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THE MACON TELEGRAPH S ixteen Pages WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: FAIR SUNDAY AND MONDAY: FRESH WEST TO NORTHWE8T WIN DS. First Section 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. ; sw •5 ■5 fill!* Ev ? ly f hl P ment we make is sold ulldor a positive guarantee;and if you are not in every way UllI Vlllul dll ICC. “ sati ; slied return at our expense and we will cheerfully refund your money. We refer to any hank, — 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, MACON, GEORGIA. SE ecT wa ' «*■: m ©C & «u 1^1 <sC *: cstT «»C RC_ ea:: 3: ca m: a? 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. .rasBiacsaenwixs an&zs&gaEztt 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. I AWf' r 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 Continued