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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-09
Clinton Lad Killed

Clinton, Aug. 9.-Harry O'Neill, of
this city aged II, was shot and killed,
1t is believed accidentally, while in
camp with several boys near Clinton.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

HOME BUILDING RIFE IN 7, = - TOWN OF ANDALUsEA. m Andalusia aas three of the prettiest home streets in Alabama. EVsFy house on them Is home grown. Lum- Der Is cheap in this Mecca of the home :, sea,ersSand as a consequence everyone has nice house. It is sare to say AndaIusia has more pretty modern homes than any city of it's size Tn any other State in the Union.
 If ia hard to realize, without seeing the place, what prosperous ar the town has. There is not squaho ouarter'' in the city! True. 1t might De said fhev have not had time to be suualtd but on the other hand IL would take a genius for "the picturesque' to make a well built modern $S,OOO aweil- ing look squalid in climate Where paint lasts indefinitely.
 As 1t is with the dwellings, so the same rule obtains with the fences or lthe city. There Is not split" fence r., inc city limits. Everywnere neat, painted paling fences greet the eye' lending a touch of spruceness to the i. landscape that Is accentuated by the luxuriant growth of the gardens and the forest in the distance,
 Stop to think of town ok nearly five thousand persons, not poor man in It, and every house well ouiiI SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS
 HOUSES OF THE TOWN. ' Lumber, however. is not the only building material usea in Andalusia There is not a business house in the town limits that is built of wood Brick Is the chief material used An dalusIa has more than 200 business firms more than 120 business houses.
 From the picturesque old court house in the center of the square to the most recent merchandise store in the su- burbs, there Is no business house oullo- ing material seen, except nve stone structures that Is not brick. The men of the town have shown rare judgment in their diversity of selection, for the eve of the visitor is not deadened by the brick houses being all the same color. From the lightest modern cream coloreds brick, the whole gamut of art brick color is run until the dull olue- red of the court house is reached. SOME OF THE THINGS
 ANDALUsIA NOW HAS.
 Artesian water throughout the city.
 Artesian water that you can cook with
 negroes
 Two strong banks.
 Two newspapers, splendidly edited.
 Two railroads competing for its trade.
 third railroad under consideration. Electric water power that won't cost much to develop.
 Practically nothing to offer an un- dertaker.
 Modern schools and the best teachers money can get. \ Four drug stores that make a living on. stationary, tobacco, soda water and toilet articles
 Some of the best farm land in Ala bama.
 Unrivalled timber facilities.
 A population of nearly 5000 and room for more.
 Real estate, the possession or wnicn Is better than bank account.
 Electric railroads. on the minds of its leading men
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

One of the prettiest opera houses in Alabama
 Fifty residences that cost more than $10.000 each.
 cost.
 Two comfortable hotels with clean ; rooms and good tables.
 An electric plant of It's own.
 A cotton oil mill and fertilizer plant. A flour mlll doing business with cities all through the United States. As good truck farm land as can be found anywhere. and betser than most places.
 An ice factory.
 Facilities for the quick handling of domestic and foreign cotton shipments. Room for cotton factory. and peo- pie to work 1t.
 Capital to invest with other capital ists.
 good draft animal market. 2 Unlimited lumber.
 Expensive churches of every denomi- nationI
 An air of prosperity. Rural mail routes.
 A complete telephone system.
 A splendid climate.
 A healthful atmosphere.
 Not a creditor of town or county. Pretty well-graded streets.
 A population of workers.
 And unlimited opportunities. STOCK RAISING IN EMBRYO
 BUT THE PEOPLE WILL TRY IT. The fertility of the forest lands of Covington County furnishes unlimited forage for live stock all the year around. As yet this industry has been crowded out by others giving quicker returns, but 1t is being tried more and more.
 The condition of cattle in the vicin- ity of Andalusia is calling the atten- tion of this industry to the thought of all. Especial interest has been aroused of late by the talk of packing houses being established in several parts of the State.
 Another thing in favor of this in- dustry Is the innumerable streams that run between the hills of the county. There is no danger of the stock ever being cut off from water. This project has already been started. ANDALUsIA WANTS MORE
 PEOPLE or THE RIGHT SORT. Immigration is being discussed to a great extent by the people of Anda- lusia. and plans are on foot in the city and in the county to intelligently con- duct such campaign for development. It Is not the desire of the people to have an influx of indigent foreigners. but men of small means who are not scared of work will be helped. In the 1,OS0 square miles of the county there is room for more farmers than the 5000 who are making money here now.
 ANDALUsIA HAS COMPLETE
 TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS. Through its telephone service, An- dalusla is connected with every town in It's vicinity. and makes ng-distance connections to any point The town is wired throughout and the telephone company has proved most profitable investment; s2o.000 Is being spent in improving the system. PCSTOFTXCE OF THE
 SECOND GLASS AND R. F. D. The postal business of the town has increased to such an extent of late
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

