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[UESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1920
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Terrell County-—Georgia’s Garden Spot
| Is waiting for you---She’ll Welcome You to Her Gardens--- %
~ where crops grow nature’s way in abundance and oppor- |
| - tunity is unlimited,
Terrell County.
TERRELL COUNTY lies in Southwestern
Georgia and is about the geographical cen
ter of that part of the state. It is surrounded
by the counties of Webster, Sumter, Dougherty,
Lee, Calhoun and Randolph. Its distance
from the Alabama line is about 42 miles east,
and from rlorida close to a hundred miles
north. It is in the midst of a most favored
agricultural section. Crops can be grown the
entire year, there being no extremes of tem
perature. The mean temrerature for the
year is about 65 degrees, that for the winter is
50 degrees and for the summer 78 to 80 de
grees. In the summer the thermometer is
rarely above 90 or 95 degrees, and the 100
mark is reached so seldom that it can scarcely
be expected. In winter the temperature is
rarely ever below 20 degrees, and for a period
well onto a century there has been but one
time when the temperature reached the zero
mark. No resident remembers when it ever
approached this degree before.
DAWSON is its capital, or county site, which place is situated about 600 feet
above sea level and has within its limits about 5,000 souls. 'There are, too,
three other excellent towns in the county, viz: Parrott, Bronwood and Sasser, and
several other small trading points, or hamlets.
Cotton = - " '
For thirty years this county has produced more cotton per square mile than zny
other county in the entire Cotton Belt save one. Besides 1t has for years been
noted for its bountiful production of such other crops as Corn, Oats. Peanuts, Vel
vet Beans, Hay, Wheat, Potatoes, and other numerous vegetables.
Live Stock |
The county has been especially prominent for the unusually well kept plow animals,
mules and horses, indicating bountiful home food product and feeding.
The live stock business -has within the last four years, rapidly assumed large pro
portious, so that now a shipment of hogs and beef cattle by car loads to other points
for slaughter is a frequent occurrence.
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Peaches ‘ |
The lands of the county are highly adapted to fruit-raising, and the Peach industry
is fast becoming a great industry of the county.
Pecans \
_Pecans grow to perfection and there are already several large orchards coming into
bearing, and oneé grower of this popular nut gat};ered and sold from his orchard,
the recent fall, $lOO.OO worth per acre, and the trees were top-budded, but six
years from the buds, the same land at the same time produced one-half bale of
cotton per acre. : iy
THIS PUBflCITY CAMPAIGN IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN WHOSE NAMES APPEAR BELOW ON THIS PAGE:
BRIDGES-COCKE GROCERY CO.
Fresh Country Produce
DAWSON VARIETY WORKS
Mfgrs. Builders Supplies
J. D. WEAVER
Merchant, Planter
BANK OF DAWSON
“Strong, Safe, Conservative”
G. M. ROBERTS MOTOR CO. |
Lexington and Dort Automobiles
J. M. RAUCH
“Grocer to the Home”
DAWSON SEA FOOD CO.
All kinds of Sea Foods
C. L. MIZE
Stationer, Ladies’ Milliner
W. K. NORTON & CO.
“Quality Grocers”
R. E. BELL REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Buying, Selling and Loans
S. PEARLMAN
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes
COLLIER MOTOR COMPANY
Dodge Bros. Motor Cars
HERMANS
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WALL-COURIC COMPANY
Wholesale Groceries
RAINES & COMPANY
Fresh Country Produce, G_roceri_es
DAWSON CAFE
“Cood Eating”
J. D. LAING
Lumber
J. H. LEWIS, M. D.
421 E. Church Street
ROBERTS & FLETCHER
Real Estate
DAWSON ICE & COAL CO.
Ice and Coal
DAWSON COTTON OIL CO.
Cotton Seed & Peanut Products, Fertilizers
DAWSON SHEET METAL WORKS
Tin and Metal Workers
LOWREY & DAVIDSON
Warehousemen—Automobiles
DAWSON PHARMACY
“A Modern Drug Store”
§MITH REALTY COMPANY
Real Estate and Loans
DAWSON HARDWARE COMPANY
Hardware—Farm Implements -
THE DAWSON NEWS.
