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FIE AT? ST’S SUNDAY A.UKKIUAN, ATLANTA. (1 A., SUNDAY, DEUEMBET? The following data covering the last eight years’ growth of Cor dele and Crisp County, Georgia, is the most convincing testimony that could he presented for the consideration of Investors and Manufacturers of all hinds, and eloquently attests to the abundant resources and overwhelming advantage<s of that section of Georgia. We commend this article to our rcirdms as deserving their most careful attention.—THE EDITOR. Crisp County Court House, Cordele, Ga. Carnegie Library, Cordele, Ga. Read Here the Result of EIGHT YEARS Progress in Cordele, Ga. ."T-, iv. i-'i.V&.WWftM miiilftM mmmj Population . . . 3987 8104 100 perce Bank Clearings . $25,000,000 $85,Q00,000 265 per ce Total business for year $8,948,240 $33,413,878 270 per ce Taxable City Property $1,000,000 $3,455,816 298 per ce An average increase generally of over 230 per cent Would you, Mr. Investor, consider an investment that enhanced in value 230 per cent in eight years a good one? Would you,Mr.Prospective Farmer,consider land that would raise ALL of the crops that can oe raised in every other section of the United States good land? Would you, Mr. Raiser of Cattle, Hogs and Sheep, consider a country a good one if you KNEW that your stock could run in the open the entire year, keep fat on the natural grasses, and be raised with better results than elsewhere? Would you, Mr. Manufacturer, overlook a city that will offer you advantages due to a geographical position which permits of a more economical distribution of your product throughout the most flourishing section of the South? Can you afford to leave Cordele out of your plans for your new Factory? WE WANT M-O-R-E Over $7,000,000 worth of manufacturing here in the last eleven months. A comfortable HOME costs one-half of what it costs to build elsewhere, owing to the wonderful timber tracts adjacent to the city, and enormous mills located here. A CLIMATE of mild winters and pleasant summers is offered, and there is NOT A MONTH IN THE YEAR THAT SOMETHING CAN NOT BE GROWING ON THE FARMS in Crisp County. The Winter Climate offers all of the advantages of Florida at less expense. For SPORTSMEN this section provides hunting and fishing of a kind that can not be found at the usual Southern Winter Resorts, and there are COMFORTABLE HOTELS that will afford the visitor, delightful quarters during their stay, at reasonable rates. The PUBLIC SCHOOLS are conducted along the most advanced lines and the buildings are of the most modern construction with spacious grounds adjoining. The PUBLIC ROADS are maintained in excellent condition and Crisp County is unusually advanced in this respect, having recognized several years ago the importance of GOOD ROADS to a community. City School Building, Cordele. The BANKS of Corde le, six in number, offer unexcelled facilities for the business man, and the depression of 1907 was not felt in this section, which in itself* is proof of the general excellence of conditions existing here. The First of a Series of Bulletins This is the first of a series of Bulletins covering CORDELE that will ap- pear in this paper during the next few months, and they are being financed by the Business Men and Manufacturers of Cordele, who are seeking the IN VESTOR, HOMESEEKER and MANUFACTURER everywhere, and desire an oDDortunity to PROVE that CORDELE offers more at the present time than Churches There are no finer CHURCHES in the South than those lo cated in Cordele, and they are in the hands of eminent divines and of all denominations. Citizens The citizenship are substantial, progressive and sincere men. Busi ness men, professional men and modern farm ers who desire strangers to consider their coun try and the advantages that are to be found in THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CORDELE, GEORGIA Write to Over $350.000 invested at present in building operations now in progress. $100,000 recently appropriated by the city for additional paving of streets and White Way. -V ... ■ -f. , 4' .v mi fw. **'•(*:: ' --.... a ppp Uliilgfiniflihstut HCdfl Ol UUC b ivuou.Cdt) UWUtOi. *;V B wBB & E-§ ' * ijc uptirf mj&i mpjtd' i !- i ilSi f ■ ¥ iiypj IfeM ‘JjjC ME nVuJ kJ ji t ■ BBTrT HMHl- ‘ * > off? i ifli BwwflSj 36 hours from New York, and 30 hours from Chicago. On the National High way from New York to Florida. Within five hours of the Atlantic Seaports of the South. $8,000,000 worth of COTTON marketed here, to date, for the year of 1913.