The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-05

plans are either in operation now or tenn
porarily closed for repairs or for lack of
immediate orders.
The Alabama Trust and Savings bank
opened Its eleventh branch bank here
yesterday with a fine prospect for bust
ness. W. w. Barbour, an old DeKalb
county boy, is manager
Solid Bank.
The other bank here is the DeKalb
County bank one of the best institutions
of the kind in northeast Alabama.
Throughout the recent financial depres-
sion this bank continued to pay out money
in cash. No script was used, not even in
the handling of last seasons crop of cot
ton, amounting to almost 5000.
The DeKalb county High school is To-
Gated here and a handsome new build
ing Is just being completed at the foot
of the mountain. Prof H. T. Wallace is
principal of the school and Prof w. b.
Gilbreath is assistant. Prof. N. ]. Callan
is principal of the city school
The officers of the town are c. M. I.
Sawyer, mayor; w. l.. HARRISON H. M.
Banning, j. P. Stanley, A. b. Green and
r. L. Wright, councilmen.
Mayor Sawyer is a progressive man and
attorney. He owns considerable property
In the town and community and while he
has great faith in the future of the town
he is conservative in his claims and
methods. He advises caution and wis
dom and advocates the building of the
city along safe and permanent lines.
Howard Is Optimistic.
Ex-Congressman M. w. Howard is a
thorough optimist and firm believer in
the efficacy of boosting His motto is:
IF you can't be booster, be a clam.
He Is president of the Fort Payne Citi-
zens' Progressive league, which Is a strong
organization that promises to do much to-
ward the rebuilding of the town on perm
anent lines and In bringing the vast re-
sources Of the section to the attention of
the public. Luke P. Hunt is Mr.. How
ards law partner and Is also faI>sful
disciple of Colonel Howard's optimistic
faith Mr.. Hunt is young man of d
genial personality and promising future.
DeKalb county perhaps has the largest
and finest deposits of ebert in the state.
Large quantities are being shipped to
Chattanooga and other places for street
and road building. No county in the
state has a better supply of available
road building material than DeKalb and
the county officials are doing all in their
power to avail themselves of this marked
advantage The question of a bond issue
for good roads Is being agitated and 1t is
believed that something definite along this
line will be done during the present year.
James A. Croley, probate judge of the
county, is one of the most enthusiastic
good roads advocates in the state and is
pushing the campaign for advanced
methods in road building with all his
energy.
Fine Depot.
Fort Payne has the finest and largest
railroad depot between Birmingham and
Chattanooga on the Alabama Great South
ern. 1t is of stone and cost more than
$4,000. There are two good hotels and two
progressive newspapers
While Fort Payne has suffered greatly
from the effects of spectators in the
boom days 1t Is now recovering gradu-
ally and bids fair to become one of the
most important Industrial cities of the
state There Is no mistake about the
great mineral wealth of the section. The
water supply is excellent and beyond all
this Is the security of agricultural posi-
bilities
Fort Payne has been joke, but no one
can visit the place without being con-
WINGED Of the fact that 1t has been shame
fully slandered. The people are progress
sive, hospitable and highly refined and
they have community possibilities Of
which any section might be proud