epmeft. a Other rsections are owned by. men who have .snoney to invest in the development of the electric power. but i not enough to build. the cotton fact- ory or the interhrban car lines. too. and. so are waiting for theeadvent of foreign capital. fas1e4sF-
 For a man with several thousand dollars to safely invest. the electrical power ipossibilities' of the Cpnecuh River, in the vicinity of Andalusia. off, fers an opportunity that only. the ad- vent of the Panama Canal into mara time commerce and the results the Gulf Coast will derive from the canal. can show.
 :. PANAMA CANALS EFFECT
 ON GULF COAST INTERESTS.
 Andalusians are watching the deveI- opment of the Panama Canal in way . that shows their appreciation of the i, great National undertaking Fully do < they realize what the opening of that artery. ofr commerce will mean to ,thems sAssfe sF 1 <. It is a well known fact that China. , the great cotton market. is demanding more and more cotton as the years go on. Their enormous population is stu increasing and year by year the de" mand for food increases there. They are naturally planting less and less cotton and more grain-it is questior VT Aoo0 4S&@Ahss SAOtnS1AN A~S~ Ns"s won.
 Another known fact about China is that ninety per centum of their mill lions of popuiace wear cotton gar- ments. the majority of them wearing seven suits all at ore time. It takes q great amount of cotton to kupply their present demand. and the demand is growing. As has been said. they are planting less cotton and more grain, their numbers are increasing, and they are looking to the American Southern States to supply the demand.
 Southern Alabama is alive to this fact The men of Andalusia realize that they have a great cotton country. a land that produces cotton crops that can be counted on. With safe cot ton crop each year. the timber land gradually being cleared and cotton planted, people enough to run cotton mill. and the electric power at their door. they realize their own import ance in the commercial world.
 PLANNNING A RAILROAD
 THROUGH TO PENSACOLA.
 The Central of Georgia Railroad management is alive to the Gulf coasts future, and what the Panama Canal will mean to Southern Alabama. It is understood that they have the blue prints of the projected road from An dalusia to Pensacola already on their desks.
 The main line of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad out from FeRsacola. north, 1t is understood. will handle the canal trade for the central portion of the United States.
 The protected road from Pensacola. or Mobile to Meridian. Miss, will handle the canal shipments coming inc to this country and westbound.
 The projected road of the Central of Georgia. from Pensacola to Andalusia will take care of the shipments of the canal trade on to the Atlantic coast / Galveston, Tex. is too far West to become important in the canal trade. New Orleans will never be able to over. come the handicap of it's miles of mud flats from the city to the Gulf. and is out of 1t with more happily placed competitors.
 Mobile will come in for a good share
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

of the business. but Pensacola sliasl the r sItlnriyalled harbor of the5a Southern z States. Apdalusians know that. and they are getting in touch with Rensa- cola merchants and business houses in way that is scandalous.
 Placed on direct line of trade be- tween the Far East and the great cannot help growing. And the idea of cotton mill on this direct line to Chi ua has taken vice-lite grip on the Andalusians. when they know at the same time they have the electric power to run the mill with.
 ANDALUsIA AS HEALTH
 RESORT AND HOME PLACE.
 With an unapproachable climate, and an atmosphere scented with the fragrance of the long leaf pines, what Andalusia could do for invalids is ob- vious. The ruddy compilations, of its men, the rosiness of the children and the brght eyes of the women, speak positively for the healthfulness Of Cow tngton County.
 Not for a moment would the city tolerate an influx of tuberculi in- fected persons, but there is mint awaiting a man who will establish such haven for consumptives, say some thirty miles from Andalusia. lilly
 
