past month in Pendleton county, l:
home again.
Mrs. Nellie Legge is here from wash
neton to pend the week among her ole
friends.
Messrs. Edgar Rouzee and James Stro'
bile of Washington. are here visiting rela'
tiveS.
i Mr. Edmund Licklider is home iron
! McKeesport, Pa, to spend fair week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

( meets. No consumer can then be over
charged or in any manner misused.
At present Vice President and Cen
eral Manager Freeman and Assistant
General Manager Onutt are giving their
chief attention to the Gadsden steam
plant of 5000 horsepower and the con-
struction of a great dam at lock IL,
Coosa river. The latter VIII supply
to plants far and near 10000 horse
power. When this great plant is in
operation, perhaps next winter, the
state will begin to see what the new
development of the states magnificent
rivers mean in the multiplication of
Industries. the increase of population
and general prosperity
Who can say what this state will be
when it's water powers are developed
alongside so many coal mines? No plant
that desires quick and easy communi
cation with the Panama canal can af-
ford to stay away from Alabama when
to transportation facilities are added
electrical energy In its fullest and best
forms. Alapama's future will become
assured when the two are combined
electrical energy and quick transit to
tideWater and the lines that will spring
up IN Gulf cities soon as the canal
Is opened Access to the great Pacirc
world Will then be easy. cheap and
wholly feasible.
An Alabama built on electrical ener-
gy and "a boundless Pacific trade will
be an Alabama fully up to date, and
no man can say how great and pros
porous she will become even by the
time she celebrates her first centennial
anniversary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Alabama is. a favored stateia From
the Chattahoochee on the east to the
Coosa and Alabama in the heart of the
state reaching from the mountains to
the sea. and from there to the 'Bigbee
and the Warrior on the west side OF the
state. not stopping to mention numer-
Gus branches OF these rivers. or even
the big Tennessee in the northern part
of the state. there are fine rivers tumb-
ling to the sea In every part of the
broad domain. This max es Alabama
the river state of the union, and no
other state has so much valuable power
going to waste year after year.
And when President James Mitchell
eled over the country looking for "a
place to invest in power dams a large
amount of English capital, is it any
wonder that he saw and appreciated
Aiabama's wealth of flowing water?
His English company proceeded to
secure water power Sites as follows,
Coosa river. lock T. $4,000 horse
power ~
coosa river. lock IA, la5.ooe horse-
power.
coosa river. lock A, 100000 horse
power.
coosa river. lock Is. so.see horse
power. assa
coosa river. lock Is. 100000 horse
power. zf,T
TaIiapoosa river. Cherokee Bluffs.
10000 .horsepower.
Tennessee river. Muscle Shoals, 400, :
900 horsepower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
BY N. p. T.. FINCH
sautty creek, 5000 horsepower.

Sautty creek, 6000 horsepower.
4 Town creek, 1000 horsepower.
Little river, SO, 900 horsepower.
Choccolocco creek, 1000 horsepower.
These water powers cost good money.
They, were not purchased as souvenirs
or tovs-the intention Is to develop
every one of them. Think of what this
state will be when it Is filled with
electrical energy, for in these days OF
reinforced concrete dams and trans
mission of power over a range of 200
miles, the state can be covered almost
like the dew with electrical energy.
This means that Alabama is sure to
became a great Industrial center.
The goodwill of the people of Ala
bama and the endorsement Of the gen
eral government are all that stand III
the way, The policy of the Wilson ad-
ministration inclines toward states
rights and it is believed the govern
ment will soon sanction the building
of mower dams in rivers 1t Is not ready
to improve. These power dams can
be utilized at any time for navigation
purposes by the government,
The people of the state need not fear
the coming of a great monopoly for two
reasonsi irst, coal at dollar a ton
at the mouth of mines is ever present
Ia make steam to drive turbines. Elec-
trical energy must compete with dollar
coal Nor is this all. Electrical energy
is public utility and 1t should be
suDervised regulated and controlled as
railroad and telegraphs and other pub
lie utilities are This will surely be
provided for when the next Legislature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

