The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-06
Location and General Information

Eba. county seat Coffee County, with population Of twenty-five
hundred people, located IS miles South Montgomery IS miles Northeast
Of Pensacola Fa and the Of the Eba Division Of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad
Importance buying thousand
bales manufactures brick lumber. tupenne builders supplies
leather and leather goods and soil pipe has
FIVE concerns with brick sorehouses. and thriving
solid National Bank with $I4ooo0O0 capital and surplus 1t has Eve
Kgous denominations four leading orders social and board
Of trade Its government the waer-o. supplied from deep
wells and operating under gravity pressure hundred feet
The companies apparatus and with strong
pressure make Eba better protected FIRE and
lower than several times The towns
supply shown by analysis be finely balanced mineral producing
beneficial results Of stomach rheumatic catarrhal and kidney troubles
citizen: have over thirty aran wei. ranging from 100 zl9 eet
in nn Others in Eta sulphur masnesa. All
excellent and paabe for drinking and absolutely free from bacteria
the town. the natural drainage perfect There wanps
the The banks the dry hilltop all times
death record Of the town show to Be hea place
p a sna % S jury % s ePsIs sos
returned only indictments This gratifying record the subject
tended complimentary mention by the presiding Judge.
Ebs located natural path Of from Ohio
Valley the greatest harbr the United States and the likely be most
hundred miles Of Pensacola harbor and less than hundred
miles distant For manufacturing CENTER where the greatest return. invest
Manufacturing enterprises viii have the advantages minimum
production Of cheap unlimited materials cheap labor
For somdoOr nvenen. NOW EBa of. Unprecedented bar
Investigate and invest NOW N''' -
i WONDERFUL WATER POWER POSSIBILITIES M
As site for manufactures electric drives Eba has superior
the United States Within the city limits Of Eba three rush together.
forming Pea River The three streams flowing nearly twenty miles between
banks Of solid mari twenty-five fifty feet high. shoals all along the
where the drops FIVE feet the mile Passing Ea Pea
River about 200 feet wide with depth Of four feet and
at the rate Of from eight to ten miles an hour.
Just what the entire strength horse that could be developed
Es been aseeed but who has
much the she'd that 20 600 horse
vatve estimate.
On Beaver Dam Creek tributary River
wheel DEVELOPS about 100 horse from which the
high. and beside the rolling tumbEng of Pea River this little
creek is large enough to be noticed
and below Eba be damned dozen places.
and damned perhaps than other the South The
rivers solid overflow the banks
is be considered The flow Of the steady the supply
coming from nnumrabe atean and lakes miles
furnishing steady supply OF water that scarcely dshes the hot
and is only at freshet stage for few days the spring
Aside from great value the branches of the
Eba of natural beauty that would be hard
sweep the exceedingly for considerable distance and
standing the steel bridge the edge of considerable
for nearly half mile in the other direction At the Of the banks
the dense foliage this time of the the magnolia
full bloom and the great pumed white flowers stand out VIVID contrast
yellow banks and the dus hu OF the and oaks that stand
beside them Most Of April and May Of ododendon bloom
all along reflected the still the dd below the rapids
and mpd Of the the made allure
ment beauty. but the pest the falls where mbig
invisible rocks the tossed about foamy and white looking all the
the color Of the still above the rapids
~ HILLS HUNDREDS OF FEET HIGH BESIDE THE RIVERS
places along the hills several hundreds feet high almost
pependuay Riding the splendid roads the hade the
gmpse Of the through the These hills
of the country for twenty miles around and Alabama be
and the occasional se CLINT the the distance Up the
hills where the salt breeze Of the Gulf Of Mexico be followed
the the spicy breeze of the Alabama from the other direction
full length wled the shade
below you winding beyond the pOumn the fields with their
draft animals looking bigger than You feel the cool breeze and
ali above you the sky You away things
up hill that hardly realize there outside world and
would 100 hotel
he could sit the boat and just watch the him.