The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-15

sna,n during the days of Spanish do- minion live on the land that was grant, cd their ancestors. {, Nrort Mfms the scene of the historic massacre of the whites by the Indians was in the northern portion of the county, the neighborhooos ana com munities A.,out it are peopied With the descendants of those who had relatives that perished in the great slaughter.
 Here and there in the interior ot the county are old homes and farms widely senarated. They were established by men who either homesteaded their land or bought 1t when it was selling ato dollar an acre. These farms are often miles apart and are found in every section of the country. Their owners are called natives" by the new corners who watch with interest the growing and cultivation of cotton.
 This is the old Baldwin County The northern portion Is typical of these conditions.
 New Baldwin County.
 The southern portion is distinctly different in appearances ana Tn actual conditions The various land and coIontxation companies which have been opening the wilderness and mak- ing a way for immigrants and settlers are operating in the Southern portion of Baldwin. A line drawn north of Daphne across tho center or the county would take in the colonies Of the south Alabama Land and Development Company the Svea Colony Company, Sweedes. the Southern Plantation De- velopment Combany. the Magnolia Springs Land Company. the Baldwin County Colonization Company The colony towns of these land companies
 nf ho county. The southern portion of the county is a new order. different order, from the northern portion. The south ern portion contains the new blood and the new ideas The farmers are the northern, the German and the Swedish farmers. the vegetable and truck raisers with only here and there a cotton producer It is from this sec- tion that the potatoes, beans, cabbages and what not are shipped across the bay to Mobile. and 1t Is to this section that the stream of tmmibration is flow- ing.
 Even now. there is talk of making A new county. It is predicted here in the southern half of Baldwin County that in less than five years there will be new county formed of the present half of Baldwin. The big county Is facing a new county and new court house campaign which may or may not be as exciting as the famous fight of four years ago between Daphne and Bay Minette. when J. D. Hand ana his assistants, proceeding under an act of the legislature. boldly eloped with inc county seat of Baldwin from Daphne and established it at Bay Minette.
 The movement for the new county Is already on. The county seat has already been picked out The lines of the new county have already been marked out in the minds of It's pro- moters
 New County Line.
 The northern line of the proposed county will run straight across Bald win County a little north of Daphne. All the colonies and settlements built by the newly arrived immigrants will be within the territory of the new county
 The town of summ merfieid on the line of the Bay Minette and Fort Morgan Railroad has already been named as the county seat Summerfeld Is thir- ty miles due south of Bay Minette and seven miles north of the present ter minus of the railroad. It Is owned by the Southern Plantation Development Company and the land about 1t is owned by the same corporation. It is adiacent to the richest agricultural sec tion of the county. Two miles away are the beautiful orchards and vine