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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
4
The text urges Americans governing in the Philippines to uphold the highest standard of official conduct. It condemns abuses of office for private gain, noting that even non felonious acts betray trust and reflect on the United States as a whole among a naive populace.
Henri Pournier, famed French automobilist, envisions great motor races in the air free of obstacles. He predicts armored motors as future moving forts with guns and crews, likening the contest to ancient chariot races but far more perilous and thrilling at sixty miles per hour.
The Louisville Commercial highlights Anniston Alabama as a model city with over 5000 factory workers, a prime cotton center, and strong commercial and manufacturing prominence. The piece notes planned growth after deliberate use of natural advantages and a boom-town status.
The Star argues Anniston will grow industrially and commercially in ten years. It praises its diverse mills foundries and car works and says the city will combine the best traits of leading southern cities. It notes abundant churches and strong wholesale and retail trade and urges continued rapid development.
A visitor recalls Woodstock charcoal furnaces Nos 1 and 2 once burning with mule carts and vast activity on Tyler Hill in the eighties. Fire destroyed No 2 in 1590, No 1 closed soon after. ruins, rust, birds and cows marked the site until Woodstock and Adelaide mills replaced them with brick engines and cotton production.
The statement argues for careful legislation to protect wage workers and favor humane, honest employers against unscrupulous rivals. It asserts shared interests between workers and businesses, and warns that state or national oversight may be needed for large corporations and monopolistic combos.
Buffalo sale from the Southern Railway offers greatly reduced round trip tickets with schedules and service assurances. For details contact C. E. Jackson, T. P. A., Birmingham Alabama, or C. A. Bensoorer, A. G. P. A., Chattanooga Tennessee.
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