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THE WEEKLY COKSXITITIOJN, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1887. 11 TOE'S RICHES. Hidden Under Georgia Hills, But Brought to Light by ENTERPRISE AND PLUCK The Town of Tallapoosa and its Remarkable Growth, WHAT HAS CAUSED IT TO RISE And What Will Make It Prosper In the Future. BIS, GCL!) AND MARBLE IN RICH DEPOSITS fUu far the Development of the Mines and the Improvement of the Town. ■Wo have rapidly acquired a habit of boosting M tlio material development of the South. In fact tho work bos hardly begun. When wo conilder the va«t area which haa not in any proper aenm been developed at all; When woremeraber how many laden with nature's wealth are the few ipotf whoso tress- urcs/haya been brought to light, we *rp forced to fljS conclusion that even the closcstobserrer anfcthe wlactt of men haa no tSonccpflon of tho-pcssltllltlcs of this region/ 1 Bufenougb ho* been demonstrated-to rovo- lntlonlzo tho world’s estimate of the possibili ties and destiny of the south. It Is no longer regarded aa an agricultural region only. While it maintains and improves i excollcnolos In this lint, It has widonod the ope of Its energies and diversified the avo ws In which its enterprise may bo profitably aployod. Tho prospects of the south,os tho field for In- atrial enterprises, are attracting universal tcntlon. Its unbroken forests, Us ferUlo val- yt, its fields of cotton and grain and its great ountains are traversed overy UgTjar those ioaro seeking richer treasure* fhanffiaye yst c&'tikon from this gonerons soil. They airing for gold, iron, copper, I Mrfrstfous Stones which nature ildi'as <ho reward of practical d faithful toll. That these minerals eilat In e loath In almost UXPJUKAX&SXJED RICHNESS an admitted fact. There are hundreds of es in the state of Georgia where mining and .nufacturlng could ho profitably carried on. w only question la as to where are tho best these points; where do tho greatest advan ce* concentrate; where Is the moat fruitful Id for capital directed by skill andexperl- The lines of commerce, the blessings of soil d climate, the beauties of nature have In me favored localltloa combined with rich incral treasures to form exceptional attrao- ma and to hasten In aucb localities a devsl- ment which, however rapid it may be, can- tin many years spread over any great por- m of thin mineral area. Everybody knows tho story of the magie It la, perhaps, held at speculative prices which can never be realized. But think bow few of these "booming" localities there are, after all. Thoy really constitute but the feeble beginning of the grand development of the south. There must DO many more sueh cities, with property as valuable, with resources as rich, and with futures aa great as any that have vet risen in the drat flush ol this now life in tho south. If men could fonee just where the mineral de velopment of tho south would bo most rapid In the next ten years they could make fortunes which would throw Into the shade any of those that have yet been made on such properties. The scale on which these resources are being developed la constantly enlarging. We have not yet seen the great iron mines, the great gold mints, the great furnaces, the varied manufactories which are to make the south licit and independent. These things lie in the future, not very far ahead of us, it may bo, but now we only enjoy their promise, a promise, however, based on reasons which can not fall. Tho place for Investment now Is not where properties havo acquired their full value, but where they are just being developed. It is true that a man would be very foolish ' his money wherever ho can find sn eat . ready to take it, but In the exercise of cautlpn and good sense he may find fields for Investment which i some tout Ians to see tho dtocov- resources extending Alabama has bad the call on these things for tho past year or two, but there Is good reason to believe that Geor gia’s day is at hand. The great ridge which extends westward from Atlanta to the Alabama line, has long been famous for its mlnoral deposits. In the extension of tills ridge ire found Til a BICltXST MINES of Alabama. Many years ago. iron and gold were dug from tho veins of these hills which yielded a profitable return evon to tho slow and imperfect methods of that time. The at tention of capitalists and