The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-09
Portersville Country,
 Popular Alabama Resort
BY BRUCE KENNEDY.

 railroad depot. Further up the shelled road lies Glenwood Park, the name given an attractive sub-resort by its owner, Frank Pine. This progressive westerner has fashioned a place on the bayou that not only draws pleasure hunters, but Is making its owner con siderable money. It consists of danc- ing pavilion over the water. where mu- sic is discoursed each night, 6 refresh ment pavilion, boat and bath houses and seats and hammocks under spread ing oaks.
 Rayaeld, tho "Handy Man."
 The livery stable of L. E. Rayfleld is also on the bayou road. One turns to Mr Rayfleld for all sorts of informa- ton. He is indeed the handy man" of Golden. He learned the attractive ness of the resort years ago and pinned his faith and his money to 1t. At req sonable rates one may secure from Mir. Rayfield almost any kind of vehicle with good horses and drivers with which to spin over the numerous fine roads of the Portersville country.
 It Is noteworthy that this Mir. Ray field claims to te the youngest Confed- crate Veteran in che country and he takes great pride in the distinction. At | 12 years of age he enlisted as a drum mer boy with the old Mobile Cadets and went to war. He was In battle before his 18th birthday was celebrat- ed. He Is still beating the drum and Is a conspicuous figure at every re- union of the veterans.
 As a rule the homes of, the Coden folk are rustic but some of thcm are luxurious, especially these which are occupied all of the year. Among tho conspicuous residences on the bay front arc the splendid Queen Anne cottage of D. R. Tossing. the fine two-story residence and annex of John Rolston; the cosy cottage of Frank P. Andrews. member of the Board of Revenue of Mobile County, who lives here all the year round: the homo of John Ewing, a candidate for Sheriff of the County; the summer residence of Major Frank s. Parker, distinguished citizen of Mobile; the beautiful place of Jerry Rowland; the cottage of Colonel E. L.. Russell, Vice-President of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad; the cottage of Frank N. Stanton; the home of Cap tain c. E. Graham, master of the fast seagoing schooner Amethyst" the beautiful cottage of W. B. Vail with its rose garden; the long, tow and rambling but distinctly comfortable house of Mayor Pat Lyons of Mobile: [: the attractive hotel of Miss Maggie | Kennedy with it's several cottage an- | nexes: the artistic bungalow home of Ben T. Barret of Mobile, just complet- | ed; the comfortable home of John Mo- lon and the well-appointed residence | and stables of Simon Klosky. a wealthy retired caterer of Mobile who. with his family, Is spending the evening of his life at this favored place on the coast These are but a few of the beautiful | homes which dot the shore of Porters- | vile Bay and whose numerous lights at night give cheer to the sailor far | out at sea.
 "Back on the Bayou.r
 The show place of Golden Is the Ve- l netian Villa of Captain Peter F. Alba,
 back on the bayou" to use the Per | tersville vernacular. It is not only the
 show place of Coden but 1t is a show
 place of Mobile County. It Is another
 story for The Advertiser. .,. aH Back on the bayou" there are many happy homes where the people live se-
 cluded from the throngs of the bay front and enjoy the salt water. the fishing, the ozone of the pines and fine
 fruits from their orchards. grapes from fine vineyards and choice vegetables | from their own gardens. Among those
 who live back on the bayou" are L..
 F.. Rayfield, E. F. Long, E. R. Mc-
 Kay. Frank Pine. Mrs. Gerard. Captain Alba, Postmaster Bridges, William Sad l lci, w. n. MOHk ana JOnn DlCklnS. Nothing further could be said in
 praise of the ideal life at Coden than
 that this MT. Dickins and his charm
 ing wife. English people, located here | eighteen years ago and are here still . l They travelled all over the world and | Coden was their choice. With a pret- | ty home back on the bayou" this in- | teresting couple finds their greatest happiness sailing, rowing, fishing, hof In n1 I,, iaI l..fA lh l their neighbors Every few years they
 go abroad but return shortly to their | own Coden the best place in the world | for rest and good health" | In the winter the oyster industry af- | lords traffic for the railroad line and
 in the summer It's freight trains are | loaded with vegetables and fish, for | this Is the trucking district of the | county. At the western end of Por-
 tersville Bay is the big packing plant and village of the Bayou la Batre Oys- | ter Canning Company where millions | of oysters are canned for the eastern | and western markets each winter This | Is the objective point of the thousands
 of Bohemian oyster shuckers who mi-
 grate to the South in the fall from | Baltimore. The Portersville oyster Is of wide repute for its fine flavor and 1t
 Is believed the industry Is yet in It's
 infancy here. s#..s Oysters In Midsummer.
 One of the most attractive features | to the Alabama editors who sojourned | fin the Portersville country a week was | the fine midsummer oysters fresh from | the salt waters.
 These Golden people enjoy life to its fullest With good roads, bathing, | boating, fishing, an abundance of fish, oysters. fruit and vegetables nothing | is left to make life happy. When night falls and the front of each home Is lit with pine knot fambeaus, the music floats in from distant dance and the strong salt breeze from the Mexican Gulf lulls one to sleep, he Is in a frame of mind to agree with the Coden en- thusiast who declares:
 Yes sirree; If one would come here when child and never leave here he would live to be 200 years old"
 Nursing Mothers and Malaria.