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THE SUNNY SOUTH
THIRD <PAGE
APRIL
I, 1905.
Largesse of Providence Seen in Alabama's Bound*
less Mineral Wealth ^ ^
o^fh ^iv * on f s . Published herewith give the entire detail
, e . a ^ 1 & mining industries of Alabama. The limestone
r 1U a Ux ^ n ^' the source of the iron and the all-essential
s b° wn in their natural condition,
a. ama already fixes the national price for pig iron, and
Jh ?'h P * t COa l an> ^ s ^ ee l * s advancing at such a rate
a she is destined to play an epochal role in these indus
trial phases also. * * * *
By HILTON CASTLE.
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Sunny South
ty of the mistress of the world than does
the tread of the iron and coal diggers
! of Alabama threaten the majesty of the
O country on tho globe is • iron and coal fields of the north. We
richer in mineral resources cannot waT with destiny. Alabama has
t y,_„ + u T „ ' been gifted far beyond even onr boasted
e United States. Of empire 0 f Pennsylvania, and the time i.-
particular interest just now j at hand when a large portion of tht
is the underground wealth ; great iron and coal products of the coun-
of Alabama, the greater I try - which enter competing centers, will
Part of which I* to be 1 bo supplied cheaper from Alabama than
found in the Birmingham 1 from any Ktato in the north ' . ,
d!strir.+ We enter now upon ia new ora of steei
mahirig in this country, and we may eon-
ifldently expect dn the not distant future
that southern steel will dominate the
markets, as southern iron has in the last
decade. Following the diieap (production
of steel must come the establishment of
Industries in the south convenient to the
furnaces and steel plants and cheap coals
and icoke for the. production of structural
steel, bridges, etc. 'Southern .steel will
have a freight advantage or e.r the Besse
mer steel of the lake region, for export
and for the markets of our Atlantic
states and tho [great south. The sou'.d
holds absolute command of too four great
staples, the practical basis of a marvel- ,
ous development in the future—coal, iron,
steel land cotton.
Tho most valuable of Alabama’s iron
ores is the red ore or hematite, because
district
Recent talk of consolidat
ing the coal, iron and steel
industries of this commu
nity is giving it widespread
exploitation.
Alabama leads the southern states In
mineral resources, and it is the only
ctate In the union that can vie with the
great state of Pennsylvania in the pro
duction of coal, iron and steel.
[• fhe Birmingham district names the price
*vf pig iron for file world, and it is only
fi question of time, it is predicted, when
she will stand at the head of the coal,
iron and steel industries of the United
, States. Tlie Birmingham district is the
' only part of the world where coal, iron
find the necessary fluxes are to be found i
together. I
An idea of the possibilities of Alabama's | of Its abundance, its nearness
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It.
Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp-Root, Wilt
Do for YOU, Every Reader of The Sunny South May Have
a Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.
the |
es 5ne Quarry In Close Proximity t1r« Fturrracas.
[there is more lime than is neees- [with a. goodly fortune of a million fit 1-
I sary, w-hen a little soft ore or brown Jars, given to them by the wealthy sena-
| ore is added. I tor from Massachusetts, but this gift,
| Brown ore ; or llmonite. comes second [which will make their life’s pathway an
in importance among the iron ores of [easy one. is the reward of tho bride-
j Alabama, the gray ore or magnetite, and I groom's merit and should be tbought-
’ the black band and clay Iron stone com- jfully and carefully considered by all
Ing third and fourth. [American youths, whether they have j
| The three great coal fields of Alabama [wealthy parents or not.
are the Warrior, the Cahaba, and the i It is the custom to deride the sons of [
It used to be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly a.l!
diseases have their beginning in the disorder of
these most important organs.
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or oat
I of order, you can understand how quickly your en-
I tire body is affected, and how every organ seems
to fall to do Its duty.
I? you are sick or "feel badly,” begin taking
the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
I Root, because as soon as your kidneys begin to
I get better they will help ali tho other organs to
1 health. A trial wiii convince anyone.
X was out of health and run down generally; had rjo
appetite, was dizzy ami suffered with headache meet ni
the time. I did not know that my kidneys were th*
cause of my trouble, but somehow felt that they might
be, and I began taking Swamp-Root. There Is such a
pleasant taste to Swamp-Root, and It goes right to the
spot and drives disease out of the system. It has cured
me, making me stronger and better In every way. and [
I cheerfully recommend it to all sufferers.
Gratefully yours.
MRS. A. L,. WAhKER, 331 Kast I.lr.den St., Atlanta, ha.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
j for many kinds of diseases, and i? permfTted to
continue much suffering and fatal results are mri
to follow. Kidney trouble irritates the nerves,
make you dizzy, restless, sleepless and Irritable,
j Makes you pass water often during the day ana
obliges you to get up many times during the night.
Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism, gravel, ca
tarrh of the bladder, pain or dull ache In the
back, Joints and muscles; make your head aoho
and back ache, cause indigestion, stomach and
liver trouble, you get a sallow, yellow complexion,
makes you feel as though you had heart trouble;
you may have plenty of ambition, but no strength;
get weak and waste away.
The cure for these troubles is Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the world-famous kidney remedy.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to
Nature, for Swamp-Root Is the most perfect healer
and gentle aid to the kidneys that is known to
medical science.
How to Find Out
iCoosa. Three thousand years would not wealthy parents and to gibe at their
[supposed idleness and want of self-re-
[iianco and character. But young Mr.
[Crane’s career thus far, which has hern
[and is being repeated ail over the United
[States, goes to show how unfounded and
exhaust the supply of coai in tho state,
it Ls said, all of which is of the bitumi
nous kind.
; Until within a few years the fluxing
[rocks used m the furnaces of the Birm
ingham district were limestones. Now, [unjust, as a rule, are the Jests and this
idabomite is largely used, and Is found criticism.
[in close proximity to the furnaces. Some j While at Tale, Mr. Crane was a mem- j EDITORIAL NOTE.—So successful is Swamp-Root In promptly curing even
[of the mountain limestone quarries, on |ber of the Skull and Bones, one of the j the most distressing cases of kidney, liver or bladder troubles that to prove its
[the mountain sides, show clear faces of most fashionable of the Tale secret fra- j merlts^you mi have a sample bottle and a book or valuable lnrormation,
: the stone 100 feet in height, a single [ternlties, and had every advantage that
If there is any doubt in your mind as to your
condition, take from your urine on rising about
four ounces, place it in a glass or bottle and let it
stand twenty-four hours, if on examination it is
milky or cloudy. If there is a brick-dust settling or
if small particles float about in it, your kidneys
are in need of immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and is used
in the leading hospitals, recommended by pbvsi-
eians In their private practice, and i« taken bv
doctors themselves who have kidney aliments,
because they recognize in it the greatest and most
. successful remedy for kidney, liver and bladder
I troubles.
! 'Swamp-Root is p>»sa.nt to take.)
If you are already convinoed
that Swamp-Root la what you
need, you can purchase tha
i regular flfty-cent and one-
1 dollar size bottles at the drug
j stores everywhere. Don’t make
any mistake, but remember th*
I name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kll-
| mer’s Swamp-Root, and the ad-
i dress, Binghamton, N. Y., on
I every bottle.
[blast bringing down hundreds of tons. jhis„father’s larg
. Being above drainage level, above the ; He figured in tl
j crushers and railroad tracks, the product
Is easily and cheaply quarried.
Speaking of the mineral productions of
Uncle Sam’s dominions, It is interesting
to know that the first coal mine opened
within the confines of the United States
was in Virginia, in the neighborhood
of Richmond.
By 1766 the (product of this mine had
■reached considerate importance. Bal-
! element of young men increase slowly,
j Life is still serious here, and the pro-
i fcssional idler is still in the minority in
; society.
neans could give him.
fashionable society of
New Haven, and .. was supposed there
that he would lead a life of leisure,
lie did not neglect, his studies, however,
r.iul ids college career was a creditable
cue.
When, after graduation, he returned
to the paternal mansion, at Dalton, Mass.,
his father advised with him as to his
choice of a career. The family fortune i
conies from the Crane writing paper WORLD'S POLITICAL HOTHOUSE
j manufacturing mills, and the youth ex- j (From The Booklovers' Magazine.)
The pressed a desire to go into the mills as a j Sunny Australia is best described as a
wins workman and learn the business from j political hothouse. Beneath th
y ir _ | the ground up. He was given the op- j extreme
Iortunity, and. donning overalls, began
as an ordinary workman and labored
with his fellow-workmen for some time,
uid until he had mastered all the de
tails.
AY hen iie had, through his own merit
and ability, gradually advanced to a posi
tion of responsibility, and fell in iove,
he still pursued his work, until at his
wonderful merits .
both se -it absolutely free by mail. The book contains many of the thousands upon
thousands of testimonial letters received from men and women cured. The value
and sjccess of Swamp-Root is so well known that our readers are advised to send for
a sample botttie. In sending your address, to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y-,
be sure to say you read this generous off er in The Atlanta Sunny South. The
Proprietors of this paper guarantee tho genuineness of this offer.
•tlroo.ro, Ptilladelpkwm, \evr Vo: k and
ton were patrons of Richmond coai.
first gold mining in the country
done in North Carolina. Two young
ginians were the first to engage in quartz
mining in California, which state, as all
the world knows, loads in the production
of gold, as Nevada leads in tiie produc
tion of silver.
