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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING,' DECEMBER 18. 1904.
DAILY—67.00 A YEAR
ALLAN SINCLAIR,
THE BEST THAT MONEY CAN BUY.
4 Full Quarts, = - $2.80
1 Gallon Jug, = = $2.40
Express charges prepaid.
The Well Known Georgia Corn Whiskey.
Old Time Sweet Mash. Pleasing and Satisfying.
LOW DALE
99 95 100 Pure
Sold Only When Eight Years Old.
Full Quarts,
i Gallon Jug,
$2.85
$2.45
Express charges prepaid.
t . n A % e Whiskey of rare merit, produced by tho famous process of double copper
distillation. Wo make a lendor of tins brand because it makes regular customers for us
by swing perfect satisfaction. Wo guarantee every bottle to bo eight years old abso
lutely pure, and without an equal for the money.
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— business house or commercial agency in Macon. All Orders shipped promptly same day received.
With our large and ample force, all orders have very prompt attention, and go out on first train after we receive them.
Keep our name and address in mind so that you may know where to send your Christmas orders. There is going
to be a big rush about Christmas time, and unless you send us your order you may get disappointed.
A. & N. M. BLOCK, Distillers,
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THE QUEEN CITY OF SOUTH GEORGIA—A MODERN CITY
AMONG THE PINES—ITS MAGNIFICENT RESOURCES AND
SPLENDID PROSPECTS—METROPOLIS OF A LARGE, PRO
DUCTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURAL TERRITORY-
CAPITAL OF PROSPECTIVE NEW COUNTY—A CITY OF WON
DERFUL ENTERPRISE AND SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH—ITS
RAILROADS AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE.
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CORDEI.E, Ga.. Dec. 17.—In Decern-
her. Just. sixteen yeayn ago, Cor*
dele, “the Mng'c City of the Pine*.'’
won incorporated. The Georgia South
ern and Florida and the Savannah.
Americus and Montgomery, better
known an the M 8am" in those days, but
later becoming a part of the Seaboard
Air Line system. had just been com
pleted. forming n junction where Cor-
dele now stands on the Governor Joe
Brown farm in Dooly county. In the
worrying days of the civil war. Gover
nor Joe Brown purchased a farm in
the then isolated county of Dooly, near
the plantation of his friend, the late
Hon. Ben Hamilton, where lie could
refuge at times and escape the worry
cf war. time duties and dangers. H**re
Governor Brown built a double pen log
house and cleared land for cultivation.
The building he erected for a home
jvas in no wise different or more im
posing than those of his neighbors, nor
was there any other distinguishing
feature about the place, except thut
his “collard patch' was much larger
than those on other farms. On Gover
nor Joe Brown’s celebrated eollard
patch turdele was located. At that
time Dooly county was considered the
• backwoods of everywhere?* If a town
in a certain scope of country had a
street a little meaner or lower than
the others. It was called “Dooly alley."
and to compare a community or an in
dividual to Dooly county was to put
them down to the lowest social notch.
Probably no one can tell why Dooly
was placed so low in the social scale,
for there was a great deal of wealth
and refinement In the county and ft
was. at least, fully up to the average
of wiregrass counties i n progress and
Intelligence.
But such were the condidltnos in
1Mft when Col. J.. E. D. Shipp of
A inert* us founded the magnificent city
of Cordele. and since that period when
the railroads opened up that section,
plvlcg it opportunities to develop its
splendid resources, Cordpje, ns well as
the whole of Dooly county, has known
nothing but progression. The county
hns mad A wonderful advancement on
•eery Un* Few counties la Georgia,
If any, have equaled it in material nnd
social development. Within a doxen
years, from the building of the Geor
gia Southern nnd Florida and Hen-
board Air Line railroads to the census
year 1900, Dooly county more than
doubled In wealth nnd population and
Its growth since 1900 has been greater
than dfcriug any similar period in the
past,
A Magnificent Farming Section.
No part of South Georgia has made
greater progress as an agricultural
community than Dooly county, espe
cially the southern portion section, or
south Dooly, as it is designated. The
northern portion, that Is the section
above Vienna, being nearer transpor
tation facilities, was better developed
than south Dooly before the building
of the railroads through the county,
therefore the growth of that section
has been much greater than north
Dooly.
Dooly has a vsriety of productive
soil, embracing the pebbly, clay sub-
elol, very productive and capable of
being Improved to a high degree of
fertility, the gray sandy loam and in
the northern portion, the red clay
lauds, oak and hickory growth on the
wiregrass border. These lands are all
naturally productive and by fertilisa
tion can be made very rich. Along the
Flint river, the western boundary of
the county, the bottom lands are very
fertile. Before nnd since the war,
many large planters who** homes were
in the large towns, and In middle
Georgia, had plantations on the Flint.
Booth Dooly being more isolated was
sparsely settled. But ifoen* after the
railroads were completed through the
heart of that section, the population
began to Increase very rapidly. At
first this in/lux of population was due
' to the saw* mill and naval stores in
dustries which were attracted to south
Dooly by »h»* magnificent yellow pine
forests. These Industries brought sev
eral thousand people from the Caroli
na* and Virginia, many of whom be
came permanent citizens after the Um
ber supply was worked up. some pur
chased land while It wa* yet cheap
and engaged In farming, while others
invested in various other enterprises.
