The age-herald., 1902-01-22
Most Prosperous City in Edge
 of the Black Belt
A PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE
Everybody Is Busy and Rapid Growth Is In Proaress-Artesian Water Insures Health of Citizens.
 Men of Prominence.
BY HOMER GEORGE.

Eutaw. January 21.-(Special Staff Cor respondence.) .)-Situated just on the divid- ing line between the hill lands of Ala bama and the prairie of the Black belt this lsttle city comm ands the attention of the state as a place of multiple inter- ests, multiple resources, and multiple industries. It holds an important posi- tion in the relative regard for the two sections, so different in every respect yet joining one another by indstinguish- able but definite line of marcation.
 The business men who have commercial interests recognize that fact and they make it felt by every man coming into it's precincts. No better index of this re- gard and commanded attention can be obtained than the opinion of commercial drummers. These travelling men speak in the highest terms of the place. Yester- day one said:
 Matter of Pride.
 Tt is matter of pride to me that this little city is playing such a prominent part in the affairs of Alabama and it's business life auspiciously successful, I predicted 1t years ago. As a matter of fact there Is no place on the Alabama Great Southern Railroad for it's compar- ative size where more business is done than at Eutaw. Grocery men, drygoods men, shoe men, implement men and salesmen in every line tell me just what l am saying and they will tell you. We term it cracking good town" and when this term is used it certainly means much of a com pliment'
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 All drummers make Eutaw for the night whenever within reasonable dis tance of the place. This Is due to the ex- cellent hotel facilities and the fine water used in the waterworks system. This wa ter is undoubtedly the purest and most healthy in Alabama if the testimony of travelling men count for anything.
 The water comes from two artesian wells which are sunk to depth of 450 feet each. It is pumped up in 6-inch regular well-casing pipes to water standpipe, from where it is distributed throughout the city with force capable of sending it as high as any dwelling in the city. The supply is absolutely inexhaustible.
 To make certain the purity of the water an analysis of it was made by Prof. Hodges of the University of Alabama. This analysis is as follows:
 Silica 5O grains per gallon.
 Iron and aluminium oxide .15 grains per gallon.
 Chloride of potassium 49.54 grains per gallon.
 Sulphate of sodium .09.
 Bicarbonate of sodium 2O.O5. uiSa.
 Bicarbonate of potassium 1.10.
 Bicarbonate of lime BPS.
 Bicarbonate of magnesia .97
 The effect of the water on persons who drink it regularly or occasionally is re- markable. It is a great cure for numerous diseases-at least a help towards the cure It has lessened the number of typhoid fever cases about 95 per cent since it's inauguration. Where formerly fifty to sixty cases were treated annually now only or 8 are heard of.
 A Physicians Talk. During the day I was in conversation with several physicians. all of whom spoke of the very excellent qualities pos sessed by the water and of the great good it did in preventing sickness. One said:
 'I really wish we did not have this water myself. That is, I wish I only had it, for it has drove me almost to bankruptcy in curing everybody's Illness before they reach a stage where our serv- ices are needed.
 T think real typhoid fever is excess sively rare, but think we have many so- called cases. That is. we formerly had many, but such cases are now hardly ever to be found. The water is the cause of it all''
 Many other persons testified to the merits of the water-so many, in fact, that I was overwhelmed. When I drank some of it I added my little word to the many words of all the other tpstifiars and endorserss It was good to taste and it had a beneficial effect on me. That was enough.
 The city also has an electric light plant which furnishes light for all places of business and for the streets Some other attractions are two banks, two large warehouses. one large compress, two weekly papers and twenty or thirty business houses of various kinds, to say