^■59 7 FOR SALE LOCATED ON THE LINES OK THE ^^SYSTEMDi^ "The fruit paradise of the world is along the line of the Central Railroad of Georgia." ISSUED BY THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL R. R OF GA. SYSTEM. SAVANNAH, GA. September asth, 1895 VMtNWt nun PftNT, SAVANMAH, «A. S.MITIISOXIAX DKl'OSIT. OUTHERN pARMS FOR SALE LOCATED ON THE LINEtS OK THE ^system:^ ^^ "The fruit paradise of the world is along the hne of the Central Railroad of Georgia." ISSUED BY THE PASSENGER DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL R. R OF GA. SYSTEM. September 25th, 1895. SAVANNAH, GA. #^ omj^-3.?^kecS sind iMestoti It is a conceded fact that to-day the South is recognized as the richest and most favored portion of America. This not only applies to the productivity of its soil, its diversified crops, its vast mineral and timber resources, but to its delightful and healthful climate, the absence of ice and snow and droughts as compared with the North, East and West. The Central Railroad of Georgia, through this jiamphlet desires to make known to home seekers, capitalists, investors and to Northern and Western farmers the advantages and opportunities for successful life and successful investment in farm lands and other properties located along the 1,424 miles of its system in the States of Alabama and Georgia. This great system, with its many feeders and connections, permeates all the most productive parts of the State of Georgia and reaches many important points in Alabama. It is the principal highway of travel between the many prosperous towns in Georgia and Alabama, extending from ISirmingham, Montgomery and Atlanta through Columbus, Macon, Eufaula Albany, Americus and Augusta to Savan- nah, the great Seaport of the Southern States, from which is exported annually about one million bales of cotton alone, and which is the largest naval stores market in the world. Freight rates being determined by a commission in Georgia, and under legal regulations in Alabama, are low. The markets of the North, East and West are easily reached by thoroughly equipped fast freight lines. The most prompt and satisfactory line between the East and South is by way of vSavannah and the several ocean steamship lines plying from that port, there being frequent sailings of first-class passenger and freight steamers direct between Savannah and Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. The steamer lines between Savannah and New York, Philadelphia and Boston are controlled by the Central Eailroad of Georgia. The eyes of home seekers have gradually been turning from the vast expanses of prairie and table lands of the Noithwest, toward the fertile fields and the wealth- abounding mountain districts of the Sunny South. They have been opened to the great opportunities which this section presents. In order that they may view the ■'•'Promised Land," low excursion rates have been granted by the several railroad lines into this section. Land seekers cannot fail to see the advantage in moving to a partly devel- oped country rather than to a territory separated by great distances from the commercial centers, away from railroads and devoid of the comforts and conveniences of civilized communities. The great resources of the South, in agriculture, mining and for manufacturing purposes are limitless. TJie late Wendall Phillips, in an address before the Boston Mechanics Society, several years ago, said: "The handwrit- ing is so plain on the wall that none but a fool need mistake it, New England is doomed just as sure as natural laws will produce fixed results. New England has no soil worth mentioning, and her wealth has all been derived from her manufactures. These are gradually leaving her, and even- tually they will all go; some to the West, but most to the South, where the advantages for profitable manufacturing are all located. The coal and iron in the South are easilv gotten at, and inexhaustible in amount, and the iron mills, foundries and machine shops can go to them better than they can be carried to the shops. Then the cotton and woolen mills must go there, for the raw materials are, and are to be produced there, most cheaply, uniformly and better. Then look at the advantage of the extra hours of daylight in a year's run. This, of itself, is no small matter. As the South grows stronger, the wealth, culture and power of the country will be centered there, until she will become, not alone the mistress of America, but the central empire of the world." We wish to direct, especially, the attention of all parties contemplating locating in the South, or seeking investments in profitable enterprises, toward the great States of the South — Georgia and Alabama. These States are unsurpassed for agricultural pursuits, whose soil yields abundant crops of cereals, cotton, tobacco, fruit, and all the varied products peculiar to latitudes both North and South, and whose mineral deposits are richer in formation and more varied in character than can be found in any other State in the Union. Among the many products of the soil, we would mention cotton, oats, corn, wheat, hay, rice, sugar cane, peaches, grapes, melons, potatoes, figs, and vegetables. Minerals of economic importance and value are found in almost all parts of these States, Gold, in greater or less quantiiy, has been found, in paying quantities, principally in five belts crossing the States from the Northea.st to the Southwest. Silver, lead, copper and pyrites are found either within the gold belts or parallelling them in close proximity. But by far the most extensive and valuable of her minerals are her vast deposits of iron ore. The red ore beds, at their outcropping extend in an unbroken line for 129 miles, under- lying an extensive area. East of this, the brown ores are found in vast quantities, and of tlie richest quality. Lumber, turpentine and fertilizers are other important industriesr Bituminous coal, both for domestic and steam purposes, is found in inexhaustible quantities, both in North Georgia and the mountains of Alabama. The Fruit Paradise of the world is along the lines of the Central Railroad of Georgia, running through sections of Georgia which claim the unique distinction of having the largest peach, pear and plum orchards in the entire world. The rare sight of one and a quarter million of peach trees, thirty thousand pear trees, and plums and grape vines till the eye is tired counting, in one orchard, gives but a faint idea of the possibilities of the future of this great industry. The climate of Georgia and Alabama is equable, land is cheap, education of all classes liberally provided, churches are plentiful and taxes are light. All towns of any size are well supplied with banking facili- ties, and, while during the last year or so, business has been rather dull, yet there have been but few failures, and in comparison with the North and West, the business depres- sion has been felt lightly in the South, and all signs indi- cate a decided improvement and renewed activity and pros- perity. The South is now ripe for development, and with the addi- tion of further immigration from the North and West, and the skillful labor, energy and enterprise attributed to these yjeople, accompanied by a more liberal investment of capital, for which there is promise of abundant returns, the contin- ued progress and increasing prosperity of the States of Georgia and Alabama is assured. Come South, and you will find in these States the garden spot of America. Ex-Gov. W. J. Northen has done much in the past two years towards the advancement of Southern immigration. He has organized the Georgia Immigration and In- vestment Bureau, at Atlanta, Ga., of which he is Manager, and by extensive advertising, has secured several large colo- nies of Northern farmers, locating them in different i^arts of The South. To him we are indebted for certain matter contained herein. A partial list of properties located along the lines of the Central Railroad of Georgia system which are offered for sale has been obtained and will be found in the following pages. Attention is called to the fact that while in many cases prices are given for each piece of property, such prices are options which run for different lengths of time and cannot be guaranteed. In many cases possibly the property can be bought for a less amount than quoted. The owner's name or person controlling such property is given in order that par- ties interested can enter into correspondence direct before coming to see the property. TIMBER INTERESTS. The standing timbei- of Georgia is far more valuable than all the other property of the State, including real and per- sonal property, manufactures, mines, quarries, and railroads. The lauds in Southern Georgia upon which stand the pine forests sell for three or four dollars, perhaps less, an acre; while it has been estimated that the timber alone is worth fo7 an acre, and that there is a profit of |12 in putting it upon the market. The value of the yellow pine timber in the Southern part of the State runs up to the biilion mark. This timber now feeds several of the largest industries of Georgia, and furnishes the bulk of freight carried by a num- ber of railways. It has proved so profitable a field for in- vestment, that fears are entertained that these magnificent forests will be sacrificed to a too eager desire for gain. But the forests can readily be preserved by proper care and leg- islation, and the State would then have a perp(VLual source of revenue for herself and her people. In addition to the vast supply of valuable lumber cut yearly from the pine forests, the other products of the pine, such as spirits of turpentine and rosin, form the basis of the most considerable traffic of the State, that in naval stores. The value of yellow pine in Georgia and Alabama, although famous the world over, is not yet fully appreciated. It is one of the mos.t durable and ornamental of woods. It is easily worked, and is abundant enough to be practically eivhaustless. It is fast supplanting other woods for use in the building of railway cars and in furnishings for offices and residences. The value of the other timbers of these two States is also becoming better known every year and more used in the manufacturing industries. There is an abundance of white oak, together with other varieties of oak; chestnut and hickory and other hard woods. THE COST OF LANDS AND HOMES. Land can be bought almost anywhere in the States of Georgia and Alabama at almost any price. Timber lands are on the market at $1.50 an acre. Good farm lands can be had on easy terms, and in almost any county of these States at prices ranging from $1.00 to |15.00 an acre, according to the state of improvement, accessibility to railroads, etc. Desirable farm lands, readily accessible to railroads, produc- tive and capable of a high state of cultivation, can be bought for from |4 an acre up to $50. Taking $7 as a fair average price for good and accessible fai-m land, and supposing that thirty acres is sufficient for a, small farm, whether it is to be planted in grass, staples, or fruit, or whether it is to be used for dairying purposes, or stock-raising, a comfortable home for a small family can be secured in our farming sections for $1,000. This includes the land and houses. Smaller places, with less pretentious, yet comfortable homes, can be secured for very much less. For the small and "intensive" farm, for the truck farmer and gardener, for the cultivation of grapes, strawberries, and other fruit, ten acres is said to be enough. This small holding would cost merely a pittance. A farm of fifty acres, with houses, should not cost more than |1,500 to $2,000. It can be bought for less, and may cost more, according to condition, improvement, accessibility to railroads, etc. A farm of one hundred acres, with dwelling and out- houses, can be bought for |2,000 to |3,000. Usually the dwelling houses and out-houses are thrown in. The land sells for a certain sum, and the houses are not estimated at all in the general price. This is not the case, of course, of very small places. Larger bodies of land sell at proportion- ately lower rates. Easy terms, in yearly payments, may be arranged in nearly all purchases. SMALL FARMS AS INVESTMENTS. It is needless to say that the low price of lands is due to the fact that the farm lands have not been properly culti- vated and improved. Their value has not been understood or appreciated. Many planters are "land poor." They are poor largely because they have so much land it is a burden and an incumbrance. They imperish themselves in trying to maintain extensive plantations, when they could make better livings and become independent and comfortable upon (Binaller holdings. When they exhaust the natural fertility of one field, they clear up another, and so on, until an enor- mous plantation, containing enough land to support a county, is barren waste. A "small farmer" from the North or West, or from Central Europe, with his long-practiced economic methods, and his custom of making his land produce its utmost every year, and each harvest better than the former, will soon add several hundred per cent, to the productiveness of the soil, and increase porportionately the value of the land. In one instance in Southern Georgia, land was bought for ?12 an acre. It was planted in peaches. The trees cost |10 an acre; the planting |2; the fertilization |2; and the cultiva- tion for four years amounted to |10 ; making a total expendi- ture in four years including cost of land, |36 an acre. The ]>eaches brought in a net revenue in the fifth year of |191. The land was sold the same year for |70 an acre. If w^e de- duct the total expenses for the five years, |30, we have left the sum of |22.5 clear off of every acre in five years. The peach trees were then just in their prime, and were good for at ienst six more years. Lands that were bought a few years ago for five and ten dollars an acre, are now yielding a yearly profit in peaches and grapes of $100 an acre. 8 Truck farming or gardening pays equally as well. The «arly control of the Northern and Western markets gives the Boutbern farmer or gardener a sure profit in his crops every year. « GRASS OR STOCK- RAISING. Major W. H. Warren, of Augusta, Richmond county, Georgia, has demonstrated that there is great profit to be made from the raising of grass. From 92 acres he has cut 400 tons of hay, weighed after cured. The price obtained ranged from |20 to |25 per ton, realizing $8,000. The ex- pense of attention, cutting, bailing, etc., was |2,500; leaving a profit of |5,500, or |60 clear profit to the acre. For the present year he has raised 800 tons of hay on 227 acres. On 48 acres, this year, he raised, also, 2,435 bushels of oats; and, after harvesting the oats, cut two crops of grass from the same land. Mr. E. A. Copeland, of Greenesboro, in the Bermuda grass section, realized |153 clear profit from one acre of Burmuda. The following is the record of one acre of land, cultivated by lion. Felix Corput, in Polk county. The land was sown in Johnson grass and clover: First cutting, 4^ tons clover hay $56 25 Second cutting, 1^ tons Johnson grass 24 00 Third cutting, 1^ tons mixed hay 18 75 Income $99 00 Interest on land I 4 50 Stable manure 10 00 Saving crop 7 50 Expenses $22 00 Net income from one acre $77 00 In the same year that this crop was harvested in Georgia, we find from the Proceedings of the State Agricultural So- ciety of New York that the first premium was awarded to a raan who made a clear profit of $11 an acre! Mr. Corput ma]j:es, in Georgia, a clear profit of $77 on a single acre^ Mr. Copeland makes $153 clear profit on a single acre of Bur- muda, and Major Warren makes a clear profit of $60 an acre on a grass farm of 92 acres! Stock-raising is rapidly becoming one of the valuable re- sources of our farms. The next ten years will make aston- ishing developments in this line. Recent experiments ' in cattle-feeding have brought astonishing results in the use of cotton seed. Years ago we did not consider cotton seed worth the handling for any purpose whatever. First, we found they were good for manure. Next, we discovered they contained a valuable commercial product in their oil. This has been wonderfully remunerative. It has enriched largely those who have handled the seed. Without destroying either of these valuable elements, we find that we can get from 9 cottoii seed, fine product in beef and mutton, and still pre- serve all the oil, and almost every particle of fertilization. Sir J. B. Lawes is authority for saying that one ton of cotton seed meal, fed to a steer, will produce thirty dollars worth of manure. Dr. Jenkins, of the Connecticut Experiment Station, finds the manure from 2,000 pounds of wheat bran worth $10 43 2,000 pounds of corn meal worth 4 84 2,000 pounds of linseed meal worth 17 25 2,000 pounds of cotton seed meal worth .... 