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VOLUME SEVEN
NUMBER THIRTY.SEVEN
THE STORY OF A BEAUTIFUL CITY
IN TWO CHAPTERS-CHAPTER ONE
ANY years ago, a number of rich
men, possessed of the very laudable
desire to advance their own worldly
interest, and, at the same time, as
sist in developing the wealth of the
country, and helping their fellow
men in their effort to obtain an
honest livelihood, decided on the
plan of building a beautiful city.
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For this purpose they joined their fortunes, or
ganized their company and at once set about
looking for a desirable site.
After much prospecting and investigation,
they found what suited them, and purchased
several hundred acres of land, lying on both
sides of a somewhat large and fast-flowing
river. It was a beautiful stream
with sufficient “fall” to develop an
extensive water power.
Knowing well how necessary
“The Bucket Brigade” is to the
prosperity and upbuilding of a city,
they very wisely resolved to make
a speciality of manufacturing. For
this purpose they built a great
strong dam across the river, thereby
forming an extensive and beautiful
lake, which furnished no end of
pleasure in boating, fishing, bathing
and other innocent sports.
From the dam to the city there
was a “fall” in the stream, so they
converted the bed of the river in
to a “race” to convey the water
power to the several factories. Then
they laid off their city. They made
broad streets, carefully selecting
and arranging the “Business Dis
trict,’’ the residence section and
laying off the lots accordingly. All
the land on each side of, and facing the great
“race” was reserved for manufacturing sites,
and the ground laid off in lots of sufficient
size to accommodate large factories.
Their next step was to advertise their city,
and to tell the people far and near, what a
beautiful city they had; what future possibili
ties it possessed, and what special inducements
they offered to manufacturers to come there
and locate.
Soon the city began to grow, and in a com
paratively short time became a prosperous
city. Manufacturers saw the advantages it
offered, and many were induced to locate there.
Ere long the great race was lined on either side
with gigantic industries, and the roar of ma
chinery and the hum of active business made
music for the city, “from early morn till dewey
eve.” A great cotton mill was located there,
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which bought the farmers’ cotton. A large
flouring and corn mill made a splen
did market for his wheat and corn. A good
woolen mill took his wool, and an extensive
canning factory provided a market for all his
fruits and vegetables. Then they built a ma
chine-shop, a lumber mill, a shoe factory, a
clothing factory, a furniture factory, a stove
foundry, besides several smaller establishments.
An electric light plant was also installed.
As is always the case, soon other branches
of business followed the factories. The dry
goods merchant saw the advantages the new
city offered, and came and built a dry goods
store. Other retailers followed and soon every
branch of legitimate retail trade was repre-
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THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.
sented. Every variety of business prospered.
Nor were the moral or spiritual interests of
the city neglected. A splendid system of
schools was established, churches were built,
and the Sabbath dedicated to divine service.
A public library was built, and a free public
reading ’room provided.
Railway companies also marked the progress
of the city, and recognized its growing possi
bilities, and ere long two railways were run
ning their trains into a union depot, and using,
each one their own part of a joint freight
house.
At the time I knew the city, which is the
time my story opens, it was a city of about
25,000 to 30,000 inhabitants. The various fac
tories and mills combined, employed about
2,500 hands, paying an average of two dollars
a day—ss,ooo per day, or $30,000 per week.
By H. P. FITCH.
This money went to support the dry goods
merchant, the grocery men, the shoe and cloth
ing dealers, the meat market, the jeweler, the
milliner, and the bookseller and printer. The
city supported two daily papers. There
were no saloons and, consequently, no pawn
shops. The city was quiet and orderly. One
day marshall and two night watchmen were
all the “police force” the city needed.
At this time they tested their water power
and found they had power enough, with none
to spare, to operate all those factories, ten hours
a day, six days in the week, thus furnishing
constant employment to those 2,500 employes,
thereby causing from $25,000 to $30,000 per
week to be distributed among the retail deal
ers of the city, each one getting his
proportionate share of the earnings
of those 2,500 employes.
At this time a new element was in
troduced about which I will tell you
in the next chapter.
LIQUOR DENOUNCED IN HIGH
COURT DECISION.
Denouncing the evil of intoxicat
ing liquor as monstrous and meas
ureless, the Georgia Appellate Court,
in a decision handed down Tuesday
morning by Judge Hill, declares that
strong drink is responsible for at
least three-fourths of the crimes that
occupy the time of Georgia courts.
It is liquor, says Judge Hill, that
fills the jails, penitentiaries and asy
lums.
The decision is in the case of Lang
ston vs. the State, in which a young
man killed his drunken father, after
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a terrible family row in which the boy s moth
er had been attacked. The Langston boy was
convicted of manslaughter, and the decision
sustains the verdict.
The main interest in the decision rests in
what Judge Hill says of liquor.
“It is a hydra-headed and remorseless mon
ster, which with ceaseless and tireless energy
wastes the substance of the poor, manufactures
burdensome taxes for the public, monopolizes
the time of the courts, fills the jails, peniten
tiaries and asylums, destroys manhood, terror
izes helpless women and innocent children, baf
fles the Church and mocks the law.
“ ‘Answering its inexorable demands,
Each new morn, new widows mourn,
New orphans cry,
New wrongs strike heaven in the face.’ ”—At
lanta Journal, Nov. 7, 1911.
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