The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-01
EUFAULA EVENTS.
Dry weather Rapidly Brings Out cot-

Dry Weather Rapidly BRings Out Cot-
 ton.
 Eufaula, Sept. 30.-tspecial. lowing to the extreme dry weather. nearly all of the cotton Is opsn in this section and $he work of picking will be over sooner than has been known in many seasons. Where labor could be procured, the bulk of the crop has been picked and will be finished by the middle of next month. It Is conceded that the top crop this year will not amount to much, but, taken as a whole. the farmers seem sat isfied as the price has been good and the quality of the staple the best that has been marketed in nsny seasons.
 Politics Is somewhat reviving and candidates are again interviewing their friends. The primary did not settle the matter as was supposed and as those who have announced independent are taking the field, the regular nominees have also seen proper to look to their laurels, and will soon be smelling the woods. But little fear is entertained, however, that old Barbour will not sustain it's past glorious record in do- ing the clean thing.
 Among other improvements that have gone on here this fall Is a new and handsome glass front to one of the largest mercantile establishments in the city that adds greatly to the appear ance of Broad Street. The improve ment cost in the neighborhood of $42S and Is decidedly the handsomest in the city.
 owing to the unprecedented rush in railroad freights, the Central authori- ties are very much taxed to keep up and are frequently forced to run double headers to despatch the freight trains. A line of thirty cars going over the road drawn by two large engines and making a speed of about thirty miles an hour was sight your corre- spondent has seldom seen in this section of the State before.
 E. B. Freeman and family will soon leave for Dawson, Ga, where in future they will reside. Mir Freeman for many years has been the popular proprietor of the St Julien Hotel here.
 Information of the death of Mrs. John T. Kendall was received with feelings of universal regret this morn ing. Mrs. Kendall was visiting her daughter in Gainsville. Ga, where she was taken i'll and did not sufIlcientiy recover to come home. The deceased was armost highly esteemed woman and was widely known and loved by all who knew her. Her husband. who preceded her some years ago, was one of the most prominent mercantile men of the city and was conspicuous In the up- building of this city and section. Mrs. Kendall leaves several grown children and numerous grand children and oth- CT relatives to mourn her loss. Her re- mains will be brought here for inter ment.
 The machinery of the Eufaula Cotton Mills is being brushed up preparatory to beginning operations next week. This is thought to mean a brighter era in the business outlook of the city, as its pay roll Is keenly felt in mercan- tile circles and many of it's products find ready sale in the city. The out look for the plant Is most encouraging under the new management and a suc- cessful era is predicted for 1t.
 The sugar cane crop is said to be the finest in this section in years and large quantities of 1t are being disposed of in the city every day. The syrup crop Is beginning to be an important one m this section and Is attracting more and more attention among the farmers every year. Ed Taylor, near Zeigier, plants from ten to fifteen acres of the red and green variety every year. and Is perhaps the only farmer in the coun- ty who operates a steam cane mill Mir. Taylor says he finds no difnculty in dis posing of all the syrup he can make and finds it much more profitable than q cotton crop.