22 44 The -actual cost of feeding, these products at usual prices, he finds, after deducting their value as manure. Wheat bran I 7 57 Corn mftal 15 16 Linseed meal 10 75 Cotton seed meal 2 56 Tlie Burmuda lands of Central and Southern Georgia afford pasturage for stock nearly the entire year, and the young cane along the water courses furnishes sufficient pasturage for the winter. Thus we have natural pasturage that will keep cattle through the year without expense, and we have the cheapest food in the world — cotton seed. This latter is used with splendid results in fattening cattle for the market. DAIRYING. In New York it was thought that a profit of |48 to the cow was suflficient to justify a premium. The following statements, furnished by Mr. B. W. Hunt, of Eatonton, Putnam county, Middle Georgia, will show up well for conditions in this State, in comparison with the result of dairying in New York: There is good pasture in Georgia from April 9th to October 31st — 205 days. This means natural pasturage, and such made pastures as are unafl'ected by the weather between these dates. Hay feeding time ruuA from November 1 to April 8 — 160 days. The season of pasture is longer and the season of hay feeding much shorter in Southern Georgia. Taking the feed- ing season, however, from November 1 to April 8 — 160 days — winter feed will cost fourteen cents a day, or |22.40. The summer feeding will not cost more than three cents a day, or |6.15; making a total of .128.55 for feeding a cow a year. "The yield controls the profit. If the dairyman gets what is considered a good yield, viz.: .300 pounds of butter per cow a year, we have from butter alone $75, or a net profit of $46.45. Even a much lower yield per cow will still show a profit, and there is left a valuable product, viz: butter milk or sldnimed milk. My own farm books show from butter alone, at forty cents per pound, gross income for five years from 10 an average of about eighteen cows, |T,773.G3, say 11,554.73 a Year, or per cow each year, |8().37. I also sold much of the butter milk for an average of ten cents a gallon, which would bring the gross income largely over |100 per cow. Enough milk was fed on the farm to raise the calves. "Georgia cattle are practically free from tuberculosis and other deadly Northern diseases. Southern cattle fever will kill every mature cow it attacks, but as our cattle usually go through with this disease while calves, without the farmer being aware of the fact, and while they are so young, it is not dangerous, and it being a non-recurrent disease, they are thereafter immunes. I have long practiced with success ' giving the fever to all my milk-drinking calves, and we think no more of it than of vaccinating children to prevent small- pox.'' Mr. Hunt states, also, that last summer the farmers of Orange county, New York, informed him that milk brought thCiU 19-10 cents per quart. The Westchester county. New York, farmers said the condensed milk factories paid them 2 1-10 cents for milk from selected dairy farms. The Middle Georgia dairy farmers were at that time selling to the stores their butter at 25 cents per pound. If we allow 8 quarts milk to the pound of butter, they were getting about 50 per cent, moi'e for their dairy produce than the New York farmers. It may be added that butter milk, or skimmed milk, sells for five cents a quart, or twenty cents a gallon, in Savannah, which is more than milk with the cream brings in New York. The New York and Northern dairies are located on land costing several times, possibly ten times, as much as the lands of the Georgia dairy farms, and feeding is very much more expensive. This explains the way in which Mr. Hunt can realize a profit of |80 a year on each cow in his dairy, when |48 is considered worthy of a premium in New York. TRUCK FARMING. "Truck" farming, or the raising of vegetables and fruits for the market, is now carried on in every section of the South. It is very remunerative, and enables an active and intelligent farmer or gardener to make a certain and com- fortable living upon a small holding. Maior G. M. Ryals, who has a truck farm near Savannah, is one of the most successful vegetable growers in Georgia. Truck farming, he says, is a special business, and requires judgment, application and constant watchfulness. But his ex])erience shows that it pays handsomely. Major Ryals begins truck farming in the fall. Living near Savannah, he has a mild winter and an early spring. In the fall, October and November, cabbages are sown; in December and January they are set out. In March shipping com- mences. As soon as the cabbages are marketed, corn is 11 I)ianted. When this is ready to lay by, cow peas are sown broadcast. Fodder is gathered from the corn, and cow peas and vines are harvested for cattle and hog feed. As soon as the corn is gathered, radishes are planted, and these are sold in the winter market at the rate of $2 a box. All this is from the same land — four crops in a year. From the cabbage crop he gathers 400 crates to the acre. Eiglit to twelve cabbages fill a crate of three bushels. These crates sell for a little more than a dollar, say |1.35 a crate; or $540 from the cabage crop. The corn brings in something like $30. The radishes add enough to run the proceeds from this acre beyond |600. Sometimes Major Ryals plants the land in tomatoes after gathering his cabbages. The tomatoes are ready for mar- keting in May, June and July. The last month is the best, as there is then no conflict with the Florida crop. A crop of hay is cut after the tomatoes are gathered, which is used for feed for cattle. Then the fall crop of tomatoes is planted. This is ready in November, and is used mainly for seed. Here we have a crop of cabbages worth, say $540; a crop of toma- toes worth, say |40 an acre; a crop of hay for cattle feed; and a crop of potatoes; which would also run the income above |600 to the acre. The season around Savannah is so mild that Major Ryals raises his lettuce in the midwinter. The only protection needed is a sheet of "crocus" sacks spread above the plants. No expensive hot-houses and glass conservatories are neces- sary. Sweet or English peas are ready for the table on Christmas day, and are shipped to the North as early as January 5th. The Major says that he made enough money on English peas in one year to give him a tender regard for this vegetable the rest of his life! He raises 500 bushels of beets and 500 bushels of cucum- bers to the acre; realizing something like |400 or $500 an acre for the latter. One spring his cucumbers were cut down by a late frost. His neighbors suffered the same loss ; but the Major immediately replanted, and got a week's start on his competitors. That week's start netted him $2,500 in profits on cucumbers. In every section of Georgia the raising of tomatoes can be followed with profit. About Savannah good profits have ber D realized for years. Enormous quantities of this vegeta- ble or fruit are used in our larger cities of the South, but very little of the product is raised in Georgia. Tomatoes can be, and have been, raised near Atlanta, Ga., for instance, at a clear profit of $40 an acre. A gentleman in the vicinity of Talbotton, in Middle Georgia, shipped enough tomatoes from an acre to clear $20; and afterwards canned enough to net him $20 more. It is thought that much better results can be had. One advantage the tomato has is that it is picked g-reeu, and can be shipped by freight, thereby securing very 12 iijucli lower rates of transportation than usual for other veg- etables and fruits. RAISING HOGS AND SHEEP. The raising of hogs, although very much neglected, offers a fme opportunity to the farmer. In all kinds of farming there is a great deal of waste that could be well utilized in feeding hogs. Besides we have excellent natural ranges in the canes and Burmuda fields for these animals. When fatten- ing, or better care is needed, the potato (sweet), the ground- nat (peanut, or groundpea, known also as "goober"), and the chufa afford excellent and abundant winter feed. All three cropf could be used, thus affording a greater variety in the feed. Mr. John O. Matthews, of Screven county, raises hogs and plants potatoes just for their use. The hogs get their feed by rooting, and the potatoes are kept fresh and sound in the earth all the winter, and there is no trouble or labor expended in harvesting and preserving them. His expe- rience is that there is a fine profit to be made in raising hogs ii' this way. Wherever the experiment has been tried the raising of hogs has proved successful ^nd profitable. With peanuts, chafas and potatoes to furnish cheap and nutritious fatten- ing food for the winter and with the natural ranges for them in spring, summer and fall, they can be raised more cheaply than anywhere else in the United States. As to a market, we have one at our doors. Georgia now buys her pork and bacon from the Northwest, merely because hogs are not raised here. In the manual on sheep husbandry in Georgia, issued by the State Agricultural Department some j^ears ago, we are told that Mr. David Ayer, in Southwest Georgia, reports that his sheep, 3,500 in number, cost him annually fourteen cents per head, and he clipped each year three prounds of un- washed wool, which sold at thirty cents per pound, giving a clear profit of ninety per cent, on the money and labor in- vested in sheep. Lands suited for sheep raising can be pur- chased in this State at from three to ten dollars per acre. These results Mr. Ayer produced from native sheep. If his sheep had been crossed on improved breeds, the results would have been increased at very little or no perceptible additional cost. In the same pamphlet it is further stated that Mr. Mc- DoAvell, of Pennsylvania, keeps 650 sheep, at a cost of |1.54 annually per head. Mr. McDowell made a clip of four pounds of brook-washed wool per sheep, and sold it at fifty-six centh per pound, or |2.24 for each sheep sheared. His net ])rofitK he estimates at forty-six per cent, on the capital in- vested. The land on which Mr. McDowell's sheep are pas- tured cost just five times as much per acre as Mr. Ayer's land. 13 It has been practically demonstrated that a sod of Bur- muda grass on lands unprofitable for cultivation will sup- port five sheep to the acre for nine months in the year. For the remaining three months of the year, at little cost, sheep can be furnished with grazing upon rye, with the aid of rutabaga turnips, which can be grown in abundance upon our average lands, made more and more fertile from year to year by the sheep themselves. One hundred sheep regularly folded will fertilize eight acres of land each year so as to increase the yield one hun- dred per cent. There are now less than half a million sheep in Georgia. Th(? State could profitably maintain four millions, and the increased value of crop products would be at least five mil- lion dollars. One farmer in South Georgia is able to put early spring lambs on the market in New York at the marvelous price of fifteen dollars apiece, with an average for the entire sea- son of five dollars per head. It must be remembered that our mild winters and early springs give us great advantage in this as other agricultural interests over sections north of us. STOCK RAISING. The raising of stock is an industry for which Georgia is especially adapted. The mild climate, splendid natural pas- turage furnished by Bermuda grass and cane, and the abund- ance of water, offer advantages that are unapproached else- where. Mr. John L. Dickey, who owns 4,500 acres of land on the Ogeechee River in Jefferson county, in eastern Middle Georgia, gives his experience in stock raising as follows: For the past three years he has conducted his stock farm. lie raises a high grade of horses and mules. The result has been highly satisfactory. Stock can be raised with less ex- pense here than anywhere else in the United States, not ex- cepting Tennessee or Kentucky. His pastures last the en- tiie year. The Bermuda grass, of which he has 1,200 acres, affords a splendid pasture all spring, summer and fall, and the cane furnishes pasturage all winter. He gives his stock no stall food. The pasturing is sufficient, and keeps his stock and cattle in such fine condition that beeves are fat enough for slaughter when taken from the field. Under these conditions, it costs Mr. Dickey less than |15 to raise a mule for two years, when he is ready for the mar- ket, and brings |125. He raises mules that are sixteen hands high at two years. Horses of standard trotting stock cost hira f 25 apiece to raise to two years. They bring |150 apiece. Mr. Dickey is successfully raising Jersey cattle, and is now introducing the Devon. 