population In the next 10 years and give
to the city 25O,oo0 to 3oO.OO people than 1t
was to make the Increase between 1900
and 1910 from 3s4l5 to 1872. 6s5. nearly 1oo.-
COO OF course. some of this gain was
due to taking in the suburbs. Even so
10 years than it was to add that 100000
in the decade of 1900 to 1910.
The trend of the worlds development ID
southwark; the trend of the worlds cap
ital--capital of men and money, of muscle
and of braln-is southwark. No longer
are the resources of the south for vast
Industrial and agricultural development
questioned by any intelligent man in the
world. The skeptic has disappeared. The
momentum of development is on. and 1t
is a simpler proposition for the south of
today to add enormously to its industrial
activities. to it's population and to Its
wealth, than it was even FIVE or 10 years
ago
The destiny of the south is in the hands
OF ITS people. Iney nave met ana over
come obstacles that would have de-
stroyed a less virile people. or a less rich
ly endowed country. Everywhere. in all
the vide circles OF the business world
Birmingham is recognized as the focusing
point of the iron and steel and coal activ-
tiles of the central south. If the people
of Birmingham match in energy. in cease
less work, and in broad vision and bound
less faith, the men who laid the founda-
tions of the city under many adverse
conditions. then no limt can be set with
in reasonable bounds to the progress and
prosperity of Birmingham and all the re-
gion which is touched by its radiating in-
huence. There We're giants in those
days" when Brmingham's foundations
were being laid Are there giants gguid-
ing and dominating the development OF
the birmingham of today? If so. and 1
believe there are. then indeed will the
growth of the coming years fuhll the
highest anticipations of those who .
years ago were foretelling the world
about Birmingham and the vastness of
it's coal and iron and other resources,
and its predestined future one of the
great iron and steel centers of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

and 1899 and the long years of dullness
that followed, added to the depression
which had come to the iron interests OF
Birmingham and the south generally.
But the people in Birmingham, the leaders
in it's industrial upbuiding, never lost
faith nor courage,
1t is very much easier for the men Of
Birmingham today to achieve great
things. and very much easier for them
to have boundless faith in the possbil-
tiles of the city, than it was for the peo-
overcame the obstacles which had halted
the city's rapid advance. They struggled
under adverse conditions which the Bir-
mlngham of today knows nothing of.
They faced dangers of every kind, and the
universal panic and depression of the
whole country. but with unfaltering cour-
as to the future of the city they made
possible the splendid city of today
Between 1890 and 1900 the population Of
Birmingham increased by only 10000. the
total advancing from 26,1Is to IS, AS: but
between 1900 and 1910 there was a jump
from 3S4i5 to 1872, 2,Cs5. The percentage of
increase between 1890 and 1900 was 46.7
per cent. In the next decade the percent
age of increase was more than five times
n g great or o45 A ner cont
In 1880, when Birmingham had pop
ulation of only 30Ss. there were but IS
cities in the south having each more than
1000 inhabitants. In the next 10 years
the population of Birmingham increased
at the rate of 1882 per cent or 20, IT'S,
placing it among the % southern cities
having each more than 25.Oo0 inhabitants
Only six of these cities had in 1890 pop
ulation greater than 100000 But in 1910.
the numbers of southern cities having q
population greater than 5000 had in
creased to 4s, and II of them had popu-
lation greater than, 10000. Among these
IL Birmingham ranked eighth.
1t is well to bear In mind these things
about the early life of Birmingham and
the hardships which It's builders had to
meet. II we would rightly measure the
possibilities of the coming years, 1t is
Tar easier today to double Blrmlnsham's 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

