The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-11-11
City is Just Now Interested in
 School Question
HAS A WIOE-AWAkE MAYOR
Besides It's Industrial Attachments and General Business Prosperi- ty EufauIa Is Home of Many
 Prominent Alabamians.
sY FRANK V. EVANS.

called the 'DluH Clty.
 EufauIa was first settled away back in 1883, and was incorporated in 1857 as IT. winton." to honor General William IT, win of Henry county. In 1S43 the name was changed to it's present one. The bluff on which the city stands is 16O feet above the Chattahooehee river level at its creinary stage.
 In 1870 Eufaula had population of only s1S5, today the city boasts popula- tiono of coco.
 The rate of city taxation is one per cent, the bonded debt $11O,OOO, $7O,O00 of whcih is invested in a water-works and sewerage system with today double the amount of the investment.
 Public Schools.
 Eufaula, ike all progressive Alabama cities is especially interested just now in the subject of public schools, and her people are thoroughly welded to the modern ideas along these lines. The city schools are under the control of a board of education. It has 8 splendid buildinig for whites with an enrolment of nearly 400 children. filling eight full grades. Provision is also made for the negro children in separate buildings, of course, but enjoying full advantage in time and training.
 Modern Little City.
 Eufaula is a modern equipped city in many ways, with water works, electric and gas plants. The Central of Georgia Railroad controls the railroad situation here, but the Chattahoochee river is a savinig clause in that it is a natural con- duit to the outer world. Two lines of steamers. two each way. per week, af- ford the city of Eufaula relief from all monopolistic oppression.
 Eufaula enjoys an excellent wholesale trade, shipping goods daily to merchants along the river in Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Her cotton receipts, by wagon alone, to say nothing of railroads re- ceipts by her great cotton compress, ex- ceed 25,OOO bales per annum. This busi- ness means all for Eufaula.
 Eufaula has one cotton oil mill two ice plants, one large guano factory, and one sash. door and blind factory, all of which do fine business.
 Municipal Government.
 The city government is under control of mayor and eight aldermen, and the administration is wide awake to the ne- cessities of the day and time.
 Hon. George II. Dent is mawor and the aldermen are Messrs. Theo. Pruden, Ed. Britt z. A. Barnes, Daniel May berry, R. r Nance, M. M. Berrlnger, John Edmondson, and Jake Sterul.
 A city marshal and four policemen are all that are necessary to preserve per- feet order in this city of such goodly size and yet there are four bar rooms here dealing out the ardent" and paying toll to the city therefor at the rate of $500 each per annum.
 All of the protestant churches, the Catholic and the Hebrews have hand some houses of worship and large con- gregations Eere.
 Two cotton mills, one costing $2O0, 900, the other S50,OOO, are in steady operation here, giving employment to the usual number of women and children. These are both cloth mills.
 Home of Big Men.
 Eufaula IS distinguished as being the home of Governor Jelks, of the Pughs, the Claytons, the Shorters, and an hun dred others, whose names could here be mentioned-all good men, strong men, and men whose names are written on the pages Of Alabama history
 The city mas two daily newspapers-the Tfmes-News. by Editor Muir, and The Progress, by Editor Blanton-both do- ing yeoman service for Eufaula and Bar bour county.
 This land on which Eufaula is located originally belonged to a man by the name of Lovehener, please note the names of the principal streets, especially the ini- tial letter of each, to-wit: Lumpton, Grange, Randolph, and Eufaula. (Note- Mayor Dent put your correspondent on to this).
 A Live Mayor.
 By the way, this man, Mayor Dent. is a fine fellow. and he is about halfway Birmingham man, having large prop erty interests there. He was a Mary land soldier in the Confederate arniy. and after the war settled here in En- faula public spirited man he has QOne mucn lO duNdHce tne IHdlefldl progress of his city and section. He lets by-gones be by-gones, and looks cheerfully always toward the future. He has strong faith in the Birmingham dis trict, and in fact in the whole state of Alabama.
 This, Barbour county, has furnished many names to the galaxy of men who have made and are making Alabama S history. Among them William We'll born, one of the original settlers of this town John F. Booth, John Gill Shorter, Eli Junius Shorter James Lawrence Pugh. John Cochran, Edward c. Bullock. Lewis L. Cato, Jefferson Buford. Alpheus Baker Henry D. Lamar Clayton, and | host of others.
 Financial conditions in this county, as | elsewhere in the cotton belt, are excel lent, and the people are quite cheerful. 1 In fact I am told that at nc time in the 1 history of this section since the begin ming of the war, have the people occu- pied a more independently prosperous l position. The farmers are practically out of debt. are getting good prices for their cotton. and have made food crops | sufficient to supply them the coming | year. What more could the southern planters hore for?
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