Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-02-24
FLORENCE, ALA.
A Fine Climate, Unsurpa ssed Manufactur-
ing and Agricultural Advantages.

Nj. Quad I'm the Detroit free freSs OF
January 3. has the following to say Of
Florence. Ala. which il being rapidly de-
veloped by the Florence Land Co.:
Every Sodthern paper speaks OF Fair
Florence" And fair she Is. IL the men
of seventy years z could not foresee the
march of Progress, they had some excel
lent ideas regarding the pres mt. A high
and cry location was selected for the town,
the streets were laid oil for comfort and
beauty, and here to-day is the site for one
of the hand omest cities In all the South.
There Is beauty and the picturesque
whichever way you turn. and enough of
the modern h S crept in 10 throw the old
time dwelling out in strange contrast and
compel your admiration.
WHAT l. COMING.
This sudden and thorough development
Of Alabama minerals, by which the at
tention of the world has been so directly
called to her timber supply and agricul-
tural lands as well, will build up every
town in the State which has natural adj
yantages. Florence has set her stakes TO
become a manufacturing center. Her
advantages are: A thousand miles of
waterway flowing past her doors, three
railroads completed and three more in
contemplation, nearness to coal and iron;
the great supply of timber along the river,
and the cheapness with which IL can be
landed at the doors of manufacturing es-
Establishments.
The problem Of to-day and the problem
of the future is and will be cheap trans
~portation. The manufacturer who secures
the lowest rates will do the greatest bust
ness. River or lake transportation insul es
cheap "a es by rail. a town situated 50
that she has both, with iron, timber and
coal at hand, could hardly keep manufac-
turers out if she desired To. a steamer
loaded with manufactured goods at Flor
ence can 60 to Pittsburg one way, TO the
Gulf another, and to LaCrosse a third. If
iron could he put into furnaces there at
15c, a ton, she would not have the adj
vantage she now possesses in being ableto
send the pig To 81. Louis for 81 per ton.
MANUFACTURED IN WOODS.
Along this great river, from Florence to
Decatur one way, and from Florence TO
Pittsburg Landing he other, the supply
of soft and hard wood tmber has scarcely
lost a tree. There is every variety known
to conn cree, and it can be had at very
low prices. There is located at Florence
an industry which is turning out IS, 900
bulttI ulSHfo lCl udy NlNHout OcihS aDlo
to I'LL It's orders.
HEALTH, CLIMATE Y MORALS.
Does any one die i'm this city of 1000
inhabitants? Yes, at long intervals. but
generally of accident or old age. 1t is
doubtful if the vital statistics OF the world
can name a healthier spot. There is no
healthier climate in the United Strtes than
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own and village has perfect drainage and
the best Of water. kpidemics are unknown
h re. and the fevers of the lowland are
never met with. There may be a Lookup
in Florence, but if so ii is probably rented
out a, a carpenter shop or store house.
There is no need of one. 1t has all the
churches, TIE best schools, and a state OF
society which any city might be justly
proud OF. All the in iuences are for good.
They are honest big hearted people, with
honest faces and hearty hand shakes, ard
it does a stranger good to pass a day
among them.
A~GRICULTURF.
Nowhere in all this wide country Is
there a richer agricultural section than
this Valley of the Tennessee. 1t /, the
farmers paradis Sc. 1T will grow anything
tAtNDl llt llu u VI Alt lIOI us anu
grapes and fruits as luscious as Califor-
MIA can produce can b. grown here with
the least attention. 1t should, ard some
day will, be the fruit belt of the eastern
half Of this continent.
The agricultural lands about Florence
sold as high as SO per acre seventy years
ago. The crops Of cotton. corn. oats and
potatoes produced by slave labor Were
astonishing, Still larger crops could be
produced by intelligent white laoor at
hi, day. Alabama began tie battle Of
life after the war POOR in purse and dis
%couraged in spirit. The farmer had to
take everything his land would produce
TO keep hi- heat above va er. and he was
able to put nothing back. Farms run
down very rapidly under this syst IN an /
they have not recovered yet. How ever,
the sol simply waits for kindly treatment
to respond with such crops a. the North
eIn farmer can never hope for. The
whole section is finely watered. timber is
in abun ance, and land is yet cheap.
When Florence send, up the smoke of her
mills and iurl aces and "a tories, and
droves Of lab re 5 pass L and from their
daily toll, she Will have the agriculture TO
support them, nc matter what the num-
Der.
A new absurdity is to put a Grape bow
on the collar of a pet dog whose owner
is in mourning.
A girl employed in a Neenah (lyis.)
paper mill found two 500 bills sewed
up in an old corset.
Five hundred tall ladies to wear rub
Der cloaks as an advertisement are
wanted in New York.
Visitors are excluded from Windsor
Palace now. nor are any more photo
graphs allowed to be taken.