The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07
MARJoN's AWAKENING.
The Town is Going Forward With
 Gigantic Strides.

Marion, June 6.-(Special) )-Marion may nov be sai dto have fully awakened from her lethargy and on the high road for a general development. For near a quar- ter of a century the town has looked in the main to her schools. and the section to the mule, the ''nigger" and the cotton patch as the basis of support, the latter allowed to do almost as he pleased in an Industrial way. the landlord content with the simple profits. which in many in- stances accumulated sufficiently to allow handsome investments in more progress give fields.
 But at last the tide is turning, and to- day, at the very beginning of summer. there is more life and spirit exhibited than has heretofore been witnessed in number of years. It is no longer the blowing of the coals but the flaming of Inc flames.
 The survey of the lot on which s65 900 cotton seed oil mill will be built was com pleted yesterday. The main stockholders of the mill are Messrs. Anderson and Preston, capitalists of New York and New Jersey. The machinery has already been bought and work on the plant will begin at the earliest day practicable. Ie large slice of the stock was eagerly taken by local parties.
 It was positively announced yesterday that new bank. to be known as the First National Bank of Marion, with capital stock of $5O 0O0 will be organized and ready for business by early falf. The main stockholders will be J. c. Moore and Dr. w. R. Barron, large farmers and capitalists of East Perry. and the Messrs Arbuthnots. experienced bankers of Nashville. Tenn. Stock will also be taken by several local citizens.
 At meeting of the City Council last
 
 the main streets of the city, to cost in the aggregate about $1O,0OO. The contract was let to a Montgomery contractor, and. the same gravel will be used as on the roads in Montgomery County, which were recently inspected and pronounced supe- rior by special committee of the Coun- ell.
 The poles for the new electric light plant are being placed in position and work on the power house progressing nicely, and the projectors say they will be ready to turn on the light in about sixty days. It is announced that the through sched- ule over the Selma and Akron branch of the Southern will go into effect in about two weeks. This will give this section quick transit to all points north and west which has been greatly sought after for many years. It is given out that the packers of the oil mill will put in a fertilizer factory and possibly cotton mill. Lccal citizens are corresponding with various localities where canneries are be- ing operated with view of putting in a canning factory to supplement the pro- posed industry of raising vegetables and | fruits for the market. Already a few farmers have tested the shipping of veg etables and have reaped a surprising prof. | 1t despite the heavy freight rate. F. M. | Wi.kerson shipped last week 100 crates | of snap beans. gathered from three acres of land. from which he realized $100 net | profit. The crop has suffered for rain. | yet Mir Wilkerson expects to make an- other shipment equally as large from the | same acreage.
 City property has already advanced 9 per cent and there are not thre vacant | dwellings in the city. general renova- tion and improvement of both resident and business property is now on and al- together the feeling of enterprise Is at fever heat