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THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMES-RECORDER: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, \m.
RAPIDLY RISING RICHLAND,
A HUSTLING TOWN THAT’S FULL OF
SNAP AND ENTERPRISE!
Something About Richland—Its Fast, Present and Future
Outlook—Surrounded by Magnificent Farming Coun
try and Populated by Energetic People, It is South
west Georgia’s Pride.
meat that one can desire, besides all
kinds of fish and game in seascn.
Mr. Miller is a young man, but a busi
ness one, and be intends, and no doubt
will, make bis mark in tbe world.
A Prosperous Toting Firm.
In October of last year the Hrm of
Mayo 4 Parker, dealers in general mer
chandise, began business, in Richland,
and it has enjoyed a continued run of
prosperity ever since.
The firm is composed of S. E. Mayo,
who for two years previous to last Octo-
y^TNICHLAND, Ga., August 25.—[Spe-
cial.]—Instead of dating this let-
A | ter from “Richland,’’ 1 ought, by
» right, make tho dato lino read
“Box-ankle," for that is the name by
which, even yet, the old settlers know
this place.
Indeed, tbero's a portion of tho town
still called by that not over euphonious
name, “liox-anklc,” and thoro are some
people still living in this county
know the place by no other name, and
they call it by no other!
The name "Richland” was given this
growing little town by Colonel Sam him
self,and the church from which the name
sprang still stands, away over on the
south side of town, and until this day
peoplo worship God in tho old-time
building. There are many hereabouts
who still cling to the good old name of
“Box-ankle,” and for reasons of their
own thoy will call tho place by no other,
and, possibly, its all right, because you
know what the immortal William said
about the roso:
" * * * A rose by soy other uame
Would smell as sweet I”
Well—let it go at that!
Itlcliland's Party History.
In tho year of our Lord 1885 the only
building in “Box-ankle,” or wbat is now
Richland, was a storehouse occupied by
Major T. A. II. Moyer, who, in those
' days, did a good general merchandise
business at tbe “cross roads." Tbe old
building still stands and is occupied by
J. B. Brooks 4 Son, tvbo do tbe same
kind of business.
The opening up of tho “Sam" road
put some life and money into tbe place,
and when the Columbus Southern cross
ed tbe “Sam” road bore, then it “took
on” a boom that has never subsided.
Richland has been growing rapidly for
two years, and wbat'a more, she is still
growing,and that too with no unhealthy
growth. There can bo no doubt hut
that at somo not far distant day, the
whole of southwest Georgia will be
proud of Richland, oven if she is only a
ungster of to-day.
Richland has to-day some as fine
brick edifices as arc to bo found any
where, and tbe pulsing bent of the ham
mor and the bum of the busy saw aro
still beard in tbo land, as tbe strong arm
of labor endeavors to build monuments
to tbu enterpriso of Richland's business
men. Business blocks and residences
are going up on every hand, and this
pretty little town is undergoing, or en
joying rather, a regular epidemic of
building. Neat business lumsesand com
fortable homes nttest the fact that the
pooplo who live In Richland aro not tbe
kind of folks to allow tiles to alight on
them. They mean business from tbe
word “go.”
The ltuplft Growth of Richland,
Richland is situated on a regular wa
ter sited. On tbo east is Kincliefoonce
creek, which is a tributary to the Flint
river, and on tbo west Ilannahatcliie
creek fiows merrily on till it joins and
loses itself in tbe Chattaboocheo. Tbo
drainage of the town is simply perfect,
and one can stand at tho corner of Wall
and Broad streets and understand this
easily, for upon either hand there is a
well defined slope toward tho streams
mentioned.
The town was Incorporated on .Sept.
28, 1880, and on January 1, 1890, the
finest council wits chosen, Mr. J. C. Lay
field being elected secretary and treas
urer of that body. In April, 'DO, the
returns showed that there was $120,000
worth of taxable property In Kchland,
and on April 1, ’01, that amount was
shown to have grown to over $500,000.
That’s pretty good for one year, eh?
The population in June, 1800, was 000;
in June, 1801, the population had In
creased to over 1,500. Nothing the mat
ter with that, is there?
