The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-25
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
New Electric Road Project Seems TeM-
 uorarfIy Abandoned

New Electric HO3u frOyGC9 seems IeNA~
 porarfIy Abandoned.
 Eufaula, July 24.-(Special.)- Moth ing seems to have developed in the matter of the proposed electric rail- road to connect this city with 0pelika, to encourage the citizens to believe that the day of breaking dirt Is any ways near at hand.
 No further action has been taken in the premises beyond the. last confer ence between Mir. Chapman, President of the construction company and the representative business men wherein a money consideration was asked of the citizens and no conclusion was reach ed. It is known that the grader which was shipped here when the question was first being agitated some time ago, has been consigned to parts unknown and the outlook does not seem encour- aging to say the least.
 The new uniforms to be furnished the band here by the End Regiment of Alabama State troops are expected any day and 1t is hoped they will arrive in time to be used at Chickamauga. The instruments are to be selected and will follow later on. The organization will hereafter be known as the End Regi- ment Band having been duly enlisted and will make its debut during the coming encampment of the troops.
 The first sweet potatoes of the ne " crop in this section made their appear ance on the market here yesterday. The specimens are regarded fine for the season and commanded the fancy price of 50 cents per peck. They were raised by Lacy Long a thrifty negro farmer In Quitman County. Georgia, not far from the city.
 Mrs. M B. Wharton and daughter, Mrs. Hattie Moore and grandson, Wharton Moore,/are at present occupy ing their home, the pastorlum where they are receiving every courtesy and the sincere coincidence of their legion of warm friends.
 c. Nj. Thompson. a prominent att tache of a large mercantile establish ment here, who also maintains a fond ness for agricultural pursuits, is exper- imenting in cotton culture on a small scale that must soon manifest itself. Adjoining his residence on Sanford Street, Mir. Thompson had a small plat of three-eighths of an acre well mat ted with Bermuda which many of his friends claimed would produce noth- ing. He has now growing thereon a variety of cotton that is believed by all who have seen 1t will yield 500 pounds >of lint this fall. MT. Thompson se- cured a few years ago a few of a very fine variety of seed which he has been improving and last year made a yield or 1UV OL liul LEOll LW0ANG TOWB four feet apart and twenty feet long. His patch this year is the admiration of all who have seen it and is visited by citizens from all sections of the city every afternoon who are watching hIs experiment with great interest and pleasure.
 The occasion of the Confederate vet erans' reunion at Clio and the barbe- cue at Hawkinsville today drew quite Q number of citizens from the city who will no doubt greatly enjoy the events.
 Mrs. George Sparks has purchased a vacant lot on Barbour Street ad1oin- Ing the residence of Robert Nance and will soon begin the erection of a hand some private residence thereon.
 A well known negro here was lodged fin jail yesterday upon a charge of pill fering. It is believed the timely dis covery in being run upon while trying to gain an entrance to the home of Richard Thomas by opening the front door of his residence while the family was absent from home avoided what would have proved a bold robbery.
 Miss Pauline Adams Of Montgomery reached the city yesterday and is the guest of Mrs. T. P. Graves and Mrs R. c. Adams on Barbour Street
 A job printing office. the outfit of which has reached the depot here, will mark a new industry for the city the coming fall and winter.