practical prospect ors was turned towatd this regain by the great Impetus toward the development of southern resources. There Is today no more Interesting or more promising mlnoral region on this continent. In tho county of Haralson alone no lew than ■lx syndicates have bought large sections of land and havo began operations on a scale that attests tholr faith in tho possibilities of that country. These companies are known aa the Mobile syndicato and tho Birmingham syndicate. Theto companies, representing millions of capital, havo bought heavily of un developed mineral lands In Haralson county which they are now opening up with the view to the operation of their (Boat enterprises. Every ono of there companies is In the control of practical holiness men. They have lnvret- ed their mcney In there land; after a careful examination of them by the best experts, and after their ores have been assayed by chemists of acknowledged authority. Hot the slightest question remains, either as to tho quantity, quality, or variety of tho min erals which Ho beneath the soil. Tho largest of there organisations la the Tallopoosa Land, Mining and Manufacturing company. As Its narao.TmpIies itstotms donot It rich In developed resources; busy with profitable manufactories j thrifty and presnere oua with a population engaged in diversified pursuit*. . The company ha* taken the namo of THJC BEAUTIFUL TOWN, which is situated on tho Georgia Padflo rail road, alxtvthres mlloa from Atlanta and one hundred miles from Birmingham. It is two and a ball miles long, extending to the Tails; poosa river. The name, in tho idyllic languago oftboIndian,signified "Golden river,”' and teems almost prophotio of tho discoveries of the future. It may havo been bared on some crude development of the mineral wealth in tke vicinity by tho Indians, for they know more of such things than wo are apt to ‘Woreal. a magic dty, where It stands today with over 1.000? Inhabitants, with »ulb atantlal and ela growing trado, pSAx^i^tSSSrSang one of their giant pines or oake i«4 been feUed to build a nome for man. Standing in tho busy Tallapoosa of today it is almost Impossi ble to realize thin. ^. A finer site for a town could nowhere bo found. It is over twelve hundred feet obovo tho sea level. It stands on the enmml* of a ridge and commands a magnificent vtew In idl directions. The.alr Is pure and full tf health- ^ThehoaUhiulneaa of that wholo region Is pro verbial. Its people live to a ripe old age, a cheerful, brawny, Industrious, Intelligent and sober population. Tho exceptional excellence of tho climate was demonstrated during the prosent unusually hot summer# In tho hottest ton days of the year, when the mercuir reach ed a hundred almost everywhere, tho maxl- mum at Tallapoosa was wily 98 degrees. On threeof there famously hot daysthe highest “wiffirTthoefty Umlta'thoro la a chalybeate cr minerals. A magnificent hotel ie to be £23 are neet and comfortable; reme of them wonld grace tho beet residence streets nf Atlanta- There la a huge and well kept hotel now and a much larger one already pro- ^°The chnrehei and schools aro well fitted np for comfort and convenience. Tho numerous business bouses are well bnllt. Tallapoosa has already pushed Its eommerdal ontarprire tor 2 No modem town can bo without a newspa per. Tallapoosa bos an excellent one in the Journal, wMch to oonducted by Mr. Bur Christian, one of tho beat known editors in Georgia. The community la composed of 1 Georgia rseine depot. ponmlllionfof moneyhavsbeen made , men who had either the goodforinne to realize in time what waa » come. Sow that there el ties are 6d, that their great enterprise* are Sarah, and paying property In inch vicinities | gsormoci figures. In lomoofthem of Alabama. Prosperous dU-andg^t factoring center* have risen where a tow wort hy persons who come to rest their lots mo stood the unbroken forest. Mill- with them. In there respects Tallapoosa hre ^ - a. greet advantage* over the, average, town of mining regions. The reach and disorderly elements are net to found and there la do danger that they will become predominant. TWO VKW KilLKOiM will soon cm* tho Georgia Pacific. In aU both of them will pasa through ItlsoaMMof thaliJMsof I haa dacktod advantagi for both, and either of tho other possiblo routes, both be- causo of its growing importance, and because ft is on a ridgo, which