The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 06, 1911, Image 4
DEATH TRAPS
Loud Cry For Reform Follows Awful Result
of New York Fire.
VIEWING THE BODIES
"f.ive Us Not Merely Fire Proof, Put
Deatli-Proof Buildings," is the Slogan
in New York?Fvrry Factory
May I5e Investigated?Identifying
the Bodies.
lCighty-six bodies of tiie 1 1 I victiids
recovered from the fire in the
ten-story loft New York building 011
Washington Place Saturday have
been identified. Sixteen of the bodies
were men. There are 12 injured in
the hospitals.
District Attorney Whitman started
an official investigation Monday to
fix the responsibility for the horror.
7\'o arrests have been considered by
him of any person In connection with
the fire and none will be made until
the facts disclosed give sufficient
evidence for taking this action. Fire
Marshal Peers began Ills investigation
'Monday.
It is now known that the fire started
on the eighth floor of the building
near a window at the northeast corner.
It began under a cutting table
in a scrap heap and is thought to
have been started by a cigarette.
Crowds assembled at the morgue
to view the bodies, 52 in all. At
least half of the corpses were uri
recognizable and only a small trinket
or shred of clothing will help to
show who the unfortunate was. Some
of these bodies probably will never
be claimed. The victims, living alone
in furnished rooms or little flats, may
have had no friends and few acquaintances.
Managers of the Triangle Waist
company, which occupied the burned
floors, deny that the Iron doors lend
ing to the elevators and stairs were
locked. The fact that there was only
one fire escape 011 the building will
come in for a careful investigation to
determine what city official is to
blame.
Progress has been made by public
and civic organizations toward offering
relief to those who have suffered
as a result of the fire. The first contribution
in this movement was made
by Mayor Gaynor, who headed the
list with $100 and made an appeal to
the citizens of the city for a relief
fuud. Industrial organizations, theatres
and civic bodies have also set
tn motion plans for supplementing
the fund. Fire Chief Croker said today:
"I do not hesitate to say that a
more appalling loss of life in office
.buildings and big stores is likely to
home upon New York at any moment
because of the lack of safeguards."
* "Give us not merely fire proof, but
death proof buildings," bids fair to
become a municipal slogan as a result
of the fire disaster of Saturday
afternoon in which nearly 150 perons
lost their lives.
The slogan was coined by Fire
hief Croker as summing up his recmmendations
for the future. The
ntire nation, he declared, will learn
a lesson from Saturday's fire such as
it has learned only twice of late years
?once when the Collingswood, Ohio,
disaster taught the necessity of adequate
fire protection in school buildings
and again when the Iroquois
theatre fire in Chicago taught the
same lesson for theatres. Chief
Groker's recommendation Is:
"The City Beautiful" is loss vital
than the 'City Safe.'
"Let us see first of all that our <
]>eople live and work under adequate
protection for their lives and per- i
sons.
"I would have fire escapes landings
extending all along the outside of
every office loft or factory building.
I would have the balcony landings
.built wide enough for two persons to
pass in safety without crowding,
"Next, let us have all inside stairways
enclosed In fire proof partitions.
Never allow an exit door to be
blocked and make the fire escape
windows open to the floor level like
a door.
"Protect each floor with all avail
able automatic safety devices and
sprinkles. Last, but not least, mane
fire drills at frequent intervals compulsory
in all factories, lodging
houses and institutions."
The Woman's Trade union announced
the beginning of an investigation
which is expected to embrace
every factory in New York city where
union labor is employed. All union
workers will be asked to write confidential
answers to questions concerning
conditions where they toil.
The limiting of the height of all
buildings and even tearing down of
existing skyscrapers is recommended
,by Theodore H. Price, a prominent
fire insurance man. The height of
every building should be governed,
he says, by the character of its occupancy.
Four or five stories should
be the legal maximum where manufacturing
or industrial pursuits are
I followed.
"A Are in the financial district
could, In a small radius, wipe out
the available fire Insurance capital
. ; la the United States/' said Mr. Price.
DENIES A SLANDER
RLHASIO ANSWKRS A SLANDKKOl'S
STORY ABOUT STATK.