14 Land suitable for such stock farms can be bought in the vicinity for |8 to |iO an acre; this means well watered land, wirh natural pasturage. Mr Dickey has planted 14,000 peach trees, and will soon have an orchard of 100 acres. Tha country produces peaches of excellent flavor and qual- ity. He raised this year upon his farm forty-two bushels of oats to the acre, or 42,000 bushels from 1,000 acres. He says tliat this yield has never been equaled, to his knowledge, in the United States, upon so extensive a scale. This shows how varied are the products and opportunities of the State. FRUIT GROWING. Thc^ following article, which appeared in the columns of the Savannah Press, on the subject of fruit growing, will be interesting reading: The Land of the Fruit Grower. — The pioneer peach grower in Georgia is Mr. Samuel H. Rumph, of Marshallville. His orchards are midway between Marshallville and Fort Valley, on the Central i;. il. of Georgia. Willow Lake Nursery is situated in Houston county, and the superb trees of peaches and plums spring from the soil of the same fruit belt which ' made luxurious the Hale orchards of Fort Valley. The coun- try between Fort Valley and Marshallville, in fact, is one long string of orchards and vineyards. It is estimated that in these few miles are more fruit trees than any similar ter- ritor}' in the world. In a space which could be covered by the notes of the steam whistle there are 1,000,000 peach trees, 20,000 pear trees, and then come plum trees and grape vines until sight fails and sound falls away in the immensity of space. Years ago this land was worn and worked and almost ex- hausted with rapid succession of cotton crops. The war came, the slave left, and then arose the question, what shall be done with all this waste? Most of the farmers of Houston c(nmty were land poor. Among them was Samuel Rumph, n young boy, who had been left with a widowed mother and a large family of sisters and brothers. Living with the fam- ily was an elderly lady — the grandmother — who came to Georgia from Connecticut and who had a great idea of the value of the peach in the Northern market. She realized that an early Georgia peach, if it could be shipped promptly and safely to the North, would be of immense value.. This Ider. she impressed upon her grand-son with all the zeal of a hobby and the young boy in 1868 had the good sense to adopt it. It may be recorded that when the ^reat orchards of Willnrd Lake had become sources of immense revenue the elderly lady was still living to see the full fruition of her plan. She died in 1893 in the 88th year of her age. 15 It must not be expected that these orchards grew up in a single night. Great work isn't accomplished that wa}^ The industry was a new one in Georgia. The way was long and the interest was attended by many discouragements. There was nothing to guide Samuel Kumph in his new departure except his own experience, and year after year it seemed that ne was pursuing a barren hope. His neighbors laughed at the idea of a man ever making a living out of a peach farm. The blight came and the frosts fell, and the worms appeared, and nature seemed to conspire against this Uto- pian dream. But young Rumph worked early and late. He watched every tree, improved every graft, developed every promising peach, and looked after his shipments. He placed all his eggs in one basket, but he watched the basket. He had faith in his work. He knew that in the end nature must yield. Pretty soon he found that his peaches readily be- came bruised in shipping and that hundreds of crates were useless. So he set about developing a fine, large variety, v;idch, when perfected, he named the Elberta, in honor of his wife. T(-i give some idea of the value of this estate, I may say that Mr. Rumph sold one crop of peaches at |52,000 and an- other at 164,000. His place is a model. His home is ele- gr.ntiy appointed, with water works, electric lights, and a long line of telephone reaching to his orchards, packing hour^es, and to the railway station. The front yard is a bower of shrubs and flowers, the.place is skirted by Spanish oaks, while 80,000 peach trees are bearing their rich offer- ings day and night in sight of all this comfort. From sup- })lying the local trade, Mr. Rumph has now become one of the largest shippers of fruit in the South. He has just started a new place near Marshallville. In 1884 Mr. Rumph planted a peach orchard near Fort Valley. This fruit com- menced to bear in 1889, and in that year alone there were shipjjed from that town 137 carloads of peaches. This year the shipments of all the orchards from Marshallville brought into the fruit growers of that part of Macon and Houston counties over |200,000. Besides peaches, Mr. Rumph has the largest plum orchard in 1he world. There are over 15,000 Japanese plum trees in one place, and in the nursery near by there are 200,000 seed- liQgs, worth 115,000 whenever they are sold. He has 30,000 raspberry bushes in cultivation. Mr. Rumph's friends pre- di"''^-'s. No buildings. 4,000 to 4,500 Elberta peach trees, which are come into bearing this year. A good building site on this ^m$ '-\- ■ K 33 property facing 3rd avenue, which is the southern boundary. Eighth of a mile from Buena Vista. |6,000. No. 907. (A). 1.30 acres, all fenced, and 75 under plow; well wa- tered and timbered; 25 acres in oak and hickory and 30 in pine. No improvements. 2^ miles from Buena Vista but one-fourth mile from railway station. $1,250. No. 908. (A), 93 acres, all cultivated, well watered by 3 good springs and 3 branches. 1^ miles from Buena Vista. Small tenant house of 2 rooms, and barn. |S00 ; half cash, balance to suit purchaser. No. 909. (A). 305 acres, 100 under plow, 75 in oak, hickory and pine, well watered. 2 good houses, 4 rooms in one and 2 in the other; barn and cotton house; good location for cotton fac- tory. Within sight of Buena Vista. Some fruit. 2 miles from the county seat. |1,500, which can be paid on easy terms. No. 110. (A). A lot 25x105 feet in Buena Vista, 3 blocks from the railway station, and one block from the Court House. Oc- cupied now by a small store-house. Desirable place for hard- ware or furniture store. |650; on easy terms. No. 911. (100 R). 405 acres in one body, 4 miles from the town of Buena Vista, all under rail fence, in good condition; 275 acres of upland, 125 of first bottom, 350 in cultivation, 62 of pasture, 100 of fine growth of oak and hickory. 4-room frame dwelling, in good repair; 3 tenant houses and 1 gin- house; gin-house not now in use. This is a splendid place, being moderately level and well watered, situated in good community, convenient to schools and churches, railway and market. $2,500. No. 912. (101 R). 707^ acres, 3 miles south of Buena Vista, the county seat; about 400 acres cleared for cultivation, balance in timber; convenient to market, schools and churches. Im- provements consists of 6-room cottage and a 2-room tenant house, with barns and stables. |2,800. No. 913. (318 B— corrected from 2d Series). A magnificent planta- tion of 1,000 acres; finely watered by 5 or 6 branches run- ning through the property and by a large creek. Situated 26 miles from Columbus, and 8 from Buena Vista, the county seat of Marion. Postoffice and school within 1 mile, and the station of Glenalta, on the Savannah & Western Railway, is only 1 mile distant. Comfortable house of 4 rooms, we'll finished and heated; besides IG tenant houses, and a large 2-story barn, carriage house, etc. Property under good fence. Improvements cost $10,000. 3 34 No. 932. (A). 135 acres, 40 in pine. Mulatto and gray soil. Very productive. 1 mile from church and school and 2 from post- office. |1,080; 1540 cash, balance 1 year. Monroe county is in Central Georgia, its elevation is 500 to 800 feet above the sea, the land is very productive and lies well for farming. Monroe county is situated in Northern Central Georgia, be- tween Atlanta and Macon. Its county seat, Forsyth, is one of the most progressive little cities in the State, with a pop- ulation of about 2,000. It is on the Central Railroad, 76 miles from Atlanta and 27 from Macon. It is healthful, as is the entire county, and is a delightful place for a home. The farm lands of Monroe are well adapted to general crops, to grain, grasses, clover, fruit and vegetables. The county lies in the best grape section of the State, and is splendidly suited to the culture of peaches, pears and all the small fruits. Its superior railway facilities, being traversed by the Central Railroad, w^hich furnishes rapid and abundant transportation, make it especially adapted to dairying and market gardening. All products of farm, orchard, vineyard and dairy find ready market in Macon and Atlanta. No. 933. (A). 265 acres, 10 fenced, 120 under plow, 10 original oak and hickory. Watered by 2 wells, several springs, and branches, and 1 creek. Soil good. Quantity of fruit — 200 apples, 12 pears, 3 plums, 400 peaches. Comfortable resi- dence of 6 rooms, all heated ; barn, cribs, stables, wagon and buggy shelters, 2 tenant houses of 2 rooms each. Splendid natural pasture summer and winter. 2 miles from railway station, 6^ from Forsyth. |2,385; half cash, balance 1 year. ■' - >■".■: ^ No. 934. (A). 202| acres, 20 fenced, 70 under plow, 70 in second growth pine and 15 in original pine forest. 2 wells, 2 small branches. 2 dwellings, 1 of 2 rooms, and 1 of 4 rooms, heated. Stables, barn, etc. Soil productive. 3 miles from railway station, 4* from county seat — Forsyth. |1,350; half cash, balance in 1 and 2 years. No. 935. (A). 301^ acres, 135 under plow, 10 in oak and 50 in pine. Well watered by springs and branches. Soil productive. 2-story house, and 3 tenant houses, with stables, etc. 3 miles from Forsyth. |2,000 ; third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. No. 936. (A). 600 acres, nearly all fenced, 100 under plow, the rest in Bermuda grass and old field pine, with 50 acres in oak and hickory. Magnificent pasturage. Comfortable 2-story house of 6 rooms, 4 heated; 1 barn, with stables and cribs. 3 log cabins for tenants. Soil very productive. 4 miles from rail- way station and 8 from Forsyth. |5,000. 35 No. 937. (A). 330 acres, 150 under plow, 50 in oak and hickory, 100 in pine. Watered by springs and branches. 2-story resi- dence of 7 rooms, 4 heated ; 1 barn, with crib, buggy house, smolve-house, and several smaller houses, 4 tenant houses, each with barns and shelters. A well-equipped place. 6 miles from Forsyth. |3,000 ; third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. No. 938. (A). 161 acres, 75 under plow, rest in oak and pine. Wa- tered by springs, branches and Towaliga River. Residence of 2 rooms, with stable, cribs and shelters. 5 miles from railway, 6^ from Forsyth. |l,27o.; third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. No. 939. (A). 250 acres, 100 under plow, rest in oak and pine. Wa- tered by wells and springs and Towaliga River, which flows through the property. Good soil. 2-room residence. 5 miles from railway and 6^ from Forsyth. |2,200; third cash, bal- ance 1, 2 and 3 years. No. 940. (A). 2021 acres, 100 under plow, 15 in hickory and 15 in oak. 2 cre^eks, 1 well. Small cabin. 1^ miles from railway station, 6 from Forsyth. $3-00 an acre. No. 941. (A). 992 acres, 400 under plow, 100 in oak and hickory, 300 in pine. 5 wells, several springs and creek. Comforta- ble 6-room house, 4 rooms heated; 2 barns, 2 corn-cribs, to- gether with frame house of 4 rooms, another of 2 rooms and 1 of 1 room; carriage house, 2 wagon shelters and gear rooms. On another part of same property is a 4-room- resi- dence recently built with necessary out-houses; and on still another part of the same property a 4-room residence, 2 barns, corn sheds and 4 tenant houses. This is a very desira- ble place ; about 100 acres in Bermuda grass, furnishing mag- nificent pasturage. $11,000; half cash, balance in 1 and 2 years. No. 942. (A). 140 acres, 85 under plow, balance in oak, hickory and pine. Springs and streams. No improvements. 1^ miles from Barnesville, and 2 miles from Goggins' Station on Central Railroad. |15.00 an acre; |1,200 cash, balance in 1 and 2 vears. No. 943. (A). 100 acres, 70 under plow, 15 in original hard wood, 5 in pine. 2 wells, spring and branch. 3-room residence, all heated ; 1 barn, 2 tenant houses, wagon shelter, 2 storage houses. Place lies immediately on the Central Railroad, 1^ miles from Forsyth. |2,750 ; half cash, balance 1 year. No. 944. (A). 200 acres, 100 under plow, 25 in oak and hickory, and 50 to 75 in pine. Wells, springs, streams. 3-room residence. 36 heated; barn, frame house of 3 rooms, cribs, cotton house, etc. Some fruit. 6^ miles from Forsyth. |10 an acre; third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. No. 945. (A). 715 acres, 100 fenced, 350 under plow, 200 in oak, pine and hickory. Wells, creeks, springs and branches. Fine orchard of good fruit, 250 peach trees and grape vineyard of an acre and a half, 100 acres of fine pasture, comfortable 6-room house; 4 or 5 barns, about a dozen tenant houses, 1 gin-house with screw, cane mill and small cribs. A very de- sirable place. 3 miles from railway station. Half mile from church, postoffice and school. |7,865. No. 946. (A). 1^00 acres, 50 fenced, 300 in hardwood, 4 wells, sev- eral springs and small streams. 5-room house, well built and heated; 2 barns, 8 tenant houses, cribs and stables. 2 miles from railway station, 8 from Forsyth. 400 peach trees, some apples and plums. |10 an acre; $5,000 cash, balance in I and 2 years at 8 per cent. No. 947. (A). 1,030 acres, 75 fenced, 500 under plow, 175 in oak and hickory, 200 in pine and 150 in pasture. Watered by several streams and springs. Some fruit on place. Comfortable house of 5 rooms, 3 heated; 1 barn, 2room frame house and 4 1-room houses; new gin-house and fixtures in good condi- tion. Well equipped place. School and church within 1 mile; postoffice in center of lot; railway station 1^ miles, county seat 10 miles. |11 an acre; half cash, balance 1 year. No. 948. (A). 842^ acres, 10 fenced, 250 under plow, 12 in oak and hickory, 400 in pine. Watered by never-failing streams. Quantity of apples, peaches, cherries, plums, and berries. Comfortable 6-room house, 4 heated ; 12 tenant houses. Soil excellent and location good. 2 miles from railway station, II from county seat. $10 an acre. No. 949. (A). 760 acres, 160 under plow, 80 in oak and hickory. A number of fine wells, springs and branches. Excellent pas- turage. Small stables and 5 tenant houses. 3^ miles from railway, 14 from county seat, 3 from church, school and post- office. This place can be bought, together with the next 2 following places, forming together 3,290 acres; well adapted to the purpose of colony. Price of this lot $8 an acre. No. 950. (A). 1,500 acres, 300 fenced, 300 under plow, 100 in orig- inal hardwoods, 200 in pine. Finely watered by wells, springs (4 of them being mineral springs), 2 creeks, and 7 branches. Soil excellent. Large comfortable house of 8 rooms, 7 heated; 1 barn, 2 stables, 4 out-houses, wagon shelter, and 12 tenant houses. Fine orchard of apples and peaches. One- eighth mile from railway station, 3 from church, school and 37 postoffice, 14 from county seat. $12,000; half cash, balance in 1 year. This place would make a magnificent stock or dairy farm, as there are 200 acres of fine bottom. No. 951. (A). 1,030 acres, 20 fenced and in pasture, 300 under plow ; 100 in oak and hickory and 400 in pine. Soil good. Com- fortable 7-room house, 4 heated ; 2 log cribs, carriage houses, wagon shelters, 8 nice double tenant houses. Some good fruit. Watered by five wells, springs and streams. 