makes the most natural and tho cheapest 1 routo for 'both tho projected lines. One of these roads is the Chattanooga, Home and Columbus railroad, which already comes to Cedartown only sev enteen miles away. It will be rapidly extend ed to Columbus, Ga., or Montgomery, Ala., and will, in all probability, pass directly through Tallapoosa. Survey on this line hav ing already been made. The other road is the extension of the great Georgia Central sys tem. Its northwestern terminus now is Car rollton. It is seeking an outlet to Decatur olid intends connecting with the extension of lies directly through Tallapoosa and it will go W *TH* ADVANCE Ilf B*AL RSTATH 4 In the town has been remarkable, as some in- wlilch they believe to bo capable of a vast de velopment. They are in for busines ON BUSINBSS PRINCIPLES. In order to get an insight into the sudden and retuarkablo prominence of Tallapoosa ns a mining center, a stall corres pondent of Thb Constitution visited the town In company with several other correspondents of well known Georgia papers. The Tallapoosa company gave overy facility for a thorough inspection of its prop erty and laid out its plans fully before the cor respondents. Neither the local manager nor any of the di rectors who wore Interviewed scorned disposed to blow about what had been done or what It waa proposed to do In and around Tallapoore. They epoko of tholr plana In a business Ilka way sail with a tone of frankness which was In strong contrast to tho manner ot the ordina ry "boomer." Thoy preferred to allow their visitors over the enure property and let eaoh make np hit own unbiased opinion rather than stances will show. Only two months ago a lot containing one-fifth of an aero just opposite the hotel waa offered at 92,000. Today 93,900 could net buy It. Another lot on tho tamo street was rained at 91,200 on the 15tli of Juno. Itwonld now bring 94,000. Ahonre and lot, nearly a mile from tho depot, waa offered on tho fith of Jane for 9700. On the tilth of Jnno 93,000 waa refused for It, and now 93,000 would not touch it. Tho avenge price of property In tho olty haa doubled In tho last thirty day.. There are aotnal facta which will give some Idea of the value and proepeata of Tallapoosa property. Now, there most bo some basis tor this »• markable Increase In vslaof. Mon donot offer snob prices without good reasons. In this care tho explanation is easy. . All around Tallapoore havo been discovered inch rich mineral deposits and aucli rare facili ties for their dovelopmont as to make It cortaln that Tallapoore mint become a OREAT MANUFACTURING CENTER In tho near future. The merowotk of prwpect- lng which Is now going on under tho Tails- poosa Land, Mining ana Manufacturing com pany give* employment to nearly a hundred men. The weekly nay roll amounts to from 8400 to 9900, which la thrown Into tho bnslnessnhan- nels of the town. And this la only ono of tire six companies which concentrate tholr works about Tallapoosa. No loss thus elevon saw mills bring tholr nroducts from the Im mediate vicinity to this depot. A little over a month ago a syndicate, n compoMd of Mr. Carpenter, of Notches; 8. S.Pruckard, of Birmingham: Major E. A. Burko. of Now Or. leans, and soveral northern capitalists, bought the Crete or Holland gold mine, situated about ono mile fromTallapoosp. Thoy are now organ izing a company with a largo capital, tad have ordered SIOU.OOO worth of the latest Improved machinery to work their valuablo property. The other syndicate* *re advancing with equal enterprise to develop their inoxbaostlblo hods of iron ore. The Bradflelds, ot Birmingham, havo recently bought 13,000 acres ofUnd lying within 17 miles of Tallapoosa, and will at onco btigin the erection of furnaces to dovolop its rich ore*. There aro lino openings In almost any line of legitimate business, .and In tho pro fessions which have brought intelligent and active men from half a dozen states rewntiy. The Tallapoosa company offers most liberal inducements to retUors who want to tmgago In business. Thoy will famish to such porsons on osar terms and long time lota on which to build, and will build from out tholr profits houses for tholr operatives, allowing tho rent to apply on pnrefiare money. The property may bo paid for by tho week, month, or year, and in tho meantime, ho hold rent free. The company will take atock and make dona tions