. The heart of the South along the line of the Atlanta & West Point and the Western railway of Alabama . churches and schools, an elegantopera house, a perfect system ofwater-works and electric lights;and is the commercial center ofEast Alabama. Three flourish-ing banks furnish ample has, among other enterprises, flouring and grist mills, brick yards, iron foundry, oil miiisguano factory, planing mills, an oak mantel factory, an icefactory, and the largest cotton compress in the South,except one at New Orleans. Coal, wood and iron arevery cheap, Opelika invites more manufa
. The heart of the South along the line of the Atlanta & West Point and the Western railway of Alabama . churches and schools, an elegantopera house, a perfect system ofwater-works and electric lights;and is the commercial center ofEast Alabama. Three flourish-ing banks furnish ample has, among other enterprises, flouring and grist mills, brick yards, iron foundry, oil miiisguano factory, planing mills, an oak mantel factory, an icefactory, and the largest cotton compress in the South,except one at New Orleans. Coal, wood and iron arevery cheap, Opelika invites more cotton factory would find here a most advantageoussite. Labor is abundant and reliable, and the citizen-ship of the community is moral and orderly. Opelikais a city of homes; over $100,000 was expended herein 1897 in the erection of new residences. Opelikas wholesale houses handle the greater partof the trade in East Alabama. The receipts of cottonaverage forty thousand bales per annum. The farmers aiihome producers, and are independent and progress! 69.
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