ALABAMA'S INVITATION. 



If, for any reason, you are contemplating a change of res- 

 idence and wish to come to Alabama, leaving the rigors and 

 shivering winds of your present abode, and are seeking a 

 more congenial and pleasant place of residence, your earnest 

 attention is invited to the many advantages that Alabama can 

 offer you. 



The story of Alabama's growth and rapid progress in the 

 I ast decade is one of real, every-day, practical life, and does 

 not need the touch of the artist's pencil or the imagination of 

 some extravagant writer to attract those who are acquainted 

 with it; to you who do not know the wonders it possesses and 

 vvhat it offers, these few pages are dedicated. The value of 

 all classes of property has increased many fold, and the popu- 

 lation has grown so rapidly that it is almost like a fairy tale 

 to hear of it. and to contemplate the wonderful transformation 

 that has been made. In all branches of industry, in all trades 

 and professions, the busy, bustling air that has pervaded her 

 people, has pushed aside all drones and idlers, and life and 

 activity are the watchwords; 



Are you in search of a milder climate and desire to come 

 \A'here you can spend the whole or most of the year in the , 

 open air in comfort, and escape the cold of winter and the dan- 

 gers of the heat and the hot, scorching suns of summer? If 

 you do. just what you want can be found in Alabama. Sit- 

 uated as it is on about half-way ground between the freezing 

 and heating points, we have an equitable and salubrious cli- 

 mate — not too cold in winter nor too hot in summer, where 

 the thermometer scarcely ever gets to the freezing point, and 

 where there is ice not more than a dozen times during the year, 

 and where sun-strokes are unknown, the cool breezes of the 

 Gulf fanning away the dangers from that source. Here in 

 Alabama we have the purest and most delightful drinking 

 water ; mild and pleasant w^eather all the time, and health and 

 happiness assured; laws that are just and fair to all alike, and 