Bnt even the (wonderful Increase in
wealth and prosperity doesn't suit the
go-a-head people of this pert little city
—they wish to do better. And there Is
now before the legislature a bill to am
thorize Richland to Issue (20,000 In
bonds, which amount la to be used for
purposes of putting in waterworks and
erecting a public achool building.
I tell you, Richland’s a dandy I It Is
only a “baby town,” bnt It la about as
big a baby aa Georgia baa In ita limits.
With Columbus only forty miles to the
north, Albany fifty miles to tbe south
and Americas twenty-nine mllee east of
her this little town will be a big town
some of these fine days, and It won't be
long either.
Jut think of Itt Only two yean ago
you could count the number of bales of
cotton that came here on one hand,
while this year the cotton receipts will
go above 10,000 bales!
That’s something to be proud of, isu
it?
Where Trade Conies Froi
Richland draws her trade from all tho
surrounding country—not only from
Stewart county, in which she is situ
ated, but from Webster, Marion, Chat
tahoochee and Terrell counties, and for
tho immense amount of supplies she
furnishes she has cotton returned to
her.
One can hardly realize that in a town
only two years old there are mercantile
houses doing from $25,000 to $50,000
worth of business per annum; but such
is the fact!
And then just think of the amount of
money put into business buildings in
that time!
To instance: there’s the Richland inn,
the first brick building ever erected in
the town, which cost $20,000; tho Lunds
ford & French building, costing $3,000
then there’s the Alston A Carter block,
which cost $15,000; the Clegg building,
which when completed will have cost
$15,000, and the Lewis block, also In
course of erection at a cost of $12,000.
That's only in the business portion of
town, and the residences and manufac
turing enterprises are not mentioned,
Tho farmers' alliance has an iron ware
house under construction, and a stock
company will shortly erect a magnifi
cent warehouse on Walljstreet. near the
Sam" road. Residences are being built
all over tbe city as fast as tbe lumber
and labor can bo secured and—taken all
inwall—Richland is^enjoying a regular
boom in building.
There are no sleepy headed business
men In Richland—they all know a good
thing when thoy see it—and for that
reason I am going to tell the many read
era of The Timks-Recokdbu about
some of the most progressive and wide-
awake merchants who do business in
the lively and growing little city of Rich
land.
I»r. N. C. Alaton, Jr.
Prominent among the influential and
prosperous business men of Richland is
Dr. X. C. Alston, Jr., who, besides own
ing 475 acres of land In Richland and its
suburbs, conducts a wholesale and re
tail drug establishment and runs a farm
ing interest.
Dr. Alston is looked upon as one of
the foremost men of this section, and
combining his splcudid business ability
with his confidence in and hope for the
future of Richland, he is an incessant
worker, in and out of season, for tho
benefit of the town. With a spirit of
enterprise iworthy of emulation, he has
devoted his time, money and talents to
ward urging this pretty little place to
the front, and every man in Richland
knows that Dr. Alston deserves every
word of commendation and praise that
can be said of him and his efforts.
Dr. Alston was born here, and his
father was one of the first physicians
who ever practiced here, so Lis love for
the place cannot be wondered at, seeing
that he has watched tho development of
the "Box-Ankle" cross roads into the
beautiful little city of Richland,
In tho fall of 1800 Dr. Alston and Mr.
T. P. Carter pooled their issues and
erected the Alston-Carter brick block on
Broad street at a cost of $15,000; and in
this block is Alston’s handsome drug
store. Here Dr. Alston carries an Im
mense stock of drugs, doing a wholesale
aud retail business that amounts to $40,-
000 per year; and in addition to watch
ing this business with a careful, business
eye, he is an active dealer in real estate,
and even with the present stringency of
the money market, handsome sales of
city lots are not rare by any means.
As to Richland and its future, Dr.
Alston is very conlident, and be is at all
times full of hope and cheerfulness, and
when one wants to know anything about
tbe town he will always And .the genial
doctor ready and willing to talk about
it. Tbe fact of the matter is—if one has
tbe blues he will always find the doc
tor’s cheerfulness a most excellent reme
dy ,and generally the cure is a perman
ent one.