The Birmingham man of today. or the
visitor to that cits. as he notes the
Hfp'endid sky-serapers with an aggregate
Kof several thousand office rooms, as he
|ksees the activity IN the construction OF
lnew hotels and apartment houses, as he
lstudies the vast industrial operations of
the district and the magnificent archi-
|ltecture of Birmngham's costly dwellings
and notes the surging population on every
street, hardly stops long enough to think
Of the time when Birmingham was but
a struggling village or when having
|passed from the village state it was a
Trough, raw undeveloped town. with a
Bpromise of becoming great iron CEN
tier. but crude and unattractive In almost
dwellings and hotels.
The city of today has come up out of
Emuch tribulation. Birmingham was not
Icreateds over night; it has not developed
{without hard struggles and many trials.
1t has had its periods of depression.
when It has been down in the valley of
Fdesolation, as well as its periods of en-
Ethusiasm and optimism. as 1t has climbed
out of every valley of depression to the
mountain heights of prosperity.
1t has now passed beyond the condi-
tions which at times brought dullness and
Ieven stagnation,
1t has demonstrated its right to be a
great city.
It has passed beyond the stages Of In
|fantile diseases. of childhood's immature
years. and reached sturdy manhood. pre-
pared to meet every emergency and
Equipped with men and money. as the
machinery Of development to utilize to
1.-THE fullest extent It's unmatched re-
sources.
As The Age-Herald celebrates it's twen-
ty-iifth birthday with this issue, it is in
terestins to look back to some of the
items of news which appeared in the
Manufacturers Record just 70 years ago
dsai;Hg with Birmingham. A quarter of
q century ago. at the launching of the
H7seamship "City of Birmingham to piy
between Savannah and New York. Pres
ident Caldwell of the Elyton Land Co,
IN aa address about what the city had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
NINGHAM OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO

already accomplished, said that II years
before, or in 1876. when he cast his lot
with the city of Birmingham. it had a
population of 2000: it's taxable property
amounted to s2.0o0.oeo and there was not
a ton of coke iron produced in the dis
trict of which Birmingham was the CEN
ter; but that at the time he was speaking
there were % blast furnaces in the dis
trict, with daily capacity of $500 tons.
That was wonderful u years record.
That was during the period when Bir-
mingham was making history. The Iron
Age. about the same date. in an editorial
letter about Birmingham and it's achieve
ments, said:
Probably in no other section of the
country of equal area are there so many
fine specimens of furnace architecture
and thorough equipment as in the I'M
mediate vicinity of Birmingham, Ala. The
owners have stopped short of no expense
in their efforts to make iron after the
iHoSt approved metncuS, so far as the
plant has anything to do with the
product.
The same thing is true of the mining
operations of the region.
with few exceptions the owners and
mining operators. as well as the furnace
men. are southern by birth and educa-
ton. The most prominent miner of iron
ore in the Birmingham district. and one
of the most successful in his manage
ment of men and the handling of I'm
mense quantities of material. is a native
of Georgia. who. up to few years since.
had no experience whatever In mining
Birmingham bar iron has pushed It's
way along the upper Mississippi. Bir-
mingham sheet iron Is not unknown In the
Chicago market. and when more of the
pig iron of Birmingham and Bessemer
passes through the rolling mills of those
places, it will possibly find as wide
field of distribution and consumption as
its pig iron precursor has opened up"
Even in those days Birmingham iron
was pushing its way into every part OF
the country. and on June 16. 1888. an item
of news in the Manufacturers Record
about the city said: ri
within two weeF7 one Birmingham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

In this jubilee edition MI. II. ii. Yancey
gives an interesting account of The Age
Herald during the early years. There
was excellent talent on the staff from
the start and Notwithstanding the de-
pressed condition Of Birmingham those in
charge managed to get out good news
paper In 1896 the name was changed to
The State-Herald and it continued under
that title until August /, 1897, when Mr.. e.
w. Barrett acquired control and became
editor and president Of the company It
was then The Age Herald again
Up to the time that Mr.. Barrett took
charge the ownership and management had
changed several times and shortly before
his connection with the paper it was in re-
ceiver's hands. The plant was in a ram
shackle condition and it required extraor-
binary efforts to get The Age-Herald on its
class, modern newspaper. The mechanical
outfit consisted then Of only four type
setting machines and a little old press
In signed article of mine, which ap-
peared in 1910, shortly after The Age Her
aid had moved from it's old home on Second
avenue into its handsome five story fire
proof building here on Fifth avenue, l re-
ferred to this newspapers eventful history
and its many vicissitudes and said in part:
''No one less optimistic or less self
reliant than Mr. Barrett would have as
sumed the task Of building up this property.
But he was the very man for such an enter
prise TO begin. with, he was an all-ronnd
newspaper man. On leaving college he made
a bce-line for a newspaper office, got into
working clothes and served as printers
devil IIe may not have completed his ap-
premiership in composing room, but he
worked at the case long enough to become
familiar with the typographical craft Quit
ting the mechanical department, Mr.. Bar
rett broke into the writing field and
worked his way up. He had received good
journalistic training in Georgia and at the
national capital
Having had considerable newspaper
experience myself felt that was a compe
tent judge of those engaged in the profes-
sion and when l met Mr.. Barrett here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
| O @

