The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-23

got hack in time for supper. The track of the l.. and N. from Selma to Floma- ton is in fine condition, the grades all raised in all low places until it is now what is known as a per cent grade from one end to the other. The track has been relsid with 58-pound rails and handsome new depots are being erected all along supervision of Road Superintendent A. L. Thornton and the Louisville and Nash vile has in him a faithful. conscientious, Intelligent official. A handsome new de- pot, to cost several thousand dollars. is being built at Berlin in Dallas County, and new depot buildings have already been erected at McWilliams, Pine Apple, Snow Hill. Nadawah and all along the road, as far as Flomaton.
 The road from Nadawah to Camden is as smooth as can be. The route Is along a valley at the base of the Grampian Hill. all the way to Camden. There IS not a cut or a fill after leaving the main line at Nadawah. All the construction gang had to do was to scrape the ground and run a couple of ditches on each side of the road bed, put down the cross ties and spike the rails to them, and the road was ready for trains. It is said that there is not a cut or fill of over two feet on the entire seventeen miles from Camden to Nadawah.
 At the Camden end of the line there is a handsome depot building and the old
 
 Property has about doubled in value and the people are contented and happy.
 Camden is going to make a vigorous eff fort to get the Presbyterian College that the Synod of. Alabama Is trying to build. It has handsome school building that 1t is willing to donate and If that does not suit, the citizens will give thirty acres of land and $l0.000 in money, as school in that little city. The whole town, regardless of denominations, ,s af- ter the school
 No better location than Camden could be found for this college. It Is built on a high, dry, level, healthful sandy plateau with excellent water, and with a popula- | tion that is noted for its culture. refine ment and moral sentiment. To the south of the town the Grampian Hills can be | seen, named by the old Scotch settlers | after the hills of that name in Scotland. A stroll through the graveyards of Will | cox and Clarke counties, among these | Grampian Hills. will show many names
 on the tombstones, such as McWilliams, McGregor, Mcleod and many other | Macs.
 The Grampian Hills start near Pine Ap-
 pie, in Wilcox County, run in an almost
 southwesterly direction and finally lose | themselves on the plains in Clarke Coun- | ty They are beautiful hills, with bold | springs gushing from beneath them, | forming rivulets and creeks that gather | in volume until a large creek is formed | III tHe valley al LHe base OI the Hlll5.
 Your representative found everything very quiet in the capital of Wilcox. He
 was most cordially received by Senator 1 Sam Jenkins. Judge J. T. Beck. ex-Sen- ator Sol Bloch and a score of others. | The only politics that he heard men, | toned was a desire on the part of all that MT. Bloch give his consent to be- l come candidate for the Senate to suc- ceed MT. Jenkins, who is not candi- date MT. Bloch made a fine Senator when he represented his district before | and he will represent it just as faithfully | if he is elected again. Several men re- marked in the hearing of your represen- | tative thak if MT. Koch desired to go | back to the Senate he could do so with out opposition.
 1 Miss Mary Dean Scott of Richmond, Va, is on visit to her sister. Mrs. A. | A. Little.
 | Dr. J. N. Lewis of Roanoke, Va, is the l guest of his father-in-law CaDtain I