Dr. Alston was formerly one of the
largest practitioners in this whole sec
tion, but for the last few years he has
confined himself altogether to office
practice, as his other business cares de
mand too much attention to allow him
to practice regularly.
Carter * Cantrell** Establishment.
In tbe same block Carter & Cantrell,
dealers in hardware, saddlery, harness,
furniture and coffins, do a big business.
This firm is composed of T. F. Carter
and W. W. Cantrell, and they carry a
stock of about $10,000, doing a business
of $50,000 per annum, and their custom
ers come from five surrounding coun
ties.
The firm began business in 1890, and
has established itself firmly in the confi
dence of all who deal with it for its uni
formly square and fair dealings are
known to everybody who ever made a
purchase in the establishment. The
members of the firm are gentlemen who
have long resided in this section, and
are too well known for me to attempt >r did a good business as a general
any sort of commendation of themselves merchant at Randall's crossing on the
or their business methods. Suffice it to Sam road, and . fr. H. \ . Parker, who
say that they are men of most unques- joined Mr. May > in the business last fall,
tionable integrity and gentlemen of the , The firm, soon after it was organized,
highest sense of honor. removed to this place and began busi-
Right next door to Carter A Cantrell ness under most promising circumstan-
Mr, Carter of this firm conducts a dry ces. This house carries a stock of gen-
goods store. In this venture lie has no end merchandise that is never allowed
partner, but all the same he does an ex- j to get below a 87,000 basis, and does an
cclUnt business. He carries a complete business of some 825,000. I he
stock of dry goods, notions, etc,, I business which the house does is
amounting to about $7,000, aud does an !« h.rge one and embraces the surround-
annual business of 825,000. | ln « counties, in which Messrs. Mayo 4
Both Mr. Carter and Mr. Cantrell look I I’arker have built up a reputation of
upon Richland’s wonderful growth i «hich any house might be proud,
without surprise, for they have all along About September 15 the linn will re-
been firmest believers in tho future of | move to the handsome Clegg budding,
the place, and they expect, to see even a "’here one of the roomy brick stores will
greater Increase in population and! be fitted up with a line of goods that
wealth during this year than there was will be a credit to Richland.
last.
They aro honorable and upright men
and citizens, and command tho regard
and respect of all who know them.
Here'* Another Hlg Concern.
Another prominent business house in
Richland is that of J. X. & J. IV.
Brooks, who began business in this
place in Septemlier, '90, although for
years previous the firm had been mer
chandising in tbe country.
This firm, composed of Mr. J. X
Brooks and his talented son, J W.
Brooks, carries a general merchandise
stock of $7,500, and does an annual busi
ness of $30,000. Besides general mer
chandise, tho Messrs. Brooks are deal
ers in guano, furnish farmers with sup
plies, buy and sell cotton, and run a
large farm working 10 plows and over
20 hands.
Known to nearly everybody in Stew
art and adjacent counties, this firm pos
sesses the entire confidence and respect
of every one of (heir many friends and
patrons, and to crown the whole matter
the Messrs. Brooks are firm believers in
the future of Richland. The firm owns
a great deal of real estate in and about
tho city, and each member believes that
it will double its value in the next year
or so.
Mr. Brooks, senior, is an old citizen of
Stewart county, and is a shrewd, sharp
business man who believes in push and
enterprise as factorstoward the upbuild
ing of a town.
The junior member, Mr. J. \Q. Brooks,
is a young man of sterling worth and
many business qualifications, and is as
popular as any young roan in Richland
or Stewart county. Ho inherits from
his father many traits of character that
will ultimately land him high and dry
on the beach of prosperity.
The firm is a popular one among all
classes, and the stock of goods carried
by them is being freshened up and en
larged constantly, and although no great
amount of "blowing" is indulged in by
the Messrs. Brooks, they do a business
that would be a credit to many a town
very much older and larger than little
Richland.
Rieliland’e Livery Accotntn«Hlatlona.
A real live town is never complete
without a first-class livery stable, and
you may rest assured that Richland has
one.