1^ miles from railway station, 12 from county seat. |8 an acre. This place, with the two preceding places, form a magnificent tract of 3,290 acres, admirably adapted for colonization. No. 952. (A). 2GG acres, 25 fenced, 100 under plow, 40 in original hardwood, 125 in pine. Well watered by creeks and branches. 2 tenant houses of 1 and 2 rooms. 2 stables, cribs, wagon shelters, etc. 3 miles from railway station, 14 from Forsyth. 2 miles from church, school and postoffice . $1,650. No. 953. (A). 11 acres, 7 under plow, well watered. Soil good. Quantity of fine fruit — 300 apples, 12 pears, 600 peaches, half acre of small fruits. House of 3 rooms, heated. 1 barn,, wagon and buggy shed, store-room and 2-room house for yards, excellent mill site, with corn mill and ginnery and saw- mill. Half mile from Central Railroad, 3 from station, 8 from Forsyth, half mile from church, 1 from school. $3,500; half cash, balance 1 year. No. 954. (A). 215 acres, 60 under plow, 10 fenced, 60 in pine forest, some oak and hickory. Well watered; soil excellent. Resi- dence of 4 rooms, 3 heated; shelters, stables, 2 barns. 2 miles from Forsyth. $15 an acre ; half cash, balance 1 year. No. 955. (A). 100 acres, 80 under plow, 15 acres in pine, oak and hickory ; well watered. Residence of 3 rooms ; barn, stables, 2 cabins. 2i; miles from Forsyth. 1,100 peach trees, making about 11 acres in this fruit. $11 an acre ; third cash, balance to suit. No. 956. (A). 335 acres, 200 fenced, and 200 under plow, 75 in oak and pine. Well watered, and has fine meadow for. stock, 200 peach trees, 1^ acres in vineyard. 50 solid in Bermuda and clover, making magnificent pasture. 1:^ miles from Forsyth. $18 an acre. No. 957. (A). 1,200 acres, 600 under fence, 450 under plow, 250 acres in original hardwood and 250 in pine. Watered by wells, springs and branches. 300 apple trees, 50 pears, and 3,500 peaches. 3,000 trees will bear their first crop this year. Gin on the creek in good condition. Comfortable 8-room house, 5 rooms heated; 2 barns, cribs and 7 tenant houses. 39 100 acres in fine pasture, and 100 acres of splendid bottom lauds which will produce GO bushels of corn to the acre. This is a very valuable place. 2 miles from Forsyth. |12 an acre. No. 9.58. (A). 240 acres, 35 fenced, 80 under plow, 50 in hickory, oak and pine; well watered. Kesidence 3 rooms, heated. 1 barn, cribs, cotton house, and potato house. 50 acres in fine pasture. Some fruit. 3 miles from Forsyth. |12 an acre. No. 050. (A). 150 acres, GO under plow, 40 in pine and oak. Well watered. 2 cabins 1 room each, 100 apple trees. 2-| miles from Forsyth. A good place, and admits of being made an admirable farm, but has been neglected. |9 an acre. No. 9G0. (B). 200 acres, 100 under plow, 100 in oak and pine. Wa- tered by a fine well, 1 creek, 3 branches and 4 springs. Com- fortable residence of 1^ stories of 7 rooms and basement; well heated. 2 barns, cribs, stables, 4 good 1-room tenant houses. This is a poultry farm, admirably equipped. Owner will sell at reasonable price stock of fancy poultry, hogs, etc., with the reputation of the farm. There is a quantity of good fruit— 400 apple trees, 100 pears, 100 plums, 1,500 peaches, 10 cherries, large quantity of grapes, strawberries, mulberries, pecans, English walnuts, etc., all of excellent variety. Some of the fruit trees are in bearing, and all are in fine condition. This is a very valuable place, situated a half mile irorS the railway station of Bolingbroke, and 12 miles from Forsyth; 2 miles from church and school and 1 mile of postoffice. |4,000 for farm alone; |5,000 for farm, stock, poultry and everything. No. 9G1. (A). G80 acres in a body, about 3 miles from Dames Ferry, on the Ocmulgee Eiver. Fine bottoms and good uplands. A fine stock farm. Buildings in fair condition. |4,500. No. 962. (A). 640 acres, 6 miles from railw^ay station. A very fine farm ; good uplands and rich bottoms. Good 6-room dwell- ing and good out-houses. One of the best farms in this sec- *^o^- 15,000. No. 963. (B). A farm just outside the town limits of Forsyth, con- taining 40 acres, within 300 yards of the railway station, and fronting on the main street about 400 yards. The house is a square, 2-story, old-fashioned frame' building, with 8 rooms, besides 2 that could be used as kitchens to each half of the house. The property is fenced in with wire fencing into various sized lots. A good stream runs through one end of It, and there is a fine well of pure water. An orchard of 800 peach trees and a vineyard of 300 grape vines about 2 years old. Being so near Macon and Atlanta, where everv- 40 thing that is raised upon the place can be sold, it would be admirably adapted to a dairy or truck farm. It is within 300 yards"^ of the college. Price |2,500, upon following terms : Two mortgages now upon the place would have to be as- sumed, one for $600 that has about 3 years to run, at 8 per cent., and one of 1450 which can be paid off at any time, and can probably be continued if desired, at 8 per cent. The payments will be made to suit the purchaser, except that |650 would have to be paid cash, and balance with 7 per cent, interest. Possession can be given January 1st. No. 964. (B). 1,700 to 5,000 acres, 1,000 in cultivation, balance in good woodland. 1,700 acres controlled, but could get 5,000 if needed. Good water power on Tobesofkee Creek. 3 miles from Bolingbroke, on the Central Railroad. 8 or 10 tenant houses. Would make very desirable place for colony. Big and Little Tobesofkee Creeks and a spring branch water the tract. The soil is good and well adapted to orrain, grasses and fruits. Place only 12 miles from Macon, on a good road. $10 an acre; terms to suit purchaser. No. 994. (104 B). 600 to 800 acres of excellent land, one of the best stock farms in Middle Georgia; near Barnesville, accessible to railway and markets. Land suitable also for fruit and vegetables. Barnesville is quite a center of education, there being a number of excellent schools. Churches, and post- office and railway station near. Fuller description, price and terms on application. No. 1019. (A). 557 acres in a body, 2 miles from Coleman Station. 50 .acres bottom, balance upland. Lands of good quality and lie well. Improvements in fair condition. Place well wa- tered and timbered. Good neighborhood. $2,500. No. 1020. (A). 397 acres in a body about 13 miles north of Cuthbert. All upland, lies well and in good state of cultivation. Im- provements fair. Price, $1,200. No. 1021. (107 B). lO-acre lot in city of Cuthbert. Fine building lot. Land in high state of cultivation, having been carefully im- proved for 5 years; 105 yards front on Main street, running 350 yards back, with street on south side. Splendid garden or vegetable farm; just on edge of city limits, and is a fine location for a home. $2,000, or will exchange for property in Atlanta. Cuthbert is a delightful city, with all advant- ages of schools, churches, railways, etc. No. 1022. (108 B). Cotton mill for sale or lease, or will sell half in- terest. Property is located at Cuthbert, on Central Railroad, between Dawson and Georgetown. Cost originally $65,000. Capacity about 4,000 pounds yarn per annum. Could be 41 started up in a few days, as everything is in running order. Mill was closed in January. Property consists of mill and 66 acres of land. Factory building is 50x80 feet, with wmg 35x25 feet; 2 stories, engine room and boiler shed, ware- house, office, and 11 tenement buildings for operatives. Tax exemption for 10 years if mill is started. |15,000. No. 1040. (B). 1,500 acres, 350 fenced, 150 under plow, well tim- bered and watered by the Ogeechee River, well and branches. Residence of 4 rooms, besides dining-room and kitchen ; barn, 5 tenant houses. A dam and foundation for water mill; 2 large gin-houses— one of them at the station— a large store- house at station, and a small dwelling house at same place. Good stand for mercantile business. The property is right at the station of Cameron, on the Central Railroad, and rail- way runs through it for 1^ miles. Quantity of fruit— apples, pears, plums, 65 peaches, 3 pecans, 10 walnuts. Soil very fertile. $7,500; |4,000 cash, balance in 1 year. No. 1044. (A). 200 acres, 130 under plow, 4 acres of fine pasture, 63 of good timber ; well watered. 2 houses of 3 rooms each, 2 barns, stables. This is a fruit farm, with 44 acres in peaches, all Elbertas except 10 acres; 14^ acres in apples, 5 in plums. All fruits are of the very best varieties. 95 acres of fruit now in bearing. The houses are ordinary. Beautiful building spot overlooking Griffin, and property adjoins the State military encampment grounds. 1 mile from Griffin. |10,000; half cash, balance in 1 and 2 years. Spalding is one of the best counties in the State. The soil and climate are splendidly adapted to general farming and especiallv to fruits of all kinds. Graces and all small fruits do exceedingly well. The climate is delightful and salu- brious. The railway facilities are very superior; the Cen- tral, and a branch of the Central, pass through the county, affording unsurpassed transportation to and from every part of the county. Griffin, the county seat, is a delightful and progressive city, with good society and fine educational ad- vantages. It is 43 miles from Atlanta and 60 from Macon. These cities give excellent home markets for the product of farm, orchard, vineyard and dairy. No. 1045. (A). 512 acres, 75 fenced, 300 under plow, 30 in pine, 50 in original forest of oak, hickory and other hardwoods. Com- fortable 6-room house, 3 barns, cribs, stables, etc. Land lies along public road for 1 mile; can be cut up into small farms. 15 acres in peaches, 4 in apples, 2 in plums. An excellent fruit farm. 1^ miles from Griffin. |10,000; third cash, bal- ance in 1 and 2 years. No. 1046. (A). 100 acres, 85 under plow, 3-room house, barn, etc. Some fruit. Land well adapted to fruit and vegetables. Half 42 mile from railway station, 4^ from Griffin. |1,5U0; third cash, balance 1 and 2 years. No. 1051. (A). 20,000 acres in one body. A magnificent tract of land, in good state of cultivation; finely timbered and watered. Two railroad stations on property. Gins, engines and ma- chinery- all on the place. Storehouses, postoffice, and good buildings. A splendid body for subdivision or for coloniza- tion. Very cheap. Terms on application. No. 1053. (A). 607^ acres, lands of fair quality and well supplied with timber and water. Improvements fair. $1,000. No. 1054. (A). 554^ acres, upland and bottom. Well supplied with timber and water and in a fair state of cultivation. Improve- ments fair. $1,500. No. 1056. (A). 440 acres, 100 under plow, 100 fenced, abundance of pine and oak. Springs, wells and streams. Soil sand}', clay sub-soil, very productive. Plain 4-room house, barn and stables. Land in high state of cultivation, and is finely adapted to general farming, fruit and stock raising. 3 miles from railway and county seat, Butler, and 1^ from church and school. This county is in splendid farming and fruit section, and all lands given herein are well adapted to peaches, pears, melons, grapes and berries. Price of this place |4 an acre. No. 1057. (A), 190 acres, in pine and oak timber. Good farming land. Three-quarters of mile from railway and 1 from But- ler. Very desirable place. Price |4 an acre. No. 1058. (A). 607^ acres, 200 under plow^ and fence, rest in oak and pine. Watered by wells, springs and streams. 4-room dwell- ing, barn, cribs and stable. Soil good; in high state of cul- tivation. 5 miles from railway and 6 from Butler; 1^ from church and school. Price |5 an acre. No. 1059. (A). 455 acres, 20 under plow and fenced. Improvements poor. Abundance of oak and pine timber. Good farm land, fertile. Quarter mile of railway station and 3 from Butler. Price |4 an acre. No. 1060. (A). 202| acres, in pine and oak timber. Good farm land; 2^ miles from railway station and from Butler. Price 12.50 an acre. No. 1061. (A). 405 acres, 60 under plow and fenced; rest in oak and pine. Wells and springs; soil good; small dwelling of 2 rooms, stables and cribs. 6 miles from Butler, 2^ from church and school. Price $2.25 an acre. 43 No. 10G2. (A) '^ 783 acres, 200 or 300 under plow and fenced, rest in pines' and oalvS. Wells, springs and streams; soil good; small plain dwelling, stables and cribs; 2 miles from Butler. Price |2 an acre. No. 1063. ( \) 405 acres, in original timber, mostly pine. Good land, watered bv streams. Would make a good farm for fruit or stock; G miles from railway station and 7 from Butler; ^^ from clinrch, school and postofflce. Price |1.25 an acre. No. 1064.' (A) 3034 acres, 50 under plow and fenced; abundance of oak timber; soil good; pure water; U miles from railway station and 7 from Butler; 1^ from church, school and post- office ; small houses and barns. Price |3.25 an acre. No. 1065. (\) "^62 1 acres of original pine and oak forest; soil ex- cellent; would make desirable farm; U miles from railway and 3Vfrom Butler. Price |2.25 an acre. No. 1066. (A) 405 acres in original oak and pine. Good farming land • watered by well, springs and streams. 3 miles from railway station and 5 from Butler. Price |4 an acre. No. 1067. (A) 1 570 acres, 500 under plow and fenced, rest in fine forest of pine, oak, hickory and poplar. W^ells, springs and streams. Improvements consist of tenant houses, barns and cribs. Soil good. 6 miles from railway station and from Butler, 2 from church, school and postofflce. Price |8 an acre. No. 1068. (A) 1 315 acres, 50 to 60 under plow and fenced, rest in pine, oak, and hickory forest. Good land. Well watered. Plain 2-room dwelling, barn and stables. 3 to 4 miles from Butler Price $2.50 an acre. No. 1069. (A). 506 acres, 100 under plow and fenced, rest in oak and pine forests. Wells and streams. Soil good. Plain 2-room house, cribs and stalls. Very desirable farm. 1^ miles from railway station, 2i from Butler, 2 from church and school. '' Price 12.50 an acre. No. 1070. (A). 202^ acres, 100 under plow and fenced, rest in oak and pine. Watered by wells and streams. Soil good. 4-room dwelling, stables and cribs. 6 miles from Butler and 1 from school and church. Price |5 an acre. No. 1071. (A). 607^ acres, 200 cultivated and fenced, rest in pine and oak. Soil good. Wells and streams. 4-room house, stables and cribs. 1 mile from railway and 2^ from Butler. Price 13.50 an acre. 44 No. 1072. (A). 505 acres, 200 under plow and fenced; rest in oak and pine. Soil good ; well watered. G miles from Butler, 2 from church and school. 4-room dwelling, stables and cribs. Price $3.50 an acre. No. 1073. (A). 505 acres, 200 under plow and fenced; rest in oak and pine. Soil good; well watered by streams and springs. 4-room dwelling, barns, stables and cribs. 6 miles from Butler and 2 from school and church. Price |8.50 an acre. No. 1074. (A). 1,207 acres, 200 under plow and fenced, rest in pine and oak. Well watered by springs and streams. Soil pro- ductive, sandy loam. Plain dwelling, 2 rooms; stables and cribs. 6 miles from railway station, 7 from Butler, 1^ from school and church. Price |3 an acre. No. 1075. (A). 303^ acres, 80 under plow and fenced, rest in pine and oak. Good soil; pure water; land lies well. 3-room dwelling, with barn and cribs. 