The Governor Rightfully Denies the
Statement That South Carolina
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lias Asylum for Illegitimates.
(Iovernor Rlease received Saturday
a letter from Nevada which aroused
his indignation and brought forth a
characteristically picturesque reply.
His correspondent, writing from
Reno, said he and others wore trying
to "clean up tilings" at Reno, in respect
to tlie divorce industry, and in
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consequence mis suue iiau uueii openly
attacked in the legislative debates,
a leader in the Nevada assembly
going so far as to say that "the
State of South Carolina, on account
of its public immorality, occasioned
by the absence of divorce, had been
compelled to erect a large asylum for
the maintenance of illegitimate children."
South Carolina's standard of morality,
Governor Blease replied, "is
higher than that of any other State
in the union." The governor denounces
as absolutely false, mean and
malicious the statement quoted in respect
to a State asylum for illegitimate
children. "South Carolina,"
says Governor Hlease, "has 110 divorce
law, and her people are very
proud of the fact."
. . The Correspondence.
The very interesting correspondence
on the subject follows:
Nevada Realty and Finance Company,
Anderson building, Reno, Nevada.
P. \j. Flanigan, president; Pix W.
Smith, vice president; D. Ford Smith,
secret ary-treasu rer.
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in a run wi >, 1 j . i .
Hon. Cole D. Dlease, Governor of
South Carolina, Executive Chamber,
Columbia, S. C.:
My Dear Sir:
We are in a hot fight out here in
this Western country concerning easy
divorce. We are trying to clean up
things out here, organized a coarse
of lectures and 1 enclose card descriptive
thereof. Also send you under
separate cover copy of my lecture
and the attack upon me by one
of the newspapers here, all of which
will bring good results.
An attack has been made by the
legislature here upon South Carolina,
as I understand, your State grants
no divorces. I have timber interests
in the South and know the high grade
of citizenship and morality that obtains
in your State. One of the leaders
in the legislature told me yester,1..
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nay uiui me oiaie ui ouuui uitruiiiui
on account of its public immorality
occasioned by the absence of divorce,
had been compelled to erect a large
asylum for the maintenance of illegitimate
children, and I write this letter
to inquire if that is a truthful
statement.
Would it be too great a favor to
ask for you to write me briefly if the
absence of divorce in your State tends
to immorality.
Thanking you for the courtesy of
an answer, I beg to remain,
Very sincerely yours,
I). F. Smith.
The Coventor's Reply.
Mr. D. Ford Smith, Anderson Building,
Reno, Nevada.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of March 25 received.
South Carolina has no divorce law,
and her people are very proud of the
fact. The betrayal of the virtue of
one of her women means death. The
standard of her morality is higher
than that of any other State in the
A ?>! ?\ ???/"? o -? > 11 1 r\n on/I R a of o a on f
/ v 111 v i ' v (in uiuuii, aiivi i u v luiuuii??
that she has an orphan homo for illegitimate
children is absolutely false.
There may be some institutions of the
kind in the State, but the State herself
has no such institution, and the
assertions set out in your letter as to
such statements being made in your
State are mean and maliciously false.
Very respectfully,
Cole 1j. lllcase, Governor.
Columbia, April 1. *
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RAISED A DIG RUMPUS.
? .. White
Girl Refused to Pose Refore
Negro Student.
The race question came up in the
Chicago Art Institute on last Tuesday,
and for a time threatened to
disrupt a class when a white girt
who had been recently employed as a
mrwlnl wfiifind in nnarv wtiiln n lioern
student remained in the room. After
a consultation with his fellow
students the negro artist to whom
exception had been taken relieved the
situation temporarily by walking
from the room. The matter Is not
settled, as the girl says she will not
pose for the class while the negro is
in it. Most of the class sustain the
girl.
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May Have IJeen Tiost.
Cargo from the overdue interstate
steamer Yonagal, bound from Townsville
to Mackay, Australia, with 68
passengers and a crow of 70, was
washed ashore Tuesday. It is feared
that the vessel has been lost. The
Yonagai is owned by the Adelaide
Steamship company of Adelaide.