Majors Bros , the livery men, have a
large stablo on Broad street, w hore they
keep twenty-seven of the very finest
livery horses and any kind of vehicle
from a dog cart to a coupe. The firm »s
composed of Messrs. C. S. & A P.
Majors, and they began business here in
1889, coming thither from Webster
county in that year, and they, like every
body else in Richland, are strong be
lievers in the future of the place.
Besides tho livery business, Majors
Bros, buy find sell stock, deal in vehicles
of all kinds, harness of every style, aud
do an undertaking business. They have
their hands full all the time, and are
rapidly accumulating a lot of the "filthy
lucre."
They possess and deserve the respect
and admiration of every one who knows
them, for by their own efforts they have
built up a splendid business and aro on
the highway to prosperity.
The Majors Bros, have again demon
strated the fact that grit and energy
will always win in the battle of life.
Another Useful Institution.
In the earlv part of this month Mr. L.
F. Miller, who was then running a dray
line here, decided that Richland ought
to have a first-class restaurant and
market, so he sold out his dray line and
opened a restaurant on Broad street.
He has hardly had time as yet to get
everything in working order, but when
all arrangements have been perfected
Mr. Miller proposes to run a restaurant
that will be a credit to Richland, and his
list of prices will be reasonable—what’s
more and better. In connectiou with
tbe restaurant Mr. Miller proposes to
furnish the tired pedestrian with every
variety of iced drinks with w hich to re
The members of this firm are business
men from “wayback," and they are
strong supporters of every glaim made
by Richland. They are young men who
have climbed the ladder of prosperity
with no assistance,and they are steadily
working on towards the goal of success,
where they will reap the reward which
industry and application to business
always bring.
The Oldest Store In Richland.
The oldest store in Richland is now
occupied by the enterprising firm of J.
B. Brooks & Son, which, by-thc-way, is
one of the oldest firms in the place. It
was formerly occupied by Major T. A.
II. Meyer, who coudacted tho first mer
cantile business ever done in "Box-
Ankle," as the town was then called,and
now the Messrs. Brooks are doing a
general mercandise business in that "old
timey" building.
The firm of J. B. Brooks Son is com
posed of J. B. Brooks and his son I. M.
Brooks, and was organized in 1887, just
about the time the "Sam" road was
completed. The firm does a large busi
ness—about $30,000 a year—and a stock
of $7,500 Is carried
Previous to beginning the mercantile
business in Richland, the Messrs. Brooks
were engaged In farming in this county,
and were very successful in agricultural
pursuits, as much so, possibly, as they
have been in merchandising. The senior
Brooks is an old citizen of Stewart
county and everybody knows him so
well that it is altogether unnecessary
for me to say anything by way of com
mendation of him.
Mr. Brooks junior, whom everybody
calls "Mike," is as popular a young man
as one could find in a day’s journey,
and besides that ho is a business-like
young man who appreciates the fact that
a dollar well invested will produce other
dollars, and he is always willing to take
hold of any enterprise that will benefit
Richland.
The firm enjoys a wide-spread patron
age and its reputation for honesty and
square ^dealing is proverbial in Rich
land and the adjoining counties lo Stew
art. It's prosperity is only measured by
Us enterprise.
Another Man of Entcrprifte.
One of tho busiest men in Richland is
Mr. W. 8. Morgan, who keeps a hotel
aud runs a general merchandise store.
Mr. Morgan carae to Richland in ’89
and built the Morgan house, which was
the first hotel ever built in the town and
which is still patronized. Last year he
built a store house at the corner of
Alston and Broad streets, and began
selling family groceries, and by shrewd
management aud honest dealing suc
ceeded iu building up a splendid lino of
business. Indeed, be prospered so much
with his Hue of groceries that he found
it necessary to add dry goods to his
stock, and he now does a splendid gen
eral merchandise business.
Mr. Morgan carries a stock of about
$3,000 and does a yearly business of
$11,000 to $15,000, with a patronage that
is steadily increasing. He has made for
himself a most excellent reputaliou as a
business tnan of no ordinary ability, and
in time Mr. Morgan will make for him
self wbat the whole of mankind wishes
for—a fortune.