ANCIENT OCCUPATION.
Mining for the treasures o.C the earth
is of vast (antiquity. Father Abraham
found the Egyptians appreciative of gold [marriage recently he was rewarded
The Phoenicians worked [ tho substantial gift, as toid above, of
and silver.
Down In a Coal Mine, Eight Hundred Feet from the* Surface fn Birmingham D strict.
i mines in Spain, and filled their liomc-s j
| with the rich treasures dug from the j
| bowels of the earth, which they gathered
[million of dollars.
t is this American spirit which
lass
democracy twenty varieties
state socialism are budding, and a dozen
more have reached their full bloom here
a generation or two before their due time
in other parts of the world. Ton in the
United States would think the political
millennia! not far distant if your civil
service wore reformed by leaving all
appointments to commissioners as im
partial and independent as your own su
preme court judges. To England the pay-
; ment of legislators and the separation of
has i church from state would seem revolu-
Australlan history. Daws have been pass
ed for the minimum wage, the eight-
hour day, early closing of ailops. day
labor on government contracts, and the
inspection of factories, shojis and mines.
Old age pension* bare been established
| in three of the ,onies, and the coin-,
' monwealth parliament is bent on a fea-
a era! scheme.
of j The exclusion of alien and undesirable
0 * ! Immigrants is enforced so rigidly that
■ even British workmen who come under
[contract are turned back; the South sea
' islanders who have been working for
| years in the Queensland sugar fields are
! to be deported; and the government has
refused to renew mail contracts with
; British steamers which carry colored
! sailors or stokers, so strong is the
j national cry for a "white Australia.”
j Some of these advanced measures have
i been hastened by the extension of the
| franchise; yet socialism here ia not
j merely an after-growth of democracy,
j From the beginning the Australian gov-
1 ernments have owned and operated their
resources along this line may be gathered
from the words of 'a well known Phila
delphia editor. Colonel A. IC. McClure,
who wrote several years ago:
■ The. sudden trend of the horde from
Dio northern forests upon ancient Rome
lid not. more certainly threaten the majes-
Indigestion?
I offer all Stomach Sufferers a Full Dol
lar’s Worth of my Remedy
Free to Try.
As can afford to offer a full dollar’s, worth
tftee because mine Is no oidinary remeoy. Or
dinary remedies treat symptoms. My remedy
[treats the causes that produce the symp
toms. Symptom treatment must be kept ■—
there. My
soon is it has
ilways tho eml
, for ever—as long as the
* treatment may be stopped as
removed the cause, for that is
Pi trouble.
* Stomach trouble is not really a sickness,
but a symptom. It is a symptom that a certain
ifr.t of nerves is ailing. Not the voluntary
•nerves that enable you to walk and talk and
'act—but the automatic stomach nerves over
torhich your mind has no control,
t I have not room here to explain how these
tender.' tiny nerves control end operate the
Jtrmach. How worry breaks them down and
causes indigestion. How misuse wears them
#*ut and causes dyspepsia. How reelect may
tvlng on kidney, heart and other troub.es
not room to ex-
I ha
hotv these nerves may
■trenEthened and vitalized and made well
etrengthen thirty years in perfect-
taa-now kh°wn by druggists everywhere as
iSr Shoop’s Restorative. I have not room
explain" how this remedy, by removing th*
i. tn “ p * a certain end to indigestion, belch-
cause, p insomnia, nervousness, dys-
«^ sla * \11 of these things are mjly ex ' 1
planned In the book X will send you when you
than a million homes my remedy
in more vj* cured stomach troubles not
| K known It ba a s . e ^_ OV c r and over again.
may 1 not have heard of it—or, hcar-
y et y ,,. have delayed or doubted. oo I
ing, may a stranger, that every
r -‘ ak ?vui excuse for < Soubt may be rcmo . v °5
gOMlble makP me no promise-take
»*nd me n ? ™^ wr ; te and ask. If you have
110 a remedy, X will send you an or-
not tried m > tor a full dollar bottle—
<ler on >’°“ r . d the regular standard bottle
net a sainple. but no g hI(j shelvc3 . Tho
he kbe , p3 TOi n .eqSro no condition., He will
diuggist will req checrfu)ly as though your
ZuT Uid before him. He will send the
bill to me. th| opportunity to learn
Will you accept tns ^ hp rjd for .
fit my , e * ! ,T"forms of stomach trouble-to be
bf v °™ be trouble, but of the very
^u 9 rwhich produced iff Write today.
For a free order for g on the Heart,
a. full <lo ar b ttl BoQk 3 on the K u n ey*.
you must address ^ Eook 4 for women.
