The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-10-05

One hundred feet above the 1fmpid
waters Of Mobile bay, which has fig
ured in song and story and romance
and dreoms sfnve the years OF Spanish
reign. high above the moou-f1ecked and
sun-kissed and playful and moody
waters In a. perfect shelter of tender
and welcoming trees. nestles Fairhope,
fair princess Of all the tiny cities that
dot the bay along its swells and curves,
paying fair tribute to her queen direct
across the bay.
For Fairhope is but two hours away
from 'tOld Mobile" two charming.
pIeasure-aHed hours when you grow to
love and exclaim at as beautiful a bit
of sea and bordering landscape as you
win ind in the United States OF Amer
lea.
Fairhopes chiefest claim. indeed, il
you want TO leave out her splendid
people just now from this tribe of na-
ture sketching, is the fact that she
overhangs Mobile bay, with its haunt
ing scenery on a, witching summer
night and It's piroQuetting sun g1ints
by the day--its water sports; sts mys
tic distances 10 hidden spots unknown;
its myster yand beauty and its charm.
As q winter resort, F'airhope has no
peers northern tourists find it a little
paradise CT its own, where one may
rest amid the healing breath of a mil
lion pines the soft salt tang in the
air from the distant gulf, and pure and
uuadulterated Alabama sunshine. fresh
and sparkling from Gods own private
store.
Fishing, bathing, boating, and social
pleasures make the list of local amuse-
nraDts coraplete, while daily boats will
ta.lce You to, Mobile, with her shops and
her theatres and accommodating bank
ing institutions.
II summer. the resort fourtshes inst
as successfully. for Fairhopes swept
with grateful breezes, and af5ordins
summer pleasures galore, has grown
In favor . the years have gone. among
Mo5ile people and through the inland .
territory.
All this has served to make Fair !
hope a. year round resort with hardly
an IDLE week in the year.
Surrounded by a fine farming sec |
tion. she is able to supply all who may
come with luscious vegetables and
small fruits and berries; rich. creamy
buttermilk fresh from some spotless
dairy; fish taken hourly from the wa T
tiers below, and a world Of other deli
cious things that make life worth liv-
Ing away from home.
Fairhope people are Of the frfendliest
type. and You feel tremendously at
home before you know 1t.
It's all. too in the way they have
at Fairhope.
A Famous Colony.
Fasrhope as Alabama's famous sim
gle tax colony. is known throughout
the country as a practical demonstra-
ton of the single tax theory Of Henry
George.
Eighteen years ago. E. 3. Castor, Of
Des Moines, Iowa, arrived and laid the
plans for Falrhope which were to in
terest the entire South and North as
well
According to the theory, the land,
which belongs to the colony, and which
reaches some 400 acres In Baldwin
county. is simply leased to the would
be settler for a term of one year or 20
years or SO years. The property leased
Is assessed. and tax levied at the
rate Of 5 per cent of its value.
Each year these values are assessed
By q committee, and in case that the
taxpayer becomes delinquent. the prop
erty reverts to the colony
The money thus secured is used
tcHard the common upbuilding of the
colony. no tax being levied on build
inss or on personal property.
There are perhaps 1000 people liv-
ing peaceably and comfortably at the
present tine IN the Fairhope colony.
Two-thir6s Of the entire tract is in
q state OF good cultivation. and q most
cosmopolitan crowd of people, q large