Even now he is thinking of closing
out his hotel interest so that he may de
vote his entire attention to his mercan
tile business, and be said for me to
"make a note on It," that if anybody
wishes to buy hotel property that will
pay and pay well, just write to him.
Mr. Morgan is another enterprising
man. who wishes to build up Richland,
and he never loses an opportunity to say
a good word about the place.
A Rising Young Physician.
Long before the Sam road was built,
in 1SS5, there came to Richland a young
physician who has the honor of being
the first man to come hither, with the
exception of coarse of the old settlers.
That young man was Dr. JR. E. L.
Barnum, who is one of the rising young
physicians of the state. Dr. Barnum is
a graduate of the Atlanta Medical Col-
way of a town hereabouts—only a cross
roads. Like a shrewd man of business
Dr. Barnum realized that with the com
pletion of the Sam and Columbus South
ern railroads the place would grow, and
he decided to remain here and grow up
with the town. His judgment was cor
rect, as the last few years have shown,
and his hopes to some extent have been
realized.
Dr. Barnum is a most popular young
man, both ns a physician and in a social
way, and no man in Stewart county
stands higher in the estimation of those
who know him. His friends hope for
him a long and useful life, with honors
for every year that drifts by into the
past.
This spring just past, Dr. Barnum
went on to Xew York, where he had the
benefit os hospital experience in the
Xew York Polyclinic, and he returnod
homo better prepared than ever before
for the most dangerous cases and
delicate surgical operatios.
He is a charming companion and a
cultured gentleman, and is a favorite
alike with ladies and gentlemen
wherever he is known.
Tenbeant’s Planing Mill.
One of the institutions of Richland is
D. B. Teabeaut’s Planing Mill and Va
riety Works.
Mr. Teabeaut, the genial young pro
prietor,came to Richland in August, ’90,
and opened up business bore, and has
been as busy as a bee over since. His
plant handles about 25,000 feet of lumber
daily, and besides furnishing all the
dressed lumber needed in Rlcbland, he
dally makes largo shipments on the Sam
and Columbus Southern railroad
Besides handling dressed lumber, Mr.
Teabeaut deals in brick, shingles,
lime, and all building material, and his
largd lumber yard is chock a-block with
lumber and material at all times. In ad
dition to tho planing mill Mr. Toabeaut
runs a steam grist mill under the same
roof, but with an entirely different set of
machinery, and he has the only five-foot
runner in this section in his mill. This
mill is never idle, and its proprietor has
made for it a splendid reputation, and
customers come for miles and miles to
have their grinding done at Teabeaut’s
grist mill
Mr. Teabeaut is one of those young
men who seize every opportunity to
build themselves up in the business
world, and his efforts have been very
successful in that respect, for his reputa
tion among business men is most ex
cellent, and he deserves everything good
that can be said about him.
He is one man who deserves every bit
of his good fortune, for he made it for
himself, instead of waiting, as so many
do, for something to turn up.
A Prominent Contractor.
Among the well known men in Rich
land Mr. R. II. Reynolds, the contractor,
is prominent.
Mr. Reynolds came to Richland in May,
1890, and his first work as a contractor
was the Columbus Southern depot; since
many buildings have gone up and stand
ns monuments, so to speak, to Mr.
Reynolds’ skill and business methods.
lie did all the inside work iu the
Alston-Carter block, and erected resi
dences for Messrs. A. J. Tison, D. C.
Jones, L. A. Thomas, and others, and at
present he is finishing up the alliance
warehouse, which is nearly completed.
He has also contracted to build tho new
hotel, a building of Id rooms, at Cusseta,
besides a lot of minor work.
Mr. Reynolds is a business-like man,
and when it comes to a contract his
word is as good as a bond, for ho keeps
it to the letter. lie is a conscientious
worker and will not allow his em
ployes to slur over bad work or couccal
defects, for ho believes in honest work
for honest pay, and says that is the only
way to succeed.
Mr. Reynolds has made many friends
in Richland, and he, like everybody
else, believes in tho futuro of Rlcbland
most fervently.
