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ATHENS, GEORGIA,
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OGLETHORPE.
A PEEP INTO THE COUNTY-
ITS Land and people.
abandonment. Instead of unloading on-'
remunerative capital and cutting up cum
bersome farms in small, crisp tracts, they
have clung to the large estate and bank
ed on the credit system—a schedule
which full crops can hardly maintain,
and which a short year must show up
disastrously.
MOT HIKE ALONE.
Readers of the Banner-Watchman
will realize that this picture is not true
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Oglethorpe county is richer in history
probably than any county in the Sate.
She is not yet as abounding in prospect.
This is one of the counties where the
blight—not of slavery, but of the sum
mary removal of slavery hu rested—
and which has buffered severely from
the effects of the war. It was a large
negro county. In 1845 there were 3,338
white and 6,663 colored people in the
county. In 1860 the preponderance of
blacks was greattT, and when that confis
cation of property took place which Dr.
Beecher, of New York, safe must be
made good by the government, and
which the Northern papers took Dr.
Carlton to task for endorsing, Oglethorpe
was impoverished in a way ehe has not
yet recovered from.
TIIR CODXTT.
The county was laid out by the hand
of the Creator in the granite region sub
sequently the surveyors processioned off
28 miles by 16, and called it Oglethorpe,
Since the eurvey in 1796 portions have
been added to bmoe, Madison and Tal
iaferro—and now it lies 448 sqsnre miles,
with the Broad River dividing it from
Elbert and the Oconee Rirer from
Greene.
the boil. i>
It has s gravelly soil, parts of it light
and sandy; in the eist is a mulatto stra
tum and in the west a rich footprint of
red clay lies along the border, ipxtendieg
fromOglethorpe and trending down into
Greene. This vein dips into i W inter-
rille, lies along the railroad near
Franklin Pope's holds the trumps
crop-making. Outside of thus,
soil is not rich. Land lij
easilo worked and responsive, put
stout, deep rooted, bold sprout'
is confined to the red lands,
no lack of bottom, but the heav;
of the pest five years have washi '
badly and stuccoed t'
sand deposit For this rear
on the creeks and rivers has mo
been abandoned for planting,
it some good land in the county! and
many fine farms, and while the p_[
justnow are suffering froth snoft crJpt, ■
the instances of successful planting are
not hard to find.
The wet spring and dry fall have left
many planters in debt this season. For
this reason the outlook is not near so en
couraging as usual, bat I have been care
ful not to take the disappointments of
one seaaen ss an indication of the aver
age year.
, THE EE0PLE.
Oglethorpe county holds some cf the
best people in the SUte. With their tra
ditions and their instincts this is conspi
cuously true. They are honorable, hard
working people, who have always en
joyed full credit, end many of them have
used it to their hurt Emerging from
the war with broad acres and big ideas,
they have planted too largely, and cov
ered too much ground. There is still a
taint of “Confrcerate exuberance,” as a
prominent citizen tells me, and the high
character of the people opened up indul
gences which have b
Many of
alone of Oglethorpe, but likewise of
Hancock and of Greene and of other
appealing.
“What plan would be most popular?”
“To have a fund for indigent children,
and let people who are able, cducato
their own.”
The sections along the Glade. Roav-
erdam, Pleasant Hill, Woodstock an !
along the raiload are most intelligent.
Philomath is building up a good school,
under the care of Miss Noble an accom
plished Athens young lady. But in
some potions of the city, the school sen
timent is fist; Children work on tke
farm, and a compulsory law might be
necessary if schools sre opened.
GOOSE POND.
Tne western point of the county is
most fertile. White’s Statistics mentions
the Goose Pond district as especially so.
This is the section which is now sup
posed to rest under some sort of blight,
and which has been the object of some
dim tradition, and sensational accounts.
I asked abont this unfavored section.
“Well,” responded my host, “Goose-
OGLETHORPE.
counties in Middle Georgia. Nothing but
unconquerable spirit and perennial hope
and genial skies have maintained the old
Southern farming system so long from
utter decay.