In communities venerable with age sill
Ger jubilees make little impression, but in
This young city of Birmingham young as
geities go-25 years cover more than half its
life; therefore, the occasion becomes one Of
more than ordinary interest
The Herald absorbed The Age % years
lago, and the history Of The Age Herald has
lpeen inseparable from the development of
Ithis great mineral district, which had at
ltracted wide attention in 1883 and which is
Today recognized as one of the mighty fac
tors Of this country industrial progress.
/ Twenty five years ago Birmingham COW
Iered an area Of only four square miles. The
Louisville and Nashville tracks divided the
lcity evenly between north and south, there
being two square miles on each side of the
railroad Birmingham had had it's real es-
|tate boom. Large fortunes had been. made
|hnd lost and many of the energetic pioneers
Started upon business struggle that con-
|tinued until the industrial revival in 1897.
\ The panic of 1898 was felt seriously in
levery part Of the United States, but it par
|alyzed business here to greater extent,
perhaps, than in other towns of it's size. The
depression was especially acute for three
years In 1894 strike Of the coal miners
and railroad employees, including the loco
motive Engineers, was accompanied with so
much violence that Gov Thomas G. Jones
assembled large body of state troops here
and came himself and took charge of the
situation in person.
Birmingham population 25 years ago
WAS about 25000 The census of 1890 cred
|ited it with population of 26,17S. Through
|those troublous times of the COS there was
|no growth. On the contrary if census had
been taken IL 1895 the population would
have been found much smaller probably
than it was in 1890. But there were stout
hearts in Birmingham throughout the pc
rod of stress and strain The raw material
was here and men of prophetic vision felt
that it was only question of time when
fresh capital would pour into this district
and when Birmingham would far surpass.
as manufacturing center, all the early pre-
dictions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
By WILLIAM RYAN

readily appraised him as one of the best
equipped men in this country for editing
and publishing metropolitan daily. Be
sides having that indispensable talent, a
nose for rews Mr.. Barrett had the courage
Of his convictions, due sense of proportion
and fixed purpose to print only such mat
ter as might be read in the home circle
And, by the way, among the first big news
stories he had the pleasure of printing as
scoop was the announcement that the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company
had decided to build steel mill at Ensley
AS all see now, that announcement marked
a turning point in Birmingham history"
The Birmingham district owing to its
natural advantages, made pig iron at
much lower cost than any other section Of
the United States It had made its reputa-
tion as an iron center and it had fixed the
price of iron But the steel age had come
and Birmingham, in order to keep abreast
of the times, had to add steel to it's produc-
tive assets When ground was broken for
the steel plant this district had started on a
new and brighter era. In fact, the effect of
this important step on the part of the Ten
nessee company was felt by the entire com
munity and was far-reaching. In 1898, as
the steel mill was nearing completion, Bir-
minghan experienced a genuine thrill. Bus
mess had gained new momentum and COM
mercial activity here became general. The
first steel was made at Ensley on Thanks
giving Day Of that year. 1t was Of prodi-
gious import indeed, and from that day un-
til this Birmingham has been moving for
ward with note of permanence always in
evidence, for the lulls that have come now
and then within Is years have been only
temporary and can scarcely be recalled.
If Birmingham population declined
during the serious depression from 1893 to
1897 it increased rapidly in the latter part
of that decade, for in 1900 according to the
federal census, the number of inhabitants
totalled 38,415
In 1901 Birmingham's first steel frame
building was erected by the late w. H.
Woodward Woodward building. Other
steel buildings soon followed and the bust
ness district was gradually transformed and