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VOL. XXVIII.
HOSCHTON-A THRIVING TOWN IN RICH
SECTION; HAPPY SOCIAL COMMUNITY
'Hoschton, with Popular
tion of 600, Happy So
cial Community
(Henry F. Saxon, in Athens Banner)
Where, thirty-nine years ago there
greeted one’s vision a wilderness of
scrub oaks, pines and tangled under
brush, there is today a thriving town of
some 600 and more population and one
of the happiest of social communitites
in Georgia. This is at Hoschton, a
town situated on the Gainesville-Mid
*land railroad, in Jackson county, some
thirty-odd miles from Athens. The
scenery surrounding this township is
beautiful and attracts one with its sky
line of purpled hills and distant slopes.
Its a beautiful country around this
oction and there is felt the thrill of
the “upland country.” The winding
roads up and down hill and through
shaded valleys, where birds are sing
ing and maypop flowers and golden-rod
bloom by the roadside, and the red and
gold and rich-hued, brown leafed maple
trees clothed in their fall dress stand
along the rolling slope
takes one's mind away from the ordi
nary humdrum. Yes, it’s a pretty part
of the country, and it leads to a splen
.tid little town.
Origin of the town.
£he first settlers at Hoschton were
me Hoseh brothers, J. R., R. A. amt
William Hoseh. Of these* three broth
ers the only one living at this time is
R. A., who has his home in the town
now. William Hoseh, pioneer, moved
to this location in. 1882 from Flowery
Branch, Ga. R. A. Hoseh, the living one
of the three brothers, helped to lay
out and survey the present towusite.
Other pioneer settlers at lloschton
were R. J. I'ark (now dead) C. J. Bla
lock (now dead), W. T. Sell, now living
at Gainesville, Ga.; John MeCants, now
dead. A son of Mr. MeCants is today
postmaster at Winder, Ga.
J. C. Saye surveyed and laid off the
townsite in 1882. Mr. Saye was also
the civil engineer who surveyed the
railroad site through this town, J. R.
Hoseh and R. A. Hoseh assisted in lay
ing off the town and the lots. The
townsite was laid off three-fourths of
a mile in each direction from the rail
road depot or station.
Though surveyed and laid ,off in 1882
the town was not incorporated until
ism, and the charter for the town was
signed by the governor of Geoifcia, Hon-
WViliam J. Northern. The incorpora
tion bounds took in at the time some
eight or ten old houses of the original
settlement.
The first store to be built at Hoseh
ton was erected by the Hoseh brothers
and others followed the ones of W. T.
Sell and W. B. MeCants.
Buildings commenced to rapidly ap
pear soon after the town survey was
mad * and the little village slowly but
steadily advanced to its present shape
and condition. It is situated in a rich
farming section and there is promise
ahead for Hoscliton to be a populous
and valuable trading center.
The first mayor of Hoscliton was
Hon. George Adams, and the first eoun
eilmen were Messrs. J. W. Darby, John
Smith, I)r. L. C. Allen, John Chestnut
and C. P- Garrison.
The town of Hoschton as it is t,oday
comprises a splendid citizenship of men
and women who make a delightful so
cial community. It is under a pro
gressive municipal government and is
hopeful of a prosperous future.
The municipal officers at this time
are: Hon. A. L. DeLaPerriere, mayor;
Dr. Ralph Freeman, Dr. L. C. Allen,
Messrs. P. A. Hoseh, W. O. E. Adams,
R. P. Hoseh ami H. P. DeLaPerriere,
councilmen Mr. O. G. Adams, City
clerk! Mr. W. R. Healan and T. N.
Glover, city marshals.
The postmaster at Hoschton is Mr.
J. P. Pirkle and Mr. L. B. Moon Is the
railroad station agent.
There are no municipal industries at
Hoschton. The town gets its light and
electric power supply from the plant
located at Tallulah Falls and the wa
ter supply is had from privately own
ed wells.
School and Church Facilities
There is now iu course of construc
tion a splendid new school building
at Hoschton. Ga. Some months ago
there was floated a bond issue amount
ing U) $12,000 for the purpose of build
ing a school, and it is expected that the
cost of the building now being erected
will far exceed that sum.
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The building as planned and pictur
ed Will be a beautiful structure and a
building of which the people of Hosch
ton and community have just cause to
be proud. The building will be a two
story structure of red pressed brick on
a four-foot granite base and foundation.
