Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
An American Mentone.

One OF the most charming and most
ideal winter and all year round health
resorts is Chronicle, Alabama, which
has already acquired great fame and it
is attracting q great number of health
seekers and tourists. The town has an
elevation of 800 feet, the highest in the
government survey between the Rio
Grande and the coast of Name. The
site is a high rolling plateau in the
heart of the long leaf yellow pine for
est of South Alabama. The soil is
sandy; there is no malaria; there are no
poisonous insects. The climate is sim
ply delightful at all times of the year.
The salt air of the gulf commingles
with the fragrant, delicious o of
the pine woods; 1t is absolutely clean
and clear, and therefore a great benefit
to all persons suffering from catsrrh,
bronchial and throat trouble and from
the depressing effects of the grippe.
Medical authorities are agreed that
Chronicle is an ideal place for those
who wish to recuperate from nervous
prostration and kindred ailments.
The town is within a short distance
from Mobile. 1t has a population Of
one thousand, which is, of course. on
~siderably increased during the winter
months, There are public and private
schools, churches of various denomina-
tions, stores of all descriptions, a we'll
equipped and strictly up-to. date hotel,
and first class liveries.
The proximity to Mobile makes Cit
ronelle a particularly attractive place
for those who are fond of city amuse-
ments. The hunter is offered ample
opportunity to enjoy his sport. Small
game abounds, In the shadows Of the
forests, deer may still be found, and
then there is the agile squirrel, the
turkey, the rabbit, the fox and quail.
AS Mobile Bay is only a few miles
away, fishing is mi of the best and
most enjoyable sports. Neighboring
streams are also well stocked with vari-
u varieties If savory irh.
Chronicle has a gun club, which all
guests r invited to join, and also golf
links. The surroundings Of the place
are both picturesque and romantic.
They are a veritable paradise for the
enthusiastic lover of nature. Here car
be found blooming in winter the beau.
titul camelia japonica, yellow jasmine.
trailing %arbutus, mountain laurel
roses, violets and other flowers and
s%hrubbery. In March and April the
woods + aglow with blooming trees
and wild flowers.
1t will probably surprise many tC
learn that at Chronicle was made the
last surrender of the Civil war. Relia'
BILE old citizens report that on March
6th., 1865, General Taylor signed nego-
tiations for peace to General Candy, al
a spot under a clump of oak trees, q
mile and a quarter south Of the depot.
The water of Chronicle is famous fol
its curative qualities in cases Of kidney
! and stomach troubles. II is preferred
by many to any of the well known lead
ing mineral waters.
Hotel accommodations are ample anC
obtainab!e at very reasonable rates.
It is no exaggeration to say that no
where alsng the Gulf or Atlantic Coas
is there any more ideal and more at
tractive health resort than Chronicle
The location cannot be excelled, ant
the climate is considered, by variou
authorities, to be more beneficial thai
that of any other resort on the coast
It Is said that many business and pro
fessionRl men have already locate
there, principally for reasons Of health
Chronicle is easily accessible owe
the Mobile and Ohio, which furnishes
speedy and Injurious service.-Fror
.'st Louis Mirror" efJan. p, 1908.