The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-09

ohu IhS SouuCll 10 CoApOSeu OIL MSSSFo
j. M. Williams, j. T. Virgins, E. l..
Adams, w. F. Meigs and j. A. Garrett
Florala has no regular municipal
building at the present time, the city S
business being attended to in offices
in one of the blocks where a council
chamber and Office for the mayor has
been installed, but it is the expecta-
ton that suitable building will be
erected in the near future which will
be adequate to all demands for many
years to come.
That the finances of the city are i'll
good hands is attested by the fact
that there is a gCodly surplus in the
city treasury, and that surplus has
been maintained practically since the
town was started in it's present lOca-
ton.
Telephone System.
Like other up-to-date towns Flora
Ii has an extensive, modern tele-
phone system which connects practi.
cally all of the stores and places OF
business. railroad depots, hotels and
principal residences in the city of
Florala. In addition to the local sys'
tenn long distance lines have been
constructed by local capital connect.
ing the city with DeFuniak Springs,
the county seat of Walton county, Fla,
Lockhart, Lakewood, Gaskin, Hacoda
Samson, Hartford, Paxton and manJ
other points. The service is first
class in every way and would be a
credit to a city much larger than
Florala.
Local Industries.
Florala has number of local in.
dustries, all of which are prosperous
Among them is brick manufacturing
plant of ample capacity to supply the
needs of the town, and since its estab-
ment many of the prominent buildings
in the city have been constructed OF
brick instead of wood. A concrete
block works is also in successful op
GRAFTON and the concrete block is rap
idly coming into general use.
Two bottling establishments are op
Grated in the town. which do large
business throughout the surrounding
country, the product being fully equal
to that of plants in much larger
places. A steam laundry is also oper
ated, in which the latest model ma
chinery is used and which turns out
work of a high order.
Novelty Works. t
Tt would be a strange thing If, in
a country where the supply of raw ma
terial Is practically inexhaustable
there was not a plant for the manu-
facture of wooden articles, and Flo
rala has such plant In The Florala
Novelty Works, which is equipped tC
turn out articles OF every description
in the line woodenware. One of the
specialties of this plant is turned
woodwork of all kinds.
A steam cotton gin is in operation
in the city and does a large business
throughout the season. Large guam
titles of the f1eecy staple are grown in
the immediate vicinity of Florala
practically all of which Is handled al
the local ginnery.
Educational.
The Florala school is one of the
best In southern Alabama and the av
erage attendance last year was in the
neighborhood of 400 pupils. A princi
pal and three teachers are engaged II
the work of teaching the young idea
how to shoot, and the curriculum com
pares favorably with that OF an
school in south Alabama. A new schoo
building is needed and it is probable
that this deficiency will be supplied
in the near future. The new schoo
building, when finished. will afford
ample school facilities for all pupil:
who may desire to attend. There arr
several private schools in operation
in Florala. all of which are we'll at
tended. The private schools are pat
ronieed principally by. the parents o
small children. and are Of a prepare
tory nature.
Florala Churches.
No story of Flerala would be com
plete without reference to il!
churches. which are four in number
all having large membership. TIL,
Methodists, Presbyterians, Baptist
and Universalists each have a church
edifce and the congregations are in
prosperous condition. The attendant,
/ Is generally large at the regular sci
vices. and the interest taken in churcl
work speaks well for the community