The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-26
roRr vALLEY,s LANp BOON.
nree Large Companies Formed Dur
ing the Past Two Weeks.

Fort Valley, Ga, May 24.-During the
- Two weeks three large land compa-
L. have been formed in Houston county
sgorecating st4o,eeooe, almost all being
fhio capital, viz: The Oak Ridge Fruit
3ompany, the Tivola Fruit and Land
3ompany with a paid in capital of $50
H. each. and the Standard Fruit Com
4 INV with $40, 900 paid in.
4 These large Investments have become
II common in Houston county that they
Il Ia not attract much attention from the
4eonle of this section. The two former
1 re located on the Georgia Southern and
STorida railroad, and they bid fair to be-
[ome the most noted orchards in the
world. The Tivola company has $500
bcres of land, with some fine timber, and
m is the owners purpose to make this a
Manufacturing site as well as a great
snrapose to have one of the largest and
sbest equipped fruit crate and
vegetable package manufacturing
nIants in the south in full
liberation They have fine timber of their
lOwn and surrounding the place are
Thousands of acres of timber suitable for
this business which they can secure at a
low price The stock in this company has
all been taken which is $4,000, so with
this and the three land deals with one
pade by another party of $4,000
9kes S200,O 600 of foreign money
taat has been brought into this
section within the past two weeksa
If this continues it will not be long before
the whole of Houston county is converted
into one gigantic peach orchard, and its
me will be spread to the four ends of
the earth.
Through the Endorsement of Park Nor
= / of the Atlanta weather bureau Fort
Valley now has Geographic weather
service as good as many larger cities
in the south. This convenience will
be of untold benefit to the fruit growers
in many respects. 1t will enable them to
smoke their orchards at precarious
pc Ods when there is prospects of frost
and thus prevent the peaches from being
killed. In shipping a forecast of the
weather viii prove very beneficial to them
in shipping the fruit. In fact it
will be benefit in many ways.
Houston county's teachers institute
will convene here at Grady Insti-
in session five days. Mayor Houser
WI deliver the keys of the town
10 hem, and they will virtually run the
city's government for that length of time
They will be given a drive during the
week to some of the largest orchards near
town, and be otherwise entertained as
best Fort Valley knows how
Fort Valley water works are progress
ing finely, and by July 10 the town will
be supplied with an abundance of cool
spring water, which will be a great in
centive for many new improvements and
manufacturing enterprises.
A cOnclave of Knights Templar will be
organized here next week Eminent
Commander w. P Baldwin has
granted a dispensation and sir
lights from Macon and other
'dies will be here TO do the work and con-
T the degrees.
Fort Valley now occupies a prominent
lace in the Masonic world, and the or
anization of this order will add greatly
o the towns prominence among the craft
throughout the state.
The cold weather has retarded the
with of all crops, especially cotton
aich is small for this season of the year
A few crates of green peaches have
been shipped from here, but regular ship
ping time will not commence for two
wreksye when this whole country will
be rushing mass of humanity and teams
getting the fruit crop loaded on the train
for market. This is the busiest time with
every one in this section and money is
abundant