ot land for plant In many manufacturing enterprises to which tho locality and Its sur rounding retource* may bo adapted. Several big enterprises are already being uranged on this plan. Among there are a cotton mill, a furniture factory, and an Iron furnace. Tho splendid quality and great variety of woods In the neighboring forests make Tallapoosa an excellent point tor the manufacture ot tnrnl- tore of every grado and on any scale. Tire Tallapoosa company propores to adopt a system of corporation on the most advanced P ThiawUl Intnro the heat reaultoln the estab lishment and operation ot the proposed enter- sure of a livelihood aa good as he. oonld gain olrewhere ho aoqulros property with tho grow ing wealth and prosperity ot the town and of the Industry to which ho become* a partner. In fixing to* scale of trap* workmen will havo a voice with the stockholders. Plans are already drawn fora largo cotton mill, a furniture factory and a rolling mill to bo operated on tola prtotfiplo. No system could be devised which Insures so much to the work man, while toe capitalist draws benefits cor respondingly largo and certain. Tallapoore managed and bnllt np on this plan offers rXCPLUJt ADVANTAGES alike to toe wageworker and the man of METHODIST CHURCH. to alt In tholr office* and explain map*o* out marvelous schemes on foolscap? It will bo Interesting to examine more par ticularly into tho affaln, too pro. party and tba plans of to* Tallapoosa Land, Mining and Manufacturing company. The gentlemen who com pore too company are not spoenlatora oe adrenturen. Thoy are well known citizens ol Georgia and ot too north. They believe In toe work they have undertak^and are wUllng to jtok tholr tart, nen reputation and their monoy In toe effort to make It succeed. At the head of toe com pany la Colonel George W. Adair, too most successful real citato man In Atlanta, and the best posted man in Georgia on too rains of property In tola state. The first name, on the fist ot directors la tbtol General Jolm B. G Butkoen«»IbtUfiSeAwito welWtttown and highly respected names. The following are the officen of too company: LO.tkLOkofw! D.'cSi U. L. DA.VXS, ' IION. 1. &. GOEION.^Veroor oi Georgia, At- HON. HOWELL a OLENN^fioUcttot of City Coari, Atlanta, Co. JAMES P. PAGE, New York. ). iL pumitiut. ltew Yptt. D. CARIJrrost, Hanfunt, Conn. Tho New Yotk and Connecticut men whew names appear in tola list are mrn of capital and experience in the dovelopmont They — this conclusion after a thorough personal In spection of tha lands now held by the company and after toe beet experts had given their S lnlons re to tha valae of tha property and e facilities tar Us development. With hun dreds of other arennea open (or their money, and with tba claims ot * myriad booms In all directions baton their eye*, they •elected tola field fog farsetment because they believed It to ha toe beet that could be foand. The company has operated trota toe start on strict btwlatas prin- ctplee. The faith of tore* area ia attaaM by their large Investments ot cash la to* lands _ over toe ground we went. Tbs trip occu pied an- entire day, for it extended over a cir cuit of from fifteen to eighteen miles, with frequent stops to Inspect work that was In progress, or to pick np soma cholco specimen of metafile ore that lay thick at every turn of the road. Scattered through "too float’’ or the loose outcroppings of toe deposits on those hills, are to be found many beautiful specimens nf iron, manganese, and gold bearing quarts, There ore re thick that they attract the eye of the most inoxnerienoed, whll* the beauty and variety of their specimens. In our party was a gentleman from Connecticut, who was ono of too California "Forty-nlnars.” Ho was deeply impressed with what h* hrf toen during a week’s rambles over the hills nbout Tallapoosa. Hesald ho bad not dreamed of finding each rich indications and in point of variety ot minerals that region surpassed any ho had ever aeon. Tho prospecting of tho oompauy has been under tho supervision of Mr. Crows, a native ot Haralson county. Ho has had a ■practical oxportence of twonty year* In hla business and knows oveiy foot of tho ground for miles aronnd. Mr. Crowi points with a pardonablo prido to the fact that ovary time ho has dug for a "lead” he has strnok It. He understands the geological formation of the country aa only a practical