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REFERENCES. - Polk's Alabama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 402; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915.
HAIHAGI. A Lower Creek town, known only by name, and unidentified with any ex- isting localities in historic times. The word is Creek, meaning "the groaners." Ihagee Creek in Russell County doubtless received its name from this old village.
REFERENCE .- Gatschet, in Alabama History Commission, Report (1901), p. 396.
HALBAMA. An Alibamo town, noted on Belen's map of 1733, hetween Mulberry Creek and Alabama River, apparently at or near the village of Statesville, Autauga County, and on Little Mulberry Creek. No detalls available.
REFERENCE .- Shea, Charlevoix's New France, vol. 6, p. 11.
HALE COUNTY. Created by the legisla- ture January 30, 1867. The larger part of its territory constituted the eastern section of Greene County, but it also includes parts of Marengo, Perry and Tuscaloosa. It con- tains 646 square miles, or 413,440 acres.
The county was named for Lieut. Col. Stephen Fowler Hale, a lawyer of promi- nence, residing at Eutaw, and who was killed at Gaines' Mill, in Virginia, at the head of the Eleventh Alabama Infantry Regiment. Of him Brewer says: "The memory of Col. Hale is preserved in the name of one of the noblest counties of the State."
In the act of establishment Amasey M. Dor- man, Allen C. Jones, William T. Hendon, J. H. Osborne and George H. Sheldon were ap- pointed commissioners to organize the county. The commissioners were empowered to lay off election precincts and appoint managers, and an election was held by them on the first Monday in March, 1868, for the election of county officers. Where defendants resided in the new county, suits pending in circuit, chancery or other courts were to be trans- ferred on application of defendants. The new county was required to pay its pro rata pro- portion of the debts of the countles from which it was taken. All business in the pro- bate courts of any of the old counties per- 'taining to estates of deceased persons, or to infants residing within the limits of the new county, was on petition to be removed to the probate court of Hale.
At the election held in March, 1868, Greens- boro was chosen as the county seat.
Location and Physical Description .- It is situated in the west central section of the state. On the north lies Tuscaloosa, on the east Bibb and Perry, on the south Marengo, and on the west Greene County.
Its topographic features are varied and in- teresting. Three pronounced physiographic divisions appear within its borders. The first of these are the hilly uplands in the north- ern section, locally known as the sandy lands. The prairie section comprises the southern part. The third includes the bottom land along the Black Warrior River in the west- ern part. The first and second divisions are distinctly separated by the Eutaw Escarpment, which runs in a northwest and southeast di- rection, just south of Greensboro. North of
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Greensboro the country is very broken and hilly, crossed by many streams and their tributaries, running in a westerly direction. There is little variation of topography in the prairie section. It is gently rolling and here and there broken by slightly elevated ridges of post oak land. The river bottoms along the Black Warrior have a varying width of one mile to seven miles. The general topography of this division is gently undu- lating; with a few low swampy areas.
The county is drained largely by the Black Warrior River, which forms the line between Hale and Greene Counties, and which flows into the Tombigbee just below the southern boundary of the county. The principal creeks of the county, all draining into the Black Warrior are Big Prairie, Little Prairie, Mc- Millan, Big German, Elliott, Five Mile and Big Creeks. The county lies chiefly in what is known as the Coastal Plain. Its soils all belong to the Cretaceous period, except the LaFayette, which is post-Tertiary. The up- per section of the county is locally known as the sandy land region, while the lower half is the prairie or limestone belt. Fifteen soil types are recognized in the county area, in- cluding loams, clays, fine sandy loams, clay loams, and gravelly loams. Greensboro is situated on the dividing line between the Eutaw sand and Selma chalk, or rotten lime- stone, giving rise to sandy post oak lands, formed by the sands overlapping the chalk. In the lower part of the county, near Prairie- ville, is a ridge of 60 to 70 feet of almost pure limestone, which crosses the county from east to west. Over the wooded sections of the county are to be found oak, hickory, chestnut and pine, and some cedar. Along the river are to be found beech, cypress, cot- tonwood, ash, poplar and gum.