This thing I have also noted in Ogle
thorpe. Wherever a farmer "works
with system and with business princi
ples. he has succeeded splendidly. “Nine
out of ten men,” said s prominent mer
chant in the county, “do not give their
farm the attention that ‘ merchant gives , d ig 29 mil ' s from th ’ „ U re»d. That
na-nigethemjel.w,Ibe, must Iom. B.l , .w', n d w,T,, h U t iUl. ti p-
r?r- M r‘. of
, , .• ir l- i ’ r ^ «■ been divided up ana is tenanted by ne—
hand himself on his place who raises hm Is is no P t , 3 easily worWed thc
own corn and wheat and I wdl .how f jght soil ln other p , rts / f the counly an<1
you men wb- have been mmN m n “ t sq productiTe £ red u n ds.
planting, and who in spite of the Und or There is the old Richard Huff place
the seasons, have money in bsnk to-day ’ I d ^ GjImer ^e^th were h / ld „
“There^mA D Mathews below Sandy finef „ ms in Oglethorpe. The Gilmer
Cr S S t w ! l place was the first one that ever produc-
and bought £hat was considered one of V * loo pounds
the poorest planUtions near Sandy Cross; . cou , d be ickei ’
went to work with energy and Indus- ;
try; looked after every detail and made
every edge cut. To-day he owns 2000
acres and is worth in money.
Then ithero are Angustns Dozier end
Thomas Calloway and Frank Mathews,
and the Stephenses, the Edwards, Ar
nolds, Huffs, Stokelys and others. All
these things show that no blight rests
upon Oglethorpe county, and that in
spite of gray lands and bad seasons
“there is wealth in the old farms if it is
only shoveled out.”
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CONDITION.
But the majority of the people are not
so prosperous, and unfortunately the mer
chants are absorbing the farms. Men
are paying 8’£ cts on time for bacon
which they conld get for cash at 6 cts.
These time premiums are eating up the
WHERE HISTORY AND TRA
DITION BLEND IN HAP
PY NARRATIVE.
THE DAYS OF OLD AND
KNIUIITS SO BOLD, RE
VIEWED.
LEXINGTON AND CRAW-
FORD-THEIR BUSINESS
AND PEOPLE.
HALF MILLION DOLLAR’S
TRADE IN THE COUN
TRY STORES.
THE NEW SHOE
R I. SMITH & CO.,
TALKADGE’S OLD JEWELRY STOKE,-
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
For the reason of its remoteness and
the peculiarly sticky nature of the soil,
it has been mostly given up by white
farmers,'” Gov.cMatVws is varied here
and some of the GiltSfr family.^
WOLF-SKIN.
In contrast to the Goosepond, is the
Wolfskin district. This is to the west of
Crawford, and is named for the fact that
the covering of the last lupine vagrant
killed in this section was hung np on an
old Indian trading post. Here are fine
lands. Beginning at the Oconee river is
a red soil, trailing through this Cherokee
Corner. It is the home of wealth and in
telligence—and the families are good and
solid.
Mr. L. F. Edwards and W. D. Arnold
are vigorous young scions of old Ogle-
men
farms, no planting system can sand over thorpe families. These young
four per cent. Many of our Southern * on,, l_ b “j!? "P wh *‘i h !. y . b *r
planters pay 20 or 30.
“This is the kind of tariff that is eat
ing up thc people,” said a well-known
farther at Lezington, “and this is the rest
reason why the people are every year
growing poorer. M r. Stephens was right
in his satement, although he gave out
the wrong reason."
THE LANDS AND VALUE.
Lands near Lexington hare been sold
recently for $12.50 on acre, Red lands
are valuable. Elsewhere, tracts can be'
bought up more cheaply.
1 asked a well posted lawyer if much
and was mortgaged to foreign companies?
He said he did not think over $10,000
had been put oat in Oglethorpe in that
way. Interest as heavy was paid to the
merchants however, and “too often,”
said he, “the store owns the farm.”
Fne need of the farmers here, as else-
H>*m . where, is that of money loaned easily
w hh | a , nd readily on land. State banks should
land , aJie the place of the hide-bound Nation-
of it jj system.
“Suppose outside corporations should
get large blocks of lmad, what would
happen?”
• --AnThtatigBat former replied that in
such an event, it would be to the inter
est of such holders to turn the tide of im
migration to Georgia.
IMMIGRATION.
done in this God-favored section may be
imagined. They own about 7,000 acres
of land, three public gins, a grist and saw
mill, and Edwards is putting up a fertili
zer factory. The store and steam gin can
be seen from the railroad,4 miles this side
of Crawford.
These young men make about 700
bales of cotton a year.
Mr. Frank Edwards is an extraordinary
young fellow about 31 years old. At 21
his father gave him $350 and a pair of
mules. He is the invent* r of a corn and i
Lexington is more full of historical in
terest than any town in Georgia. It is
impossible to enter its hospiuble gates
without reverting to the old days when
the giants moved among each other on
the hustings or in the forum. The place
is fragrant with such memories. It is
enchanting to listen to the old men tell
of those times, and what accepted history
fails to record or personal recollection
to suggest neighborly tradition fills in.
