The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-07-04

Besides the advantages named. Chip
ley has other sssets-within a stone
throw of the town there are several de-
posts of the best FIRE brick clay that
can be found anywhere. in fact there
Is so much Of it that half the brick build
inss in town are made Of FIRE proof
brick.
Hardwood in almost inexhaustible
quantities is growing a few miles from
Chipley. the hardwood tracts being in
tersected by the railroads and within
easy transportation access Of the town.
Oaks. gum, hickory. dogwood. poplar.
and several Others Of commercial value.
Two streams in the neighborhood of
Chipley are capable of the development
Of several thousand horse power and
the subject Of their utilization is now
under discussion.
Chipley As Manufacturing
Center Has Much to Offer
Situated as it is on one direct rail-
road line and in the vicinity Of another.
and with its own railroad partially con-
structed. Chipley. with its many nat
ural advantages. has much to offer In
coming capital. Its railroads directly
communicate with the Atlantic Ocean.
the Gulf of Mexico and the Mississippi
River. besides the passing Of the rail-
road lines through one of the richest and
most progressive sections of the South.
With its hardwood and transporta-
ton facilities. Chipley would be an ideal
location for carriage factory, or any
plant using hardwood in its business.
Although. as has been said, the VI
cinity Of Chipley is not over-given to
the planting of cotton. still there is so
much planted in southern Alabama and
northwestern Florida. that cotton fac
tory at Chipley would be the hub Of a
big wheel getting in cotton from all di-.
rections and have the best transporta-
ton to ship it out again.
Chipley wants cotton factory and
the people are willing to do all In their
power to facilitate the promoters in
such an enterprise in getting one going
and afterward getting the best results.
A canning factory at Chipley would
get the best results. for the country pro-
duces all varieties Of truck in the great
est abundance as well as fruits. Car
loads Of pears and peaches have been.
and are being. shipped from Chipley.
but the advent of a canning factory
would hold the entire crop at home and
furnish the factory with a supply al
ways.
Besides the fruit. the factory would
find an unlimited supply Of tomatoes,
peas, com. potatoes. okra. beans. and
other truck to be canned and also
ready market for their canned goods in
the many little towns and larger ones
Of the section of the country that now
buy their canned goods from manufac-
turers elsewhere. A factory in this sec
ton would be able to control this trade
for there is practically no home COM
petition. and the saving Of freight ex-
penses would enable them to undersell
any foreign shipper.
One other thing that Chipley wants.
is packing house. wants one and will
have one before long. With green for
age available for ten months in the year,
practically no underbrush in the tim
Der lands, but all the grass that cattle
can eat. this business venture would be
an assured success from the start. At
present the people are raising all the
meat they use at home and would raise
more if there was ready market for
it in the vicinity.
Cattle Industry Starting
In Western Florida Now
In the last few years the advent of
bIooded bulls in the local native cattle
herds has done wonders for stock rails
ing. In two seasons the breed of mar
ketable cattle has jumped fifty per-
centum in value and it is hard to recog-
nize the straight backed, broad hipped.
short legged cattle Of today. as the why
creatures that were the western Florida
stock Of three years ago.
The demand for calves to be shipped
to the corn belt has had much to do
with the rejuvinaion Of this industry
in this part of the South. but seeing that
others were making money out Of the
calves, many are now being kept at
home and there is little if any beef