Bhoop. ' hich Book 5 for Men.
cine. AVIs. Sta.e whic 6 on Rheumatism,
book you want.
often cured by a single bot-
A Glmpse Underground—Red Ore Mine, Two uHndred Feet from Surface, Birmingham, Aia., District.
Hematite Ore on Surface of tho Ground.
Mild cases are t ~ houaand drug stores,
tic. For sale at tony -
Dr.Sboops
Restorative
coal fields, (its reliability and the ease j —
with which it roay be mined. This ore
jis found in several geological formations,
■being most abundant In the upper Silu
rian. The East Red mountain ifurnis! 0 s
the most of this lied mountain or Clinton
VARIETIES OF MINES.
Tho mines of the Bi.rmlniia.rn district
mro known as slopes, drifts and shaft
mines, the drifts being in the majority,
land the slopes following. There are but j
six shaft anines. Most of the Red ore
mines are slopes, the deepest Laving gone j
more than 1,850 feet from the outcrop. !
Small cars convey the ore (to -title main i
slope, where It Is dumped into a skip
baving a capacity of forteen or fifteen
(tons. The skips, worked by steam pow
er carry the ore to the surface and
empty it automatically into the crushers,
(which in burn dump It into the railroad
icara.
Of the three scams of the Red mountain
ore. the Irondale, the Ida, and the Big
Seam the last named is the most im
portant on account of its greater hard
ness. When silica and lime are found
in equal proportions in the hard ore, it
is eelf-Duxlnfi« Generally, however.
FOLLOW
THE
FLAG
-TO-
the effect of preventing any rapid growth
of an idle leisure element in this coun
well
from the various markets of (the world.
The book otf Job gives an account of the
operations of ancient mining. Croesus, try. Cornelius Vanderbilt, as is
whose name is ia synonym for Hhe yellow known, has for some years past been
metal, worked mines in Asia Manor. Per- [studying, and studying piactically, t*‘C
sia and Arabia were rich in rare precious details of locomotive construction, an
stones and other minerals. j certain of his inventions are In use -o-
day.
bridegroom: earned million
(Front The Now York Herald.
There is food for thought in the story
a New Home in the Great West. The Wabash |of the marriage, at Pittsfield, Mass.,
It IL ir the shortest and quickest line from iccntly o: \\ inthrop Murray Crane,
,.r.,
ST. LOUIS
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where It makes direct connection with the
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West, Northwest and Southwest.
Very cheap round trip Homeseekers* tickets
on sale from all points in tho south, on first
and third Tuesday of each month*
Call on nearest Ticket A*ent, or address,
F. W. GREENE, D t P.. A. Wabash R. R*.
— __ I*ouisvilla, Ky.
son ot* United States Senator Crane, and
These are only a few of the many In
stances of young Americans of wealth
and position who have willingly chosen
to democratically learn a trade or busi
ness and to begin at the first details. It
would astonish the community if a list
could be compiled of the young Americans
IMiss Ethel G. Eaton. The youthful con- | V /ho daily labor in offices, factories or
pie start out on their matrimonial career l.snops when it would seem there is no
I | real necessity for their so doing.
au AAA Vil <BIOC A MflBITU ' This is the reason w’ny American
Uln wDU I (I «D I Xu A mUIV III >hostesses complain of a scarcity of young,
MADE WITH j ant i especially of dancing men, at their
Gearhart'S IfnDrOVBd !entertainments, and also why so many
uvu.hui. * j and cha „ n i„ e debutantes are fro-
IvNITTCK Iquently left partnerless at the bails and
_ eith*r knitting for th* \ d a nces of the winter season when the
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hour for the cotillion— usually a late one
arrives. There is not enough young men
n>en of leisure—and who can dance all
rught and go to their offices the next
morning for work—to go around.
So long as this American spirit of work
prevails, so long will America’s leisure
tioriary. But democrats here have gone ] railwaj’s, telegraph* and telephones. Tn
further.
In Australia, indeed, they have abolish
ed plural voting, and have freely given
the suffrage to all women. They have
established graduated income and pro
gressive land taxes. Their great land
difficulty is being met by such heroic
means as the compulsory repurchase of
large estates for close, settlement, and
by state loans on farm mortgages. The
referendum has been used to decide the
greatest question that has yet arisen in
some cases, aJso. they have kept in their
own hands the street railways and elec
tric lighting. Ail the colonies have gov
ernment savings banks. In New Zealand
there is government insurance against
both fire and death. And now the gov
ernments have undertaken to protect the
community against strikes and lockouts,
much as you protect yourselves against
murder and highway robbery. When vol
untary conciliation failed practical re
formers of New Zealand and Australia
did not fear to enforce compulsory arbi
tration-
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