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AMERICUS TIMES'
twenty-ni mth year
AMERICUS, GEORGIA,--[WEEKLY]--FRIDAY MORNING OCTOBER 25 1907
NUMBER 25.
WELCOME'monster deal in realty
Newcomer
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Which Means
Four
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the finest gauze lisle with a toe and
heel as strong as that of the heav
iest sock made in the old way.
Stop darning and quit wearing
socks with holes in the toes, by
wearing these. They will surprise
you. Come and see them. Only
25c. Look in our show windows
AMERICUS MEN PURCHASE D’SOTO PLANTATIO
five Thousand Acres Magnificent Farmlfig Lands to Be Divided Into Small
farms—Values Will tnhance Rapidly. \
The largeit real estate deal ever in southern Georgia, nor can they be
effected in Sumter county was con- surpassed for fertility.
summated yesterday morning in the
purchase by Messrs Prank Sheffield
and Arthur Rylander of the . entire
landed Interests of the DeSoto Plan
tation Co.
Vive thousand acres of magnificent
farming lands—generally conceded to
be the best cotton, fruit and com
lands In southwestern Georgia and
lying in a body, was bought by these
enterprising gentlemen.
The Price a Fortune
Sixty thousand dollars was the
consideration for this splendid pro
perty, a fortune in Itself. ,
The plantation was purchased from
Minnesota people, who have owned
it for a number of years, and It is
the purpose of the new owners to
subdivide the farming lands into
small farms of ten to one hundred
acres, or more.
An engineer will shortly prepare
a detailed map of the plantation, and
when this Is accomplished investors
can select any lands desired.
It is the purpose of Messrs. Ry
lander and Sheffield to sell the entire
plantation In this manner, as well as
a limited number of town lots. in
the* flourishing little city of ibeSolo.
located upon their lands, and growing
yapidly.
As Is well known, the DoSoto t>lah
tatlon was settled and owned lor
many years by the late Col. T
Furlow, a pioneer resident of Amerl
cus. Later, It was acquired by the
S. A. & M. Railway, and in turn sold
to Minnesotans.
The land Is flevated, level and very
fertile, with red clay subsoil, and
produces magnificent crops of com.
cotton, cane and other staples. There
is no liner plantation in the State of
Georgia.
The Commnnlty (he Best
£xcellent Investment
W. D. BAILEY.
Outfitter for Men
Forsyth St. Next to Postoffice.
and Boys
Amerlcus. Ga
Fountain Pen
THE CELEBRATED SELF-fILLtRS
REMBERT’S
DRUG STORE
113 FORSYTH ST,
Lumber
; Sash, Doors, Blinds,
FINE CABINET MANTLES A SPECIALTY.
This fine farming property, when
offered, will afford a most desirable
investment for capital, either great
or small. A few hundred dollars will
purchase a sung little farm of 10 to
20 acres, with larger ones In propor
tlon.
DeSoto and Leslie, two flourishing
and rapidly growing towns, each
having from a dozen to a score
substantial business houses and
most cultured and refined citizenship,
are conveniently near this line pro
perty.
The subdlvlson of the lands will
accrue to the advantage of these
towns especially, greatly enhancing
realty values in both places. As
announced, Messrs. Rylander and
Sheffield acquire in this purchase
many town lots in DeSoto.
While their purpose, principally, is
the division of the plantation into
small farms, they will also sell a lim
ited number of their DeSoto town lots
which will soon enhance in value
well.
Amerlcus is only fourteen miles
away, with Cordele, a splendid town
of 5,000 population, an equal dis
tance away on the east side.
With the building of the railway
through that section, the county has
developed rapidly and more than
quadrupled in population*. Large
farms have been subdivided, and are
now in highest state of cultivation
and rapidly enhancing.
It is Indeed the "garden spot” of
southern Georgia.
Thriving young towns have sprung
up, among them Leslie and DeSoto,
each now having a population of per
haps a thousand, and growing rapid
ly. Fine graded schools, and chur
ches of several denominations, are
near at hand.
Small Farms in Demand
The Location Is Desirable
Lands more conveniently or de
sirably located are not to be found
From every possible viewpoint, this
location is most desirable as a place
of residence or Investment, and lands
will enhance very rapidly In value.
It is a recognized fact that farm
lng lands and well situated town
property afford the safest Investment
for capital, and gives best returns.
A farm even rented is a good invest
ment, but a better one If worked by
the owner.
And small farms are greatly
demand In Sumter. In fact, the de
mand far exceeds the supply, and
It was largely to meet this situation
that Induced Messrs. Rylander and
Sheffield to purchase this magnificent
plantation for subdivision.
AN
EXCEPTIONAL OFFER
OF MEN’S FALlV
SUITS at $20 and $25.
Exceptional because the suits;
we offer at this price are not
ordinary $20 values-exception-
al because in quality of materi-
al, wormanship and (finish these
suits are only comparable with
the high-class custom tailors*
$35 and $40 productions. Of
snappy style full of refined
character and individuality.
“EFF EFF”
Fashionable Clothes
never fail to satisfy the de
oorawr, ik! mands of the most exacting
lha EECHHEIMER F1SHELCO. . b
men > and when Y ou tr Y on any
'\ltolj one of these suits of your size*
you will find the fit exactly as you want it.]
awes Famous Soft and Derby Hats $3 00
Crawfords Famous Men's Shoes $3.50 & $4
In
To Divide It Into Tracts
Aa stated above, these 5,000 fertile
acres of magnificent land are to be
cut up Into small farms as purchas
era may desire, ranging from ten to
100 acres or more. And they will be
bought rapidly by settlers or Inves
tors.
