The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-01
is RICH DISTRICT
Upper Silesian Cities in the Heart
of Coal Fields.
- tnporfant That Germany Guarded
Ihsm With Jealous Care During
the World War.

-Four cities of Upper Silesia, which
ere reported to have been seized by
Fohsh insurgents who feared that the
Ouik OF Upper Silesia was to be turned
over 10 Germany. are experiencing reaI
var Tor the first time since thew be-
came cues." says a bulletin issued
oy the National Geographic society.
Inc cities are TarnOwitz, Beuthen
Noentgshutte and Kattowitz. Though
they are situated practically at the
meeting point Of .pre-war Russia. Ger
many and Austris- -Hungary-a rather
precarious position en- the outbreak Of
1ne World war-so valuable Is the min
sAx and Industrial district which sur
rounds them that Germany took care
@ keep them outside the zone of hos
fiiitieS.
The four cities lie within a few
miles OF each other and In the heart Of
me coal fields for which the country
10 famous. None Is more than FIVE
mikes from the Old Russian border.
now the boundary Of Poland; and ali
are almost equally close to the old
6u6mtan line. now that OF CzechosIoy-
.als,a.
( OF these cities. Beuthen alone is OF
appMetaale age. The others are the
'2e. .stit Of the development Of coal
CT \metallurgical Industries In
after the middle Of the
a Beuthen itself received
petus from mining and In
.evelopment. 1t Is the CAPT.
district, and has population
lc $4,000. When Silesia was a
of the old kingdom Of Bohemia,
1then was capital Of the duchy Of
euthen. The title, duke of Beuthen,
rs one Of the mediatized titles among
the German nobility.
~Kenigshutte. with nearly $4,000 In
habltants. Is the metropolis of the Up
Der Sisesia mining district and may
be considered the Silesian Pittsburgh.
IT lies only three miles south Of Beu-
then In Konigshutte Is situated the
largest iron works In Silesia. Half the
population Is said TO consist Of Poles.
Xettowitz, three miles south Of
Konigshutte. Is supreme as a coal
market. 1t is perhaps the strongest
Polish center among the Upper Silesian
citfea Zinc, as well as coal, Is mined
In the nelghborhood. The place was
snly q village In 1915. Its population
b now about 5000.
TarHowftZ, q few miles north Of
Beuthen. Is the smallest Of the group
rts Inhabitants number close to $4,000.
m addition to Iron works II has other
DetaRIsrEkcai factories and lime kilns
II u also Polish center and Its vote
In the pieblscite Is reported to have
Been markedly adverse to Germany.
, ~When the World war broke out the
Russians were able to push through
the Gefman-Russian frontier In its
northern portion. but the line which |
ran few miles west Of the Silesian
coal cities held firmly. Only twice was
this rich and important district In dan |
ger or passing from German hands |
when the Russian offensive against
Austria advanced to Cracow. less than
80 miles to the east; and when the
COssacks made a raid into Posen a |
short distance to the north, threaten
ing to cut of the Upper Silesia wedge
On both occasions the Germans, realiz-
ang that one Of their most important
centers of munitions manufacture was
endangered. drove the attackers back"
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