The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-17

Western of Alabama road, and before that road was built stage lines ran in all directions. for Dadeville was an impor- tart point.
 The iards around Dadeville are far ah5ve the aN craze valley and uplands and produce wonderfully well under proper treatment and vigilant industry The bottoms are accounted extraordinarily fertile h the year 1902 all crops fell short, and the farmers suffered much thereby; but last year there was a good yield of tctton, corn and smaller grain. and. with the increased price for cotton, the farmers made up for much of the loss of the preceding year, and are said to be in better financial condition than for sev- eral years past Like the farmers of other E, otions of the state they are plant irg heavily this year, cotton, corn and ether food crops, and should the season bless their efforts they will be in excel lent condition next fall.
 Enjoys Excellent Health.
 Dadeville enjoys excellent health at all seasons of the year. The site of the town is high and rolling, and the natural scenery is quite pretty. There are many handsome homes in the city, and the business houses are substantial brick structures. The town has two white churches and two for the eolored people. The moral atmosphere is accounted most excellent. Dadeville is not a dry town, yet there are only three saloons here. One-half the license from these is ap- propriated to the public school. The water of Dadevlle Is of excellent aual- ity. It comes from bored wells, and wind mills are used to draw it from an im- mense depth. It is cool and palatable at all seasons of the year, and Ice here is not a necessity.
 Dadeville is the home and the birth place of many noted Alabamians. Her men have gone forth and distinguished themselves in many fields of usefulness and in positions of high honor.
 This was once the home of ex-Governor Culberson of Texas, whose name is so closely linked with the history of the Lone Star state; and this was the birth place of his son, United Senator Charles A. Culberson of Texas. who is today the peer of any man in the American senate Whether or not there Is anything in the soil or the atmosphere of section that causes the production of great men, the writer does not know, but certain it is that some men honor their brith places and the homes of their younger days
 The Ridgway hotel, under the manage ment of it's owner, Mrs. Ella Ridgway is Dadevilles hotel and is accounted one oi lne HloSt popular stopping places in the state
 Spot Cash," which name means some thing, is Dadevilles weekly newspaper and graces the field wonderfully well.
 County Out of Debt.
 Tallapoosa county is out of debt now and will probably so remain for some years to come. The courthouse, which graces the center of the square in Dade- vile, is a model of neatness and archi- teetural design It was remodelied and almost entirely rebuilt a year ago, and now ranks among the handsomest court houses in the state.
 As is generally known in Alabama, Tal- lapoosa county is rich in the precious minerals. Here gold has been discovered in rich veins, and much capital invested by prospectors along this line. Corundum, copper, marble, magnificent building stone and numerous other valuable min erals are here inviting the hand of in- dustry, and of capital, and they are surs to accept the invitation in the near future One section of eighty acres near this place is valued at $20000 for the gold 1t bears, the owner having declined an offer of $15,0O0 Natural wealth in timber. min erals, farm lands and water-power abound in Tallapoosa county, and now this all awaits the hand of development It will come, and lay hold of these opportunities and make richer and happier still the men, women and children who dweU within these limits.