6 miles from railway station, 7 from Butler, 2 from church and school. Price |4.25 an acre. No. 1076. (A). 1,012 acres in original pine and oak forest. Good farming land, with pure water and productive soil. Eighth of mile from railway station, and 2 from Butler. Price |3 an acre. No. 1077. (A). 405 acres, 75 under plow and fenced, rest in oak and pine. Soil good; well watered by wells and streams. Plain 2-room house, cribs and stables. 4 miles from Butler, 1^ from school and church. Price |2.50 an acre. No. 1078. (A). 4,688 acres, about 900 under plow and fence, rest in forest of oak and pine. Wells, springs and streams. Soil excellent. A number of small houses, from 1 to 6 rooms each, with barns, stables, etc. Can be divided into a number of small farms. Very desirable place. 1 mile from railway station and 2 from Butler, 1 from church and school. Would make fine fruit or stock farm and would suit a small colony. Price 13.25 an acre. No. 1079. (A). 202^ acres, 50 under plow and fence, rest in oak and pine. Well watered. Soil good. Small house, cribs and stables. 2 miles from railway station, 6 from Butler, 2^ from school and church. Price $3 an acre. No. 1080. (A). 101^ acres, 18 under plow and fence, rest in oak and pine. Pure water, good soil. Small house and stable. 1^ miles from railway station and 3 from Butler Price $3 an acre. 45 No. 1081. (A). 506^ acres, 200 under plow and fence, rest in pine and oak. Well and streams. Soil productive. 3-room house, cribs and stables. 2^ miles from railway station at Butler, and 2 from school and church. Price $2.50 an acre. No. 1082. (A). 202^ acres in original forest of pine and oak. Soil good, and land lies well. 2 miles from Butler, 1^ from school and church. Price |4 an acre. No. 1083. (A). 202^ acres, 30 under plow and fence, rest in pine and oak. Well of good water; soil good and productive. Small 2-room house, 1 stable. 6 miles from railway station and 8 from Butler, 2 from school and church. Price |1.50 an acre. No. 1084. (A). 1,822^ acres, 400 under plow, 500 under fence, rest in good timber. Soil sandy loam, with substratum of clay, and very productive. Wells, springs and streams. One 4-room frame house, and one 6-room house; 11 tenant houses; 2 barns. This is a very fine piece of property, and has a saw- mill in good condition, a merchant mill, plenty of timber, and the best water power in the county. Water power suf- ficient to run a large cotton factory ; and there is an abund- ance of cotton raised in immediate neighborhood. 7 miles from railway station at Butler, 2 from school and church. Would make a magnificent fruit or stock farm. Price |10 an acre; payment may be made as follows: $10,000 stock in a factory; |5,000 cash; balance in 1 to 5 years, with interest. No. 1085. (B). 1,269 acres, 40 fenced, 75 under plow, rest well tim- bered in oak, poplar, hickory and yellow pine. Two wells, 10 springs, 1 creek and 6 branches. Comfortable dwelling of 7 rooms, 6 heated; 2 barns, and 10 tenant houses. Grist-mill, gin-house and store-house and blacksmith shop. Two magnificent water powers on property. Soil is very fer- tile, and the place would make a fine stock, fruit or general farm. S^ miles from Butler, 2 from school and church, and postoffice on place. Price |15,000; |10,000 cash, balance in equal yearly payments, with interest. No. 1086. (A). 202^ acres, 3 miles east of Butler. A good upland farm. |800. No. 1087. (A). 75 acres adjoining the corporate limits of Butler. A good residence farm with 6-room frame dwelling. |1,500. No. 1088. (A). 202^ acres about 9 miles south of Butler. A good up- land farm, with fair improvements. $700. 46 No. 1089. (A). 708f acres about 2 miles south of Butler. A good up- land farm, well adapted to fruit and general farming, well watered and timbered. Good mill site and water power. |4,500. No.. 1124. (A). 775 acres, 100 fenced, 240 under plow, well watered and timbered. Residence of 8 rooms; 7 tenant bouses of 2 rooms each, 7 barns. 5 miles from Thomaston, 1^ from school. |5,000; third cash, balance in 5 annual payments. This county is in Western Central Georgia, on the east bank of the Flint River. It is finely watered and timbered, with good soil, well adapted to general farming, fruit and stock raising. The climate is pleasant and wholesome. The Ma- con & Birmingham Railroad, the Central Railroad and the Atlanta & Florida pass through the county, affording am- ple and superior transportation facilities. The Georgia Mid- land & Gulf touches the county in the northwestern corner. Thomaston, the county seat, is on 2 railways, and is 56 miles from Macon. It is a thriving and pleasant place and a good business center. No. 1125. (A). 10 acres, 3 under plow, well watered. Mill-house and gin; 1 small dwelling and 1 barn. Gin and mill on same stream, 400 yards apart; fine fall of water; all machinery in good condition. The mill is a 3-story merchant mill, 1 wheat mill and 1 corn; rock dam. This is a valuable property, 3 miles from Thomaston. |3,850. No. 1126. (A). A fine mill for wheat and corn, together with gin- house, 5 dwelling houses, 3 of 2 rooms and the other of 5, with fine water power, and about 40 acres of land. Mill with 3 stories with 344 horse-power, stone cement dam. This prop- erty is known as Daniel's Mill, and 5 miles southwest of Thomaston, on Big Potato Creek. 150 peach trees on the property. Quarter mile from church and school, 2 miles from postoflQce. The mill-pond has an average of 10 feet depth at lowest water. Magnificent fishing pond, the fish being trapped in large quantities, such as trout, channel cat. etc. $2,250; half cash, balance 1 year. No. 1127. (A). 300 acres, 100 fenced, 60 under plow ; well watered and timbered. Plain house of 4 rooms, 1 barn and cotton house. Half mile from Thomaston. Orchard of plums, 100 peach trees. |3,300; |1,500 cash, balance 1 year. No. 1128. (A). 260 acres, 180 under plow, finely timbered, and wa- tered by springs and Flint River. House of 4 rooms, 1 barn, 3-room tenant house. Waterfall that will develop 5,000 horse power on the river, controlled by the property. 3 miles from railway station, 14 from Thomaston and 1 from school. Or- 47 chard of plums, 300 peach trees, some apples and pears. |2,080; |800 cash, balance in 4 annual payments. No. 1138. (A). 4,050 acres, 1,400 of original forest, from which 10,- 000,000 feet of pine timber can be cut; there is also a fine lot of hardwood timber. A dam could be thrown across the Little Ogeechee River and a 50-foot head of water obtained, which would give any amount of power. It would make a splendid site for cotton or other factory. 2 schools and 2 churches on property, 3| miles from postoflfice and railway station. Excellent farming land. This county is in the section described under Hancock and Jefferson, It is a splendid farming and fruit raising county. The lands are well watered; there is an abundance of timber, and the soil is productive. The climate is wholesome and pleasant. The Central Railroad of Georgia furnishes abundant and excel- lent transportation facilities. Sandersville is the county seat. It is a pleasant and prosperous place. Tennille, on 3 railways, is a rapidly growing town. No, 1139, (B). 1,500 acres, 1,400 fenced, 1,000 under plow, well wa- tered and timbered. Large comfortable house of 9 rooms; 5 tenant houses of 4 and 5 rooms each, and 10 with 2 and 3 rooms. Can be divided into small holdings. Some good fruit, 1 mile from railway station of Sun Hill, 5 from San- dersville and Tennille. Very healthful and valuable place. $22,500; third cash, balance in easy payments. No. 1140, (140 B). 2,300 acres, 160 in good state of cultivation, 600 in pine timber, and 1,200 to 1,300 in oak, hickory, etc., all of which is very valuable. Comfortable 4-room house, 2 barns and 3 tenant houses, together with 4 cribs, 4^ miles from railway station, 1 mile from church and postofflce, and 300 yards from school. Roads good. Orchards of apples, plums and peaches on the place. Well watered, there being 4 wells, 2 or 3 springs, a lake, and the Oconee River, Espe- cially adapted to grain, vegetables and fruits; fine also for stock, 115,000; ,|6,500 cash, balance easy payments. No. 1188. (A). 607^ acres, 400 fenced, 300 under plow, well watered and timbered in oak, hickory and pine. Comfortable dwell- ing of 6 rooms, 1 barn, 3 good tenant houses, 2^ miles from railway station, ^ mile from Irwinton, 1 from church, school and postoffice. Some good fruit. 13,600, Wilkinson is in the same section described under Bibb, Washington and Baldwin. It is a fine agricultural section, well watered and timbered, and well adapted to general farming, fruit raising and stock. The climate is pleasant and healthful. The Cen- tral Railroad passes through the county, and has a branch from Gordon to Milledgeville, The shipping facilities are, therefore, excellent. Irwinton is the county seat and a short distance from the Central Railroad, 48 No. 1189. (A). 250 acres, 200 fenced, 50 under plow, 20 acres in orig- inal pine forest, 200 in second growth, some in oak and hick- ory. ^A'ell watered by springs, branches and well. Com- fortable 3-room house, barn, meat-house, etc. fc^ome fruit. 1^ miles from railway station, 2 miles from Irwinton. |1,600. No. 1190. (A). 250 acres, 200 fenced, 100 under plow, 50 in original forest and 100 in second growth pine, well watered. Com- fortable house, (3 rooms, 1 barn, 2 tenant houses; quantity of plums, peaches, etc. Land finely adapted to fruit and stock raising. 2 miles from Toombsboro, on the Central Railroad, 6 from Irwinton. Price ^1,200. No. 1191. (A). 607| acres, 400 fenced, 150 under plow, 200 acres of original forest of pine, oak and hickory, 100 second growth pine, well watered. Three 2-room tenant houses, 1 barn and other out-buildings. 3 miles from railway station and from Irwinton. This is a fine property. |3,600. 272^ acres, with 4 dwelling houses, and other buildings. 2 miles from Central Railroad,near Carrollton, Ga. Fine fruit orchards. For price and terms write to P. H. CHANDLER, Carrollton, Ga. 40 acres, with 7-room house, good water, 500 fruit trees; near Eufaula, Ala. For further particulars apply to ■ F. GOODROE, Smith ville, Ga. 405 acres, 1^ miles from Georgetown, Ga. Very fine im- provements. For particulars apply to JOHN C. JOLLEY, Morris, Ga. Plantation containing 3,500 acres well improved land, lies both sides Central R. R. of Georgia, county of Bulloch, Ala. Will sell entire plantation for $10.00 per acre. Write to H. B. WALKER, Suspension, Ala, Two valuable farms for sale, one containing 228^ acres of land, about 150 acres in cultivation; well watered and healthy. Situated 1 mile from the corporate limits of the city of Cuthbert. The other, containing 202^ acres, with 120 in cultivation, 2^ miles from city limits, with plenty of running water and timber. The places are both healthy and conveniently sit- uated to schools, churches, mills and gins. Best land for fruit growing in Southwest Georgia; can be divided into farms of 100 acres each if desired, with settlement on each farm. Most desirably located. Apply early to B. J. JACKSON, Cuthbert, Or?. 800 acres, 2| miles from Cameron, Ga., 300 acres in fine state of cultivation. Excellent dwelling house. Price ).00 per acre. J. F. BROWN, Cameron, Ga. o f * t ■" ^^ 2 £a-lu 49 500 acres on Ogeechee River, near Bartow, Ga., Jefiferson county. Excellent farming land; all well timbered with pine, oak, hickory, etc. For further particulars, apply to N. J. ALLEN, Bartow, Ga. 263 acres, 2 or 3-horse farm, more or less open; fine farm- ing lands for, corn, cotton, rice, grain, vegetables, fruit, etc. Excellent water. 4 miles from Bartow, Ga. Apply to N. J. ALLEN, Bartow, Ga. 80 acres, 45 acres in cultivation, 10 miles from La- Fayette. A good little farm, well adapted to corn, cotton wheat, etc. Price |5.50 per acre. E. M. OLIVER, LaFayette, Ala. 80 acres, 50 acres in cultivation, 10 miles from railroad. Improved and in good community. Price $4.50 per acre. E. M. OLIVER, LaFayette, Ala. 417 acres, 200 acres in cultivation, 2 miles from railroad. Land lies well, and is well watered. Would make a splen- did truck farm, or dairy. Only two miles from a depot on a through line of railroad. Price |5.50 per acre. E. M. OLIVER, LaFayette, Ala. 960 acres, 300 acres in cultivation. A magnificent body of land, 5 miles from railroad. Splendid timber, fertile land,. water poAver, a large creek runs through the place. Large body of rich bottom land. Price $6.50 per acre. E. M. OLIVER, LaFayette, Ala. 5-room house, 1 acre lot, in LaFayette, and 45 acrea within half a mile, 15 acres cleared and in cultivation. A good truck and dairy farm. Price $1,500. E. M. OLIVER, LaFayette, Ala. 6-room dwelling, new, and 50 acres of land, 1 mile from LaFayette. Splendid land. Price $2,500. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. CHAMBERS COUNTY. 320 acres, 160 cultivatd, 4^ miles from LaFayette, county seat. Land fertile, red clay sub-soil, well watered, heavily timbered. Will sell in small tracts. Price $7.00 per acre. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 320 acres, 120 cultivated, 6 miles from LaFayette, excel- lent land, well watered and timbered, close' to schools, churches, and in good community. Price $5.00 per acre. Both the above farms are well adapted to cotton, corn, wheat, oats, etc. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 260 acres, 7 miles from LaFayette, 5 miles from railroad, 160 acres cultivated. Two settlements. Well watered, soil gray, with red sub-soil. Price $5.00 per acre. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 4 50 TALLAPOOSA COUNTY. •403 acres, 150 acres in cultivation, 4 room house. Well watered, clay sub-soil. A good place. Price 18.00 per acre. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 320 acres, 75 acres in cultivation, 4 miles from railroad. Good 3-room house. Good land, well timbered and wa- tered. A fine place. Price $3.50 per acre. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 243 acres, 150 cultivated, 7 miles from LaFayette, 5 miles from railroad. Three settlements, good gin-house, out- houses, etc. Well watered and timbered. Good for corn and cotton, wheat, oats. Would make a splendid stock farm. Price |8.00 per acre. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 240 acres, 140 cultivated, 10 miles from LaFayette, 5 miles from railroad. Splendid land, well watered. Price $5.50 per acre. Will sell a good mill in connection with this on a fine water power. EAST ALA. LAND AGENCY, LaFayette, Ala. 343 acres, 200 acres cultivated, 8 miles from LaFayette, 4 miles from railroad. A splendid farm, would make a magnificent dairy and stock farm. Eight-room dwelling, 5 teii^*>^ ^•I'i^'^"' "^ - '"^ 61 I wish to sell, for the benefit of the heirs, one hundred and five (105) acres of land, known as the Wm. M. Wadley place, 1^ miles from Oconee, Central Railroad. 