The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-09
MARENGO'S PROSPECT.
Cxr1xEigs or THE COUNTY FORE
 TELL FUTURE.
Captain John ". Craig of the 18th Cavalry to Marry Miss Ethel Lowe of San Antonio.
 Selma News
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau,
 Selma, Feb. s. < A qunrtette of Marengo County's best citisens wee in Selma today. & P. Prow- ell, Probate Judge; ". R. Chapman, member of the Commissioners Court of Marengo. and W. B, Cooper and J. c. Bailey. well-to-ao planters. They were on their way to Mardi Gras. and win visit M bile, New O.. ans and Pensacola before their return While at Pensacola scme of the party may decide to go to Tampa and take a sail to Havana.
 Judge Prowel is one of the most popu- lar Probate Judges in Alabama and has friends wherever he Is known. He ts taling a deep interest in the progress of his town and the development of the great county of Marengo.. and is doing all in his power to develop the material re sources of his county In conversation with your representative, Judge Prowell said:
 'The county of aGacsnso Is going to erect a new court house. The old one has outlived its usefulness and the Com- missioners' Court has decided that the people of the county are entitled to n new temple of justice. The depot of the Birmingham. Selma and New Orleans Railroad is located -spout three-quartefs of q mile from the present town of Linden 1S uiSIOTy OI Ill tUWnS iS LEdl the UuSt~ ness portion will eventually be near the depot. That Is natural. for then the mer- chants will not be put to the expense of hauling their freight SO far. which is a considerable Item when heavy groceries hardware. etc. have to be frsnspurted over dirt roads
 '~rhe Commissioner Court. in view of the prospective growth of the town. has selected ss site about half way between the depot and the present court house, where the new edifice will be. erected. A great many conflicting stories have been circulated throughout the county as to where the new cosrt house Is to be erected. and to siiencs the tunsus gf the tattlers, ! sent a man out in the weeds and made him cut five long. elim, tall pine poles then made him dig four holes in the gFnnnd at the four corners where the new court house win be erected, and I then made him put the longest pon In the centre of the lot. I nailed United States lag to the top of each poll. Il then got a sign and painted on 1t these words: This Is the lot where Marengo's new court house will be erected @I got tired of the many false rurnors about the court house, and took this means of advertising to the people of Marengo the exact spot that has been selected.
 -Our county needs a new court house. 1t VII take aboct a year to complete 1t, and while it Is being constructed. there will have to be place for the officers of the ccu1ty to hold forth. If the p~esent c.surt house should be torn away. where vACuid the officers have to do bu@iness ' fiie the new temple of Justi,e Is being .ef ected7
 .T understand that Judge Auderson has granted the opponents of the new court hou-e an Injunction. preventing us from building a new court hcu~e on the site selected. on condition that they make a bond in the sum of $1o.0oo As yet no papers have been served on me. and in the meantime the Commi~sioners' Court has entered into a contract for the erec- ton of a new rdffice that will be an or nament to Linden and an honor to Ma rengo County. I do not say 1t boaet- ingiv. but onF court house Is going to be 8 much hanAeonaer bui'd'rg than that one wonder (poinfing to Dallas County's new court house. and 1t is not g01ng Co cost but little over half as much money. We are proud of the contract we have made for z rsw court house. and feel that the people of the county, as whole are going to endorse what the Commits sicners' Court has done. The property holders In the presen. town of Linden, will not be hurt by the move. for town fs going to be btfift here that will soon have 2.5o0 or 30o0 inhabitants. and all will be benefited alikc by the new life that will be infused into our town by the buiIding of the raiIroad.''' ss+'s
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 Road Reaches Linden.
 One of the gentlemen who was stand. ing by while Judge Prcweli was telling about the new court house. said:
 '"rhe track laying on the B.. S. and N. 0. has already reached Linden. At ; o'clock on February 6 the first passenger train reached the little city. When the train csme in slowly and cautiously over the new track the citizens of the old town were out in force tc meet and vel come the fist pa-se-gar trsin. which carried some of the 5of1eials of the L.. and N.. who also had a few invited guests on board.
 "Coi. Thomas D. Matkin. in a most