WAYCROSS, GA., “THE GLAD-HAND CITY”
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Sirmans Realty Co.
W. E. SIRMANS, President
Colonization and Timber Lands
We sell cut-over lands, suit
able for colonization pur
poses, in Georgia or Flor
ida in any, size tracts.
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We Sell Saw Mill Locations of
Either Pine or Cypress
WRITE US FOR PRICES
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318-320 La Grande Building,
WAYCROSS, GEORGIA
The Ice Delivery Co.
Ice Distributors for
WAYCROSS AND SURROUND
ING TERRITORY
Daily Capacity ISO Tons
Carload orders filled promptly.
Special attention to sacked ice ship
ments. Telephone 30 or write
for prices.
OUR MOTTO: “Reliable service
every day in the year.”
The Ice Delivery Co.
Office on Ewing Street,
Opposite Virdie Stables
WAYCROSS GEORGIA
H. J. BENTON & CO.
Dry Goods, Notions,
Gents’ Furnishings
And Shoes
Full Line Ladies’ and Chil
dren’s Ready-to-Wear
We Appreciate Your Trade
We have great faith in Waycross’ possibilities.
Phone 212 6 Mary Street
H. J. BENTON & CO.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDA V, JUNE 29, 1912.
This Is Not a Booster Edition, But a Setting Forth of
the Admirable Advantages for Those Seeking a
Place Where All Nature Smiles
and Prosperity Abounds.
By CHARLES R. CRANE.
WAYCROSS, GA.. June 29.—The ex
pression, "See Naples and die," is old,
and In its day served Its-purpose most
admirably, but today a more fitting ex
pression fits the heart and sentiment of
the people of Georgia and the South; aye,
the visitors from various sections of the
North and West, and that Is to "See
south Georgia and live." Not only does
this section, with all its natural resources
of a most substantial nature, renew the
desire for life, but It engenders a fond
desire for a prolongation of life, with ever
increasing ambition as an attributed sen
timent. Truly, there Is no place that can
offer more generous opportunity for the
ambitious than does south Georgia, for
nowhere does nature assist so materially,
toward the goal of success as this sec
tion. One needs only an insight into its
possibilities to convince him of Its gen
uineness.
Prominent among the cities of this God
favored spot is Waycross, and It is not
amiss to say that Waycross, if not the
most favored city, certainly ranks very
high among the best of this section. As
evidence of the wonderful possibilities to
be enjoyed here, a descriptive account of
things already achieved is given below.
Things known need no proving, and what
has already been accomplished in this
city in the past few years is sufficient to
vouchsafe for the future, and to lend that
tinge of assurance to others that those
who have already "tasted and found good"
now record as things known.
True, Waycross has grown to its pres
ent size in the past few years, and in
fact grew 144.7 per cent in ten years, but
its great growth is not the result of a
boom of any kind which lives only as the
dewdrop lives with the moonbeams, but
on the other hand, its growth has been
steady and substantial, and the result ol
a hearty co-operation of its citizens, who
know and realize that Waycross is what
It is represented to be in every sense of
the word, and that in supporting and in
vesting here their money Is spent in such
a manner that a most beneficial financial
return will result. The people of Way
cross are as one big family—nd jars, no
financial problems staring them in the
face, po misgivings for Improper invest
ments, money well distributed among her
citizens and equal advantages to all, har
monious concord reigning everywhere, no
selfishness but cordial welcome to all,
even to the stranger seeking admittance
into her bounds.
Waycross has been called "The Glad
Hand City." "The Glad Hand City" has
been most appropriately given Waycross,
for It Is deserving, and It is a title which
any city should be proud to possess.
While this applies to Waycross primarily,
incidentally a modification might be sug
gested and call Ware county the "Glad
Hand County,” for Its people are ever
ready to extend the glad hand of welcome
to visitors.
Ware county has a location that should
be envied by any other county of the
state. It Is in the heart of the "wire
grass" section of southeast Georgia, some
sixty miles inland from the Atlantic coast
and about one hundred miles from the
gulf coast, on a watershed dividing all
streams flowing Into these bodies, con
taining about nine hundred square miles
of area, with a population at present of
about twenty-two thousand.
The farming possibilities of Ware coun
county are immense, the soil being so
prolific that as high as three crops a year
are made on the same ground and some
farm or garden crops can be ready for
market any and every month of the year.
The climate is. of course, highly responsi
ble for the great success the farmers of
this section enjoy. It is similar to north
east Florida, with mild, open winters,
snow a rarety, making farming possible
during the entire year, with no shelter for
stock necessary. The rainfall, which Is
evenly and amply distributed throughout
the year, also contributes to the success
of the farmers. The country roads are fat
above the average, thereby making Way
cross, the county site, and all other towns
of the country accessible at all times for
the purpose of marketing or distributing
products of the farms. The principal
crops grown are sweet' potatoes, cotton,
sugar cane, corn and vegetables of all
The long staple sea island cotton
is extensively grown, as the climate is
ideal for its production. The growing of
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A Ware county oat field which
gives an idea as to the crops
grown. Will H. Stevens, of the
Den Realty and Improvement Co.
fruit Is coming Into prominence with con
tinually increasing Importance since the
introduction of blight proof varieties.
