The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-08

| munication or access to the outside world. The population of the town has more than trebled in that short length of time and many manufactures, industries and all branches of business have sprung up
 until now one finds a real. modern live and prosperous town. modern water
 works and electric light plant Is being erected and will in a few days be in op-
 eration and the people are looking for
 ward to it with anticipations of great comfort and convenience. These improve
 ments are being put in with money raised on bonds issued by the town under an act of the last General Assembly at the proposal of MT. John T. Eeflin, the able and popular representative from Ran dolph. who appreciated the necessity for such additions and knew full we'll of what great future and real benefit they
 would prove to the town. The bonds were easily f1oated and the public works will be in operation in a very few days
 There is q time in the history of all
 towns when the spirit of improvement and progress serves it's citizens and nn- table advancement is made in it's af-
 fairs That era is now upon Roa- noke and for year past 1t has been experiencing boom which is not in the nature of a weak and uncertain bubble likely to burst at the coming of any unu-
  der notice able on every han1 and come to stay. The first and foremost of all this sign of growth and progress is the erec- tion of d new and modfrn cotton mill, which has been in operation about
 month by the w. A. Handley Manufac- turing Company. now operating 1892 spindles, 2.0OJ more being put in and after q short while to be increased to ten thousand. The machinery is of the and Jo ity sufficient to meet all the additions that may be desired to be made in the very near future. All the stock is taken by local capitalists and every dollar has long since been. paid in. The quality of the yarn is of the best and orders have already been placed which insures its successful operation for months. The cot ton mill is located on the land of the company comprising d site of seVenty-five
 acres within the corporate limits of the town, forty acres of the same having
 been donated by that leader of all en-
 terprises and most popular citizen, Col onel w A Handley, and is valued at SlO,OO0. w A Handey Is the President of the mill, with Major Scheussler, Vice President; z. J. Wright. Secretary and Treasurer; Winner Randle Superintend- ent There are other industries consist ing of oil mill, guano factory, ginnery and lumber mills. In addition to the in- dustrial buildings mentioned about one hundred pretty and substantial resi- denccs and q dozen or more large and roony business houses have been and are being erected, included among which is a large brick Baptist Church almost completed and which Is not only to be the pride of that denomination, but of the en- tire town as well. Real estate is in de- rnand and prospectOrs are coming in ev- cry day and making purchases for homes and business as well as for investment There is d large and commodious school building. which is a monument to the public spirit and far-sightedness of Col onel Handley who was the leading spirit in it's founding and who is most earnest and active in it's maint enance Since the school was founded fire has destroyed one building which was immediately re- placed by d larger and more convenient building-it was in 1892 when the second building was erected and the schogl has continued to flourish and grow until now there are nearly 300 pupils receiving the | advantages of the modern and advanced education which it is offering to all the | children of this section. Colonel w. A | Handley is the President of the Board of | Trustees and Professor John T. Bowen | is the President of the Board of Trustees; 1 it is known az the Roanoke Normal | School, with a corps of nine teachers. | There are fifty boarding pupils from | East Alabama and from Georgia There is