The mean annual temperature is about 64° F. The maximum and minimum are 105° and 5º F. The average annual precipitation is about 48.5 inches. The summers are long and warm, with a growing season of about eight months. The winters are short and mild. Snow is rarely seen. Details of the extent and character of production are noted in the statistics below.
Aboriginal History .- Few localities in the southern States can equal and none north of Mexico can surpass the wealth of evidences of aboriginal culture shown by the Mound- ville section of this county. In the vicinity of Greensboro and around Newbern are found further evidences, though they do not com- pare with those along the Warrior River. The results of a complete exploration of the Moundville locality made by Clarence B. Moore in 1905 and 1907 were published in "Journal Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia," 1905 and 1907, vol. 13, pp. 128-243, 337-405. In a private letter, Mr. Moore says: "I do not think in the South- ern States there is a group of mounds to compare to Moundville, in the arrangement and state of preservation of the mounds." "The time will come when the State of Ala- bama will regret not having purchased and preserved these wonderful monuments." The
copper ornaments found here are similar only to those of the Lake Superior region. Hundreds of vessels, not only of a superior ware, but of beautiful designs, were carried from Moundville to the museum of the Acad- emy at Philadelphia. Urn burial was noted. Of the 20 mounds, originally in the Mound- ville group, all but two were more than 11 feet in height, one being 57 feet. A Mono- lithic hatchet of Amphibolite, not comparable with any found in the United States, was dug up here several years since, on the plan- tation of Mr. C. S. Prince. It is also in the Philadelphia museum. The flint objects from the southeastern section of the county show a superior quality as well as workmanship. Mounds are found at Arcola, near Cardy's landing, below Lock No. 7, near Bohannons landing and in the town of Moundville.
Farm, Livestock and Crop Statistics, 1918. -- The satistics below are given for illustra- tive purposes, and in tabular form, without any attempt at comparison or analysis. They were gathered under the direction of the Bu- reau of Crop Estimates, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Number of all farms (1917), 2,060. Acres cultivated (1917), 184,720. Acres in pasture (1917), 105,100. Farm Animals:
Other hogs, 33,000.
Other cattle, 22,000.
Brood sows, 4,100.
Milk cows, 9,000.
Sheep (19.17), 1,960.
Horses and mules, 8,200.
Selected Crops (Acres and Quantity) .-
Cotton, 45,000 acres; 9,200 bales.
Corn, 75,000 acres; 1,125,000 bushels.
Peanuts, 10,000 acres; 170,000 bushels.
Velvet beans, 11,000 acres; 6,000 tons.
Hay, 40,000 acres; 32,000 tons.
Syrup cane, 300 acres; 45,000 gallons.
Cowpeas, 10,000 acres; 40,000 bushels.
Sweet potatoes, 2,600 acres; 195,000 bush- els.
Irish potatoes, 400 acres; 32,000 bushels. Oats, 9,000 acres; 143,000 bushels.
Wheat, 1,000 acres; 5,000 bushels.
Post Offices and Towns .- Revised to July 1, 1919, from U. S. Official Postal Guide. Fig- ures indicate the number of rural routes from that office.
Akron-1
Powers
Evans
Rosemary
Fivemile
Sawyerville-1
Gallion-2
Stewart
Greensboro (ch)-3
Strudwick
Havana-1
Sunshine
Moundville-2
Wateroak
Newbern-2
Wedgworth
Population .- Statistics from decennial pub- lications of the U. S. Bureau of the Census:
White
Negro
Total
1870
4,802
16,990
21,792
1880
4,903
21,650
26,553
1890
5,180
22,321
27,501
1900
5,664
25,347
31,011
1910
5,895
21,937
27,883
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Delegates to Constitutional Conventions .-
1867-William T. Blackford, Benjamin L.
Wheelan, James K. Green (negro). 1875-J. T. Foster, Burrell Johnston.
1901-E. W. DeGraffenreid, William B. Inge, William N. Knight, J. M. Jones.
Senators .-
1868-Burrell Johnston.
1871-2-Burrell Johnston.
1872-3-G. M. Duskin.
1873-G. M. Duskin.
1874-5-J. K. Green.
1875-6-J. K. Green.
1876-7-Thomas Seay.
1878-9-Thomas J. Seay.
1880-1-Thomas J. Seay.