The Rank of Rlclilaml.
The condition of its financial institu
tions are always a safe iudox of the
status of a town, and ono may judge
from what follows in regard to tho Bank
of Richland of the standing of this
thriving littlo city.
The Bauk of Richland was organized
In 1890 and opened for business on Au
gust 20 of that year, with the following
officers: D. B. Harrell, president; T. A.
II. Meyer, vice-president, and O, V.
Lamar, cashier. The bank was opened
in a little wooden building on Broad
street, where it transacted business
school—and the hand of Jlme has
touched him so gently as tortpake ca
resses of what are ofttimes saArs. The
people over this whole clrcuit—indeed
wherever Judge Harrell is known—re
vere and admire him, and the board of
directors of Rlcbland bank could never
have made a wiser selection for its
president.
Mr. O. V. Lamar is a young man of
unusual business qualifications, and is
most admirably fitted for tbe high post,
tion he holds, and he enjoys tbe fullest
confidence with all connected with the
bank, and the entire community besides.
He is rapidly making a name for him
self as an able financier, and his clear
quick perception and admirable business
tact have been worth a great deal to the
bank. He came from Rome, Ga., where
he was the manager of the Rounsavill©
Cotton Company, and where his business
ability and qualifications had won for
him a most excellent reputation.
Major T. A. H. Meyer, vice-president,
was one of the earliest settlers here, ami
w as doing business here yoars ago before
a town was dreamed of. His reputation
as a business man and gentleman are so
well known that any comment would bo
superfluous.
Richland High School.
Among her many entorprlsing institu
tions there are none more highly prized
by the citizens of Kichland than the
Itlchland high school, which begins its
second scholastic year under its presunt
management on Monday, August 31,
This excellent Institution, of which
Prof. K. V. Forrester is the head, offers
every educational facility In the prepara
tion of pupils for a collegiate career, and
lias already attained a wide-spread repu
tation in tliis section. Last year there
were 118 pupils in attendance, and it
Is expected that the number will be
largely increased this yoar, pupils com
ing from surrounding counties.
Professor Forrester, than whom there
are few more accomplished and thor
ough instructors, is ably assisted by his
estimable wife, who takes charge of the
ljterary departments, and his (illlighter.
Miss Jessie, a cultured and talented mu
sician aud artist, will instruct the classes
in music aud art. The school Is oue io
which every pupil receive individual and
thorough instructions and study is made
a pleasure instead of a labor.
Professor Forrester is well known
throughout the stato ns an able instruc
tor, and for seven years proviotts to ills
coming to Hicliiaud he taught school at
Buena Vista, where bo is known and
loved for his many excellent traits of
character, and his efforts toward higher
education of the young. The Professor
has fallen deeply in love with Richland,
and although he has rcceivod a number
of tempting offers during tho past few
months he has invariably declined them,
preferring to remain hore and build up
the high school
Ho aud his charming family have
found the way to the hearts of the peo-
jle here and have gained tbe respect and
;ove of those who know them.
the Itlchland High School can never
lie anything less than a success under
the management of Professor Forres'er.
The Itlchland Inn.
Tho pride of Kichland Is in her mag
nificent hotel—The Richland Inn.
This splendid structure, built by the
Americus Investment Company at a
cost of 820,000, would grace any city.
Although small—only 22 rooms—it Is
elaborately finished on tho exterior as
well as the Interior, and is elcgautly
furnished throughout.
At present it is under the manage
ment of Mr. Rufus G. Brown, who uses
every endeavor to make his guests en
joy their stay under his roof. The
rooms arc neat, cool and elegantly fur
nished, and the cuisine is delightful,
ovory meal being such as to satisfy tho
most fastidious pe son possible.
Tbe Kichland Iou is a retreat that
ouo would travel miles to onjoy, and tho
management makes every endoavor to
upbuild nnd uphold the reputation al
ready made for the splendid hotel. Tho
traveller who stops over in Richland
makes directly for the Inn, aud it Is
witli a sigh that he leaves it and its ge
nial managers to again resumo his jour
ney.