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Ex-Chief Justice Pope died at his
horilo in Newberry on Wednesday. He
was a good man, and served bis State
faithfully in all the walks of life.
WIFE WAS DEAD
Bat He Still Clings to the "5cieoct" Belief
and the Treatment.
TREATED BY A HEALER
She Objected to Her Father Calling
I
in Regular Physician, and Agreed
With Her Husband that "Hod is
Hetter Physician Than Man/'
Treatment Kept Secret.
"God is a l>etter physician than
J man. I believe in the Christian Sci
ence teachings, as did my wire, in
not having medical treatment I did
what I thought was best. Every one
does what he or she thinks best."
That was the explanation given by
Lieut. Johannes Schiott of Bridgeport,
Conn., formerly an officer in the
Norwegian navy, who married Miss
Mary E. Bedford, daughter of E. T.
Bedford of Brooklyn, a vice-president
I of the Standard Oil Company. Schiott
was telling how his wife had dieo
when under treatment by a Christian
Science healer.
"My wife became a mother March
17," continued Schiott. "Mrs. Battey
was in attendance. Mrs. Schiott's
heart gave out and she died quietly
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lasl oaiurua; uigiii ui i u uiuurv. i/i .
C. E. Blackmail of Bridgeport was
the first physician called. He came
Friday afternoon and Dr. Dorman
came up from New York 011 Saturday."
Dr. Blackman, who is connected
with the Bridgeport Hospital, says
Mrs. Schiott died from blood poison-,
ing.
"When I readied the Schiott home
Friday afternoon Mrs. 'Schiott was
very low," said he. "I realized there
was 110 chance to save her life. 1
understand there was a New York
woman named Battey, a Christian
Science healer, in attendance upon
Mrs. Schiott following the birth of
her child."
Mr. Bedford called in Dr. Blackman
against the wishes of his daughter
and son-in-law, .both of whom
held to their absolute faith in the
healing powers of Christian Science.
When Dr. Blackman reported the serious
condition of Mrs. Schiott to Bed
[ ford, her father swiftly summoned
Dr. F. A. Dorman, a specialist, of
No. 133 East Fifty-seventh street,
New York.
The regular physicians were with
Mrs. Scliiott until the last.' Mrs. Battey
also was there.
Dr. Frederick C. Hotchkiss, who
does the talking for Christian Scientists
in Bridgeport, said:
"Mrs. Schiott had been a sufferer
from a serious form of heart trouble
for years and had been saved on two
similar occasions by a practitioner of
the faith. It always is the custotn
to have a physician present at such
a time, however. Christian Scientists
use common sense, above all. I presume
that there must have been a
physician present when Brs. Schiott
died."
Dr. Sarah F. Battey, who is both a
regular physician and a Science healer
w.as the New York woman called
to attend Mrs. Schiott. Dr. Battey
became a believer in Christian Sci?
ence six years ago. In her home at
No. 123 Wadsworth Ave., the Bronx,
she said last night:
"I was called to attend Mrs. Schiott
as a regular physician."
"Was your treatment such as
would l>e given by a regular physician
or did you use Christian Science?"
was asked.
"That question must be answered
by members of the family," was the
reply.
"Mrs. Schiott's husband says Christian
Science treatment was given until
the day before her death."
"Then Lieut. Schiott must know.
I can make no statement as to the
sort of treatment given Mrs. Schiott
by me."
Mrs. Schiott was thirty-two years
old and had the appearance of a woman
in fine health. She was fond of
outdoor sports. The couple's home,
Green's Farms, near Bridgeport, was
a gift from Bedford to his daughter.
Schiott had been in this country only
a short time and was working for a
carriage company in Bridgeport when
he saw Miss Bedford and fell in love
with her. It was said then that he
was a chauffeur, but this was denied.
It was asserted he was an expert machinist
.
"My daughter became interested in
Christian Science several years ago,"
said Bedford last night in his home.
No. 181 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn,
"and converted her husband to the
belief. She always had a weak heart
and this affection caused her death.
For years her doctor was Dr. McCorkle
of Brooklyn."
Dr. 'McCorkle said last night that a
Mrs. Scliiott was under his care until
six years ago.
