The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-04-01
GRAND OLD TERRELL.
The Banner County of the Ban
ner State.
IT'S MANY RESOURCES.
Excelling in Many Things That Attract
General Attention and Create Lasting
Impression. A County Renown-
ed for It's Richness of Soil
and Unbounded Re-
sources.

In presenting this edition to the
public it is not the intention of the
management to burden the reader with
"blocks of history" much of which is
already known. While the minute de-
tails concerning the early history and
settlement of Terrell countyis omitted,
tits still well to touch briefly upon the
more notable facts connected with the
county's inception for the benefit of
thereaders- who are not familiar with
one of the greatest and grandest coun-
ties of southwest Georgia.
TERRELL COUNTY
was formed from Lee and Randolph in
1856; it is bounded on the north by
Webster and Sumter, east by Lee,
south by Calhoun and Dougherty,
and west by Randolph. 1t was
named for DIR. VIM. Terrell of Hancock
county at one time an efficient member
in the Legislature from his county and
member to congress in 1921. He
contributed $4,000 for an agricultural
professorship in the University of Geor-
gia. He died July, 1856 at the age of
seyenty-three.
After the close of the war the county
grew steadily each year, and its people
became prosperous and happy, and,
as a result Of the industry of their fore
fathers, Terrell county now ranks in
the first galaxy of counties in the
state.
LANDS.
The lands Of Terrell county have been
titled by the Industrious farmers for
the past fifty years, and in all that time,
failure of crops has never been record
ed. The prices of lands vary as to To-
cation. Improved land sells from SIS
to $40 per acre according to improve
ments and location, unimproved sells
from So to SO per acre.
THE SOIL
] has red clay subsoil with generally a
top of grey or dark earth that is sandy
enough to pillow easily and not to break
into clods, and yetis strong and tena-
cious enough to retain moisture and
4 protect crops against danger from dry
8 weather. The possibilities of produc-
ton are almost unknown except as to !
cotton. While agriculture has always !
oeen limited almost exclusively to cot
ton planting, yet enough has-been done
81 especially in recent years to show that
cotton is the least renumerative of
crops in this region, and that fortunes
await the enterprising farmers of other
sections that will break the monopoly
held by king cotton" and give the
SOL OF southwest Georgia fair chance
'oproye its great possibilities.
RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The principal rivers of the county are
'he klnchafOone which runs through
'lle northwestern part of the county
anu the Ichaway-Nochaway which
iofms the southwestern boundry, and
vne Understandable which passes
through the central. Numerous springs
are found and good well water can be
mad on every hand.
HEALTH.
haylnS high elevation above the
sea level, the country is very healthy,
anu The climate is mild and agreeable.
nealthis wealth, " and, happily for us,
'ue diseases aremild andleasily manag-
GU general good health prevails
throughout the seasons, and the average
0uratlon of human life is as great as in
any state in theunion.
CHURCHES.
Onurches are of all denominations.
may be truthfully said of the people
Terrell county that they are a truly
roral and religious people. Every
,eighborhood has its comfortable and
fV - place of worship, and many
n, une church edifices would do creditto
country. Divine service on each
''a III is within reach of every locali-
Ae various churches are sup