2-horse farm in cultivation, well timbered and watered; fine fruits; good tenant houses; spacious lawns; good land. For further in- formation apply to F. M. HYMAN, Tennille, Ga. A farm of 1,350 acres, 3 miles from Arlington, Ga., on the Central Railroad; very productive land, suitable for corn, cotton, sugar cane and oats. There are 10 mules on the place, about half of the laud cleared. For sale at |5.00 an acre cash. The mules, corn, fodder, cotton seed and meat hogs can be bought with the place. T. F. JONES, Blakely, Ga. 885 acres near Blakely, Ga. Has a running stream on place. Fine land and improvements. Apply to W. H. ALEXANDER, Blakely, Ga. 2CG acres, lies on water of Buffalo Creek, near Oconee, Ga. In good state of cultivation. Also, near this place, 400 acres, well adapted to raising corn, cotton, etc. Applv to W. A. SMITH, Oconee, Ga. 550 acres, more or less, situated in half a mile of Tennille, Ga. Well watered, pasturage of cane and Bermuda; soil adapted to cotton and corn; also, fine for fruit. Has 3,000 peach trees on place, most of them Elbertas. Fine water; home and out-buildings. Excellent place for dairy farm. 60 miles from Macon, Ga., and 130 miles from Savannah, Ga. Two passenger trains each wav dail}. WM. L. BULLARD, M. D., Columbus, Ga. A plantation of 300 acres in W^ashington county, half mile from Robison, No. 13^, Central R. R. Dwelling and tenant houses and other improvements on it. Well adapted to fruit, especially peaches. 200 acres in good state of cultivation, balance in timber — oak and pine. Price |8.00 per acre. Small cash payment, balance in 3 years. Address S. B. ROBISON, Statesboro, Ga. Fine stock farm for sale, 450 acres, three-quarters of which is cleared land. A most desirable place for stock farm, as the Bermuda grass grows in great quantities. Address owner for full particulars. Price 110.00 per acre next 5 months. A. D. NISBET, Milledgeville, Ga. 200 acres, directly on Central Railroad of Ga., 1 mile from Barnesville, Ga., 2,000 apple trees, 100 acres in wood, bal- ance cleared, one 4-room house. Price |25.00 per acre for next 4 or 5 months. Particulars applv to E. T. POUND, Barnesville, Ga. 209 acres, 1^ miles from Barnesville, Ga., half in woods, half cleared. Well suited for fruit raising. Price $10.00 per acre next 5 monts. E. T. POUND, Barnesville, Ga. ii2 405 acres, 2 miles from Barnesville. Apple and peacli orchards, line timber enouj^li for several hundred thousand feet of lumber. Would make a valuable dairy farm. Good live creek and several branches on it. |10.00 per acre for 5 months. This is a choice tract of land. If not sold in 4 months may withdraw from market. Remember Gordon In- stitute has over 400 students, the best school in the State. Society here unsurpassed, and the farm will pay in market garden, fruit and stock raising, besides about 100 acres of choice bottom land will produce 40 bushels corn per acre. Come and see these farms. No better purchase can be made. E. T. POUND, Barnesville, Ga. GEORGIA LOAN & TRUST CO.'S LIST, AMERICUS, GA. No. 1 — Randolph County. 557 acres, in a body, in the 6th District of Randolph Co., two miles from Coleman's Station. 50 acres bottom, bal- ance upland. Lands of good quality and lie well. Improve- ments in fair condition. Place well watered and timbered. Good neighborhood. Price |2,500. No. 2— Randolph County. ' 397 acres in a body about 13 miles north of Cuthbert, Ga. All upland, lies well and in good state of cultivation. Improvements fair. Price |1,200. No. 3 — Jefferson County. 758 acres in the 5th District of Jefferson county, Ga., about 6 miles northeast of Louisville, Ga., on the Ogeechee River. A fine stock farm. Good uplands and bottoms. Fairly im- proved. Price |3,000. No. 4 — Monroe County. 680 acres in a'body, in the eastern portion of the county, about three miles from Dames Ferry, on the Ocmulgee River. Fine bottoms and good uplands. A fine stock farm. Build- ings in fair condition. Price |4,500. No. 5 — Monroe County. 640 acres in the 12th District of Monroe county, Ga., in the S. W. portion of the count.y, six miles from railroad sta- tion. A very fine farm; good uplands and rich bottoms. Good 0-room dwelling and good out-houses. One of the best farms in this section. Price |5,000. No.6 — Crawford County. 405 acres in a body in Crawford county. Good pine up- lands. Well watered and timbered. Improvements fair. Price |1,200. No. 7 — Crawford County. 260 acres in the 2d Distinct of Crawford county, Ga. Good uplands; well suplied with timber and water and in good state of cultivation. Improvements fair. Price |1,500. 63 No. 8 — Crawford County. 365 acres about six miles N. W. of Fort Valley, in the great fruit belt. Good" uplands, suitable for fruits and general farming. Fair improvements. Price |4,200. No. 9 — Crawford County. 1024 acres in a body in the 2d District of Crawford county, Ga. A good little farm with fair improvements. Well sup- plied with timber and water. Price |600. No. 10— Taylor County. 405 acres in the 15th .District of Taylor county, Ga., about 10 miles north of Butler. A good farm, all upland, lies well and is in good state of cultivation. Improvements fair. Price 12,400. No. 11 — Taylor County. 202^ acres in a body three miles east of Butler, the couuty seat "a good upland farm. Price |800. No. 12— Taylor County. ^. 75 acres adjoining the corporate limits of Butler, Taylor cOuntv. A good residence farm with 6-room frame dwelling. Price |1,500. No. 13— Taylor County. 202^ acres in the 13th District of Taylor county, about 9 miles south of Butler. A good upland farm, with fair im- provements. Price 1700. No. 14 — Taylor County. 708f acres in a body about two miles south of Butler. A ^ood upland farm, well adapted to fruit and general farm- ing. Well watered and timbered. Good mill seat and water power on the property. A bargain at the price. |4,500. No. 15— Talbot County. 607^ acres in the 11th District of Talbot county. Lands of fair quality and well supplied with timber and water. Improvements fair. A bargain at the price. |1,000. No. 16— Talbot County. 554^ acres in a body in the 10th District of Talbot count\^ Uplands and bottoms. Well supplied with timber and water and in fair state of cultivation. A bargain at the price offered. |1,500. INo. 17 — Brooks County. 1,057 acres, good, level pine uplands. WeW supplied with timber and water and in good state of cultivation. Im- provements fair. A bargain at the price. $3,500. No. 18 — Brooks County. 623 acres in the 13th District of Brooks county. Well supplied with timber and water. Good pine upland. Price |2,500. No. 19 — Brooks County. 800 acres. An excellent farm of the best quality of pine uplands. Fine timber and good water. Improvements fair, A bargain at the price. |4,000. No. 20 — Brooks County. 450 acres. A good farm in uplands and bottoms. Well 64 timbered and watered. Fair improvements. A bargain at the price offered. $1,500. No. 21 — Thomas County. 345 acres in a body. A first-rate farm, with lands of good qualit.y. Onlj' .3 miles from Thomasville, Ga., the famous winter resort. Well timbered and watered and in good state of cultivation. Price |4,000. No. 22 — Thomas County. 475 acres in the northern part of Thomas county. Good pine uplands, well supplied with water and timber. Price $1,300. No. 23— Thomas County. 295 acres in the western part of Thomas county. Good improvements and well supplied with timber and water. A good bargain at the price offered. |1,800. No. 24 — Bibb and Adjoining Counties. 1,500 acres in a body. One of the very handsomest farms in Middle Georgia, Lands all lie well, of excellent, quality, in good state of cultivation, well watered and timbered. Improvements first-rate. A fine 2-story dwelling, handsome yard and fine grove surrounding houses. Near railroad sta- tion and market. The improvements could hardly be put on for the price we ask for the whole. A great bargain for one who wants a valuable farm and a ibeautiful home. Price 115,000. No. 25 — Bibb and Adjoining Counties. 700 acres in a body. A good farm. Improvements fair. Good timber and water and in good state of cultivation. A bargain at the price. |5,000. No. 2G — Bibb and Adjoining Counties. 880 acres. An excellent farm. Good strong land and one of the best combination stock and general Ifarming in Mid- dle Georgia. Good uplands and bottoms. Good timber and well watered. Improvements fair. |8,000. No. 27 — Bibb and Adjoining Counties. 3,034 acres in a body. One of the finest plantations in Mid- dle Georgia. Good uplands and rich river bottoms. Part of the bottoms well set in fine Bermuda grass. An ideal stock farm. A large body of valuable timber on the place, which has been carefully preserved. This is offered at a great bargain. " |18,000. No. 28 — Houston County. 1,518| acres in a body in Houston county, Ga. A fine property in the heart of the great fruit belt. A valuable ginnery and mill seat on the place. A fine farm for fruit and general farming, combined with stock raising. Price .f 12,000. 665 acres in a body in the 24th District. A very fine farm. In good state of cultivation, well timbered and watered. Has on it one of the finest water powers in the State, power enough to run a cotton factory. Good mill on the place. A great bargain at the price. Price |12.50 per acre. 65 190 acres. A very good farm, but especiajly good for its fine water power. Has for years been a merchant mill seat- On a large bold stream. Place can be had at |2,000. 373 acres. In the 23d District of Floyd county, Ga. A good farm, well improved and in a good state of cultivation. About 7 miles east of Rome. Price $12.00 per acre. 240 acres of land, about 5 miles northwest of Cedartowm. A very good farm, in good state of cultivation and well im- proved. A bargain at the price. Price |2,000. 418 acres. One of the best farms in Polk county. Rich vallev lands, Iving well, well timbered and watered and in fine state of cultivation. Price |6,000. 319 acres, about 5 miles southwest of Lyerly. One of the finest farms in Northwest Georgia. Rich valley land. In high state of cultivation and very productive. Well watered and timbered. Price |20.00 per acre. 208 acres, 1 mile from station of Lyerly. An excellent farm. Good lands, good timber and water, and place in good state of cultivation. Improvements good. Price 115.00 per acre. 10,000 acres in a body in Sumter county, Georgia. One of the finest bodies of land for sale in the State of Georgia, if not the finest. Lands of excellent quality, lying well, well watered, finely timbered. Well improved. A magnificent tract for subdivision, or farming on a large scale. Railroad station, postofiice and store on property. Property pays handsomely now. Special terms and time to right parties. Price $7.00 per acre. 800 acres of land, 140 acres in cultivation, balance well timbered, located 2 miles southeast of Halcyondale, com- fortable 6-room cottage and out-buildings. Splendid water facilities and land well drained. Price $4,500. J. W. JONES, Halcyondale, Ga. 800 acres, 5 miles from Midville, Ga., Station. 2^ miles from Sebastopol Station. Good water; new and good ten- ant houses; 350 acres in cultivation, balance original forest. Good place for raising stock. $4.00 per acre. Time given if desired. R. H. BURTON, Midville, Ga, FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY, GEORGIA. Altitude 750 feet, average temperature 60°, rainfall 56 inches. On Central Railroad, 27 miles north of Macon, 75 miles south of Atlanta. Excellent free-stone water; healthy climate, free from malaria; rich and productive lands; cot- ton factory, cotton seed oil mills, carriage repository and factory; thrifty population wanted; plenty of room and op- portunities to make money. 135 acres, 2| miles from Smarr's Station, 1 mile from church and school house. 3 springs and creek on place. 3-room house and out-houses. Good land for cereals, clover, 5 66 etc. Lay of land comparatively level. Price |1,0S0; cash $540, balance 12 months at 8 per cent, interest. ; T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga; 202^ acres, 4 miles northwest Forsyth. 4-room house,, sta- ble and barn, well watered; lay of land broken, but rich and productive. Price |1,350. Terms, ^ cash, balance 1 and 2 years at 8 per cent, interest. T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. 30H acres, 3 miles from Forsyth. Land rolling. 2-room house and 3 tenant houses. Price |2,000. Terms, third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years at 8 per cent, interest. T. M. BRANTLEY^ Forsyth, Ga. 200 acres, 3 miles Forsyth, 2 miles Colliers Station. Level, good land, well watered. 6-room house; fine neighborhood. Price 11,650 cash. T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. 200 acres, 1^ miles Colliers Station, (> miles Forsyth. No improvements. Productive land, though somewhat broken; 30 acres in woodland. Price $600 cash. T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. 100 acres, 1^ miles Forsyth. A delightful location and pretty suburban home; fine land and level; 350 choice peach trees and other fruits. Price |2,750 cash. Place has paid 12^ per cent, on |3,000. T. M. BRANTLEY", Forsyth, Ga. 3,200 acres, one body, 12 miles Forsyth; splendid body of land, rich and productive; plenty of water, pure and spark- ling. 2 handsome houses on the place. 100 bushels corn per acre has been made on the place. Price |8.00 per acre. Terms easy. A big bargain for a most excellent property. Suitable for colonization. Apply to T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. 265 acres, 2 miles Colliers Station, 6 miles from Forsyth. Good place. 6-room dwelling. 45 acres in woodland, well watered, several springs and branches; splQudid natural pasturage and fine farming land. Price |9.00 per acre; one- half cash, balance 12 months at 8 per cent, interest. 700 acres, 8 miles Forsyth. Every field has a neverifailiiig branch. A splendid place. 7-room dwelling. 7 tenant houses. 60 acres Bermuda pasture fenced, 25 acres excellent bottom lands, which never overflows. Price |8.00 per acre. Terms, half cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years at 7 per cent, interest. T. M.' BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. 350 acres, 7 miles Forsyth. Excellent neighborhood; fine land and lies well. 4-room dwelling, barn and out-houses. Well watered. One of the best farms in Monroe county. Price |2,500 ; one-half cash, balance 12 months at 8 per cent, interest. T. M. BRANTLEY", Forsyth, Ga, 50 acres, one mile from depot. Contains 800 fruit trees 4 years old, peaches, Keiffer pears, Japanese plums. 10 acres in wood, good pasturage. Plenty of room for corn, 67 potatoes, melons, etc. Good building site and would suit a market gardener admirably. Splendid neighborhood. For price and terms apply to T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. 215 acres, 2 miles from depot. Well watered, 4-room house, with barn, corn-crib, stables, etc. 60 acres in field pine, bal- ance in pasture and under plow. A very desirable farm for cotton, the cereals, or dailry and stock farm. All kinds of fruit will do well on the place. For special prices apply to T. M. BRANTLEY, Forsyth, Ga. No. €8. G,000 acres, Lee county,' 5 miles east Central R. R., 12 miles north Albany, half in cultivation, good house and cabins, mill and store-house, on west bank of Flint River, good stock farm, for corn, cotton, cane and fruit, in body $5.00 per acre. One-quarter cash, balance easy terms. Can be advantageously cut up. Price according quantity and locality. |4.00 to flO.OO per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 78. 