84 THE ALABAMA OPPORTUNITY. 



upon crop mortgages to be collected at the end of the year 

 has not of course, disappeared, but it has been significantly 

 minimized. This does not mean that the town has a small or 

 insignificent business. On the contrary it has a much larger 

 business than of many other towns of its size. And being less 

 of a business of a year's credit to it, it is' a healthier and 

 stronger commerce. 



