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HE.VRST’R SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, 0 A., SUNDAY, DECEMRUR 7, 19in.
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Carnegie Library,
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Cordele Is Accessible Over Main Lines oi 4 GREAT RAILWAY SYSTEMS
Crisp County Court House,
Cordele, Ga.
The following data covering the last eight genre’ growth of Cordele and Crisp County, Georgia. is the most rorwtnotnp
testimony that could be presented for the consideration of Investors and Manufacturers of all kinds, and eloquently attests
to the abundant resources and overwhelming advantages of that section of Georgia. We commend this article to our readers
as deserving their most oareful attention.—THE EDITOR.
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WE WANT
M-O-R-E
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.
Churches
Therp are no finer
CHURCHES in the
South than thoee 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 modem farm
ers who desire strangers
to consider their coun
try and the advantages,
that are to h* found in
It.
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 OORDELE 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
’ opportunity to PROVE that CORDEEE offers more at the present time than
any other section of the South to-day.
Write to
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
CORDELE, GEORGIA
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.
On the National High
way from New York to
Florida.
Over $7,000,000 worth
of manufacturing here
in the last eleven
months.
$8,000,000 worth of
COTTON marketed
here, to date, for the
year of 1913.
Within five hours of
the Atlantic Seaports
of the South.
36 hours from New
York, and 30 hours
from Chicago.
Read Here the Result of EIGHT
YEARS Progress in Cordele, Ga.
1905
1913
GAIN
Population . . . 3987 8104 100 per cent
Bank Clearings . $25,000,000 $85,000,000 265 per cent
Total business for year $8,948,240 $33,413,878 270 per cent
Taxable City Property $1,000,000 $3,455,816 298 per cent
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 be 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?