The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
DEMOPOLIS FEELS ASSURED
 OF A PROSPEROUS FUTURE
Quaint Little Alabama City. With Its Touch of French History, Has Become the Talk Of
 the Commercial Travelcr.
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Sespopelis gets itx best advertise nsnt from the drummsrs who make this sSs fssi as nsy ss. center In West Alabama. They go to all potnts in this section. but they nnd
 f vs:st sh:s .ss s'ck n 6 sh.p Aabama- They tind out that Demopolis not only does husinsss with its sur Belt towns do, but that 1t is. in fact, . 5obbing center with . wide expanse of territory, and that most of the small towns in its section does its business
 These drummers find that we have a great advantage over other towns which Sht Sssa ssm eRs t9 a Gvf fresh 4psss Demopo1iss rates are the same as those
 Mon5SSomegFy: of seina rsat and ef bens ms iit to our town. perhaps. the greatest that the town naturally has. but 1t is not the only advantage that comes to aot only confers good rates upon us. but it also brings to us no inconsiderabis ssSs 1ns s 1sss Ta. which joins 1t right here. is being made navigable all the year round as rapidly as the Government can make 1t.
 the drummer as they impress every. eprsads the story of the prosperity of
 
 talk runs on good towns' and rotten towns.' for those are two subjects which every drummer discusses with his fel. .Ss sooa n Wes. Rs shs hsaa The speaker was Col N. c. .Winn, an Important factor in the most important ton trade. Colonel Winn, like other leading citizens Of the Queen City of the canehEake. Col: B, E; Fillmore: Capt. is absolutely convinced of the continued Dsmopolis. What they have to say tions of patriotic pride. They know what they are talking about. They have seen the town jump forward under the spur Of commercial and agricultu- ral prosperity.
 They nave seen the new factories go up, and the new people come in 10 run ,nem. They. have seen new businesses come in and old businesses expand. Tney have seen wooden stores torn down anu brick and cement stores go up. Tney have seen vacant lots become Shs Sites or new mercantile enterprises. They nave seen the sidewalks paved, and three-story structures go up. They have seen Demopolis change from Il eontented Alabama town to a thriving little city. They have seen 1t pass on from me country town of 5000 people 10 the city of 5,0t0 people.
 Lfyeiinsss and Activity.
 The drummers are not the only peo- pie who arc impressad bs' the liveli- M Every a Sisitos @ is % struck by thsse h0eos: eSar. ncterIstics. IL Is hot to be doubted that every visitor finds more in the little city than ne expected to find. Not withstandins the conversational work of the druinmer in exploiting the claims of Demopoiis, the visitor is hard awaits him. to find a bustiing little city Where he expected to find solid coun- try town
  pusa and prosperity the visitor forgets that the place is one of the oldest and one of the most historical in the State in yiew.ng the present ,prosperity, ol its. soiidity and its conservatism. Ths things that he expects to find. the hall d. dozea points of historical interest of the place. which is that of all the oid Southern towns. the shady streets, the spacious lawns and the comfortable things for which he last looks. The other impressions come instantly and forsefully; They come of the paved story buildings the plate glass fronts and the crowds that are on the streets In the summer time, and they come of the scream of the factory whistle The drummer in his hurried progress through the state may well tell of
 
 herald than the average travelling man. He is a good talker, Is the drum mer. It is large part of his stock in trade. And In this connection comes to mind the controversy now waging between a Mobile paper and travel ing mans organization on the charge made by the paper that the drummer talked too much in saying that Mobile was suffering from an epidemic of sickness. The paper Is said to have charged that the average drummer was given to talking too much and too loosely. Whereupon 1t was called down by the organization of travelling men.