 scent of the pines Consumption is practically unknown in this section of the State.
 Another source of health Andalusia has to offer is a spring. Natural min eral water. And this spring is not un- known to the medical world and the world-at-large. Recently a great con- alignment was shipped to Turkey, and but a month ago one solid car load went to British Columbia. Makers of patent medicine, guaranteed to cure Indigestion, loRth the name of the spring.
 CONVICTION COUNTIES
 GREAT LUMBER SALES.
 Covfngton County has shipped more yellow pine lumber in the last five years than any other portion of the United States with a similar sawmiH capacity. There are but four saw mills in the vicinity of Andalusia. but they are big ones, with capacity Of more than 500,000 feet of lumber day. And yet with this great inroad into the forests it's effect is hardly noticed, for the timber men cut only trees of cer- tain size, and. year by year the younger trees take the place of those that are cut down and the forest remains the same. 1t Is estimated that twenty such mills could not remove the timber, pTOf1QcQ lt IS AhbOAtSSAe SSI ~AA eAAS next fifty years.
 Covington County yellow pine IS Ro- ing all over the world. A large per cent of the letters received by tho lumber men bear foreign stamps. The lumber going out through Pensacola, reaches every quarter of the globe. Canada is as-great market for 1t. South America Is sending for it. Train load after train load goes to the Northern States. but the greatest market is the lumber-d -denuded West. Shipments of Alabama lumber are being made to Oregon and Washington, literally ear rying coal to Newcastle"
 But all of it is not going out of the county, much less ~ the State. New houses are going up in every direction all over AndaIusia as well as other places in Covington County.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
THOUSANDS OF HORSE
 POWER AWAITS HARNESS.

POWER AWAITS HARNESS.
 Four miles from, Andalusia the Conecuh River rushes on to the Gulf. A stream 200 feet wide. with an aver age depth of three feet. flowing be- tween banks twenty feet high that it has never been known to overflow above Andalusia. Passing Andalusia, the river has a dxop of thirty feet within a distance os one and one-hah niles.
 Z A few thousand dollars would se- cure a dam. few more would buy machinery. and enough power could be generated to connect eVery town in the vicinity of AndaIusia with electric roads, and there would be enough pow CT left to run & score Of cotton mills or other factories.
 Already one saw mill has taken ad- vantage of small branch of the Conecuh River and Is running its plant by the drive so secured. but using drive of water-powers alone. not haN- ing even bothered about electricity.
 A cotton mill is already the talk of the town. There are enough people in the vicinity of the town to operate the mill and there 4s enough electric driving power available to run every thing in the community by electricity.
 An expert hydraulic and electrical engineer estimated the fierce of the river ae one point at sO,o0O horse pow ors ana uAtuIS mas sO cohSthASeC0 tAO stream that its driving power could be harnessed lat half-a-dozen points within fifteen miles.
 The land along the course of the river Is owned by men who alreaoy have thefr hands full with other mat ters. Some of the land through which the stream rolls is owned bv the lurn-s bermen. and they have all they can att tend to filling the orders for lumber that are pouring in. Other parts of the land adjacept to the stream is the property of men who have established businesses in the town and have not the time to devote to It's proper devei-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16

that a Government building is war ranted, and it is expected the butad- ing will be provided for at the next session of Congress.
 Besides the city mail service. the town is in complete touch with. the surrounding territory through nine rural mail delivery routes
 COMMERcIAL CLUB FORMED
 AND GOING OUT FOR BUSINESS. Within the month a commercial club has been formed in Andsiusia. its members being the strongest and most progressive business men of the com munity. This club has entered on campaign of advertising the resources of the town and surrounding territory, and getting in close touch with the rest of the commercial world.
 COMPANY "Hs SECOND REGIMENT
 HEADQUARTERS IN AxDALUszA. Fully equipped and mustered up to the limit, Company I'll" of the End regiment, Alabama National Guard. has it's headquarters in Andalusia. Re- gently it was inspected by an ofiacer of the regular army who, pronounced 1t one H0f the best-drilledS and most efficient hghtlng machines ip the Na- tional Guard. ; REAL ESTATE IN ANDALUsTA
 BRINGING HANDSOME PROFITS.
 