man thorongbly acquainted with all Its * *■*“ "■' could. Mr. Crows s? dona. Ho conducted ns to the places* he hail uncovered tho concealed .treasure and let each man In the party form hla own eatl mate of tholr valne. We did not are more than ono halt the work of the prospector bnt ho showed specimens of all too ores In had discovered. What wo saw wsa I a BXMARKAnr.a xeyxiation tlf mineral wealth. We went to eight or ten great outs which had been nudo whore iron ore waa supposed to lie beneath the surface. In all of there cats there was found a clean voln of iron of varying richness and alts, fipe. clmrns lay thick on trie ground about the ex- v- . — u.a. ..a brown inlrod It reuul Iran In moat favorable conditions. There were the brown hemltete, too specular and manganese ores, and the magnate) Iron which mado tba compel fairly danco when brought near to it. To determine tho exeat quality of those orre wo did not, of cootie, presumo .bnt tha quantity in which they appeared Impress- od ovory one very forcibly. Wilbur a fow foot of too snrfoco at ovary point of observation lay great wldo veins of Iron Which "dipped” at virion* angtre to indefinite doptbs, growing riohet with every foot of de scent toward tlielr original homos from which they had been shot upward by reme awful con vulsion of nature. It was an Impnarivo speo- tnolo to look upon those deposits and to nfleot that right under our feet lay ore enough to operate for untold yean tha mightiestfurnaocs that man could build to convert nature’s erode wealth Into tho fashions of hla art. As to tho quantity of too iron ore on the company's land there la no question. It abounds In practleally inoxhaustiblo quan tities. Tha ore la unusually rich, average samples assayed by Brofoarer J. H. Pratt, of Birmingham, showing 59.113 por cent of motallo Iron, with one-tento of 1 por cent of phospho rus. Bnt toe OaiATIZT POINT or SUPHUORRT In there one la not tholr abundance nor too quantity of motallo Iron they contain. If la tholr remarkably high grade.. . what too furnaces of too world are now look log for 1* Bessemer ore: teat la ore which la so free from phosphorus that It can be worked directly Into stool. Soch ore* are very rare. They are found at tot famous Cranberry mines In North Carolina and have been dis covered In Arkansas, hat they are very Iare. In aU the iron ahont Anniston and Birming ham, too Imnoh phosphorpa exlate to make finest qaullty of it**L Th* Birmingham Steel works will send to Cranberry for their ores and haul than ovre 900 miles. TaUapoma Is only 100 rotlss from Blrmlnghmo, 330 miles nearer than tho on beds ol North Carolina. It has been well said that we are paring from an as* of iron to an oga of atrel. Tba valaeof Sigh grad* orre S Increasing *VSiy day be cause toe demand to* them grows constantly E> Do C tha lands of tho Tallapoosa company ^ATOortfingto'every'lndlcatlon they certainly do. An or* which oootalns <wer on* pee oent of phosphorus cannot be worked Into steel by the direct or basic process. When to* quantity of phosphorus Is as low ss one-half of ono per cent tot os* eon b* worksd to 'advantage by this method, finch a email per oent of phoe- phorus would make any ore gvaUtabl*. What does to* sassy of Tallapoore on show? Th* following repost of Professor Pratt will •how: Cmsmicai. LAzosAvoar, J. H. Pratt, juuxmuauMfouL BCSSb: gSSgSterrr: NOT o.-Thli to apewi tmn on, v* em bs work- cdtoadvautag*. fiOTrectfuHr^nJlted.^ c;The following Is tht assay of I^nch 4e Clan- •on, of New Orleans: toWw^r^K^^^ SaSrwIffSt ullc iron ors lo lU too. K«i<ctmilr, Clacson « LYNCH. Th* following It tht analysis of Profareor J. A. Burns, of Atlanta, of toms of the specimens casually picked up near one of tha ekes various: NstsUelroa. £» Phosphorus — cams The assay of Professor Pratt (hows that this or* has only been onotenth of ocs P*r cent of phospbons, while th* aseat of Profsarer Barn# shows only Sets than three-tenth* of opa — cent There reports from such ante lssvt a* doubt ss to th* fact that toil la If thtgtnsral nw of ttecore shall prov* as good aa tho specimens assayed by Professor Pratt (which were not selected with a special viow to the assay, but to determine the real value of tho property) the Tallapoosa compa ny’s mine* will poascaa a value which It is Impossible to estimate. Mr. Ctevra, the prospector, believes that the specimens anal yzed fairly represent the ran of tho mines. This Is the opinion of other gentlouien who havo mado an Inspeotton of the excavations on the place. Tho Iron kings of Birmingham havo •pent a groat deal of time and monoy In the search tor bessemer ore nearer than Cranberry. Mr. De liardrladcn himself rode on horseback 300 miles from Cranberry down the rldg* that leads to W?