1882-3-Thomas J. Seay.
1884-5-Thomas Seay.
1886-7-W. B. Inge.
1888-9-W. B. Inge.
1890-1-Norfleet Harris.
1892-3-Norfleet Harris.
1894-5-Wm. M. Browder.
1896-7-W. M. Browder.
1900-01-Amos Horton.
1899 (Spec.)-Amos Horton.
1900-01-Amos Horton.
1903-William M. Spencer. 1907-Amos Horton.
1907 (Spec.)-Amos Horton.
1909 (Spec.)-Amos Horton.
1911-A. M. Tunstall.
1915-J. T. Denson.
1919-R. B. Evins.
Representatives .-
1870-1-George M. Duskin; James K. Green ( negro).
1868-J. M. Walker; James K. Green (negro).
1869-70-J. M. Walker; James K. Green (negro).
1871-2-G. M. Duskin; J. K. Greene.
1872-3-J. K. Greene; B. W. Reese.
1873-J. K. Greene; B. W. Reese. 1874-5-B. W. Reese; M. Wynne. 1875-6-B. W. Reese; M. Wynne. 1876-7-James N. Hobson; James M. Jack. 1878-9-Gilliam James; C. E. Waller. 1880-1-A. M. Avery; C. E. Waller.
1882-3-A. M. Avery; Norfleet Harris. 1884-5-A. A. Coleman; George Erwin. 1886-7-W. N. Knight; A. M. Avery.
1888-9-Alfred H. Benners; Wm. N. Knight.
1890-1-A. M. Avery; T. K. Jones.
1892-3-Thos. E. Knight; N. H. Gewin. 1894-5-N. H. Gewin; Thos. E. Knight.
1896-7-C. E. Waller; A. M. Tunstall.
1898-9-Charles E. Waller; A. M. Tun- stall.
1899 (Spec.)-Charles E. Waller; A. M. Tunstall.
1900-01-W. N. Knight; A. M. Tunstall. 1903-Edgar Meador Elliott; Alfred Moore Tunstall.
1907-H. Graham Benners; Alfred M. Tun- stall.
1907 (Spec.)-H. Graham Benners; Alfred M. Tunstall.
1909 (Spec.)-H. Graham Benners; Alfred M. Tunstall.
1911-W. H. Knight; C. C. Gewin.
1915-W. H. Knight; A. M. Tunstall.
1919-A. M. Tunstall; W. C. Christian.
REFERENCES .- Acts, 1866-67. p. 47; Brewer, Alabama, p. 270; Berney, Handbook (1892), p. 297; Riley, Alabama as it is (1893), p. 147; Northern Alabama (1888), p. 203; · Alabama, 1909 (Ala. Dept. of Ag. and Ind., Bulletin 27), p. 130; U. S. Soil Survey (1910), with map; Alabama land book (1916), p. 75; Ala. official and Statistical Register, 1903-1915, 5 vols .; Ala. Anthropological Society, Handbook (1910); Geol. Survey of Ala., Agricultural features of the State (1883); The Valley regions of Ala- bama, parts 1 and 2 (1896, 1897), and Under- ground Water resources of Alabama (1907); Snedicor, Map, 1870.
HALEYVILLE. Post office and incorpo- rated town, in the northwestern part of Win- ston County, sec. 31, T. 9, R. 10, 20 miles northwest of Double Springs, and on the Illi- nois Central Railroad and the Northern Ala- bama Railroad. Altitude: 915 feet. Popula- tion: 1910-1,111. It was incorporated February 28, 1889. From 1907 to 1911 it was operated under the municipal code of 1907. In 1911 it adopted the commission form of government. It has a city ball erected in 1913, at a cost of $1,000, muni- cipal electric light plant and waterworks system, established in 1913, at a cost of $20,- 000, a volunteer fire department, 1 mile of paved streets and sidewalks. Its bonded indebtedness is $20,000, electric light and water bonds, maturing in 20 years, with interest at 5 per cent. The Traders & Farm- ers Bank ( State) is its only banking institu- tion. Its industries are cotton ginneries, cot- ton warehouses, a cottonseed oil mill, a fertilizer plant, a gristmill, an ice factory, sawmills, canning factory, Illinois Central Railroad's repair shops and terminal, and 5 coal mines within 5 miles of the city. Nearby mineral springs bring many tourists to the town. It has a city high school and gram- mar schools in one modern building, which cost $15,000.