 The real estate values of Andalnsia are steadily increasing. Where i've years ago city lot sold for $4o0. now the same property cannot be pur- chased for s4.0OO Land within. the city limits is in demand and on every |, side new houses are being built.
 That this real estate value is per- manent is shown by the prices that are being paid for the buildings erect ed on them. One church. recently completed cost s40,000. Several of the business houses cost amounts in that neighborhood. one of them costing s5O,000.
 PLENTY OF HARD WOOD
 ROOM FOR A FACTORY. In the vicinity of AndaIusia can be found unlimited quantities of hard wood and the source of supply for hard wood goods manufactory is at hand. factory to build furniture. spokes and handles. wagons and wheel barrows, and all other articles made from hardwoods would find an almost inexhaustible source of supply In the county, most of the hard wood trees being in the vicinity of Andalusia. BIG APPROPRIATION
 FOR GOOD ROADS MADE. The County Commissioners of Cow ington County have voted 415.000 for the building and Improvement of the county roads. This feature of the county's development has not been much in the public eye, there having been so many other things developing that for a while the roads were for gotten. but now especial attention is being given to Improving all the high ways of the county. Recent improve ments in the roads have interested mo- torists. and orders for eight big cars have been sent to various manufaetur- CTS. to add to the number of motor vehicles already in the town.
 FURTHER INFORMATION
 FURNISHED ON REQUEST. For detailed information regarding any feature of the town. leD<er to the Commercial Club or the Mayors ofhce will bring a prompt reply.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Town ana county Are but of Dsbt

Town and County Are outof Debt
 The town of Andalnsia. and Covlngton soansy. tec. do ngt Syss one penny in this perOus9 Not one single debtor can the town boast of, they have como clean, and expect to stay that way. This fact, though is nos anything they can boast about, for they new CT had any cause to so In debt. they have ore Of Che enferpriscs that have bean start. cd In Andaiusia has failcd-that ls. all but one. Somebody started canning factory. A canning factory in the midst of Q great swaying, .,whispe.ing pine forest the only planted In cotton, and cotton is not meant
 Buf Inc canning factory dfd ene good ehina, the people felt "sJrter'' sorry for ft ana tried planting vegetables and fruit just to sae R tho things the cannIng factory want ly by surprise. The Andalusians we're eating new potatoes, and have been for the past threo years. just one month before that arr Hcle of food appeared on the meuus- pf the New York hotels. Since the first xtfaE, truck farming has taken firm hold and is giving wouIcr1U results. One man planted five acres Of cmAunass the biz silver, Spanish EM~ riety. The average weight of the onaona ne raised was nine ounces each, and many of them weighed . pound aud mere: was practically the same, tho fertile earth grew big things and tho crops were gather cd according to antteipatio1s for not once has a killing frost appeared out of season.
 Tho hcmes and farm buildings of the Iand. I nc ss sarm n housss s wSaid would look ven h any city, the plantatsonB are fenced ana wind mills, these unerring signs of agricul- turai prosperity, can bo seen buxztng away in the farm yards.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
Good Business siiI

of s 
 belief responsible for the growth With lavish she has but harvesting 100000 land
 
 
  -EI n he own IS o of heh is ia
  M h O co ton Th is noa another town is the railroads
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-16
ANDALUSIA--The Place for Home Seekers and Investors
 BUILT BY NATURE oN STERLING W0RTHpGREGN47ED
Come Join Us
Great Opportunities


 
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The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-02
A Pair Of Pinks

