The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-18
.SYLACAUGA HAS DEALLOCATION AS HEALTH CITY Thriving Industries Offer Many Inducements To
 HOmeseeker
CITY'S BIG PAYROLL
 IS SPENT AT HOME
More Than 200 Residences Built In Three-Mile Ra-
 dius In Two Years

Sylacauga. located in Talladega coun- ty in the midst of Alabama most beau tiful mountain valley, is progressive. thriving city that offers extraordinary inducements to the homeseeker.
 It is surrounded oy the most prosf porous farming section in north Ala bama, and with it's varied industries i: is making forward strides second to no small city in the country.
 Sylacauga has fine stores and banks, splendid homes and churches, good schools and public buildings, paved streets in the business section. one of the finest hospitals in the state, and a number of large and progressive manu featuring plants.
 It's citizens aye enthusiastic and en- terprising. and their civic pride is one of the outstanding factors in the re- markable prosperity enjoyed by the community. .s
 Sylacauga is within 50 miles of the largest coal fields in the country. It is just 12 miles from the big dam of the Alabama Power company on the this company have been extended into
 
 rate as low as any city enjoys.
 In railroad facilities, Sylaeaugs is well fixed. The Central of Geo1Naa and the Louisville and Nashville railroads give the cay total of 14 passenger trains daily and numerous local and through freight trains. The Central of Georgia gives the city a direct outlet to water transportation at Savannah. hn I gives the same outlet at Mobile, Ala.
 Many Large Industries
 Sylacauga has large cotton mills, manufacturing cloth. lumber mills, marble quarries and brick plants, and all of them are making money.
 The city has a payroll of S110.OO0 a month. This money. or the great bulk of it, is spent at home, for the high class stores of Sylacausa make it un- necessary for purchasers to 20 else where to do their trading.
 Poultry farmers in and around Syla- cauga, as we'll as hog raisers. are doing remarkable business. Thousands of haby chicks are sold in the county every month.
 The three big rock quarries located on the outskirts of Sylacausa attract many visitors on Sundays. They are among the most up-tO-date plants of their kind in the country.
 Two splendid hotels are located in Sylacauga. but the city is growing so rapidly that plans already are under way to make enlargements of present facilities.
 Sylacauga citizens are proud of their city streets and sidewalks. The down town section. with it's nicely paved. wide streets. presents metropolitan appearance, and there are 2S miles of paved sidewalks--probably a record for cities of similar size.
 m the last two years more than POO residences have been erected within radius of three miles of SyIacauga's business section. Construction of this type sun continues at a rapid rate. ana when the next federal census ia announced Sylaca auga is going to spring cities. nc Sylacauga's s populatio today is rourbIv estimated at 5000. although that ars several thousand additional popuIation within three or four-mile radius
 Remarkable Health Record
 Another thing Sylacauga is nroud n, IS Its remarkable health record Ths residents attribute the low death rate 10 the pure water and to the alert. ness or the city officials and the popu. latlon generally in rigidly observing tbs alr-tight sanitary laws of the citv.
 otten visitors tO Sylacauga remark mat It IS one of the cIeanest c;f;a. they ever visited. Determined effort, 10 i've up to this reputation are con. stantly under way throughout thp citr Sylaeauga is the headduarters of hu, lines that ply between the citv and AnnistOn. Talladega, Gadsden and otbn, towns and am cities in that section of ths state. The splendid condition of tbs highways throughout TaIladega county makes travelling a real pleasure.
 oylacauga's s three banks are three oI the cltys greatest assets. Home men are at the head of them and they ara dolng splendid business The Iasrv ueposltS at these institutions refIec, the thrift of the community
 Sylacauga invites new msnuf.o.,,-. ana otfers, through it's city council ana CIVIC bodies. hearty co-opersti Tn every enterprise established here
 The city also invites and welcome. nomeseekers and is constantly after neu residents who want a home to rs.r tnelr children in refined and elevst. ing environment.
 SFlacauga offers the investor surs and safe place for profit, and pledrss ee every newcomer a progressive spirit