The town was named for its first mer- chant and postmaster, C. L. Haley. Its first settlers were the Haley, Roden, Taylor, and Davis families. It is located on the public road from Moulton to Tuscaloosa. There is a flowing well of natural gas within the boundaries of the town, but it has not yet been utilized.
REFERENCES .- Acts, 1888-89, pp. 1014-1015; Brewer, Alabama (1872), p. 584; Northern Al- abama (1888), p. 170; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915.
HAMILTON. County seat of Marion County, situated in the triangle of land formed by the confluence of Ragsdale Creek and Buttahatchee River, in the west-central part of the county, sec. 34, T. 10, R. 14, 12 miles southwest of Hackleburg, 50 miles northwest of Jasper, 30 miles southwest of Russellville, and 45 miles northeast of Aber-
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deen, Miss. Population: 1888-200; 1900- 235; 1910-422; 1916-800.
The town occupies 40 acres of land donated in 1882 by Capt. Albert J. Hamilton to the county, on condition that the county seat be moved from Pikeville to Hamilton. It has a commodious courthouse, built of native stone quarried in the vicinity; a stone county jail; school buildings; and a public square. It has no bonded indebtednes. The town has a branch of the Bank of Guin (State). The Marion County News, a Democratic weekly established in 1886, is published there. Its industries are a cotton ginnery and ware- house, a grain mill, a sawmill, a stave mill, wagon-repair shops, blacksmith shop, and several coal mines. It is the location of the Sixth District Agricultural School.
The locality was settled in 1818, when the county extended from the Warrior River on the east to the Tombigbee on the west, and included Cotton Gin Port and Columbus, Miss. The earliest settlers were William Ragsdale, John D. Terrell, Robert Clark, Morris Hall, and the Crenshaw, Holloway, MacKay, Meadows, and McFadden families. The Jack- son military road passed through the settle- ment. In 1822 the Alabama Legislature made it a toll-gate station for stagecoaches between Washington, D. C., and New Orleans. For this reason, the first name given the settlement was "Toll Gate." The name was changed when it became the county seat.
Willlam Ragsdale, the first judge of the county, was the first settler on the imme- diate site of the town. In 1874, "The Toll Gate Farm" was sold to Capt. Hamilton, who built a mill and a store, and later, set in motion the plans that caused the removal of the county seat. With the assistanec of W. C. Davis, he also secured the location of the Sixth District Agricultural School. Among other early builders of Hamilton were Col. Helvingston, Gen. Gholsan, Dr. M. H. Key, David Hubbard, and the Frazier and Sar- gent families.
REFERENCES .- Brewer, Alabama (1872), p. 381; Northern Alabama (1888) ; Polk's Ala- bama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 405; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915.
HANCEVILLE. Post office and station on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, in the southeastern part of Cullman County, and 10 miles southeast of Cullman. Population: 1888-250; 1910-464. The town was locat- ed in 1876, and first called Gilmer. Until 1899 it was in Blount County, but in that year the legislature added it to Cullman, establishing the Mulberry River as the boun- dary.
HANCOCK COUNTY. See Winston County.
HANDLEY, W. A., MANUFACTURING CO., Cotton Mill, Roanoke. See Cotton Manufac- turing.
HAPIBOKOSI. A small creek on the lower Tombigbee, mentioned by Romans, who says that it "is a spring so intensely salt that, the
savages told us, three kettles of its water yield one of salt." Romans spells the word Ape- bogue-oose, which is incorrect, although his translation as "little salt creek" is accurate. The word in correct orthography is Hapi, "salt," bok, "creek," usi, "little." The last is a diminutive suffix.
REFERENCE .- Romans, Florida (1775), p. 331.
HARDWARE ASSOCIATION, ALABAMA RETAIL. An organization of merchants in Alabama. The objects of this association as set forth in its constitution are as follows: "This association is aimed to promote and protect the interests of the retail hardware merchants; to exchange information on trade subjects and encourage upright and honor- able business methods; to cooperate with other state associations towards securing fair business measures and oppose injurious legis- lation."
