The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
U. E. HARRISON

He is working hard in the interest of the town.
 ssssss.s...sss.sss..ss.."ss general meeting Tuesday night. This laundry will be owned by local busi- ness men, and operated in the city by' home labor In this matter, as well as others, the business men and the city officials are as one body, work ing together for the common good ot the town. L. E. Harrison is mayor. The North Alabama Warehouse and Storage company operates a cotton compress here, one of only 8 few cleo trically propelled cotton congresses of the south. It is modern in every way and has capacity of 1900 bales a day. During the cotton season a score or more of men are given em ployment here.
 Also the Attalla Compress and Stor- age company is doing a big business. It is a local ownership business and has a capacity of 1900 bales a day. This plant is run by steam power. Much of the cotton compressed by these two plants comes from this county and Sand mountain, while the remainder is shipped from all parts of the state. Despite the general short age in the staple crop for this year these congresses have been busy throughout the season.
 Several iron ore mines are being operated almost within the city linn it's of Attalla. These mines are oper- ated by the Alabama company and the Citico Furnace company of Chatta- nooga. The two mines give employ ment to about $50 men,.
 OTHER INDUSTRIES
 Other industries that add much to the wealth of the town are the Hays Cooperage company, makers of barrel headings and cooperage stock; At talla Cooperage company, makers of high grade cooperage stock; Saroo Broom company, makers of brooms; Attalla Foundry and Machine com pany, makers of cotton mill castings and sink brackets; S.ttalla oil and Fertilizer company, makers of cotton seed oil and high grade fertilizer.
 The old Eagle furnaces located at Attalla are now being repaired and put into condition by the Gulf States Steel company. These furnaces have been leased by this company and will be used to make pig iron for the steel furnaces at Gadsden.
 Attalla has one trunk ,l line railroad and three branch lines, the trunk line being the Alabama Great Southern. The branches are Louisville and Nash vile Mineral, Birmingham, Anniston and Calera, Huntsville branch of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and the Atlanta branch of the South ern Over these roads Attalla has the service of 22 passenger trains daily, and an excellent freight rate.
 A street car system that includes service to all parts of Alabama City and Gadsden is also operated through Attalla The town has an ice factory, two banks, the Attalla bank with a capital stock of $50,oO0. and the Mer- chants and Farmers bank with cap- ital stock of $25.0o0; two electric cot ton gins, one weekly newspaper, two hotels, the Attalla and the Southern hotels, and for amusements one first class moving picture show.
 The business men draw good trade from the agricultural sections Of Sand mountain. Flat Woods district and Big Wills valley. Tn the Flat Woods dis trict, only a few miles out, northern capital is being invested and alfalfa raising planned on large scale. Sew eraI hundred acres of land have sold recently in this section.