«*| trying to trnd such ore. Unleu all algns fail tho Tallapoore company have found what Mr. DoBardehulenwaaaearehingfor. If they have too Bessemer orre are nearly BOO miles nearer to Btrmlnghom than Cranberry, the present source of their supply. It (t already established beyond all question that tho Tallapoore ore* are magneto) and of vtry high grads. They will bo taken out in great quantities and will bo In demand not only for tho projected furnaces and manufactories of Tallapoore but for the ‘great fnrnacos now In operation in tho vicinity of inferior As*. Nothing can stop the spoedy development of there riob mine* on an extensive teal*. There are four groat leads on the lands of the Talla poosa company, overy ono ol them heavy with oee similar to that assayed by Professor Pratt. These leads are abolit four miles from the town of Tallapoosa. After Inspecting tho Iron wo wore taken to TUM GOLD MINKS, which foim one ol tba most Interesting fretnroa of too property. Several very rich fissure veins have been discovered and are now being opened. Borne of toe ore from tho tint vein found were rent to Professor Bnrna, who mado tho following report on It: CnauoAL Laeoeatobv Tna Boutiiisn Mzdica:. comma, James A. Burns, Ph. ». Protosror. Atlanta Ga, June IS, '87. Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report on too told ora loll with ms June 13i ^•h====^r tmum ltemarks: Duplicate amayi of this ora were mads, and agned very closet y. Tuese I toon jh t necessary, as It was an unusually rich showing, aud J deemed U best to gut a around assay, lit spectrally sub mitted, J. A. Busxs. If It be true, u to said, that It will nay woll to work a gold ore which will yield S3 a ton there to a not profit of 970 a ton In tola ore. Tho veins are largo and they grew richer too farther they are followed. A shaft haa bean sunk about forty feat on one of them and tho Indications got better all the tone. From one of there veins some cholco speci mens wore selected which will assay 9300 a ton. Tit* nnrenoa of riob gold doposits in this region haa long been recognized. Tba mines at VIlla Itlca, In Carroll county, wore worked profitably for many years before the war. Tho Ureti, or Holland, mine, which to only a few miles from tho Tallopoosa com;«ny’s lttlno, has yielded over 8:w,000 under crude and old- fashloned methods. Th* Burko syndlMto, which now owns that mine, lias stocked U to a large amount, and has ordered 9100,000 worthof machinery tow«k It. • ' Not more than twenty tnilaa distant on tho urn* formation to the lomoua Abacooohre gold mine; out at which over. gJ.MWAlOO has, been —, That gold extols In largo qnantittos In tain, Borno beautiful have boon found on tho plaoo. OKI OagAT ADVANTAOl of this mlno over most gold mines to that It to situated within a fow hundred feet of a bold stream. An abundant supply ot wstor can bo commanded at all times. This point will ho readily appreciated by those who havo soon the groat difficulty and oxpenre to which moat of tho Georgia gold mines havo boon driven to obtain thtlr wafer supply. The proximity of the gold to too Iron doposits to a flno Indication ot the superiority of tlio latter. Iron found near gold to always of high grado. Nature puts her finest ores close together. Wjat we taw of iron and gold wonld eatab- ltoh the high value of tho Tallapoosa Land, Mining and Mamilacturlng company's proper ty. But thero to still another resource which has only rccoutly been dlscoyerod.lt Is rxnr tisk MAnnr.it- Tho mine was found on a stream at tho foot of a hill. From It some beauttlul specimens of wlilto, eroy and mottled mnrblos have boon takon. There to every Indication that tlioaup- jd^to exhaustlesa and tha quality oon he seen FrofoworMcCutchoon, tho goologtot ol the •tat* agricultural department, says ho haa novor soon any marble In this country which re closely resembles toe Italian marbles. Its Cutoheon and of many others who have visited th* plaoo It haa no greater treasure than Its marbles. The surronndlng country