The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-23
What Capitalists Are Doing to Reclaim Cut Over Lands. < TOBACCO AND STRAW
 BERRIES AT BREWT0N
 .-s-- Sheehan Writes of Pleasures of
 the Road.
 -4 gAs w.yf.rers Found that Rest. sweet Rest was the Mest Delishtsui feature ef the Entire Trip -rhe GIaa Hand Was
 Always Out.
BY WILL T. sHEEHAN.

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 When Theodore Roosevelt was Presis dent. there hung in the Executive Of- fice the original of one of John T. Mo- Cutcheons' cartoons occupying po- ,sition. of prominence and holding a place in the high esteem of the Presi- dent. It represented an old farmer, boots or. his. feet on q cane bottomed chair and his shoulder near a dim kero- sene lamp. The rest of the family had gone to bed: the farmer and the cat had the fireplace to themselves.
 The farmer. so the speaking lines of the cartoon showed. was reading the Presidents message. The cartoon pore welt was immensely pleased at the car- toon, and when he showed 1t to some friend. he would say proudly: There's the man I write for" 2
 This trip has given me significance of the important part, played by The Montgomery Advertiser in the lire ana thoughts of the people of the State. have come into a new understanding of the readers relations to the paper. I have come to appreciate. as never ap- preciated before, the responsibility of the men whose thoughts and whose ia- bor makes the paper, which goes into so many homes, and which speaks with such authority. The careless reporter. the careless writer. I am sure would be cured of his professional deficiencies. were he favored enough to pass among the readers of The Advertiser and hear their talk upon the variety of subjects which go into each days issue.
 The warm hospitality we have en- countered. the generous treatment that we have met everywhere, the kindly compliments for the paper. poured into our willing ears, we consider tribute to the paper with which we are asso- ciated. and in our pride in the paper. we believe that The Advertiser is worthy of all that has been said of 1t.
 But I am to write of the trip and not essay e philosophical, dissertation upon The Advertisers standing. My excuse for it is that this feature of our foot- marches through Alabama has made 8 deeper impression upon us than any other single thing.
 not do enough for us. They had auto- mobiles around ct the hotel in the morning, and we were taken about the wealthy and hustiing little city for . Rast sp1n. g. M. Lovelace. Editor ". b. soweli, of The Pine Belt News. B. M Blackeheaf. T. W. Atkinson. the big hardware man, pr. w. A. Lovefts and ofherm were prominent in giving ex. pxeaafon to tBrowton's well known apir- as of hospitality. We managed to make the automobile trip without any swim ming ct the head or any further injury
 
 A Patriotic Woxk.
 And incidentally, we were given q chance to study the patriotic work be- ang done by number of Brewton men who made their pile in the lumber bus mess. This labor is to establish for continue the prosperity that was brought in by the lumber business, but which in a few years. because of the exhaustion of the yellow pine timber, will soon belong to the past. To sup ply permanent industry and Q per- manent prosperity for the future. these men spend their money and with some unselfishness. for the making of more money is not now to them any special considerations
 The strawberry business was one form that this endeayor has taken. It has been Q great year for the straw berry growers around Castleherry and Brewton. From Castleberry alone no less than eighty car loads of berries have been shipped. and they are still go- sng North. The season this year was seven weeks long, and people who had never done well in the strawberry bus iness before. got a slice of the riches that came the way of Castieberry and Brewton.
 r Nor Is this all The Lovelace broth CTS, Ed and Yancey. put out their money and proved that Sumatra tobac- co, which makes the finest of wrapptngs for good cigars. could be grown with great profit at Brewton. They have gone extensively into the business of growing tobacco this year. and six im- mense barns have been constructed to house and cure the great crop which they will undoubtedly make. In one enclosure, shut in by costly boarding and covered by costly iathing. to give the half shade necessary to growing CsYVVa aoAP han nrA tNxFa n v acres in addition to what they had last year. Tn open grown tobacco for cigar filiers they have something like seven- ty-five acres.
 The 5umatra leaf tobacco sells easily for 75 cents pound. The Lovelace Brothers, on two acres, last year grew, 1,5o0 pounds.
 After our whfrl about Brewton we were whisked down to Harrington Springs, where that great water and 0 splendid dinner awaited us. The boys for three hours sat about in the sum- mer house. surrounding the spring. and drank heavily of the healthful mineral waters And after the dinner had been served. it was necessary to appeal to the sense Of honor of some of them to persuade them to continue their jour ney There were some lady guests at the hotel, and Spangler was without trouble made to display his accom-  A ladies sang. Some of the boys obsti- q nateIy refused to move until 1t was 2 threatened that they would be publish ed to the world as quitters.
 a On the Read Again.
 At last we waved Bill Sowell. and the s others q fond goodbye and took up * inc hike down the hot road. And Sow & ell was heartless enough to criticise the pace we started on the road--and that 2 too. right after the dinner we had eat E on.
 The road has it's pleasures as well as ! its hardships. Marching in May time, with the trees wearing their best dress of all the year, with the odor of fresh woods and the newly blossomed flow 4 CTS in our nostrils, the cares that cam kered before, vanish with the dust we # leave behind us. Of Antaeus of my biological fame and memory. 1t was said that he was strong only when hIs feet were firmly planted in the soil. And, so 1t is with wayfarers of the road. Strength and contentment en- viron us as we step the miles behind us. Those who can. break Into an oc- casional song; those who can, whistle a lively Hit. Our laughs are hung up- on hair-trIggers, and responsive gig Ria ga fha raward of any joke. no mat