It is set out in the membership section of the by-laws that any person or firm in the retail hardware business may become a mem- her by signing an application and forwarding it to the Secretary and paying the annual dues, provided, that all such applications are subject to the approval of the Executive Com- mittee.
The organization meeting was held in Bir- mingham on August 6, 1907, and much en- thusiasm was manifested. B. F. Luttrell, of Troy, was elected president and L. B. Smith, of Ensley, secretary and treasurer.
In 1916 the Association became one of the charter members of the South Eastern Hard- ware Association. This organization was per- fected in order to secure systematic methods in administration, and the services of an all time secretary. The Alabama Association still retains its affiliation with the national asso- ciation.
REFERENCES .- Scrap Book in possession of Mr. John Gamble.
HARBORS. See River and Harbor Im- provement.
HARTFORD. Post office and incorporated town in the east-central part of Geneva County, sec. 36, T. 2, R. 23, about 12 miles northeast of Geneva, and on the Central of Georgia Railway. Population: 1900-382; 1910-1,159; 1916-1,500. It was first incorporated about 1894, and the Post Office 'Department at Washington selected the name. It adopted the municipal code of 1907 in December of that year. The corporate limits include the area of a circle whose radius extends three-fourths of a mile from the railroad depot. A new jail was built in 1915, and the town has sanitary sewerage, munic- ipal waterworks and electric light plant, and fire department. The city tax rate is 5 mills, and its bonded indebtedness $25,000, for electric plant and waterworks, and schools. The Bank of Hartford (State) is its only bank. The Hartford News-Herald, a Demo- cratic weekly established in 1900, is pub- lished there. Its industries are a cottonseed oil mill, gristmills, a sawmill, cotton ginneries,
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a planing mill, cane mills, cotton warehouses, and 2 fertilizer factories. It is the location of the Geneva County High School. There is a large public square and playground in the center of the city, given for that purpose by S. G. Burch, when the town was laid out.
Prior to 1894 the community consisted of only four families, namely, S. G. Burch, W. F. Clemmons, John Cox and Rev. D. J. Hartzog. When the railroad was projected, Clemmons and Burch donated right-of-way through their lands. The town was then surveyed and laid out.
REFERENCES .- Alabama Official and Statisti- cal Register, 1915.
HARTSELLE. Post office and incorpo- rated city, in the west-central part of Morgan County, on Shoal Creek, and on the main line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, about 14 miles south of Decatur. Altitude: 660 feet. Population: 1890-596; 1900- 670; 1910-1,374.
It was first incorporated as a town, March 1, 1875, and its charter amended February 1, 1879, and February 27, 1889. It is now under the commission form of government. Its banking institutions are the First Na- tional, and the Bank of Hartselle (State). The Hartselle Enterprise, a Democratic weekly newspaper established in 1907, is published there. It is the location of the Morgan County High School. Among the prominent citizens have been Edward J. Oden, Prof. Albert G. McGregor, Dabney A. Burle- son, and William H. Simpson.
REFERENCES .- Acts, 1874-75, pp. 394-396; Ibid, 1878-79, pp. 357-359; Ibid, 1888-89, pp. 853-854; Northern Alabama (1888), pp. 63-65; Polk's Al- abama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 409; Alabama Offi- cial and Statistical Register, 1915.
HATCHAOSI. See Noxubee River.
HATCHETIGBEE. A high round bluff, on the Tombigbee River, about 2 miles below the mouth of the Sinta Bogue. In the treaty of Fort Confederation, 1802, the first article describes the Choctaw boundary line as "ter- minating on the Tombigbee at a bluff well known by the name of Hachatiggeby." From this point the line ran west until it struck the Sinta Bogue. In Romans it is found as Atchatickpé, who calls it "a large bay or lagoon," mistaking the lagoon for the bluff in the vicinity. The word is Hachacha tikpi, meaning Hachcha, "river," tikpi, "knob." The last section of the word has no exact equivalent in English, but means any bulge or enlargement, as the shoulder of a bottle, or of a chimney, or of any round projecting object.
REFERENCES .- Romans, Florida (1775); Mis- sissippi Historical Society, Publications, 1902, vol. 5, p. 430.