G. W. DOZIER & COMPANY
Dry Goods ;
W. J. MATHIS
Planter
DAWSON AUTO ACCESSORY CO.
Ford Service Station
JENNINGS ELECTRIC CO.
“Everything Electrical”
SHIELDS-GEISE LUMBER CO.
Builders Supplies
COLLIER DRUG CO.
“Capatone” the Liquid Aspirin
CROUCH BROS.
5, 10 and 25¢ Store
BRIDGES-COCKE GROCERY CO.
Staple and Fancy Groceries
T. WOOD & COMPANY
. Dawson’s Merchant Plumbers
DAWSXN ‘MOTOR CAR COMPANY
uthorized Ford Dealers
PALACE THEATRE
High Class Motion Pictures
DAWSON COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
Bottlers Coca-Cola, Orange Crush
PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION CO.
Atlanta, Georgia
Contractors—Engineers
Lands
The lands of the County lie exceptionally well, being almost every where just sufffi
,ciently undulating for excellent drainage, and scarcely a pond of standing water
can be found in the county. The character of the soil is varied. being principally
" a dark gray sandy loam with excellent clay subseil, There is some red land and
some sandy soil in the county, and some of the lands contain considerable lime.
Health
The health of the County can scarcely be surpassed by any of the mountain regions
of the state. Fevers of a typhoid type are rarely met with, and malaria has become
almost a thing of the past.
The mortality rate of Dawson, its county-site, was, during 1916, among its white
residents, but seven-tenths of one per cent., and there was not during the entire year
a éinghe death among the whites under 21 years of age,
Roads - : '
The county is covered by a net-work of excellent highways, it being possible for an
auto to go at any desired speed on any road of the county, and at almost any place.
Education ‘ '
Great interest is taken in education, and the county votes each year a special tax
for educational purposes, thus affording long term schools in all parts of the county.
‘Churches |
The people of the county are church going, and excellent church bnildings are
found in all the towns and in all parts of the county. .
SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO.,
Cotton-Seed and -Peanui Products
DASWON BATTERY CO.
H. M. Futch.
J. M. CROUCH
Groceries
YEOMANS & WILKINSON
Attorneys
TONY LAVELY
Clothes Cleaning
ROBERTS & LARK
Quality Merchandise
McDOWELL GROCERY CO.
Groceries
DAWSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
R. R. Marlin, Sect.
E. ERLE COCKE REALTY CO.
“Quick Sales at Best Prices”
Bronwood, Georgia
THE FARMERS BANK
Deposits Insured
J. T. THORNTON, JR.
W. W. MASSEY,
General Merchandise & Hardware
BRONWOCOD DRUG COMPANY
Drugs and Sundries
$7,000,000.00 1s The
Valuation of Products
Raised in 1919
Cottort and C. S. $4,000,000
Corn and V. Beans $1,250,000
Peanuts . $750,000
Hay - o o SBUUO
Hogs oo $300,000
Cattle - " $50,000
Sugar Cane - $40,000
Small Gramn - $200,000
Sweet Potatoes - $200,000
Pecans . $15,000
Peaches - $30,000
Other Products ’ $lOO,OOO
PRICE BROTHERS
: R. J. GLASS :
HOLLAND & HILL
Cotton Warehousemen
H. E. WILLIAMSON
General Merchandise
H. A. PETTY & COMPANY
Merchants
Parrott, Georgia
BANK OF PARROTT
W. M. DUNN & W. G. DUNN
Ginners and Warehousemen
COLE & SONS
Garage
W. D. MORGAN
Groceries
W. S. FLOWERS
Dry Goods and Clothing
D. L. GAMBLE
Sasser, Georgia
L. E. DAVIS,
Drugs and Sundries
DRS. CRANFORD & CRANFORD
J. H. LEWIS,
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