The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-12

poses. A pair of those hogs sells for S10 and MT. smith has off and on sold several cars of them.
 When prospective land buyers come into Enterprise they are shown some of the successful and paying farms of the territory, farms like those be- longing to J. M. Heath, w. A. Con, C. c; Aiberson, Hiram Pridgen, Jim Baker; William Ormar. J. W. Fleming, Bud Armor, w. H. Warren and Rush Hutcheson. And several of this list, 1t is said have farm property worth over $10,000.
 The section about Enterprise must be fine fruit country. An orchard on the Rawls place did excel1ently. Sta ton Agent J. A. Middlebrooks of the Atlantic Coast Line is convinced that the sand and clay soil. the climate is equal to the best in Georgia or to that at Red Level where the Rumph orch" ard did 30 well, and where the soil so much resembles that about Enterprise MT. Middlebrooks has gone in to dem- onstrate the possibilities of peach growing at Enterprise. He wishes to put the industry of peach growing oD @ firm footing there, to create an ln- terest in 1t that the section has not known before. With this purpose in view he has planted fifty acres in peaches. The land he has planted IS almost within the city limits of En- terprise. The principal varieties that Mr. Middlebrooks has set out on his lands are the Arp Beauty and the El- berta. His extensive experiment is being watched with deep interest by the community.
 A strong local pride is felt in the Enterprise cotton mill, which is said to make the highest grade of cotton goods of any mill in the South. The mill is owned by stock company OF which Richard Tillis. owner of the Montgomery Street Railway Company. owns the largest amount of stock. C. A. O'Neal of 'Andalusia is President of the company. with Richard Tillis, Vice. President. The management and su- perintendence Of the mill Is under the charge of w. B. Glenn. a most eapa- bie mill man from South Carolina. The mill representing an investment Of S1S3.000 has 5.700 spindles and IA looms. The company employs 176 peo- pie and owns twenty-two homes built for the employees and on which a very low rent is charged,
 Another large industry from which Enterprise draws comfort and suste- nance is the lumber mill of the Hem derson Boyd Lumber Company, which is said to be one of the most complete as we'll as one of the largest lumoer mills in Alabama. The plant is situat- ed at Richburg, fifteen miles from En- terprise. About 1t a substantial town of several hundred people has grown up. The mills resources are devoted to the making of flooring. It is said of it that 1t turns out more flooring than any other mIll in the South.
 The firm owning and operating the mill is composed of J. E. Henderson and L. A. Boyd. Tn making lumber the mill works 150 State and County conyicts. In addition the company has 150 free laborers.
 The firm of Henderson and Boyd owns immense tracts of timber lands. Timber is getting more or less scarce however. and just how many acres the firm has and just where they are lo- cated are business secrets. Much of the land is in Geneva and Coffee Coun- ty.
 The rapid growth of Enterprise. the increasing demand for building mate- rial, resulted in the erection of the Rawls Variety Works, said to be one of the most efficient mills of its class in the State.
 All in all, in industries as well as ip population, in manufacturing as well as in commerce, Enterprise has forged rapidly and steadily forward.