And many Amerlcus people, as well
as citizens of Leslie, Cobb, DeSoto
and farmers generally will avail
themselves of this rare opportunity
for safe Investment of their surplus
dollars, an Investment that will pay
handsomely.
It is a stroke of enterprise upon
the part of the purchasers, and one
that will result in -the substantial
development of that section of Sum
ter county.
HULK OE AMERICUS
COTTON ABOVE IIC.
Sales Thus Far Reach $1,.
150.000.
‘With practically 20,000 bales of
cotton already marketed,—that Is of
purely local cotton—Amerlcus has
already received ovep sixty per cent
of the crop of Its territory. But Httie
of this is being held, the great bulk
of it having been sold at over eleven
cents a pound. That means that our
planters are in good position."
This was what a local cotton man
told a Times-Recorder representative
yesterday In discussing the situation,
in view of the bearish conditions now
prevailing and the panicky aspect of
things In New York city Just at pres
ent
Full stocks of cement, lime, plaster, shingles
and all builders supplies. Paints, in car load lots.
Grates, medium to the finest.
Abend of Last Year
"Our 20,000 bales already marketed
represent a total value of about <1,-
150,000. Last year up to this time we
had marketed here of local cotton
about 18,500 bales of cotton. Over
7,000 of this went at below 9 cents.
Without the exact figures at hand I
should say that the cotton marketed
up to this time last year had realized
not much over 1800,000. Our plant
ers have accordingly already realized
probably <350,000 more than up to
this time last year.
In November and December last
year the market ran along between
9 and 10 cents the greater part of the
time. There Is no reason to believe
that It will not do fully that well
this year.
As to our local receipts, some be
lieve that they will be no larger than
last year, while others think they
msy run ahead.1 In any event the
cash returns will'be considerably bet
ter than last year because our plan
ters took advanfcge and sold freely
as possible when the market was
over 11 cents. 4 was God’s blessing
they were not misled Into holding for
fifteen cents.
Planters In Fine Shape
"If the planters everywhere were
In as good shape aa those in the Am
ericus district there would be n<
trouble in bolding the market to a
least 11 cents. Our farmers have
paid up their obligations pretty well,
some In fnll, and are in financial con
dition, In many Instances, where they
can resist downward tendencies of
the market
"We ned not be disturbed by New
York frantic finances. Our people
are In good shape. The {peculators
up there are catching fits. It unset
tles business In a measure, but it
really does not rep,esent actual con
ditions. It means that one set of
gamblers is squeezing another * and
the public suffers from the convul
sions of the fellows who are being
punished. But the country’s pros
perity Is too stable to be long affect-
Paragon Trousers, Best Made, $5.00 to $12.50
Underwear-Season’s Best Styles-50c to $2 50
PRAISES SCHOOL FOR
ME6R0 BOYS AND GIRLS
‘Never Saw Neater Place.”
Says Mr. L. G. Council.
'I have never seen a neater place
In my life than‘ the Amerlcus'Insti
tute.”
This was the statement made by
Mr. Lee O. Council after a visit to
Prof. Reddick's school for negro boys
and girls.
“I went over the buildings and ev
erywhere there was cleanliness ap
parent The kitchen was a model of
neatness. If Prof. Reddick can In
still such cleanliness as this Into the
boys and girls he Is educating he Is
doing a great thing for his race and
for the white people of the 8outh.
“The Improvement of the colored
eral Education Fund. This money is
to be used in the extension of the-
work of the Institute.
ANOTHER TO 60
TO CALIFORNIA
After Twenty-five Years of
Service Here.
Amerlcus sends another recruit to
the California colony of Sumter coun
ty negroes in a few days. This,
time it Is Joe Marshal who leaves for-
Los Angeles.
Yesterday Marshal Informed hla
employer, Mr. Charles Fricker.of his
Intention to try his fortune on the
Pacific slope. He had code to tho
conclusion that there was an excellent
opportunity there for him and he had
people along the lines of personal and decided to take his savings and try
general cleanliness means much to life thirty six hundred miles away
this section. Prof. Reddick Is giving from his old home.
an object lesson, apparently. In clean
Itness to every boy and girh In the
school, to the parents and frlenda
who visit them, and to the colored
public at large, that may bear good
fruit
"There was another phase of the
work that Interested and gratified me,
That was the industrial end. The
principal la trying to get the girls
to be good housewives and the boys
to take to some Industry that will
enable them to earn a good living
and be productive factors In the
development of the South. No race
ever got.up except on a basis of In
dustry and I am glad to see that Prof.
Reddick Is putting this fact Into
the heads of the boys and girls In
his Institute. Literary learning Is
all right,' but the colored race will
never become more respected and en
joy life more through such learning
only. It must rise to a better scale
of living through intelligent and
earnest Industry.
It is understood that Principal
Reddick has nearly completed the
raising of <1,000, which will entitle
him to another <1,000 from the Oen-
Marshal has been for twenty-five
years In the service of James Fricker
& Bro. Last August he closed hla
quarter centennial with the firm.
During that time he has been on the-
pay roll without a break and has giv
en faithful and efficient service.
As an evidence of appreciation of
this long and faithful attention to.
his duties as porter Mr. Charles Frick
er presented Marshal yesterday with,
a gold watch, chats and K. O. P. em
blem. This, and a testimonial In the
form of a letter descriptive of his
long connection with the house, will
be carried to California as evidence -
that employers In Amerlcus are ap
preciative of faithfulness on the par',.;
of their colored help.
It Is rumored that several otlrqc
negroes an planning to leave - tor
California within the next month; It
Is unfortunate that thoso who are
leaving are of the best class, men
who aro doing fairly well here and
who enjoy tho respect of tho white
people. It remains to bo proven that,
in tho long run, they will do as well
among strangers as among their
friends hero.
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