Fruit growing was a very profitable-iadus
try a few years ago until the dreaded
blight swept through this section. Large
orchards have recently been planted and
are doing nicely. The pecan industry Is
also very important in this section and is
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La Grande building, one of the prominent Waycross struc
tures.
attracting the attention of capitalists iu
every part of the country.
This page could be filled with instances
relating to tlje advantages of the county
as to farming possibilities It frmst not
be forgotten that Waycross deserves more
than passing notice and is worthy of any
word of praise that may be given.
Waycross, "The Glad Hand City," the
"Queen of the Wiregrass Section," is a
city whose growth has been marvelous.
From a population of 3.364 in 181*0 it has
jumped to the surprising figures of ap-
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New union station in Way cross, one of the most attractive
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proximately 15,000* There is certainly a
reason for this wonderful growth, and one
need spend only a few hours here to re
ceive answer. It has inducements that
are exceptional to offer, inducements
that mean something and are substantial.
Waycross has ten beautiful churches, is
free from saloon influences, has fine edu
cational facilities, four good modern ho
tels, progressive public-spirited business
men. purest artesian water, first-class
sewerage, paid fire department, electric
lights, grand union station, practically
new. twelve railroads, paved streets, elec
tric car lines in course of construction,
two live daily newspapers, four banks,
business college, Y. M C. A building,
Baptist college, several fine wholesale ami
retail stores. I.’nited States experiment
station, theater, moving pictures, Atlan
tic Coast Line railroad shops, car manu
factory, turpentine extractors, sand lime
brick works, steam laundry, ice factory,
two cypress saw mills, two pine saw
trills, two planing mills, three cigar fac
tories. five bottling works, five shiugle
mills, splendid parks and recreation
grounds.
This will answer any question in your
mind as to how Waycross has grown with
such rapid strides. Nor has the city shut
Its doors on other industries. On the
other hand, it would welcome a fertilizer
factory, canning factory, cotton mill, pail
factory, box and crate factory, -wood pav
ing block mill, sash, door and blind factory,
furniture factory, bobbin factory, wood
pulp mill, paper mill, variety wood works
or any other industry of the right charac
ter. These last industries ar£mentioned
in particular as great advantages and op
portunities await their establishment here.
Waycross has a noble, historic past,
embracing both sentiment and romance,
but the present and future Is the mark
of Its ambition and not the revelry in the
past. The future for Waycross is, most
roseate. It can tell the world the plain
facts- wtih as much pride and boasting
as could be,recorded by other places
where unmaterialization and idle dreams
form the theory for opportunities offered.
It is a city of progress; it draws its in
spiration from those glorious achieve
ments which have marked the history of
the mother state, ever keeping its eye on
the future that is full of promise, rapid
development, commercially and Indus
trially, and that seems to mean wonderful
strides in population and wealth. It is a
city where trade, commerce and manu
factories are intermingled with the high- j
est culture. It is the ideal city for the
investor, merchant or manufacturer, who. I
wliile establishing his business, desires to
secure for ills family the advantages of
a home in the heart of a community I
where the higher and nobler things of life
are justly guarded and never neglected. I
For further information the Hoard of
Trade is referred to. which Is ever ready
to tell any home-seeker the advantages
of Waycross and Ware county, Georgia.
City, Suburban and
Farm Property
The undersigned firm
will sell you a lot
centrally located or a
suburban lot in the
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thriving city of Way
cross. They will also
sell you a farm tract
from five acres- to as
many as you want.
Prices are right. Terms
are liberal. Send in
your inquiries and they
will have prompt at
tention. City, sub
urban and farm prop
erty rapidly enhancing
in value. Can’t possi
bly lose.
Respectfully,
DEEN REALTY AND
IMPROVEMENT CO.
One of the Biggest Farms
in the United States Is
Located Eight Miles from
Way cross, at Astoria.
We own that immense tract of land and wo are
rapidly developing it. We are planting pecan trees
and fruit trees, and wo are rapidly working to make
1 he'JO,ooo acres we have the most productive*in
the country.
We have a rich pioposition in the richest section
of Georgia, and we have an interesting story to tell
investors a story of how money grows in South
Georgia when scientifically put to work with. Na
ture in a modern, up-to-date, scientific farming
proposition.
We would like to tell our story and we will be
glad to it yon will only let us know you want to
hear it.
It is an opportunity which should not he over
looked.
Drop a line to—
Georgia Farm, Fruit and Pecan Co.
Waycross, Ga.
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