At last this city will be entertained
by a high-class attraction at low prices.
The manager of the opera house has
secured the Pair of Pinks comedy and
trayesty company, and they will ap.
pear at the opera house on the night, OF
April 8, 10. giving six high-cl: So num-
bers, including Manvro, the Lone
Hottentot," Ward, the blackface
comedian, Master Carl the phenomenal
boy soprano, the western Trio, and as
special feature, Zephulo, the i~ail-break-
er will appear. The lasE named gentle
man will give an exhibition of his al
most supernatural powers on the street
at A D m each day. Prizes have been
reduced to Is, Is. IS, for this occasion
only.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-02
FOR SALE

At Willis Heights, one mile of Tupelo
house and lot, A room cottage all rooms
ceiled, front and back porch,
good well of water, a outdoor buildings
size of lot 200 x 200. yard and garden
really fenced, also small poultry yard
in good shape, can be bought on small
payment down, and rest on easy terms
fer further information. write or see
E. M. DUGGER, Tupelo, Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-02
Focal and Personal

Get ready for the Evangelistic meet
ing at the Baptist church May 23rd TO
June 10th. DR.. H. A. Hunt OF 81.
Louis. Mo-, is to do the preaching. Dr.
Hunt has been in the evangelistic work
for a number of years. and has been
wonderfully successful. 1t is hoped
that this meeting will prove a greas
blessing to Tupelo.
The many friends of j. ]. Car
men were pleased to see him IN
Tupelo Sunday. Mr.. Carmen is
the representative of the Mem
phis Queensware Co. in South
Mississippi with headquarters at
Jackson.
Elliott McCandless left Tues
day evening for st Louis where
he goes to accept a position with
the Vandalia railroad. His many
friends in Tupelo wish for him
success commensurate with his
merits.
Mr.. H. E. High has returned
from Florida where he spent a
month with relatives and friends.
Mr.. High reports fishing rather
poor on account of high winds
prevailing on the coast. The
best catch made was 35 pounds
in one day, the string consisting
| of four fish.
The fishing season has opened
with the big fish coming to the
front and Offering themselves
as a sacrifice to the ambition OF
some of our noted fishermen.
On Tuesday H. B. Parker landed
a trout weighing 81, Mr.. Preston
one weighing = and Lon Living
ston G3. The latter has made
several fine catches before.
Harry ward, the we'll known minstrel
man, with the Pair of Pinks company
will produce an original black face act.
WANTED-Two roomers;
Payne House. corner Spring
street and Sherwood avenue.
Rates reasonable.
Mis-. w. r. JERNIGAN.
Let Jones photograph you.
For first class candy go to Rea's.
Fresh caddy Easter eggs at the 5 &
| loo store.
M. L. Clopton the watch critic and
repairer, at CLIFTON'S.
FOR SALE-Cows with young calves.
O. B. ROGERS
Scrips means money, ask for it at
either gallery. Peerless Studio or
Huffman art gallery both In SANE
block, Spring Street.
All kinds of Easter goods at the S &
10c store.
No watch too complicated for me to
repair. All work guaranteed
M. l.. CLOPTON at CLIFTON'S
LOST.-Ladies' Gold Filled New Eng
land Watch, hunting case, engraved
"P. L.. H. on inside OF back. Return
to E. J. Lowry, and receive suitable
reward.
Have you visited Jones Studio?
Pure refined p~arafne 15c the pound
at the 5 & 10c store.
My photographs are both artistic and
permanent. They will stand the test
j. w. JONES
Zepkulo, the marvellous psychic pheno-
menon, will tell you what you are
thinkirg about, if you meet him with a
Pair Of Pinks. They will be seen at
the opera house on April 9 10 Prices re-
duced to Is, Is, 35c.
Do you need Il new Awning? Our
prices are the lowest, material the best.
Prices and samples on request.
TUPELO SCALE co.
Don't forget the country store wants
your business. Either cash or credit.
Be sure to see US.
HoUsEoN & S%PRADLING.
We will make the price all right, just
keep coming, and get the best.
HUFFMAN & SONS. 1.-The
picture makers
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-02
Don't forget Jones' Studio when you
want good Photographer Tupelo Mer-
c..ntile Building.
FOR SALE

Two houses on very nice lots, just
across the street from Col. Clayton.
Formerly owned by VIM. Watson. This
property will be sold at a bargain.
DOZIER ANDERSON.