There w r ill be four class rooms in ad
dition to a commodious auditorium, of
fice, library and a rest room for the
[teachers, and will be heated through
put by a hot-air system.
The faculty of the school are: Prof.
McEntosh (graduate of the University
Carolina) principal; Mrs. O.
G: Adams, assistant and other teach
ers will be added in the course of a
short while.
Eleven grades will be taught through
the comm in and high school. It is
expected that the present term of the
school will he the most prosperous yet
had in its history and the greatest in
terest of the people of Hoschton and
the surrounding community is being
shown. Plans are being formulated for
the organization of athletic teams, lit
erary societies and other organizations
which will add to the school’s efficien
cy and effectiveness.
| The people of Hoschton are proud
over the accomplishments thus far and
are optimistic as to the future.
There are two churches at Hoschton,
the Methodist and the Baptist.
At the Methodist church preaching is
held every third Sunday morning and
i evening and every first Sunday even
ing. Rev. W. M. .Tones is pastor. The
membership of this church is close to
one hundred and is composed of a zeal
ous and earnest lot of men and wom
en. Sunday school exercises are held
every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock.
, Mr. B. F. Wilson is superintendent of
the Sunday school and there are some
, thing over 140 enlisted on the rolls.
There is a splendid Woman’s Mis
sionary society organized among the
women of this church and their activ
, ities in the society are most commen
-1 dable. Mrs. V\ M. Smith is president
of this society and Miss Leila Hoseh
is secretary.
Miss Curtis Adams is organist at
the church and there is the best kind
of music by a most splendid choir.
The Methodist church is the older of
the two churches of Hoschton.
At the Baptist church there is preach
ing every fourth Sunday and evening
by Rev. AY. S. Walker, of Monroe, Ga.
Sunday school is held every Sunday
meaning at 1 o’clock. There is a good
membership and attendance at all of
these services and they enjoy the best
kind of singing.
The missionary society of the Bap
j fist church has for its officers Mrs. A.
L. DeLaPerriere, president, and Mrs.
R. 1.. Fricks, secretary. The society is
well organized and does a mighty fine
I work.
Fraternal, Civic and Social
Organizations.
Rockwell Lodge No. 191 F. & A. M.
at Hoschton has a good and active mem
bership. The men in this membership
are zealous in their activities and the
meetings of the lodge are well attend
ed. The membership numbers about
1.8 or more. This lodge meets the first
and third Saturday nights in each
month. Officers of the lodge are: R.
P. Hoscli, worshipful master; J. P. Ma
hnffey, senior warden; O. G. Adams,
junior warden; W. D. Bell, escretary:
It. A. Hoseh, treasurer
Hoschton Lodge No. 861 I. O. O. F.
meets the second and fourth Thursday
rights in ea'*h month. This lodge is
in a most flourishing condition and has
an enthusiastic membership, numbering
upwards of eipnfy Its financial coa
dbion is said to be flue and in high*.’
satisfactory shapv. Officers of the
Hoechton loig3 of Odd Fellows are:
Letson Cook, noble grand; J. C. Cron'c,
vice grand; R. I. F.iks, secretary; T.
K. Baird, fciyionai secretary.
Among the women of Hoschton are
organized several gatherings which
add largely to the social life of the
town and keep alive a spirit of good
fellowship and comradeship which
makes the community a happy one.
There is the Matrons’ club, which
.meets weekly at the home of someone
of the members of the club. There is
a civic league which has as the ob
ject of its activities the looking after
of the interests of the community wel
fare and matters tending towards ad
vancement of the school work.
And there’s the Bachelor Girls club.
club meets every Friday night at
the home of someone of its members
and most enjoyable times are had.
Winder, Barrow County, Georgia, Thursday, September 29, 1921.
; There are melon cuttings, swimming
parties, moonlight picnics love-making,
frolics and, oh, lots of other good sorts
of experiences. It’s a happy organi
zation and a popular one. Among the
leading spirits of the Bachelor Girls’
club are Misses Lonnie Sells. Curtis
Adams, Clara Hartley, Lenora Hosch,
Ruth Lott, Eunice Sells, Mattie Mat
thews, and others whose names are
not just now recalled. It’s a jolly
prowd of girls and among their number
'are some who are destined not long
to remain “bachelors.”
Chautauqua to be Held.