Oglethorpe county rings with such itera
tion. Memory of illustrious men is in
spiring. The younger scions of Ogle
thorpe have much to revere and to imi
tate; but the days when men were great
only in the bar or on the stump are pass
ed. The next decade of distinguished
men will be remembered because they
built up the waste places in the field, in
durated the county with railroads dot
ted the hills with schools aad planted the
manufacture in the va ley.
But thc noble lives which are linked
with Oglethorpe are glorious portions of
her history. Bright be these examples
as long as biography lives.
“We shall never have such another
set,” remarked our venerable friend.
Judge Lester. His eyes burned and he
wiped the mist from his glasses.
“No,” answered another, “thc glory of
Israel has departed.”
Well,” we have some mighty good
pea planter, which can be fitted on any
plow stock, and which has done thorough
and satisfactory work. He has a cotton I thorpe than ever, and unless I am mis-
material now,” remarked a youger man.
I ‘There are more active politicians in Ogle-
seed oil mill, and' his guano factory,
which will soon be completed, will be a
useful enterprise to this section of the
county. Mr. Edward’s sorghum mill is
also an important fadtor on his farm.
The Edwards liou^p cost $12,000, is
fitting up with water and all ornaments
and luxuries, and would be attractive in
any city in Georgia. \
WATER WAVS AND INDUSTRIES.
OglethoTpe is well watered. There
re the Oconee and Broad' riven on the
boundaries, and a network/if creeks in-
been freely used.
them have cultivated too extensively,
and held on to unproductive acres when
wise economy would hzTe dictated an
“Do the people want immigration?”
“That depends. Good classes of peo
ple would be welcome. Indiscriminate
immigration would be disastrous. We
are not prepared to accept immigration
unreservedly. There are dangers right
there."
EDUCATION.
“How about education?”
“Not as promi.ing as I would like to
report There is strong prejudice in
many quarters ogainst the Sate school
system. It is useless as an educational
system. It is just enough to demoralize
the private schools and not ample enough
:e their places. The amount ap
propriated here is from 60c to $1.20 per
month per pupil. The schools last
about 3 months, or 65 days. There are
schools in f
Many of them have bought goods which about 80 public schools in the county,
they ought not to have bought; many of The consequence Is that outside of the
villages there are but few good private
schools. The towns have fine schools;
in the country the wai t is appalling and
taken, some of these younger men are
made of the material the old fellows
OLD BUILDINGS.
The first- house the writer entered in
Lexington was a small brick structure,
known as the Dupree Bank Building.
Hamilton McWhorter has his office here
and some of the county archives are
kept there while thc courthouse is build
ing. It was here that Mr. L. J> Dupree
carried on all his business. He com
menced in a wooden house and put up
his brick building later. Deep into the
wall-the old vault is indeniti. Mr - , Dn *
pree died, with about five hundred ihou-
In 1845 there wore 4 flour mills, 4 saw sand dollars—all made right here,
mills and 10 grist mills in this county. “He was a worker.” remarked Mr. Joe
There are now three guano factories ' Baughn. “Many’s toe time I've heard
going up in Oglethorpe. L. F. Edwards ; him tell, of jumping upon his horse with
has one in the Wolfskin district, Jesse \ a roll of hides and riding 15 miles to the
Jarrell one at Crawford and James M. ■ tannery, in his younger days. Few
Smith one on his place in the upper part business men now realize this sort of
of the county. Any number of mills and , work. Mr. Dupree was the clerk of the
gins are humming through the county , elder Eerdinand Fiuizee and made his
There are Watson’s Mill, on the Oconee, ! money by hard licks and wise saving.
Anderson’s Mill on South Broad: Fuller’s I “He left the finest property and one of
Mill on the Broad River; Amason’s Mill 1 the loveliest families in tiie Sate,” said
on Long Creek, Barrett and Binn’s, on I Judge Lester.
Buffalo Creek; Rayle’s on Dry Fork; I Such an example of industry and bus-
Brook’s Mill, on Long Creek; Arnold’s ■ iness is one of the value heritages of the
and Brook’s, on Big Creek; L. Martin history of Oglethorpe.
