The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-06-05
T. II. Motion Sends Glowing
Picture of Fairhope A s
The Ideal Place to LiUe
Birmingham Man Is Amazed That People Have Not
Learned Wonders of Climate Soil and People
of Baldwin County Section

ter from T. II. Motion, who is now
living at Fairhope, Baldwin county,
Alabama Just across the bay from
Mobile, in which he says:
"Am sorry / did not see you and
tell of this wonderful climate and
soil Am sorry never knew of it
long ago. Am sorry more Of my
friends do not know that il is a genu-
inc Eldorado 1t is strange that the
people of Alabama remained ignorant
of the fact that right here in Baldwin
county there is a better climate than
can be found in California or Florida;
that the soil produces better fruit,
more perfect and beautiful flowers,
best pecans, sweet potatoes, cucum-
bers, cantaloupes, watermelons, to-
bacco and many other things, than
found anywhere else.
They have remained ignorant and
allowed people Of the middle west to
come and make the discovery Strange
that we ignored this wonderful coun-
try and allowed colonies of Italians.
Greeks. Swedes and Quakers to come
and develop the land and enjoy the
spot where God had bestowed his rich
est blessings to man health and
wealth
They have established and are
building UP a splendid citizenship.
They all work, as God Intended man
should do. They are not neglecting
education and here in Fairhope, they
have organized and are conducting
school known as an organic school"
1t is largely supported by northern
people and the organiza has head
quarters in New York. 1t is yet in its
infancy but mark my prediction: This
school will educate some of the ablest
and most useful men and women OF
Alabama.
What Soil VIII Do
"Just to illustrated to you what can
be done with this soil: On the Bay
Minette and Magnolia Springs branch
Of the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road they are raising the finest of
fruit. vegetables, etc, already herein
enumerated. Two weeks ago passed
in my auto from Silver Hill to Foley,
distance of something like 10 miles
and never saw such fields of canta-
loupes, cucumbers, watermelons ana
sweet potatoes; such tobacco as
never saw in Cuba. FOR more .nah d
fortnight they have been Shipping GU
cumbers to Chicago and otner nor
ern cities, where they sell TOT 20 peg
bushel AT one station' isoDer .su s.l's
they are snipping from iour ~
carloads per DAY, ana 1 never
spcn hne ones was .oiu oS 49,
man that boheiiiah mas ,.. -
fourths OIL one az aiu ,ot
SOLO SlszVo worth anu 'ne
haiI over. s rh.r
VI course prioes ..,.e+ So, other
Wy a.. 20 49, haI;ays anv other
;, 80, s,,aa ,,,ch narfect ones.
80 10, w.. - aI;.,o+a anahIe the crow
me son any .li.@se $3.50 - ne market
W ~ - A. 1ta,;an 10 getting rich
s,aat atatoes re told me that
un 49, ~ no ds az 400 on 20 acres,
$50 +har, 4, Kansas CITY early in July
and ro+ "a nsr bushel. He had planted
,rore largely this wear: 1 should not
no surnrised IL he realizes $4,000. He
snro,,ts then in hot beds, plants early
and nuts them on the market so far
IN advance he gets a, fancy price.
Found by Accident
"Now. lust little in reference to
n,vsalf nv coming here seems provi-
dental Never heard Of Fairhope, ex-
oant from nv old friend J.. B. Dryer,
who fold me in March or April OF last
wear that it would be a good place for
nv asthma. Desperately i'll and deliri-
Gus for two months last summer, by
the will of God / got better. In No
vembar 7 had a. turn for bad and on
December % started to Biloxi, reached
Mobile on train two hours late,
stepped at the Battle House and sent
for DIR Bondurant He treated me for
nina DAVIS and / improved. Then I
asked him about Fairhope and told
| him what Mr. Dryer had said about It.
He said it was a good place, but said
BILOXI. Gulfport or Pass Christian
might he as we'll or better because of
better hotels. 1 told him that my OBJ
faction to those places is that the
MOSQUITOES and gnats seem to poison
NV Flesh Mr.. DRYER had told me that
Fairhona is on high bluff and in a
piny woods. SO I came on the first day
o. January and commenced Improving
most rapidly. / drove out and saw the
country. and then decided it was best
IL live here than die in Birmingham.
at have purchased a very beautiful
fiye-acre orchard with ali kinds Of
fruit and flowers. Ny health is so