"If her heart was weak then," he
added, "I knew nothing about it."
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Abandon Vessel.
An abandoned ship riding on her
beams' ends was reported Tuesday in
the lane of the coast liners about 140
miles due east off Jacksonville, Fla.
Revenue cutters are searching for the
derelict to destroy it.
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
For Sale?Pure King Cotton Seed At
Poultry Yard, Darlington. 8. S.
Paint 1c lb.? (Formula) and 9 others,
12c. John Hellwig, 49 Clinton
Street, Albany, N. Y.
For Sale?Pure King Cotton Seed at"
$1.00 per bus! el. Address, J. J.
Littlejohn, Jon aville. C.
For Sale?1.X00 acres fine farm land
near Macon, da., for less than $15
per acre. Address J. L. Bragdon,
Sumter, S. C.
Money Maker Cotton Improved and
selected by T. J. Kirven is the
best. Seed at $1 per bushel. T. J.
Kirven, Providence, S. C.
For Sale?Eggs of the famous Northup
Strain, S. C. Illack Minorca, for
hatching, $1.50 per 13. 9 Bennett
street, Charleston, S. C.
Buff Wyudottes; S. C. White and
Buff Leghorns, Stock and eggs at
bargain prices also O. I. C. hogs,
W. E. Carroll, Normandy, Tenn.,
Route No. 1.
Collect Direct. Send accounts to expert
collector in home-town of man
who owes you. Collection system
free. Creditors Supplies Co., Rock
Street, Newark, Ohio.
For Sale?S. C. R. I. Reds, White
and Brown Leghorns, Black Langshang,
Plymouth Rocks. Eggs for
setting, 15 for $1. M. B. Grant,
Darlington, S. C.
Eggs in incubator lots or single sittings
from S. C. Reds, $1.50 per
15; $8.00 per hundred. Nico cockerels,
$2.00 each. Eugonla Hammond,
North Augusta, S. C.
Hustling Agents wanted to sell ac-j
cessory indispensable to all auto-'
mobile owners; very liberal te/ms.
Write for particulars. Henszey,
Box 5 4 2, Troy, N. Y.
For Sale?Barred Rocks, White and
..Silver Laced Wyandotts that are
strong, healthy, vigorous and good
layers. Eggs $1.50 per setting;
fertility guaranteed. H. A. Preacher,
Brunson, S. C.
Shave Yourself with our Danish Double
Shear Steel hand ground and
honed razor. Fully guaranteed for
t?.'/-? voa ra 4 1 0 0 \tnnfV
back if not entirely satisfactory.
Brown & Rightmire, Phoenixville,
Pa.
The Little Tell Tale which tells the
Truth. A complete egg record of
the day, the week, the month, and
the year. Price 1 Oc. Address,
Mrs. M. B. Roberts, Dade City,
Fla.
Girl or Woman?each locality, good
pay made acting as representative,
address envelopes, fold, mail
circulars, material, stamps, furnished
free. Rex Mailing Agency.
London, Ontario.
For Sale?Whippoorwill Peas, $2.25
per bushel; Clay Mixed Peas, $2.10
per bushel; Ripper Mixed Peas,
$2.10 per bushel. Write for prices
in larere Quantities. F. A. Bush
Co., Preston, Ga.
Dropsy C ired?Shortness of breatn
relieved 'n 3 6 to 4 8 hours. Reduces
swelling in 15 to 20 day t.
Call or write Collum Dropsy Remedy
Company, Dept. O 512 Austell
Bldg., Atlanta Ga.
Dobbs* Single Comb Rhode Island
Reds and "Crystal" White Orpingtons
win and lay when others
fail, stock and eggs for sale. Send
for mating list. G. A. Dobbs, Box
B. 24, Gainesville, Ga.
Wanted?Men and ladies to take
throe months practical course. Expert
management. High salaried
positions guaranteed. Write for
catalogue now. Charlotte Telegraph
School, Charlotte, N. C.
Wanted?Men to take thirty days'
practical course in our machine
shops and learn automobile business.
Positions secured graduates,
$25 per week and up. Charlotte
Auto School, Charlotte, N. C.