HATCHITCHAPA. Aboriginal name of two small Creek villages. The word means "half- way creek," and is also spelled Hatch-chi- chubba, and Hatchechubbee.
(1) The first of these was an Upper Creek
village, in Elmore County, settled in a pine forest by Kailaidshi. It was 8 leagues dis- tant from Fort Toulouse; and on the head- waters of Chubbehatchee or Mitchell's Creek, a few miles south of Central. It was de- stroyed by the hostile Creeks in 1813, but it was evidently rebuilt, since it is mentioned in the census of 1832.
(2) The second was a Lower Creek village in Russell County, settled from Sawokli, and situated on the creek of the same name, about one mile southeast from the modern village. It had 30 families in 1832.
See Kailaidshi; Sawokli.
REFERENCES .- Gatschet, in Alabama History Commission, Report (1901), vol. 1, p. 396; Handbook of American Indians (1907), vol. 1, p. 536; Mississippi, Provincial Archives (1911), p. 95; Hawkins, Sketch of the Creek Country (1848), pp. 48-49.
HATTIESBURG AND JACKSON RAIL- ROAD COMPANY. See New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Company.
HAWKINSVILLE RURAL SCHOOL. A former school for the education of negroes, established October 8, 1898, with W. D. Floyd, principal, as Hawkinsville High School, so called in honor of Hiram Hawkins, a dis- tinguished citizen of this section of Barbour County. It represented a consolidation, by the trustees, of all the negro schools in the township. In 1902 it was called the Avery Institute, because of a large donation from Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Avery. It was later known as Hawkinsville Institute, but is now a part of the public school system of Barbour County.
REFERENCES .- Catalogues, 1898 et seq.
HAY AND FORAGE. See Grasses and For- age.
HAYDEN'S DOG CHARGE. An incident in the defence of Fort Sinquefield (q. v.), September 2, 1813. During the attack, and when everything in and out of the fort was in terror and confusion, Isaac Hayden leaped upon a horse, and dashed toward the Indlans, calling to the dogs in the fort, about sixty in number, encouraging them to the attack. This they did with great fury, compelling the Indians to halt and defend themselves. Pickett refers to them as "a canine army." Several of the dogs were killed, and some wounded, but the time gained by reason of their attack, gave the women and children, who were some distance from the fort, time to reach safety.
REFERENCES .- Pickett, History of Alabama (Owen's ed. 1900), p. 545; Halbert and Ball, Creek War, 1813-1814 (1895), p. 188.
HAYNEVILLE. County seat of Lowndes County in the east-central part of the county, on Letohatchee or Big Swamp Creek, and the terminus of the Hayneville & Montgom- ery Railroad, about 25 miles southwest of Montgomery. Population: 1914-600.
For many years it was an incorporated
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town; but in 1881 it let its charter lapse. The Haynesville Bank (State) is its only banking institution. The Hayneville Exam- iner, a Democratic weekly established in 1868, is published there. Its industries are 2 cot- ton ginneries, a cottonseed oil mill, 2 grist- mills, cotton warehouses, blacksmith shops, wagon and carriage repair works, a sawmill, planing mill and lumber yard, and bee cul- ture.
Hayneville was chosen the seat of justice in the early thirties, and named for Hon. Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina. Nearly all the first settlers were from that State. Among them were the McGrath, Cottrell, Brewer, Stone, Robinson, Mickle, and Bayne families.
REFERENCES .- Brewer, Alabama (1872), p. 328; Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1915; Polk's Alabama gazetteer, 1888-9, p. 411; Northern Alabama (1888).
HAYNEVILLE AND MONTGOMERY RAILROAD COMPANY. A reorganized com- pany, the successor, on September 5, 1905, of the Hayneville Railway Co. Its line ex- tends from Hayneville to Tyson, where it connects with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad; mileage operated June 30, 1915- main track, 9.0, side tracks, 1.37, total, 10.37; capital stock authorized and outstanding, $50,000; shares, $100, voting power, one vote a share; and funded debt, $50,000. The Hayneville Railway Co. was organized July 3, 1903, but could not make the financial arrangements necessary to build its line. The present company completed and opened the road March 1, 1906.
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