Somethin* Mom About Itlclilnml.
Rlchlaud is surrounded by a most
underfill farming country—not only as
ogards Stewart county, but all adja
cent counties, and the town docs an im
mense business furnishing supplies to
farmers, besides tho regular city trade.
There are two steam giimeries, a gu
ano factory and planing mill and variety
works in operation in Richland, and a
constant boom in building is going on;
oven ns I write, the hammer is beating
time to the music of the saw on every
hand. Just across the way from tho
Inn the Clegg block is being rapidly
pushed to an early cou^iletion, and
when completed tlds handsome two-
story brick block will have four store*
ready for occupants, with tho second
lloor litted up for offices.
Tho Lewis block, further tip Broad
street, is also nearly completed. Tills
building will have two stores below aud
an opera house in the second story,
fresh tbe inner man. Besides the lege, class'of 1334, and came here In
restaurant he has also opened up a beef 1335, nnd has succeeded In building up-a
market In the same building,and he now practice flat extends; into five counties,
furnishes the citizens of Richland with When he caine here the only rpfu
choicest cuts from fat Georgia beeves, living in Box-ankle wa* Major X. A..H.
and be intends to handle every kind of ‘ Meyer, and there was nothing in the
until the handsome building iu which it which will provide itlchland with
is now located was finished later in the splendid place for entertainments. All
year. over the city residences are going up nnd
' improvements being made, so you can
easily see that while other towns are
growling about bard times lticldand Is
enjoying a lot of prosperity.
There are three churches in Rlcbland
—Baptist, Methodist and Primitive Bap
tist-all of which havo good sized con
gregations. A good high school affords
ample educational facilities. Society Is
made up of refined, cultivated people.
The water is pure and plentiful and the
health of the plXce nnsurpaaaed.
It would be altogether wrong if I were
to close this letter without mentioning
Richland’s splendid paper, The Gazette,
of which Captain A. J. Tison Is the ed
itor and proprietor Captain Tison is
always at work for Richland’* interest,
and wbstber through the columns of bis
excellent paper or in private conversa
tion, he has Rlcbland alwaj* at heart
and la an Indefatigable worker for the
city’s welfare.
He hat the town's growth—Its past and
present—condition, as well os ita future
prospects, down fine and he knows how
to talk Richland. Be placed me under
nisny obligations by his kindness In
aiding me to get up data about this
rapidly growing place,and It Is only right
that I should thank him.
But to Speak again of Rloblaod: If you
want a pleasant place to live In, and that
place to be a live, growing, prosperous
town, yon should by nil means go to
Tho Amcricus Investment Company,
which is largely interested in Richland,
owning about 140 acres ot city lots,
built the Richland Inn building in which
the bank has its offices.
The Richland Bank has bad a most
prosperous career since the day it open
ed for business, and carries a large
amount of deposits—a great deal larger
line than one would imagine. The capi
tal stock is 850,000, for which the stock
holders are individually liable, and the
institution, within eight mouths of its
beginning business, ha. declared and
paid a dividend of 0 per cent, besides
puttings handsome earn to tbe credit of
•urplut.
The directors of the institution are all
prominent men, well known for their
varied and successful business careers,
and below are their names:
S H. Hawkins, president 8. A. 4 M.
railway; U. B. Harrold, vice-president
S. 4 W. railroad; H. C. Bagley, presi
dent Americus Investment Company and
vice-president Bank of Americus; D. B.
Harrell, president; T. F. Carter, mer
chant; J. E. French, merchant; J. T.
Williams, merchant; E. J. Prothro,
president Richland Guano Company; D.
E. Bonder, mayor of Richland; Dr. N. C.
Alston, druggist; 0. V. Lamar, cashier;
A. G. Shepherd, planter; T. A. U.
Meyc r , capitalist
Judge D. B. Uarrell, the president of
the bank, was formerly judge of the I Kichland. and examine - what she ha* to
superior court for tbe southwestern cir- j °^Ey-ou. - ^
ally than he. Be it a pleasant, affable Keep your eye on Richland 1
gentleman—a gentleman of the good old! Fbask Hamilton Conolxt.