The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-08
Enterprising Metropolis of
the Great F1orala
Section r
THE STORY OF HER DEVELOP
!; MERT DURING THE PAST FEW
+ YEARS HAS SURPASSED EVEN
THE EXPECTATIONS OF HER
OWN SECTION; oRALA
WANTS MORE PEoPLE-AND
! FACTORIES.

The story of FTorala, Alabama, is no
n story of romance. but one of plain
hard facts which ought to attract wha
F9orala wants above anything else IL
the world Just now-more people, and
FACTORIES.
In 1900, FIorala was still unincor.
porated, a somewhat backward villag,
of some 200 inhabitants. practically un-
touched by the progress Of the outsid'
world.
In 1901 she Incorporated. and now
in 1913, without undue excitement, Of
any very hard work about it, she show.
a population of 3.20e, and is still a.
growing"
How did she do IT?
She couldn't well help it-witf hel
location as a logical center already fos
three thriving mill towns, each within
radius of two miles at the most
Ii ckhart, Paxton, and Lakewood, al
of which add their special quota OF
prosperity to the town
Then note these other points as to
her location: She is only SIS miles
from the Gulf of Mexico, she is far
enough distant from any of the larger
cities to become an important metro
poiitan center herself, with Dothan 10
miles east: Pensacola "a miles south
west, and Montgomery $50 miles north.
Added to this, B1orala is ideally sit
uated on the wooded banks of Lake
Jackson, six miles around, a mile and
one-hah across, and a body of wa ter
which the Almighty evidently meant,
in the first place. to soothe the hearts
and please the eyes of city full Of
busy people.
You can't figure out for the life of
you, anyhow, one reason in the word
why F7orala shall not grow. because
her people are already imbued with the
boost" spirit to a most sturdy degree;
her central location already makes her
a city to be reckoned with, and, best
of all, she is growing all the time
right straight along, too, almost any
one will tell you.
Eroraia depends on the Fiorala farm
ing section, which is as fine and as
fertile land as there is in the state;
she depends upon the Jackson Lumber
Connpany's mills, located one mile to
the westward at Lockhart, upon the
F1orala Saw Mill Company, located
two miles east at Paxton, and upon the
Britton Lumber Company. also east
of the city, and two and one-haf miles
deep in the Piney woods.
There she has the Florala brand of
ship which maintains schools and
Chautauquas and churches and fine
business enterprises, all of which will
tell you considerably about how they
keep on growing down at F1orala.
Take the school proposition, for in
stance.
Right now, the F7orala City School
is owned by a corporation. consisting
OF 10 Floralans, who have been public
spirited enough to take this means of
al <on fl To fhE
city, the property being leased for
term of years by the owners.
Also--a lot worth $500 has already
been donated for a high school build
irg, and there are subscriptions al
ready amounting to $4,000 for the
buildings and equipments.
Is there anything else you will have
off-hand, on the spirit they have in
Florala?
Some Intimate Facts.
FTorala has two railroads upon which
TO place dependence, the l.. & N, and
the Central OF Georgia, both of which
are displaying a hattering interest in
Florala's pet proposition just now, her
dream to be a week END or "over-Sun-
day resort for people who, with the
proper rates, would not be averse to
spending a day or two midst the cool
ing breezas OF pretty Lake Jackson.
jackson 10 charming enough as it
IL. but F9oraianS are planning to go
IL one better and dump loads or SNOW |
white Santa Rosa sand along the |
wooded banks should the weekend |
idea thrive.
Just now there is any number of |
neat comfortable little skins with |
which to row about the beautiful circle |
OF color and sunshine and moonshtne, |
while Captain G. Paul Huehn Is master |
Of all he surveys as the owner OF the |
only public pleasure craft that sails |
the Swallowed main.
Two newspapers. the F1orala Demo- |
Graf and the F1orala News keep peo- |
ME posted on what is going on in the
progressivs little city, the F1orala |
feet :. splendid moral atmosphere that |
!. ,c+ difficult to distinguish: the |
r,a+er for general public consumption |
cnr.es from artesian wells and is pure |
csrorfsfnr to chemical tests: health |
c>Ss1<sitions are good-so good that many |
AZ the ordinary diseases are entirely |
eliminated.
a ,.aitorium and her Chautauqua gains /
ia success and popularity each year.
Her public library Is owned ana
ma irtained by the F1ora1a Library AS
sociation, and is a credit to the town.
There is the Florala Industrial
League, with its inestimable value TO
the town; the Ladies Civic League;
two we'll financed and prosperous
banks; and as one great opportunity
for unlimited advertising, Florala mas
est. Johns Day" which comes on the
gath of June, according to the Masonic
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