101| acres on Central R. R., 3^ miles north Albany, Ga,, mostly cleared, good tenant houses, good fruit and melon lands. Price $10.00 per acre. Half cash. 101^ acres adjoining the above, not so well improved, at $6.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Real Estate, Albany, Ga, No. 72. 750 acres, Lee county, 4 miles east Central R. R., half in cultivation, tenant house. Price |3.50 per acre. Half cash, balance 1 and 2 years. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 452 4,600 acres, Lee county, one body. Three plantations, 2 to 5 miles east Central Railroad. 3,000 acres in cultivation, watered by creek. Good lands, but improvements run down. Adapted to fruit and all kinds of farming, excellent place for colonies. |3.00 to |4.00 per acre. Write for particulars. L. E. WELCH, Real ^Estate, Albany, Ga. No. 214. 302| acres, Lee connty, 3 miles north Albany, 175 in culti- vation, 100 swamp timber, valuable, quarter mile from rail- road. 3 houses and store, can be divided. |6.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 196. 4,500 acres, Dougherty county, 3,000 in cultivation, about 35 tenant houses, with addition of a few more tenant houses can be rented for 100 bales cotton annually, very rich lands, 14 miles west of Albany, near Central Railroad. |5.00 per acre; half cash, balance easy. terms. -■ '' ■ L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. 68 No. 211'. GOO acres, Lee county, west bank Flint River, 300 in cul- tivation, 100 pasture cane brake, UOO pine woods, 2 creeks through place, 5 miles east Central Railroad, good stock and fruit farm. |3.50 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 216. 1,750 acres, Calhoun county, embracing all of Williams- burg, except two acres, lying on both sides Central R. R., two 4-room houses, one 5-room house, 20 tenant houses, steam gin and screw, store-house, 2.50 acres clear of stumps. Lands rich, good for all crops, melon, fruit, etc. One of best plantations in county. |5.00 per acre. Also — Four other large, fine plantations, well improved, near Williamsburg. |4.00 to |5.00 per acre. Write for particulars. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 206. 3,168 acres, Lee county, on Central R. R., at Enterprise, 750 in cultivation, 1,500 virgin pine woods, 6 separate set- tlements, 5-room dwelling house, 19 tenant houses, depot, brick store. Kinchefoonee Creek on west. Some fruit trees on the place. Excellent place for fruit, melons and all crops. An excellent place for a colony. .Price |20,000. One-third cash, balance easy payments. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 205. 1,120 acres, Lee county, 3 miles east Central R. R., 6-room house and all improvements. Good mill site, good head water. Mill house w^ants repair. Land excellent. $5.50 per acre; terms easy. ,L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 204. 1,300 acres, Lee county, 500 in cultivation, 1 mile north Leesburg, near the Central R. R., 6-room dwelling, 10 ten- ant houses. Improvements good; good for fruit, melons, and all crops of this county. |5.00 per acre; terms easv. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 201. 600 acres, Lee county, 525 in cultivation, west bank Flint River, 8 miles above Albany, 4 tenant houses. $5.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 200. 550 acres, Dougherty county, west bank Flint River, 300 acres cane brake, excellent pasture, good stock farm, 4 miles above Albany. |6.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 307. 400 acres, Lee county, 4 miles north Albany, Ga., near Central R. R., specially adapted to peaches and fruit, will 69 be sold in lots to suit purchasers to practical fruit men,|8.00 to $10.00 acre. Terms easy. 1 L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 42. 1,010 acres at Century, on C. R. R., 6 miles north of Albany, land comes right up to the depot, most cleared, some tenant houses, excellent fruit lands, will be sold if desired in 50-acre lots. Price |7.50 to flO.OO per acre; terms easy. L. E. WELCH, AlbajDij, Ga. No. 132. 960 acres, on Central R. R., 1^ miles north Leesburg, 600 in cultivation, 7-room house, 12 tenant houses, excellent fruit lands. $6.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 212. 2,290 acres, in Lee county, 3 miles east Leesburg, C. R. R, 12 miles north Albany, about half in cultivation, good tenant houses, good cotton, corn and fruit lands. |4.00 per acre. Quarter cash, balance 1, 2, and 3 years. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 16. 10,000 acres, Calhoun county, embracing 8 best planta- tions in Calhoun county, all near Leary and Williamsburg, on Central R. R., splendid farming and fruit lands. |3.00 to 18.00 per acre. Write for particulars. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 164. 400 acres, Dougherty county, 4 miles west Albany, Ga., near Central R. R., 260 in cultivation, 150 in pasture under wire fence, 35 acres in peaches, 3 cabins. $7.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 138. 8,000 acres, Lee county, embracing three best plantations in Southwest Georgia, all well improved, 6 to 8 miles from Albany, Ga., and 1 to 5 miles west of Central R. R. |8.00 per acre. Terms easy. Write for particulars. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 96. 1,000 acres on Central R. R., 3^ miles north Albany, Ga., excellent melon and fruit lands. Improvements good. Price 110.00 per acre. Prefer to sell half interest in this place to some good practical man to take charge. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 308. 550 acres, Lee county, near Central R. R., half in cultiva- tion, balance pine woods. |3.50 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 218. 3,000 acres, Calhoun county, 2,000 in cultivation, adjoin- ing corporate limits of Morgan, county seat Calhoun county, 70 fiue lands, well improved, watered by two creeks. $5.00 per acre. Extends within 2 miles of (Central R. R. L. E. ^\iELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 364. 3,500 acres, Lee county, near Central R. R., 1,000 in cul- tivation, 14 miles north Albany, Ga., on west branch Flint River, rich land, well improved, good fruit and melon lands. |G.50 per acre. Quarter cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. Write for particulars. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga, 4,000 acres, Lee county, 1,600 in cultivation, 4 miles east of Leesburg on Central R. R., good 'land, watered by creek. Improvements good. |4.50 per acre. One-third cash, bal- ance easy terms. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 236. 2,000 acres, Lee county, 1,200 acres in cultivation, 1 mile east of station, Central R. R., 4^ miles north of Albany, Ga., on the west bank of Muckalee Creek; the banks are here high and the stream bold, and several first-class water powers are on the place; lands level, free from stones, well drained, sandy loam, clay sub-soil, well adapted to peaches, melons and all kinds of fruit. Price fS.OO per acre» Third cash, balance easy payment, with 8 per cent, inter- est on deferred payment. I could make up a good body of land here, of 10,000 to 15,000 acres, that would be a splendid place for a colony of 100 or more families. For further par- ticulars apply to L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. 'No. 112. Bucket and tub factory, fully equipped, adjoining city lim- its, Albany, Ga., Central R. R. track at the door; machinery as good as new ; good suitable woods for mamif acturing ac- cessible and cheap along the lines of the Central R. R. Fine shipping facilities and good demand for products. A bar- gain and easy terms to a good practical man. Write for particulars to L. E. WELCH, Real Estate, Albany, Ga. No. 180. 125 acres, 1| miles west Albany, ^ mile from Central R. R. 90 acres in cultivation, balance in woods. Tenant houses. Good fruit and truck farm. Price |2,000. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 205. 800 acres, Lee county, near Enterprise, on Central R. R 400 acres cultivation, one 6-room house, two 3-Toom houses^ three 2-room houses, three 1-room houses, gin-house, barn, stables, etc. Splendid lands for fruit. Watered by stream and ponds. Price fO.OO per acre. This property adjoins No. 206 on south and east. A splendid place 'for a colony. lean 71 furuish lands enough at this point for 50 to 100 families. Write for particulars. . .., L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. '•^ ■ No. 2uT. 135 acres, Leesburg, Lee county, on Central R. K., two- thjrds of this tract in corporate limits of Leesburg, 500 yards of the Court House, level, well suited for building lots or tracking. In body at |12.00 per acre. Cut to suit at price to be agreed upon. L. E. W^ELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 70. ., IDS acres, Dougherty county, 1 miles from Centi'al R. R.^ 6 miles from Albanv. Lands good, improvements poor. Terms easv. fC.OO per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 88. . 438 acres, Lee county, 400 acres open, 3 houses, 3 miles northwest city, watered by springs and streams, level, good land, clav sub-soil. W^ell adapted to fruit of all kinds; some fruit on 'the place. Price |10.00 per acre. L. E. W^ELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 130. 710 acres, Dougherty county, miles southwest city and Central R. R., good lands, improvements poor, most of it lying well. Price $3.50 per acre. L. E. WELCH, 'Albany, Ga. No. 134. 250 acres, 1^ miles west Albany, 1 mile from Central R. R. 180 -acres in cultivation, 70 in fine woods; 4 mules, wagons, farm tools and crops for sale with the place. For particulars write to L. E. WELCH, Real Estate, Albany, Ga. 250 acres, 1^ miles southwest city Albany ; all open, level, good land; most of it been laying out some years; near Cen- tral R. R. Good for fruit or trucking. Price fll.OO per aa'e. L. E. WELCH, (Albany, Ga. No. 30. 430 acres, 1 mile east from Central R. R. depot, Albany, Ga., on east bank Flint River. Level, good lands. In body, $20.00 per acre; cut up, |20.00 to $30.00. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 40. 165 acres, adjoining city, Albany, Ga., 10-room brick house, mansard slate roof, costing |5,000 ; good barn and out-build- ings. Some nice fruit. Land level and well improved. Terms easv. Price |11,000. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. 1,000 acres, W^est Dougherty, 6 miles from Central R. R. Rents for 25 bales cotton. Price |6.00 per acre, L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. 72 No. 248. 750 acres, West Dougherty county, on Central R. R. All in woods, pine and hardwoods. Price $3.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Real /Estate, Albany, Ga. No. 90. 1,251^ acres just west of city of Albany, Ga. Central R. R. runs through the property ; mostly open lands, Avell suited to suburban homes and small farms. Price flO.OO to |30.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Real Estate, Albany, Ga. No. 1G2. 60 acres, 1 mile southwest Albany, near Central Railroad. 45 in cultivation, 21 in pine woods; level, good land. 120.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, (Albany, Ga. No. 19 551 acres, 1 mile north city Albany, on Central, and Co- lumbus Southern R. R., in 3 settlements; improvements good, watered by creek and springs. Some fruit. For particulars write to L. E. WELCH, Real Estate, Albany, Ga. Elegant suburban farm. No. 208. 3,000 acres, Terrill county, adjoining Dougherty. About 2,000 in cultivation, 7 miles north Central R. R. ; one 4-room and one 3-room house, 40 tenant houses, store-house; wa- tered by two branches of Keokee Creek; rich lands, well drained ;~ under good rent ; splendid cotton, corn and sugar cane lands; these lands join No. 380. Price |4.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 209. 850 acres, Terrill county, just west of the above No. 208. Price IG.OO per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 152. 65 acres, 1 mile west of Albany, on Central R. R. ; all open, level, no waste. $25.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 228. 680 acres, Lee county, 300 in cultivation. 3 miles east Central R. R., on Muckilucnee Creek; land good clay sub- soil, excellent fruit lands; improvements poor. Price $3.50 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 232. 4,150 acres, Dougherty county; 3 plantations, one body well improved, on the Central R. R., 4 miles west of Albany, Ga. Lands rich, some ponds and swamps, but little waste lands. Price $20,000; terms easy. Write for particulars. L. E. WELCH, Real Estate, Albany, Ga. o u 73 No. 234. 1,400 acres, Lee county, at Century, on Central R. R., 6 miles north Albany. Depot, mill, store-house. Groom dwell- ing, 14 tenant houses, 300 acres in cultivation; improve- ments new; land good; well adapted to fruit and melons and all crops of this section. An open spring or stream 50 feet below surface; stream 5 feet deep, 15 feet wide; tem- perature of w-ater 55°, now utilized by steam pump. An elegant place for a home. Terms easy. Price |15,000. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 64. ; 1,625 acres, Dougherty county, 4 miles south Central R. R., 6 miles from Albany. 1,000 acres in cultivation, good tenant houses, barns, stockades, cribs, etc.; level, well drained, light gray loam, clay sub-soil; good stock farm, good fruit lands. Mules, cattle, hogs, forage, etc., all for sale with place. Price per acre $4.00. Terms easy. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. 190 acres, Dougherty county, 6 miles southwest of Albany, 4 miles from Central R. R. Mostly in cultivation ; two 2-room houses, good land for any ci:ops. |6.00 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. No. 380. 6,802^ acres, Dougherty and Terrill counties, about 4,000 In cultivation, balance oak and pine, 15 miles west of Albany, 5 miles from Central R. R. Rich chocolate lands, clay sub- soil, watered by streams and ponds; well equipped with ten- ant houses, gin, engine, screw, etc. A good investment for rent. A good class tenants in possession. Terms eas}'. Price, in bodv, |4.50 per acre. L. E. WELCH, Albany, Ga. A magnificent plantation of 2,085 acres, lying broadside to the city of Milledgeville, could be cut up in small lots, 50 or 25 acres, to advantage. 