The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-26
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 q have read with great interest the splendid letters that The Advertiser has been printing recently, with illustrations 0f some of the leading towns of Ala bama," said & well-known and prominent business man recently, as he was return ing home on a crowded l.. and N. train. ''It not only displays enterprise and busi- ness SO widely shown by the best of all Alabama.paper but it is s valuable ad- vertisement for the various towns, which everyone in the State should eagerly avcii themselves of when the opportunity of fers. There were not many people who know what magnificent development was in progress in one of the most delightful towns and pleasant sections of the State. 1t was q surprise to me to learn that Evergreen had made such marked prog ress in the last few years, and that the peach industry had assumed such vast proportions. I have only been surprised that the finest of all natural advantages for peach-raising had not long ago been taken into account by investors, and that fine climate and fertile soil was not util- ized in an enterprise which has proved most profitable in the past to the limit ed extend in which 1t has been developed, and I look now for it's rapid and exten- sive development. know that men with capital have already turned their eyes in that direction, and if MT. Rumph is not given an opportunity of selling what he has, he will certainly be called upon to give to others the aid of his knowledge and experience in that line, and right there in Conecuh County, in the vicinity of Evergreen, where nature has provided everything needed but energy and mus cle, enough peaches and other fruits will be raised in the next few years to supply the reasonable demands of consumers for sesH garden spot of Alabama and nothing can prevent it's rapid development.
 ''The story of Roanoke's great growth and progress was another surprise. That town has made rapid strides to the front among the hustling towns of Alabama. We all know what Colonel Handley has done to bring about these results, and re- pOice with him in the final realization of his fond hopes. He has all along had abiding faith in the possibilities of the State, and especially of that section, and it is a source of pleasure to know that he has lived to see so much of his faith realized and developed into actualties. I do not see anything now to prevent Roam Oke from becoming a live and flourishing city in few years.
 "Gadsden, too, is a wonderful city. but I was surprised to see that so few of it's flourishing successful industries availed themselves of the opportunity you pre- sented to let the world know what they were doing. Perhaps you have opened the way for more successful venture in the near future.
 T was glad to see what you said about opening the Coosa, which I regard of more vital importance to all Alabama than any other question likely to come be- fore the present Congress. and thinlc>the Alabama delegation could serve their constituents to no greater advantage than by pressing the opening of this great river and dropping everything else until the appropriation for that purpose is se- cured. It will mean more to Alabama in the future than all the other matters now pending. Continue to urge it's value upon our Senators and Representatives until they do long-delayed justice to this great and valuable enterprise. I hope every town in Alabama will appreciate and take advantage of the oportunity you are now offering to make known to the out side what they are already doing and what possibilities are in easy reach of brain and capital"
 There is much excitement along the route of the proposed railroad line and the old line, over the reported purchase by the l.. and N. Railroad of the Selma and Meridian branch of the Southern Railway. It is widely known that the l.. and N. Railroad Company has been constructing for some months past a line almost parallel with the Southern branch, which was to go near Linden in Marengo County, the projected line Ieav- ing the old town about a mile and half It was proposed to move the old town to the railroad, and the county of Marengo proposed erecting a new and modern court house fin the new town. The ru- nor of the purchase of the branch road of the Southern, which runs by Demopo-