The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-23
SERIOUSNESS OF THE LABOR
 QUESTION IS NOW UNDOUBTED
Its High Price. Eternal Scarcity and Utter Un- reliability Gradually Forcing Alabama
 Farmers to Forsake King Cotton.

with 1t only regret, The people of the Black Belt on the plantations and in the small villages and towns nave population in the world. The hospi- tality of the people wno made the fihe homes of this section has been pro-
 ic Of tnat as psuee ea' Aad hsrdy less characteristic of the Black belt peo- pie. has been the intelligence and cul- ture Of the men and the grace and vir- ment of the men and women of this particular section has year after year perhaps been superior to. that of any rural popr,atien raeas saa is Sss,er,sa sss eniSn
 The cultivation of the Braces or the mind with them has been 4 continuous sNation. % fse Tse section aao'oh has It's own own stundard of honor. a standard which may diner from certain ideals of other sections but to which fidelity IS io%- 7 The little city of Greensboro, IS a case In point in evidencins the men ial equipment of the people of the strength or character. There are sew eral others well worthy of being cited, put Greensboro is under consideration. in 1916 and since that time 1t has ex- ercised an influence in Alabama en- tirely out of proportion to It's popula- ton anu It's wealth. There are today Doro has more power than it is en. titled to. But whether 1t is entitled to it or not this section of the Black hand in guiding the political destinies
 The modern newspaper and maga- zine reading world knows of course, that the beautiful little city Is the home Of Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the Merrimao and the dash ing lecturer and speaker. When Hub- acc0m nliShad his great feat In the mouth of the Santiago Harbor the spot light was turned on Greensboro and 1t held for awhile the center oi Inc worlds stage O. interest.
 Eut Greensboro has other claims to distinction. In the first place this town of 5000 people has furnished no of Alabama Perhaps no other town of it's size or near its size shares this
 The Three Governors.
 The first of these, Israel Eickens, be- came Governor in 1s21 and served two years while the State capital was Cahaba. He later became United States Senator. He is buried in d miles from Greensboro The second was John Gayle, whc was elected in 1881, served two terms, was a Justice of the Supreme Court and died while well beloved Thomas seay. who In the sos, like his Hale County predecessors, served two terms as Governor of Ala bama.
 Greensboro has also been the home of three Speakers of the House of Repre- sentatives of the Alabama Legislature The first of these was that strong and picturesque character, Colonel John Erwin, who presided over the Charles ton convention In 1860 when John (. Breckenridge was nominated fer Presi- dent. His home in Greensboro a beau- tikll old colonial mansion set in grove
 
 tent is one of the show places of that section.
 The Speaker of the present House Of Representatives, Hon. Alfred M. Tun- Hon. Charles E. Waller. reside here where both are engaged In the practice of law. Here too resides Associate Railroad Commissioners W. C; Tunstall, who is reputed to have wielded for a number of years no inconsiderable political influence.
 The bar of Greensboro has always stood remarkably high. It is con- bama's strongest lawyers. men like Colonel J. D. Webb, R. B. Waller, Au- gustus Benners. Henry Watson, Judge A. A. Coleman, William Murphy and
 Rich Colonial Homes. In old homes, the ola mansions erected at great cost, Greensboro Is particularly rich. It was only few yours dSo that the sP'Shulu oiu EluOoii Nelson place was torn down. This was erected at 6 cost of $250,000 and MT. Nelson expended $5.00c in the frescoing of the dining room alone. The impress siveness of the Erwin home has been alluded to. In the same class be- longs the fine old Hobson place. "The Magnolias," built by Colonel Isaac Groom before the war. Other beauti- full and expensive homes of the older | order, are the Norris place, the Mc- Crary place, the Webb place, the Wal ton place, the Harvey place and others which have the big pillars and the big groves which characterize the colonial homes.