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MACON
"The Heart of Georgia"
City population sixty thousand, and, within a radius
of fifty miles over seven hundred thousand.
Post Office Receipts ....................^ 225,000
Bank Clearings ........................ 190,000,000
The rural population engaged in agriculture and
horticulture, cotton, corn, wheat, oats, hay, velvet
beans, sugar cane, peanuts, potatoes, watermelons,
cantaloupes, peaches, plums, pears, pecans, apples,
strawberries, cabbage, beans, cucumbers; in fact, on
the fertile lands of Bibb county during eight months
of the year, crops of one kind or another are growing.
The largest peach orchards in the world are within
thirty miles of Macon, the central distributing point
of Georgia.
Macon has already acquired the factors that go to make a great city—
hydro-electric power, river navigation, municipal water plant, auto fire apparatus,
the finest paved streets and sidewalks in the South, sanitary sewers, colleges and
schools, hospitals, public auditoriums, library, ice plants, manufactories, cotton,
cotton seed products, fertilizers, iron foundries, machinery and agricultural imple
ments; stuctural iron work, brick, tile, terra-cotta, sewer pipe, building material,
lumber, barrels, handles, veneer, etc.
Macon is^the central point in the South for the Dixie and National High
ways ; has eleven railroads using a million dollar terminal station.
And needs only more manufacturing industries to develop her natural re
sources, hardwood for furniture, canning factories for fruits and vegetables, potter
ies and more people to take advantage of the great opportunities awaiting those
who want to build homes in the garden spot of the South.
ADDRESS
Nacon Chamber of Commerce
Macon, Georgia