The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-27
UNION SPRINGS ONE
 OF BEST IN STATE
Bulloch Has Had Fine Year
 for Cotton
EVERYONE PROSPEROUS
W. M. Blount Is Still Quietly Working on Railroad Plans and Is Said to Be Achieving Some SpIen-
 did Results
BY WALTER HARPER


 | Union Springs is high-stepper. No | community of people in Kentucky love fine horses more than the people of Union Springs. Along with fine horses go fine and handsome women and gallant men,
 Fine-blooded horses and fine-blooded people seem to be closely related. You recognize either or both by the high steps they take.
 But there Is no snobbery in Union Springs. One of the really true indica- tions of fine blood Is hospitality and whole-souled generosity. Snobbery and good breeding are as foreign to each | other as ignorance and education. The quality of Union Springs is the quality of Bulloch county. Union Springs
 is the center. Bulloch county forms the whole of one of the best and most re- l fined sections of the state Builoch county is just closing a year of unusual prosperity. The farmers have had extra good crops They have re- ceived good prices and are prosperous and happy.
 As an indication of their prosperity it
 
 Union Springs has bought and handled 26,ooO bales of cotton this year, against 1700U bales last year. | The good price received by the planters for this increased production has turned | thousands of dollars in cash into the pockets of Bullock county people.
 Besides this, it is estimated that the people of the county have produced enough corn and almost enough meat to supply the home demand The people of the county have more and finer cattle and horses than ever before. There is much satisfaction in Union Springs over the success of w. M. Blount Tn his railroad building enterprise. It will be remembered that ten years ago MT. Blount without a cent of money planned and built line of railroad from Union Springs to Fort Davis on the Sea- board Air Line. nine miles north of Union Springs
 The road was an immediate success l The people. who had long desired railroad competition, patronized the new outlet | lberally.
 | After the business had become well es- tablished, MT. Blount began plans for the | extension of his road north. He went to New York and found that his reputation for business integrity and stability had preceded him to the financial center of the country. He could get all the cash he wanted just as he had been able to raise a comparatively small amount ten years ago on blue prints and self-conh- dencs.
 Some months ago he began the exten- | sion of his road from Fort Davis to Mil stead, on the Western of Alabama rail road, securing for his road second out let east and west.
 The grading on this extension will soon be completed. The rails have been or dered in Birmingham and will be laid at once. It is expected that trains will be operating through to Milstead by May or June of the coming year. From Milstead to TaIlassee is a small lumber road which it is understood MT. Blount will either buy or lease. While he declines to make any definite | announcement it is generally understood that MT. Blount is planning to extend the Union Springs and Northern railroad into the Birmingham district This remarkable railroad builder, who began his enterprise without dollar, is wonder, doer and not a talker. He does big things quietly and determinedly and allows other people to make com ment He has the full confidence of the business people of Union Springs, who stand ready to back him to the extent of their ability on his mere suggestion of a proposed adventure. MT Blount has announced that he will equip his road with new and improved locomotives and cars as soon as the line is operating through to Mistead. E. J. Pierce is general freight agent of the road with headquarters at Union Springs He was born and reared at Union Springs, is a young man of pleas ing address and exceptional business abil- ity.
 By the way, Union SprnfSs has pro- duced some mighty good people who have made their mark In the state.
 It is generally known that Judge N. B. Feagin of Birmingham is a native of Bullock county.
 The Rev L. c. Branscomb, pastor of the First Methodist church of Birming- ham, is also native of Bulloch. Dr. Frank P. Culver presiding elder of the Birmingham district of the Methodist l Episcopal church, south, is also from Union Springs
 l Bulloch county claims ex-Gov. W. D. Ielks as its son.
 E. H. Cabanss of Birmingham taught | school in Bulloch county some years ago. | It is said that he made good pedagogue.