( Plans have been perfected whereby
The Radcliffe Chautauqua will be at
Hoschton during the first week of Oc
tober of next year. The men and wom
'en of the town are looking forward to
this week of entertainment, with a
great deal of interest, and it is pre
dicted that the sessions of the Chau
tauqua will be largely attended.
The business and commercial inter
ests of Hoschton are composed of men
! who are active and aggressive in the
[ town’s interests, and it is not missing
[ the mark to predict that these men will
make the little town come to be a fac
tor of importance in the business affairs
of the surrounding community.
W. P. DeLaPerriere & Sons conduct
p general merchandise and farm sup
;’ply business. These men are the lar
gest land owners, cotton merchants and
farmers of the county and they do a
tremendous business.
H. J. Lott does a general merchan
dise business and is also engaged in
the cotton buying business.
Cruce & Edwards are engaged in the
general merchandise and farm supply
business.
Forrester Bros, conduct a fancy gro
cery business.
Staple and fancy groceries are con
ducted by P. A. Hosch and by li. L.
Fricks.
J. W. Darby has a general repair
shop for guns and pistols and Mr.
Darby is an expert mechanic in his
line of work. *
Cruce & Roebuck conduct a general
; grocery business and also do a large
business.
| It. F. Clack has a nice jewelry busi
ness and does general watch and cloock
repair work.
A splendid drug store establishment
is conducted by Dr. L. C. Allen & Son.
! I)r. L. C. Allen, in addition to his bus
iness interests in the town, conducts
large farming interests and too, oper
ates a large ginnery. Dr. Allen op
erates his farm on an intensive plan
and bis farm products are second to
none when it comes to a show down.
His corn and cotton showings were
first prize winners at the last exhibi
tion of the Georgia Experimental Sta
tion show.
i Dr. M. B. Allen has an extensive lab
' oratory at which there are conducted
! experiments of great interest and diag
noses are made that are of inestimable
! value.
I Dr. Ralph Freeman is a practicing
! physician of the town. He also con
! ducts a drug store and lias extensive
l farming interests.
Dr. Loyd Lott, resident dentist, cov
ers a large territory outside of the cor
porate limits of Hoschton and is con
i sidered one of the best men in his pro
fession.
There are tw r o prosperous banks at
Hoschton, the Bank of Hoschton and
the DeLaPerriere Banking company.
The Bank of Hoschton has a capital
of $30,000.00 and a surplus of SIB,OOO
Officers and directors of this bank are
H. P. DeLaPerriere, president; W. M.
Smith, vice president; B. F. Wilson,
(’ashler; Miss Mattie Matthews, assist
ant cashier; Messrs, H. P. DeLaPer
riere, W. M. Smith, B. F. Wilson, A.
L. DeLaPerriere and Lige Flanigan,
directors.
Officers of the DeLaPerriere Bank
ing company, which is a private insti
tution, are H. P. DeLaPerriere, presi
dent ; A. L. DeLaPerriere, vice presi
dent: H. C. DeLaPerriere, cashier; T.
H. Baird, assistant cashier. The re
source's of this bank are upwards of a
half a million dollars. It is under ex
cellent management and is considered
as safe as any such institution can be.
An up-to-date shoe repair shop is
conducted by I). C. Hogan. In this
shop there is Installed the latest im
proved machinery, which is operated by
electric power. In this plant there is
electric power and the work done here
compares favorably with that done in
larger cities.
W. O. E. Adams & Sons operate a
garage and tilling station, which fully
supplies the needs of transient alto
mobilists, and the service rendered here
is of a hitfd.v satisfactory nature.
These gentl men also operate a grist
mill, which is a valuable asset to the
community.
J. C. (Tronic has a barber shop which
is well patronized.
Messrs. J. N. Thompson and R. L.
Pirkle operate a cotton-seed and stor
age warehouse.
Mr. H. P. DeLaPerriere, a citizen of
the community who is held in the high
est regard by his fellows, is now serv-
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ing his second term in the state legis
lature as a representative from Jack
son county and he is giving the best of
service, too. He is a member of the
ways and means committee and is,
on the appropriations committee of the
legislature. Also, he is a lieutenant
colonel on the governor’s staff.
Mr. A. L. DeLaPerriere is a member
of the board of county commissioners
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day, Odt 3rd.
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and is superintendent of the farming*
interests of the DeLaPerriere estate*
There are . r >oo families to be provided
for on this large estate and it is no
ensy job to attend to the undertaking
but Mr. DeLaPerriere manages the en
tire business. lam told in a most sat
isfactory manner.
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