to very similar to tho inathlc region of nortoooatGtor- gla. There to no telling to what variety and extent too morblo on this plaoo may be found, but every Indication point* tottnlhaited^ quau- r valu- titles and to a rich variety, The inajl •OSlfcffl'.nlng.na'ManuUo-. taring company own about 3JHO acres of land. On tills land, as tea havo Indicated, aro foand gold, copper, marble, brown hematite, Besse mer ore and manganese. The 1*re Important deposits an silver, mica, aabcatoa, graphite, rhodonito, corundum, Stolojriut* kaolin, fire .into fight Over ono hundred men are now delving tlito soil to bring its hidden treasure* to Tl_ . .. to determine tlmlr extent and valna, and to open too way for toe meet development of to* user future, which will transmute too wealth of natnre Into tho wealth of mao. No one hat yet area there lands wlthqut being sur prised at tbslr remarkable rlolinres In minerals The more skilled visitors hero been In retl- msw% i SBs9tbs VoXV^ro^ffi: of Virginia, went over too place. He was formerly tba state geologist of Virginia, and to now a tree- tee ad the Washington and Lee university. He examined everything on toe lands with the care of a ptreUoal prospector and a man of science. Professor Ruffnsr was deeply Impressed. Boon after leaving Talla poosa ha said there waa no othar point on the Georgia Faolfio railroad which coMfAuxn wtTiirr in point or natural advantages. This la ths oihi,:.i. - - ■ ■ k» i tuffnor, though he lies Sheffield baa bocomo famous and ss a great manufacturing pcsall _ there to no ore nearer than twenty-firs mild and no coal nearer than fifty miles. Fot ing this magnificent town and mining the Tallapoosa company havo ? TWO MILLION DOLI property and Is proceeding powlblo. Those who purchnso Tnllaitoosa buy with tholr eyes open. .. can SCO for Ithemsclvco whnt has mado tj town come up from nothin? in four yesra to a plica o. o«or ono tliousand population i to have a well hud ssrennee of rapid gro^H Only, last Ofliuraday a real estate dealer from 1 Connecticut bought fifty town lots for S12,two.- lie will at once move toJCallapooea, and open’ there lota, which oosthlm 92M eaoh. The fame of Tallapoore has ostondcA abroad. A recent number of too Hartlordi? Conn./ GoeiDIte «*y» that the capitalist* ot that olty are very much oxerolud over th* rich discoveries of iron, gold and marble ness tlito brisk Georgia jnvltcd to attend th __ hratlon In Tallapoore. tn his letter of regrets' to Mr. A. J. McBrfdo h* soldi December last, and was Impressed by the hcnutyc. Its location and tht elsmsuts of dlrerslfiod employs; meat In tht midst of which It was growing. Th* people are evidently typical of tho now -onth. Tholr eyes an tinder tholr foreheads and not lifthe hack of tholr head* and thoy hare determined te improve their conditions No doubt many of thorn have removed there from some town distant Dam tho railroad where thoy closed up toeir former businom because thi rowa* no profit In Itt and that others aro farmers who b« onme discouraged in tht vain effort tomato a 111* Ing planting cotton, and bavo sold out and coma to town houlns tto do bcV* tor; or to have bettor opportunities for tho sdnea- lion ol their oblldnn. In either event thslr succou will lnorcaso th* wealth and prosperity, not only of tba town they an creating, bnt ot Georgia and tho wbolo south, though my friend Mr. Lamar, does not think so. Three months In to* Ulb of a commnnltr, ci|?calally If thoy era winter monUis, do not put foith many •Isnaof program; but whon at tho close of April, I again passed through Tallapoosa, Increased evil dcncee or thrift, enterprise tnd that proiperity which corns* trom Increased sources of wealth, were apparent on all sides, 1 saw a growing town. Again thanking yon for your courtesy, and ex pressing my regrets that I cannot aocept your lnyk tstton, I remain . Very truly youre, Wm. D. Xxiur. The great experiment will thus bo tried oft' Georgia soil under poouUar advantages anff with every prospect of cnceois. Natnre ha* Invited It and haa mado- tho nay plain to snail t ct-M.