The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-27
PROSPEROUS BOSTON.
something About One of the Thriving
Towns OF Georgia

E0TletA4nR a OOLL zig OI Ll6 Ing
Towns OF Georgia
rosroN. GA, Feb. 26.-Boston has for
two wears enjoyed greater degree Of pros
,,a-itv than ever before, and progress and
;-,-,, .y-,uent in all lines of business are
b,vo,G :he hopes and predictions of the
-. - a ..uiu1. Ten wears ago Boston was
-; H. -vt..aCe OF few hundred inhabit-
an. wi;h decidedly old timey appear
aore Now it is one of the neatest, and
;-,nresses the visitor as one of the most
,lcasant and prosperous towns in South
Georgia Her citizens are as hospitable, and
Ter merchants as wide awake as those OF
any place. Surrounded by n flne agricultural
saction. which is thickly settled by q thrifty
class Of farmers, the county sufficiently
broken to give good drainage and pure
water. with vast belts Of fine timber al la
cent. Boston possesses natural advantages
surpassed by few places in the pine woods of
South Georgia, aud these are realized and
utilized by her energetic merchants and
citizens From handling a few hundred
bsles Of cotton annually few years since.
cha now handles and ships about 5000
bales annually, and the melon and
pear crops shipped from this
iJaca are source of nearly
a. much more revenue. The value of naval
sire. annually shipped from this point is
,}l,uv thousand dollars. Land is cheap or
bi,eh in proportion to distance from towns.
All the improvements on it. Boston has
no boom, but mas a steady. solid growth
and Improvement, and on every hand can
be seen evidence of it. Among tho most
prominent merchants of Boston are: D. II.
Blood. dealer in general merchandise, who
carries a finely assorted stock and does
business of about $4,000; j. b. Il
W. J. Brooks, two young men who, from
business of a few hundred dollars, three
years since, now do a cash trade of as many
thousands, and have recently erected
handsome and commodious brick store; ].
W. Taylor and M. l.. Cook & Co. and W.
N. Brooks carry well assorted stocks of
general merchandise, and do a business of
$4,000 to $4,000 each. DR.. M. r. NAL
lette, banker, cotton broker, ware
house and commission merchant,
also deals in buggies, wagons,
saddlery and harness, and guanos. Ho has
recently discovered phosphate on his farm,
near Boston, which his many friends trust
will prove big money for him. Mallette IL
Vann and Daniel & Begg are the clever
tho hardware man, carrying varied and
excellent stock of useful articles. In ad-
dition to these Boston has other live, en-
ergetic business men, who are readers and
subscribers of the MORNING NEWS.
MONEY PUT IN STORES.
About $4,000 has been spent in Boston
in the past three years in erecting hand
some brick stores, and others are under
contract for the current year. The planning
mill and variety works of Daniel A Horne
is a recent addition, and has proven q most
desirable one, too. Boston has three
churches-Baptist, Methodist and Presbyte-
rian-presided over by Revs. j. M. Rushin,
". w. Stewart and DIR. A. w. Clisby, re-
spectively, men noted for their sincerity
of purpose and purity of life and for
their devotion to the advancement of
the cause of Christ and the good
of their fellow-men. Mr.. Rushin
is also member of the board of commits
sioners of the Georgia experimental station,
position for which he will prove himself
eminently qualified. BosGon's schools are
presided over by men who have made
teaching the object and study of Their lives,
and it Is gratifying to note an increased at
tendance at each school. Among recent i'm
provements may be noted a handsome and
spacious cottage just completed and occu-
pied by DR.. M. r. Mallette. His house warm
ing was celebration of his wooden wedding,
at which the presents were numerous. and
varied from box of toothpicks to hand
sOmely polished oak center table, The array
Of wooden ware on the occasion disclosed
many novel and useful articles appropriate
to the occasion. Oc1e helms, the clever
railroad agent, has just completed a neat
cottage also, built in modern style and fin
ished in natural pine, as is that Of DR.. NAL
lette
The MORNING NEWS is the "old reliable'
Of this town and vicinity, and, while they
support the home paper, the Boston World,
very literally, it is to the NEWS that they
60 for information, and from which they
expect the news of the world, and the pop
ular sentiment is, MAY the MORNING News
live long and prosper"