The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-11
DEVELOPING 4 COUNTY.

development of Baldwin county. are now reaping the reward which comes to those whom help themselves. The South and North, an industrial publication is- sued by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad has just prepared and is distributing an edition of that journal devoted to Baldwin county. which is easily the most attractive advertising publication ever issued in Alabama in the interest of any single county. Sev- era1 thousand copies of this attractive edition will be distributed throughout Northern and Western States by G. A. Park, General Immigration and Indus trial Agent, who collected the many fine pictures and the reading matter which accompanies them.
 Baldwin county is the best advertised county in Alabama. In the past ten years Baldwin county has attracted more thrifty immigrants of the farm ing class than any other two in Ala bama. These settlers came from Chi cago, from other places in Illinois, from Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Wiscon- sin. Some are Germans. some are na- tive Americans. some are Swedes but all who came had a little money and knew how to farm.
 They bought small tracts of land of twenty, or forty acres and estab lished their homes upon this virgin land which had never been under cultiva- tion, Except that they were in close proximity to twentieth century civiliza-- tiop the settlers were as near to na- ture as the earliest pioneers of Ala bama. They have been In Alabama sev- eral years now and out of their expe- rience they are qualified to give ad- vice to former neighbors of the North who might be persuaded to come to AL abama. l5s .5g ..
 MT. Park, at some trouble and ex- pense secured hundreds of letters from these settlers. giving stheir experience in Baldwin county, telling from what they place they moved, what impressed them with Alabama, what crops were raised and what conditions surrounded farming. The published letters will be most helpful to those that have been laboring to bring in still more settlers. The writers. and they express them selves freely and sincerely, praise the | oHr
 roundings and the fertility of the soil And all who write are more than sat- isfed
 The letters, however, are only a part of the publication. A splendid set of illustrations have been prepared. The homes of the settlers are shown with the crops they grow. the products of the farm and scenes of everyday life among the settlers. On the rivers and the coast of Baldwin county there may be found some of the most picturesque scenery in the country. Much of this picturesque landscape has been preserv- ed and made part of the striking pub lication.
 In the early days of the development of the county the Louisville and Nash vile Railroad ran a branch line down the center of the county from Bay Mi nette The welfare of this road is the welfare of the county and the railroad has devoted probably as much money in the advertising and development of the county as any other agency. A tidy sum went into the preparation of this handsome publication which will be scattered over the Northern and Vest ern States and which excels anything in that line that has gone before.
 Alabamians themselves do not appre- ciate the size of Baldwin county It is larger than the State of Rhode Island and about as large as the State of Del aware. It contains more than a million acres. It Is seventyfour miles long and thirty miles wide.
 There is enough territory in 1t to make a single State and on this terri tory so vast for one county the num- ber of settlers Is steadily increasing.