Wanted?Bookkeepers, stenographers,
clerks, write us if desiring
employment. We place competent
business help and aro not able to
supply demand. Carolina Auait &
System Co., Skyscraper, Columbia,
S. C.
Regular 2.">c Sheet Music?"Don't
(Forget Me Sweetheart" (Song).
"HI ue Bird," (Intermezzo Two
Step). "Take Mo Hack to Dreamland"
(Song). Three for 25c.
F. F. Pfeiffer, 100G Republic Bldg.,
Chicago.
Good Live Agents wanted in every
town to sell a meritorious line of
medicines extensively advertised
and used by ever family and In
the stable. An exceptional opportunity
for the right parties to
make good money. Write at once
for proposition to L. B. Martin,
Box 110, Richmond, Va.
When Medicines Fail, will take your
case. Diseases of Stomach, Bow
LEE'S HEAD.A
NEURAL
Safely Sun
Cures Headache and Neuralg
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ous lesumomais on me iu our um<
Read the following:
I have been a constant suffer
could not get any relief until it hi
I tried Lee's Headache and Neuralg
lief.
I heartily endorse it as the be;
(Signed)
Sold everywhere. Price 25c and 50c
Burwell & Dunn
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DON'T SUFFER WITH
Cuts, Bruises
Strains and Sprains, but apply
Noah's Liniment. It is antiseptic
and will take the poison
and soreness out quickly, when
all else fails.
r Noah's Liniment will save'
any amount of pain and can
be taken internally for Colic,
Cramps, etc. Nothing better
for Toothache.
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Noah's Liniment Is tho host remedy for I
Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Rack, Still I
Joints and Muscles, Bore Throat, Colds, J
Strains, Sprains, Cuts,
Rrulses, Colic, Cramps,
Neuralgia, Tootliaclio, 1221332223
and all Nerve, Bono
and Muscle Aches and
Pains. The genuine has I
package and looks like rnRVVVjfl
this cut, but has RED
band on front of pack- IklArallPJ
age and " Noah's Lini- |in|TTMT|3
mant" always in RED UlillkUUll
Ink. Beware of Imlta- 7
tlons. Lnrgo bottle, 25 Mi mi It KMT
cents, and sold by all
dealers In me d 1 ci n e.
CJua ran toed or money
refunded by Noah mmmmmtmm
Remedy Co., Inc.,
Richmond, Va.
els, Kidneys, Liver, Lungs and debility
(either sex) permanently
eradicated by Natural Methods.
Interesting literature free. C. Cullen
Howerton, Durham, N. C.
For Sale?Well improved farm of
4 88 acres, within one mile of Catawba,
York County, S. C. Catawba
is the junction point of the
Seaboard, Southern and Catawba
Valley railroads and has excellena
schools and chijrehos: two public
roads through the farm; R. F. I),
route; splendid two-story sevenroom
dwelling; good barn and
tenant houses; land well adapted
to cotton, corn and oats; magnificent
pasture facilities; to be sold
for division. Price $22.50 per
acre. James T. Faris, Catawba,
S. C.
If you want more money for your
cotton crop, plant "Acme Upland
Long Staple. Very productive
superior staple. Two bales (1023
lbs) this variety sold in Boston,
Nov., 1910, for $281.32. Seed
$1.50 per bushel, 10 or more bushels,
$1.25. Address A. M. Huggins,
Lamar, S. C. Reference:
Merchants & Planters Bank, Lamar,
S. C.
For Sale?-120 bushels Iron Peas at
$2.50 per bushel, 200 bushels
Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Seed being
best of seven different varieties
r>y lest ior iwo yt;ara uy uiu, unu
free from disease, therefore I have
abandoned all other short stables,
also 3 0 bushels Long Staple left,
sole lint at 2 0c. Dec. 23, good and
bad, all delivered F. O. B. Newberry,
S. C., at $1.00 per bu. J.
L. Mayer, Newberry, S. C.
Wanted?Every man, woman and
child in South Carolina to know
that the "Alco" brand of Sash,
Doors and Blinds are the best and
are made only by the Augusta
Lumber Company, who manufacture
everything in Lumber and
Millwork and whose watchword is
"Quality." White Augusta Lumber
Company, Augusta, Georgia,
for prices on any order, large or
small.