-t A richer return can bo liutl bore for the -, labor of m»h than In most localltlre. A tlnf ? ollmalo?invites him to n healthful happy home -? and brancs hint to hla best endeavora,. Tha-j rapidly Increasing value of mlnoral lands (aja too south will bring wealth to tno men who :WP. the plouoera in ilovolk Oping ■ any town which haa tlio ad;,- vantages of Tafiaimosa. Tho time to got Into Such places to when they aro young, before; competition has run i?ru|?crty up to fancy flg4 ; urea and closed tlio gates ot opportunity to HIV poor man. With tho diversity of manufa® turcs wtuoh Tallapoosa miist liavo In a nhotT tlmo thero wlU como a large population. Thu will open np all theawenueeof trado anil ew - terprise, and whllo too town will grow rapt l.llv It will rest on a substantial basis of ptoaP pertly. Our own peoplo'do not fully appreciate th* lmpurtanco of tho sections of tho south which aro peculiarly adapted to manufacturing pur poses.' Tlio groat tuh antog'-a which wo pawn** havo keen more fully muillcd and more com- - plotcly sot forth by uutsldcrs than by our own pooplo. now. Aim am n. it kwitt's omnion. No lunn in tbLs coumry 1h Ix.ttor qualllled to speak on these greal fnihislrial questions than lion. Abram H. Jfcwitt, of Now York, Hoi*' one of tho largest Iron makers in tho world, a man of rare practleul knowlodgo as woll u lolv' c-iitllie attainment. Speaking of Goorgla an) Alabama Mr. Uowltt said: "This to the only place on tho continent where II Is posslbls lo make Iron In c.?m;i«Utlon with too cheap Iron of England, as inrniurud, not l-y wage! C ld, but by the number of days' laior which suur to IU production. The ohoapeit plan* on tea globe now for tho msklngof Irotili toe Clevclsn^l district of Yrekshlre, England. Tho dlxtauco of th*, cool and Iron for too (taniaccs tot ro overages about, twenty mites, but In this now Industrial region tbs coal and ore are. In many pteoss, within half a mil* of each other. This region, so exhaustteas In sup plies, so admirably fimilahod with coal, to rouvon; Isntly communicating with too rulf, wlllbooflm. atcruwly more conaaquanoa to ua than for IU cottobl l think tola will bo a region or coke mado iron on a seals grander Ut*u bia ever boon known on tha globe.'' ' ... ' j . Tlio late JoHn ltosch, of sbtp-bulbllng fume, rsufl'* "that wWo W mrnty years younger ho would mors" I his shljiysnlstb Bsnsasoto, would wnk out the Iron 11 fortbeOtlaOborglaaiid Alshams, aud then woidAf - doty Ui* most England could do In competition.” -. senator Hhorman, alter reluming huiu a visit to Birmingham, said: s, V • T?ra manufactures In tho south liavo gwtu there to stay. Tbs ground terms with Iron stid oool, and I do not sot whyproductlou there wilt not bo cheap- erUunlnsnyoinrosoctionofAmt-rica." to It waa bumlllating to onr national prldtlo see congress refuso to appropriate money for, fortifications and restrict appropriations lor? tho navy on tho ground that wo could liotj make too quantity of steel In this country? that would U necessary for such a work. ThljT • to an appeal to the south to supply toe nation; with what i» cannot got from tlm north. Th*. south has tho ore and the fuel;! it has everything that to necessary to make tho finest at? <1 In any desired quantity.* It to an honor to Alabama that tho largest steel works In tlio world hevo Just been erected at Bremen. Thoy aro a monument to the spirit! which to rorolntionlslng tho Industrial world,; on?l bring tlio scat of industrial cmhiro on this continent to tha south. M urn such works an noadaa. Evory achievement liko that lift* 1 tlio south nearer to trno greutnos, for thoro to no tmo greatness without Independent*; oml no people aro Independent who do not ' themselves with all tho n» ? IStltol od i pirtlal dovolo; msnt of southern ro TALLAroo*A HOTgL. ?oozes* has kept at boms hundreds of millions of dollar* which used to go annually to snrich . .. T.„. I J—J. .» -,||||». ~ other sections, put hundreds of million* go onto* tb* south every year now, which ought fobs kept at horns. This vast som goes te pnr- Utter lure than'ln'thj K k them. Tbs pre-pit srs waking <t? to thA folly such taprovIdeoCe. ft to this splrii largo Interest* In _B!rmlngham and is * stockholder In th* Elyton Land company, t Nocoolhas 7-ccn tonndin tho Iminedtefo’ vicinity of Tallapoothough there are eom* indications of it* presence. But *11 around) tre magnificent wooded lands and th* possiblo provision for charcoal, L .make* a much finer g*sda ( L'aSltlblVquanmles, to roly forty milw awjfi r'th railroad connections ready to deliver III Tair»P«Osil!most as cheap aslt could b* lax, f toe mines wsiw Is *I*bL Tbe^dtetancc Mg it miles from oool Bn W V** 1