The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04
aY nRucF KrNNEpY.

!. State and. hiding himself amid the
beauties of nature In and around the
4 st. Andrews Bay country of Florida.
lived and died there In peaceful sol
titude. h
4 A time. stained granite shaft marking
! the resting place Of the sturdy pioneer
OF Georgia. lifts its head from the
back yard Of tumbled old house on
the shores of the bay. Grass weeds
have xg1Swn about the monument on
which is recorded that the distin-
guished Georgian passed away in 1882
The bodies OF his wife and children lie
hard by and these graves, too, are III
kept and neglected. Loyal Georgians
ought to reclaim these bodies or care
. for the place where they are Inferred.
This fragment of history Is recalled to
show that the quiet, restful and pic
tnresque country on the Florida bay
had attracted interest nearly a CEN
s fury ago. Indeed. 1t Is probable that
ST. Andrews bay was resort OF plea
sure seekers in the time of De Soto
and the Spaniards or at period even
more remote. About Dyer's Point on
/ West Bay there are evidences OF pre-
historic town. There may have been
: an Indian village there hundreds OF
years before the Spaniards came, for
1t must be remembered that the beau
ties of this country were made by ma
ed them for his uses.
In the later years other persons,
tired of the turmoil of life. sought
surcease In the St. Andrews country
and at this day numerous well kept
residences of Eastern and Northern
men. rise from the grass lawns that
skirt the shores of the bay for many
miles Here Is the home OF a Cincin-
natl capitalist and over yonder Is the
picturesque cottage of a retired Coroner
of the army. Further along the peach
one views the we'll appointed lawns.
orchards and rose gardens of a naval
officer who has for his neignpor
rich Wisconsin man.
~ Terminus Of Railroad.
Just a year ago The Atlanta and st
Z Andrews Bay Railroad was built from
u Dothan to a point on the bay caheh
Harrison and the name of the terminus
was changed to Panama City. The
distance Is eighty-one miles through
I fertile section of south Alabama and
Florida. The railroad broke into the
serenity of the people who had found
quiet and rest but 1t gives promise
OF drawing the attention OF the ehtirS
! world to the st. Andrews Bay country
as an all-the-year-around resort anu
as a seaport Of Importance.
It was In this beautiful country that
the members Of the Alabama. Press As
sociatiou had their annual outing.
Every man and woman in the party.
ma.iy of whom had never visited the
section before, came away Impressed
profoundly that here rs place OF I'M
usual attractivenes and commercial op-
portunitiss; a place that has been hio-
den away from the busy marts OF
men and needs only exploitation to
bring the money and the people that
Its advantages of nature and OF ma
terial things deserve.
3 There are four bays in the st. An
s.drews country. They are st. Andrews
Bay proper, East Bay. West Bay and
North Bay. These waters, which are
that they are not formed by muddy
streams. enter tha Gulf of Mexico at
narrow pass with Lands End on the
West and Hurricane Island on the East.
At the pass the depth Is about four
teen feet. The distance from the pass
to Hanama City. terminus Of the rail-
road, is less than six miles.
shaped Like Horseshoe.
st. Andrews Bay Is shaped like a
horseshoe with the beautiful town or
ST. Andrews at the heel and directly
north of the pass into the gulf. The
other three bays flow from st. An
drews In the direction given by their
names. s24
Inside these bays there Is invaria-
bly, a calm. Passing through the chan
; mel and into the still. green waters,
: navigators find depth of over thirty
feet OF water for a distance Of fifteen
miles extending up the north arm be-
yond Dyer's Point and up the East arm
beyond oyster Point. A railroad to
Dyer's Point leading from Chipley, Fla,
is already projected.
Government engineers have pro-
nounced these bays one OF the most
perfect natural harbors In the world.
Certainly nature has done its part for
the beauties of the shores. For twen-
ty miles or more on either side. of the
bays the shores rise to elevations Of
from fifty TO 100 feet with hard sand
beaches at the waters edge. These
natural conditions make easy the
artificial improvements SO noticeable
to the visitor.
In the st. Andrews Bay country
there are no less than 5000 people.
on the shores of the various bays
there are a dozen postoffices. where
daily mails are received. The most
important points are Panama City with
600 people, st. Andrews with 900
people, Millville and Southport with
500 people each and the smaller towns
Cromanton, West End, Bayhead, Dyer's
Point and Cooks Inlet. The larger
towns are Incorporated.
st. Andrews and Panama.
Considerable business is done at st.
Andrews and Panama City. Each of
these towns supports a newspaper. a
bank and an ice factory. Hon. r. D.
Mckenzie is Mayor of Panama City;
Hon. j. H Drummond presides over
the affairs of st. Andrews. Mr.. Nc
Kenzie Is native of Florida and
represents Washington county in the
Legislature. Mr.. Drummond is ma
tive of Maine. who went to Florida
from Wisconsin about eighteen years
ago. He has been very successful in
developing the country and is regard
ed as one of the most progressive men
in the St. Andrews bay country.
The Alabama newspaper men were
naturally much Interested in tAe news
paper published on the coast. The
Panama City Pilot is in charge of @,
NJ West, who. many years ago was
attracted to this section by Its equable
climate ana material resources. Mr..
West was then a railroad manager,
residing in Chicago. His visits to the
gulf coast convinced him that 1t was
the place for a home and he cast his
fortune with the people several years
ago. He is largely interested in the
development of Panama City. Mr..
West resides in a beautiful home, with
we'll kept lawns. fruits and flowers,
at Oldtown, a point on the beach be-
tween Panama City and st. Andrews.
The Panama City Pilot is an eight
page, five column, all-home print
Ing and with good plant.