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having accumulated considerable mnn-
*y In lumber and naval stores Indus
tries. These people were the forerun
ners of the splendid development that
has made Dooly one of the wealthiest
nnd most progressive counties In Geor
gia. But the up country farmers also
discovered the substantial advantages
of the wiregrass country and many
came to T)ooly, which In n great rneas-
ur/j. accounts for the town’s splendid
growth. From the first, Cordele’s pro
gressive'citizen* believed in advertis
ing the community’s unsurpassed re
sources, which Is another secret of tho
rapid advancement of the plate.
Good Farms and Prosperous Farmers.
Bald a south Dooly farmer today, a
former North Georgian: “I cun take
forty acres of Dooly dirt with one
mule, snd every year make my IK to
2b bales of cotton, according to the
seasons, 200 to 300 bushels of corn. am«
pie forage, pens, potatoes, sugar cone,
ground peaa, wheat, etc., and raise
plenty of ment for home consumption
and to sell. I can make money farm
ing In Dooly even If cotton goes down
to six cents.”
This is not an extravagant estimate
of what Dooly soil will produce; It Is
what this farmer actually demonstrat
ed this season, nnd. as he stated, a
much larger yield can be obtained by
a more liberal use of fertilizers. As a
general thing the farmers of Dooly
make from 10 to lb bales of cotton to
the mule and nine-tenths of them raise
meat nnd other supplies to run their
farms and many make meat, corn,
oats, hay, etc., to sell.
The fnrmers of Dooly are In n pros
perous condition as they are in every
section where the diversified crop sys
tem Is followed. They are generally
out of debt with a year’s supply of
home raised provisions snd forage and
many are depositors in the local banks.
The fnrmers of this community are
progressive In their methods of culti
vation, using the luteat Improved
and the test of live stock, giving con.
sfderable attention to Improved breeds
of cattle, hogs und poultry. The rax-
or-back hog and light wood-knot
are rapidly pissing from the farma of
Dooly. Another evidence of advance
went which attracts a great deal of
attention are the handsome dwellings
nnd commodious barns which have
taken the place of the double pen log
houses and log cribs of former days.
In fact there are signs of progress
and Improvement on every hand. Wire
fencing. In place of the old unsightly
rail fenoe, stumpiest fields, good roads
and evidences of thrift and enterprise
are visible In all directions.
Great Is the “state of Dooly.” Not
withstanding the wonderful develop
ments of the past decade, the Immense
Increase In wealth and population
south Dooly, yet scarcely 15 per cent,
of the available farming lands are in
cultivation. This will give an Idea
of the great possibilities of this mag-
| niflcent section. If Dooly countv wi
! settled as thickly as Rhode Island,
‘shaking of the urban ; j jlation of
that state, It would support nearly two
hundred thousand people and her soil
will produce more than that of the
New England state, because of rlimat
lc advantages and variety of products,
which overbalance the difference In
natural fertility of soil. Great Is South
Georgia and an good ns Its best sec
tions, la Dooly county.
Fine Horticultural 8ection.
Dooly Joins both Macon and Hous
ton counties, where are located the
greatest fruit orchards on earth atnl
where every season fruit In variety, to
the value of hundrcUx of thousands of
dollars Is raised and shipped to the
big markets, and it has been a very
profitable industry for the past several
years. Two years ago a Northern
innn came to Georgia with a few
thousand dollars in cash which he
wished to invest. After a pretty care-
Investigation he decided to purchase
a small fruit farm In the section above
mentioned, paying half cash and get
ting one and two years on the otZicf
half. After gathering and selling Ms
Hrst crop of fruit, he look up his ob
ligations and had $»0Q left.
The soil of Dooly Is equal to that of
Macon and Houston for the growlruj
of fruit. No section on earth can pro
duce liner peaches than Dooly county.
The famous Elherta In all Its luscious
flavor and crimson perfection grows
splendidly In every section of the
county, ns well as the finest of grapes,
rtgs. pears, plume and numerous other ,
varieties of fruits. Both thp roll and
(-Minute arc unsurpassed for fruit col- . /' ,
ture and tiansportstinn facilities are
unexcelled, there being four railroads
traversing every portion of the county,
making Dooly a desirable section for
the fruit Industry. It Is not tho pur
pose of this nrtltle to draw s fancy*
Picture of Dooly county or to hold
out false inducements the Investors or
to tht farmers of other' sections to
mover to Dooly to better their pros
pect*; on the contrary no statement Is
made that has not been actually ar t
amply demonstrated by the farmers of
the county. In fact, the great possl-
bilitjes of the soil of this magnificent
community have teen very conserva
tively described. As conclusive proof
of this assertion, scores «*f su rut
farmers of Dooly county could be
quoted, many of whom came from the
up country, the Carolina* and Virgins,
and there Is not one among them as
far as heard from, who Is not greatly
pleased with this section, so much so.
that nothing could Induce them to give
up their farms here and return to their
former homes. In truth, s mu' •
stronger picuire could be drawn of this
favored country and yet not fully i-
crlte Its wonderful resources.
The pecan industry is attracting con
siderable attention now In -t -n
parts of the wiregrass belt, and ir. th«
course of a few year* It will a M mu- !i
to the Income of the fanners. The
finest paper shell varletlef of this fa
vorite nut can be grown ‘ ~
county and other section!
Georgia, and they can be r
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