Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-03-06
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ONCE 4 PLANTATION,
Now One ofthe Greatest Cities South
ATHENS, ALA, March 7th. 1890,

ATHENS, Ala, March 7th. 1890.
Not many years ago there was no such
place as Athens, Alabama. The place
where it now stands was simply an old cotton
plantation owned by a rich old aristocrat,
hundred dnegroes and nearly that many mules.
There was some ten thousand acres in the
plantation, and some years ago when party
of Southern men who. saw millions in it, pur-
chased the land for consideration of $685.
000-there still remained the old home ste ad
and the negro quarters-that was all, to-day
Athens is the prettiest little city in the South
land.
There are two or three thousand people
here-the majority of them living in as hand
some modern houses az the South can boast
of. Everything is improving, even the resi-
dences of the working class show considerable
taste and beauty.
But the question will naturally be asked
what there was in cotton plantation upon
which to found cityP Inexhaustible guam
titles of the best brown hematits iron, over
abundance ofthe best coking coal, limestone
by the millions of tons, fire clay, the best
clay and splendid building stone, all within
easy reach.
As an agricultural center Athens is de.
sirable place of residence. It is the center
of an agricultural country not surpassed in
the South. Its rank in the production OF
wheat. oats, corn, hay, cotton, clover. grass
es, grapes, vegetables and fruits generally,
is very high; its latitude, position and rich
coil is favorable to the kind of farming with
which the people of the more Northern
countries are familiar.
The people of Athens are hospitable-they
welcome newcomers irrespective Of political
or religious views, and accord to everyone the
fullest liberty in the enjoyment and express
sion of their opinion. Here are blended the
advantages over older and newly settled
countries without the peculiar draw
back of either. It will be inferred that a
country favorable to the growth of the
cereals, to which northern farmers may come
without having to relearn his business and
accustom himself to an entirely new set oi
products, must present various other condi
tions similar to those to which he has been
used to from infancy The inference will bt
in the main correct, and whatever exceptions
must be taken to itare altogether in the sett
lers favor. Much of the land W i'll be found
as good as that in some parts of Ohio, Indi
ana and Pennsylvania difference beinf
that whether improved or unimproved it car
be bought at price within general reach; th.
price ranging from $3t $50 per acre accord
ing to improvements and nearness to cities Of
railroads. The rich soil will yield an abund
ance Of all the grains, vegetables, grassei
and fruits grown in regions farther North
and in addition various products or cottor
and various kinds of fruit only grown in
Southern latitude. For vegetables, fruit ant
| grape raising the conditions are peculiarl,
favorable, while the dangers Of severe frost
and excessively hard weather are escaped
The crops mature and are marketable long
before the Northern gardens have begun tt
yield, and these far in advance of the tint
when Northern markets are gluted for sucl
4 products. There is sale at home and ther,
are facilities for shipment North for stock
Stock raising-the advantages are unsurpass
ed. The land alone is favorable to gras
and clover, and good pastures may be made
i Owing to the mildness Of the weather cattl
will subsist in the field the greater part 0
| the year, and little feeding is necessary. TIL
climate is unsurpassed, and in fact there
no better place in the land to live and max
money than right in Athens,and the country
surrounding nature has been generous enougl
to lavish upon it untold wealth in both min
7, erals snd agricultural properties Of soil.
Now, have experienced two winters il
Alabama, (my former home was in Ohio
and am contented. We have two Northerl
men hol1ing Office now. Come and examin
the country for yourself or write, and vii
answer promptly. Il. @. BooHER.
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