The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-08-09
Mrs. Josephine Perkins
Complexion Specialist
a23 First National Bank Building
Phone $3.50 Office hours 9-6
Consultation Free.

60. 900. 1t is an important cotton mar
ket and has a large retail trade, COM
ing not only from the city itself, but
from the rich plantations and many
neigiiboring towns. The Light and
Power Company has q si.o0o.oo0 dam
at TaIlassee. thirty-three miles away.
and an electric current equal to 5000
horsepower 10 transmitted to this town.
furnishing light and power for the
street railway and a number OF facto-
rfes There is also a Citizens Light
Heat and Power Company. which gen.
crates an electric current from steam,
coal from Birmingham being cheap.
An active agency for advancing the
public interests 10 the Commercial
Club, of which Mr.. Fred 5. Bali Is the
president.
The club has 400 active members, all
pulling together with hearty good Will.
Montgomery county, of which the
city is a part, has achieved remarka-
bla success In road making. The coun-
ty Is largely black prairie soil, and In
wet weather the roads through this
soil were impossible. The county made
several appropriations. borrowed VI
100000 and now has $50 miles OF roads
as fine as any In the land. Every
road leading from Montgomery to the
limits Of the county has been improv-
ed. The roads are graded and cover
ed with gravel, mixed with clay and
sand. The average cost with wooden
bridges, has been $4,000 mile. the
gravel being conveyed long distance.
Mr.. J. T. Bullsh h the county engineer.
The result of this Improvement, Ju6ge
William H Thomas, Of the City Court.
says, has been TO increase the value
OF lands along the roads from 80 to 80
an acre, and the outlay has been q
good investment. Convict labor lie not
used on the roads 'Ths state receives
for this labor revenue Of ti.e0o.oo0 .
| year. ~
A Historic City.
Montgomery Ii o historic city. In IL
the Confederate Government was Of
ganized. On Q tile beside one OF the
pillars of the State Capitol is large
brass star, with this Inscription: "Plae-,
ed by the Sophie Bibb Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy. on the spot
where Jefferson Davis stood when in-
augurated President Of the Confeder-
ate States OF America, February L.
1854"
To one side Of the Capitol stands q
beautiful monument to the confeder-
ate soldiers and sailors. Across the
street from the New Exchange Hotel Is
the building used as telegraph once
in 1861, from which Mr. Walker sent
the dispatch ordering the troops to at
tack Fort Sumter.
One of the many gentlemen who
greeted The Sun correspondent today
is Mr.. Warren d. Brown, the last sur
vivor OF the committee of citizens
which escorted Mr.. Davis to the inaug-
uration in Montgomery.
Nine years ago the Legislature OF
Alabama established q department of
archives and history. DR.. Thomas NJ.
owen, the director. has collected, with
out cost to the State, 100 portraits OF
distinguished men--one by BENJAMIN
West and several by Rembrandt, Peale
and Sully. He has 6,0oe bound volumes
Of newspapers--some of The Sun
among the rest, a large number Of
Confederate battle flags and the ban
ner which was carried In the attack
on Fort Sumter, numbers of original
historic documents and things Of price,
less value.
1t was Governor Warfield's plan to
have something on this order at An
napolis.
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