1,000 acres cleared, rest in timber. Will sell entire tract at .fll.OO per acre. T. F. NEWELL, Milledgeville, Ga. Also,' 1,200 acres of land lying north of Milledgeville, with one of the finest water powers in the world. This body almost touches the city limits. A most desirable property. Water power price, |8,000. Land flO.OO per acre, or |20,000 for whole. T. F. NEWELL, Agent. I have other desirable properties adjoining this city for sale, which I will take pleasure in showing. Correspond- ence solicited. T. F. NEWELL, Real Estate Agent, Milledgeville, Ga. 200 acres of fine pine land within 4 miles of Wadley. Price |1,000 cash. A good 2-horse farm open and in state of cultivation. A. H. WOOTTEN, Wadley, Ga. 285 acres of fine oak, hickory and pine land. 4 miles from Wadley. |2,000 cash; |2,200 half cash, balance in 3 vears. A. H. WOOTTEN, Wadley, Ga. 74 Also 82^ acres of good oak, hiekory and pine laud, about 4| miles from Wadlej. Gash, |S00, or $1,000, $500 easli, bal- ance in 2 years without interest. A. H. WOOTTEN, Wadley, Ga. Farm in ChattaJioocliee county, near Columbus, Ga. Near Chattahoochee River and railroad. 1,200 acres well tim- bered and watered. Two-story dwelling and improvements. Price very low. Address F. B. GORDON, Columbus, Ga. Highland Fruit Farm. 70 acres of land, all terraced and in good shape. 6-rooni dwelling house. 6,000 to 8,000 choice fruit trees and grape vines. Other interests require owner's undivided attention. For special price apply to S. F. BECKMAN, Forsyth, Ga. Thomaston, Upson county, Ga. Altitude 800 feet, aver- age temperature 60°, average rainfall 55 inches, healthy section, two railroads. 1,037 acres, one body, 3 miles Thomaston. 20 tenant houses, 3-story mill, ginnery, all good order. Big Potato Creek, fall of 60 feet in SOO^feet, 730 horse power; 115 feet fall in 2,700 feet, 1,430 horse power. State Geological sur- vey at low water. 50 acres of granite. Price |20,000 cash. Price holds good to January 1st, 1896. 800 acres, 5 miles south Thomaston. 12 tenant houses. Good place for colony. |5.00 per acre, 5 years 7 per cent, in- terest. 6 months. 550 acres, 2 miles of Thomaston. Fine lands, residence and tenant houses. 450 water horse power. 6 months. 260 acres, 14 miles Thomaston. 200 acres in bottom. Rich lands, fishery, 5-room residence, 2> tenant houses, barns. 6 months. 300 acres, one mile Thomaston. All fine land. |3,300, two payments. 6 months. I. C. THOMPSON, Thomaston, Ga., Box 44. 37 acres, wheat and corn mill, ginnery, both have good patronage; 5-room dwelling, property situated 5 miles S. W. Thomaston. Price |2,250. Half cash, balance 1 year, 7 per cent, interest. The water power at this place is 300 horse power. A splendid fishery. 147 acres, 75 in cultivation, a good farm. 3-room house, new; also, new barns and stables. Price $1,-500 ; third cash, balance two annual payments, 8 per cent, interest from date of notes. 100 acres, 2 miles east of Thomaston, in high state of cul- tivation; 4-room house, barns and out-houses, orchard. Price $2,000, in 3 payments. 150 acres, 8 miles of Thomaston, all in wood, no improve- ments; all good land; 50 acres in bottom. Price $600 cash. 75 800 acres, 7 miles S. W. Thomaston, half open, dwellinj^s and barns. |5.00 per acre cash. I. C. THOMPSON, Thomaston, Ga., Upson Co. 400 acres, $5.00 per acre, until April 1st, 1896, ^ mile from Mallorys Crossing, 5^ miles from Albany, 200 acres in cul- tivation, 25 acres in ]3eaches, second year's growth. Balance under strong hog and cattle proof fence for stock. Posses- sion given Nov. 1st, or for reasonable compensation for growing crops, immediate possession will be given. Address DR. P. L. HILSMAN, Box 44, Albany, Ga. 1,000 acres, 12 miles from Columbus, on Central Railroad of Georgia, about 250 acres original pine and same number acres fertile bottom land. Good 7-room dwelling; fine water and healthy location ; only 4-niule farm been worked during last 10 years. Price |5.00 per acre. Terms, $1,500 cash and balance on long time. Address ALBERT S. DOZIER, Columbus, Ga. 800 acres, 4 miles east of Cuthbert on railroad, well water- ed, branches and springs, 5 good houses, good gin-house and screw. $6.00 per acre. Address J. E. MARTIN, Cuthbert, Ga. The following factory site is oifered for sale: The property consists of 1,500 acres of land, with factory building, as follows: Main factory (wood sliop), 1^ stories, 100x50 feet. Machine shop, 1^ stories, 50x35 feet. L to main wood shop, 4.5x35. Warehouse, 100x60. Two fine dwelling houses. Eight operatives' houses. A fine, never-failing water power, pond covering 300 acres. A r\ r\ ffiQQ F. H. LUMMUS' SONS & CO., Juniper, Ga, W. S. GREEN'S LIST, COLUMBUS, GA. 1,000 acres on Central Railroad, 12 miles east of Colum- bus, Ga., with good improvements, being well watered, well timbered and comparatively level. Price $4,000. 147 acres of land 6 miles from Columbus, on Cusseta road. Gray land, with good clav sub-soil, in good state of cultiva- tion. ■ Price $600. 320 acres of good oak and hickory land 7 miles north of Columbus, Ga., with good improvements. 50 acres in orig- inal oak and hickory forest, 5 acres good bottom land, 50 or 60 acres in second growth pine, balance in cultivation. . Price $2,500. 100 acres in Bell Wood, 3 miles north of Columbus, Ga., with good 6-room dwelling and several tenant houses. Price $2,500. 76 120 acres 2 miles from Columbus, on Seale road, in Ala- bama, with 4 tenant bouses. Price |1,500. 357 acres 7 miles west of Columbus, Ga., with good six- room dwelling and tenant houses, about 100 acres in woods. Price $1,800. L. H. CHAPPELL'S LIST, COLUMBUS, GA. No. lo 35 acres 2 miles from Columbus, Ga. 10 acres original timber, watered by never-failing branch and skirted by rail- road. Beautiful site for dwelling. Adapted for dairy or truck fcU'm or manufacturing. Price |1,800; will rent now for 1150. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 2. ISt) acres improved farm in Alabama, 4 miles from Co- lumbus, Ga. 50 acres original woods, watered by wells and springs. Price |2,500. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 3. |8,000. — 375 acres, nicely improved farm, in high state of cultivation. 90 acres original wood, new dwelling, sta- bles, public ginnery; watered by creek which furnishes ample power; 3 miles from Columbus, on railroad. L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga. No. 4. |7,500. — 77 acres improved farm, in high state of cultiva- tion. New dwelling and farm houses, 3 miles from Columbus, Ga. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 5. |2,500. — 340 acres improved farm, 8 miles from Colum- bus. New dwelling and farm houses, watered by never- failing stream; 2 miles from R. R. station. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 6. $3,000. — 250 acres, improved farm, 4 miles from Colum- bus, Ga. 150 acres second growth pine and oak. Fairly good dwelling and farm houses. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga. No. 7. . ' |(300. — 87 acres improved farm, 5 miles from Columbus, watered by never-failing stream, 40 acres woods. Rents now for 160.00 per annum. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 8. $7,000. — Improved farm, 850 acres, in Alabama, 12 miles fi^om Columbus, Ga. 700 acres original timber, watered by large creek, rich bottom land. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. 77 No. 9. < 112,000.-300 acres improved farm, in high state of culti- vation. 40 acres oak and hickory timber, watered by streams and springs. Two-story dwelling and ample farm houses. Situated in Monroe county, Ga., near Forsyth. Orchard of about 2,000 Elberta peaches. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 10. |1 000. — 100 acres improved farm, Meriwether county, Ga., near the White Sulphur Springs. 20 acres second growth pine. Half mile from railroad. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga, No. IL i 1500. — 190 acres improved farm in Alabama, 12 miles from Columbus, Ga. 40 acres woods. 6-room dwelling. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 12. |1,G00.— 320 acres second growth pine land in Alabama, 5 miles from Columbus, Ga. Address L. H, CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 13. $1,200. — 200 acres improved farm in Alabama, 6 miles from Columbus, Ga. 100 acres original timber. The wood can be sold in Columbus at figures which will pay for the land. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga. No. 14. |3,500. — 350 acres improved farm, 6 miles from Hamilton, Ga, 80 acres original pine timber. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga. No. 15. 119,000. — 1,860 acres improved farm in Alabama, 12 miles from Columbus, Ga. 300 acres original oak, hickory and pine timber. Fronts 3 miles on the Chattahoochee River, which is navigated by steamers from Columbus to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying freight, passengers and the U. S. mail. Rich bottom lands, verv valuable. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. IG. $500. — 100 acres of land, 25 in second growth pine, 5 miles from Columbus. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. No. 17. 115,000.-2,300 acres improved farm, 1,300 acres in orig- inal pine timber, 10 miles from Fort Gaines, Ga. Fronts on Chattahoochee River, which is navigated by handsome freight and passenger steamers from Columbus to the Gulf of Mexico. This place is offered with all the farm imple- ments and live stock to run same. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga. 78 No, IS. ^_J,000.— 1,400 acres improved farm 12 miles east of Co- lumbus. 600 acres origiual pine timber. 2^ miles from Southwestern R. R. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga. |1,500.— 100 acres on the Ckattahoochee River, 4 miles north of Columbus. Heavily timbered ; no houses. Address L, H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ca. 17^000. — Elegant suburban home, 1 mile from Columbus, on Georgia Midland Railroad. 100 acres, 20 acres of orig- inal timber; cold spring and never-failing branch; new five- room dwelling and servants' house; apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, young bearing trees. Half mile of R. R. front. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt, Columbus, Ga, |;2,500. — 100 acres 2 miles north of Columbus, with dwell- ing, barn and servants' houses. 10 acres of original timber. A splendid truck farm. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga, 1100,000.-830 acres of land, commencing about 1 mile above Columbus, Ga., of which 170 acres are in Lee Co., Ala., on west side of the Chattahoochee River, and 030 acres are in Muscogee county, on the east side of the river; also, Island No. 3 in the Chattahoochee River. This land embraces a mile on both sides of the river, having a fall of 42^ feet. A cotton mill built in 1867 (with improvements added thereto since 1877, costing about |30,000). This mill had 4,500 spin- dles and 159 looms. There is also a wheat and corn mill, with three-run of stones. Three large and commodious dwellings for officers; all necessary buildings for operatives; stables and storerooms. In the woodland, on the Georgia side, is a beautiful and salubrious plateau, fronting on the river, containing several hundred acres, which could be advantageously laid off for residences and business lots for such persons as would nat- urally be attracted there, when this splendid and unrivaled water power shall in the near future become developed. All that is required is capital and energy, both of which could be profitably employed in its development. At this point the Chattahoochee is perhaps a half mile wide or more, and plunges between the hills of the Alabama and Georgia shores in a grand sweep of turbulent waters, broken here and there by islands, that divert the flood only to increase its velocity. We do not remember to have seen anything to surpass this water power short of the rapids above the bridge at the falls of Niagara. Within a single mile there is a fall of 42^ feet, utilized by spanning the space between one of the islands and the shore by an inexpensive dam of logs. Address L. H. CHAPPELL, Agt., Columbus, Ga, 79 JOHN BLACKMAR CO.'S LIST, COLUMBUS, GA. No. 1. 53 acres (less streets) in the growing town Phoenix City, •opposite west of Columbus; separated from Columbus by Chattahoochee Kiver; on place is 4-room dwelling, barn, stables, etc. Can be divided into building lots and sold for a profit. !;?3,000. Address JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, (ia. No. 2. Farm 8 miles from Columbus (north). 343 acres, 5-room dwelling, tenant houses, 3 wells and never-failing branch through center of place. Price |2,500, or will sell 182 acres and improvements, $1,600. 160 acres without improvements, fl,000. Address JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. GALLEY 25 No. 3. Farm 7 miles northwest of Columbus, Ga. 100 acres, new 4-room dwelling, barn and servants' house. 3-liorse farm, balance in wood. Price |1,600. Address JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency. Columbus, Ga. No. 4. Farm 0^ miles west of Columbus, Ga. 357 acres, half in wood, 6-room dwelling, barn, 4 tenant houses, pasture under fence, fruit trees, branches running through the place. Price 11,700. Address JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. No. 5. Market garden, 2^ miles east of Columbus, Ga. Dwelling, 5 rooms; 110 acres, 40 in wood and 70 in cultivation. Colum- bus has population of 32,000; great scarcity of truck farms. Address JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. No. 6. Farm 8^ miles northeast of Columbus, on Georgia Midland R. R. 160 acres, 20 in wood, 30 in second growth, balance in cultivation; Flat Rock Creek runs through it, good mill site. Dwelling and out-buildings. Price only |1,760. Applv to ' JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. No. 7. Farm 5 miles north of Columbus. 252 acres, 6-room dwell- ing, gin-house and screw, watered by creeks and branches. Orchard of apples, peaches, etc. Price |5,000. Applv to JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. 80 No. 8. Farm, in tlie suburbs of Columbus, 55 acres, that can be subdivided and sold for a profit, or if held for a few years buyer will, we think, double his money, until that time it would be an excellent location for a market garden. Apply to JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. No. 9. Farm for only $600, about 6 miles west of Columbus. 80 acres; railroad passes through the place. On this farm is a dwelling, servants' house, about 20 acres of woods, branch runs through place, some cane, 5 acres peaches, apples, pears, and grapes. Apply to JOHN BLACKMAR CO., Real Estate Agency, Columbus, Ga. and J' H. M. COMER. >R«c«iv«R». W. F. 8HELLMAN, Q. M. SORREL, R. SOMERS HAYES,) trappic manaqkr. manaair. The Finest Coa^tWige pag^enger ^teaniBi'? FIjing ije THE POPULAR ROUTE BETWEEN NEW YORK, BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA. FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND ALABAMA, VIA SAVANNAH, GA. Eleg:aiit Saloons Furnislied in HiSEfblj Polisbed "Woods. Comtuodlous and ^Well Tentllated State Rooms L,i8:lited by Electricity. Xable Denote, Including: Delicacies of the Northern and Southern Markets. TICKETS INCLUDE MEALS AND STATEROOM ON STEAMERS AND ALL TRANSFERS, AND ARE 25 TO 30 PER CENT. CHEAPER THAN THB RAIL, ROUXBS. For further information address the Agents of the Companies— A. Dew. SAMPSON, G. A., 306 Washington St., Boston, Mass. RICHAKDSON & BARNAKD, Agents, Lewis Wharf, Boston, Mass. W. L. 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