Southwest Georgia Bargains?1345
acres or gooa iarnnng iana about
two hundred acres in cultivation
balance, excepting about 76 acres
in lake, easily put in cultivation
only four miles from Rainbridge,
a hustling town of 6,000, and
touched by one of the counties fine
thirty foot roads and only two
miles from main line of A. C. L.
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la no matter what the cause. Numerje
bear us out In this statement.
er from headache for 12 years ah<^^ jfl
i (1 run Its course or take morpniu?.^i ?
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st thing I have ever tried.
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Hartsvllle. S. 0. fl
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AFTER THE BLACK HAND |
THK GOVEHXMKXT WILL TAKE A 1
HAM) IX THE HUNT ]
The United States to Thoroughly Kx\
plore the Order That Has Caused
Forty Deaths.
At Chicago the United States secret
service operatives are about to ,
explore a "black hand" bomb that is
expected finally to bring to justice
officers and members of the body that
in a little more than one year has
claimed nearly forty lives and caused
a reign of terror in the Italian district
in Chicago. ,
The threat upon the life of Judge
K. M. Landis of the United States district
court, it is learned, was but one
feature of a program of threats and
blackmail that lias been carried into I
the midst of the government's do- k
partment of justice in Chicago. (
The threats resulted in the recalling
of members of the F. Q. Alongi
jury, which disagreed after hearing .
evidence in a "black hand" case a
week a?o, and tho discovery that ]
members of the jury had been terrorized
and that their inability to
reach a verdict probably was the di- ^
rect result of these threats.
The recent threats upon Judge 1
Landis, upon jurors and Monday
upon the life of a member of Assistant
Chief of Police Schuettler's staff,
are expected to hasten the scheduled
arrests.
It is known that numerous Italian
secret service men imported from
New York in order to prevent them
from being marked by the organization
under investigation, are at work
seeking evidence to he used in the ,
government's moves.
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What is to Be Done. J
The New York World thinks that
some way should he devised by the
Senate and the President of withdrawing
Statehood from California
nnrl pnrl iir>ln (r If f r\ t hrt ratlV A rl*
zona as a Territory. Before adjourning,
the State Legislature at Sacramento
decided to submit to the people
a constitutional amendment providing
for the recall of all elective
officers, including the judiciary. 1 _
Because the people of Arizona em- V
bodied a similar radical provision In
their new State Constitution they
are denounced as unfit for Statehood
and threatened at Washington with
being held forever under a Territorial
form of government. In the innocence
of their souls they only did
what their nearest neighbor among
the States proposes to do, and what
any other State has the right to do If
it wants to.
It will he remembered that Bailey
threatened to resign because the j
Democrats on the judiciary commit- i
tee voted to admit Arizona to Stat?- Ljet
hood with this provision in her con- J
stitution. No doubt he will now take
the ground that the Territory of
Arizona ought to be barrod from
Statehood for setting tli? State of
California a had example. But that
would not punish California. The
question is what is to bo done wltk
her and other States that persist In
adding these Democratic provisions
to their constitutions? The great -Jh/
Bailey must bo placated somehow. ^
R. R. The soil is sandy loam with
clay ranging from three to twelve
inches of top and will produce
abundantly, when properly cultivated,
Wrapper Tobacco, Corn, Cotton,
Sugar Cane, Velvet Beans,
Peas, Peanuts, Irish and Sweet Potatoes,
Turnips, Cabbage, or almost
any kind of garden truck,
Peaches, Plums, Grapes, Melons,
Cantalopes and almost any of the
products of a Southern climate.
Southwest Georgia Is making more
rapid advances than any other section
of the entire South and Inside
of two years no land can be purchased
in this country for lese than
$25.00 to $50.00 per acre. $?,009
buys this 1345 acre tract or will
sell desired amount at $7.00 per
acre. Better act quick for thin is
the greatest bargain in Southwest
Georgia. T. A. Ausley 4k Co., Bainbridge,
Ga.
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