Johnson, on Town Creek,nearCrawford; The little brick bank where honesty
Hayes & Arnold’s, on Cloud’s Creek; lived and wealth was accumulated by
Echol’s on Millstone, and Riley’s, on “slow degrees of toil," would be ewal-
Big creek. There are steam miila at San- lowed up in the vault of the Metropoli-
dy Cross, Lexington, Crawford, Smith’s ton bank building in New York, where
and other places in the county. i railroads are reared or rained once a
There is a fine carriage and wagon facto- year; but the picture ofthe former some-
ry at the Glade,of Tiller Bros; tine Passes how has a more solid settingin my mind
at Millstone, has a good one, and Tucker than the magnificent charnel houses in
Bros^ at Crawford, have a superb one. New York.
THE MESON ACADIMT.
Another old building strikes the eye
as one enters town. It is the venerable
Meson Academy, bnilt in 1806. Mr.
Joe Baughn, whose memory goes back
500 years by common consent, told us
all about it Francis Moson, an honest
Irishman, who had made his money in
Lexington, as Wn. Martin did in Jeffer
son, endowed the Academy early in the
century. It was called after him and
still enjoys the $11,000 endowment
which he generously left it
Prof. Thomas B. Morse still teaches at
this Academy. He commenced in 1849
and has continued ever since. The ven
erable Dr. Cummins was once rector of
this well known school. A new build
ing and increased endowment, with an
enlarged corps of teachers woold be a
great improvement to Lexington aad the
school.
In 1845 the educational fund of Ogle
thorpe county was $135. At that time
about $12,000 bales of cotton were raised
and Lexington sold about $70,000 worth
of goods a year.
NEW COURT HOUSE.
The most commanding improvement
made in Lexington in fifty years is the
new court house. It will give the place
new life, and revive building for forty
miles around. The work of tearing down
the old court house commenced on the
second Tuesday in February last The
corner stone of the new building was
laid May 16th, with appropriate ceremo
nies and a speech by Col. Joel Abbot
Billups. On the first of February, 1887,
the new building will be comploted, and
Superior court will be held there on the
third Monday in April, It is a handsome
building, put up with a great deal of
style, at a cost of $22,900. The front
and facings are patents of the Queen An
ne architecture, stone facade, tubu
lar towers, arched doorways faced
with granite, deep vestibules. The house
is 100 feet feet high and commands a
view for miles around. The court room
on the second floor is 46 by 56 and in
front'arc small rooms for the sequestration
of witnesses, while to the rear are jury
rooms and apartments for lawyers and
clients to consult The lobby will be
filled with open chairs and a gallery
sweeps half way up the room with a
large seating capacity. The large win.
dows fall to the floor and the light is
softened with tinted glass.
Down stairs are the county offices.
The fire-proof vaults of the Ordinary and
Clerk of Superior Court are covered with
cast iron roof and floored with cement
A convenient room has been ar
ranged for a voting precinct, and a clock
will be placed in the tower. The build
ing committee of this superb structure is
Hamilton McWhorter chairman, J. T. M
Hoi re, T. P. Calloway, S. Bailey and C.
M. Witcher. Our friend J. J. C. McMa
han, was a Commissioner and had much
to do with its practical planning, before he
decided to move from the county.
The granite which is planted in the
door arches and polished in the front
columns is quarried near Lexington, and
is a suponor kind. The ornamental
parts are in oolitic stone.
W. W. McAfee & Co, of Atlanta, are
the architects.
The new $10,000 jail was built in
1879, by McGinty of Athens. It is
strong and superior structure.
The old court house will be remem
bered as the red brick structure, with
the long double row of steps reaching to
the door. It was built in 1819 by Pleas
ant Robinson, and cost $14,000. There
was but little lime used in its construc
tion as this material had to be carted
from Philadelphia. It served its purpose
well and stood a faithful servant and
’sentinel 67 years. It was found when
tho wallt were torn down, howevr, that
the chimney had WOTS wd the timbers
were charred. la tact the old court
house bed been on fire, unknown outside,
several times.
The loss of county records by such a
catastrophe could never have been re
placed and this danger, added to the
want of room and lame of business con
venience were enough to warrant the
building of the house, had it cost
$100,000.
The old court house was classic ground.
It was the central point where the titans
from Middle and North Georgia met and
measured swords. The North Georgia
bar never went lower down than Lexing
ton. The Middle Georgia lawyers did
not come any higher np. Hence the
Cobbs, Lumpkins, Stephens, Gilmer,
Hill, Toombs, Hillyer, Cone, Dawson and
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Losses Paid Since Organization
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STEVENS THOMAS Secretary and General Agent
WILLIAM W. THOMAS .Assistant Secretary and Adjuster
ARTHUR E. GRIFFETH T. Book-Keeper
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