The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-22
PROGRESSIVE POULAN.
Going Into Observation-Disclosures
Fruit Section.

Fruit Section.
Poulan, Ga, March 2O.-Poulan is a
progressive little town, situated on the
Brunswick and Western railroad, near the
geographical center of Worth county.
The citizens of Poulan are full of pluck
and energy, and it is quietly becoming a
manufacturing center. Workmen are
now busily engaged in erecting a two
story brick building, PA by 5S feet, for a
cotton factory. The building is located
near the railroad, east of the depot The
building will be completed in about six
ty days, and the machinery will be placed
and steam turned on. 1t will be a 1S0-loom
mill. The looms VIII be placed upstairs,
and spindles on the lower floor Every
piece of machinery will be of the latest
improvement and the mill VIII be up to
date in every particular. The mill will
give employment to over a hundred labor
ers. The energetic and untirng John G.
McPhaul is the leader and is superin-
tending the erection of the building. Mr..
McPhaul being the moving spirit in the
enterprise, is sure guarantee of success.
Poulan has other enterprises in sue
cessful operation. Hunton & Co. have a
planning mill, with a capacity of $1,000 feet
per day. They also do all kind of mould
ing and finishing work. G. E. Weeks
is superintendent of Hunton & Co.'S bust
ness. The Poulan Agricultural Imple-
ment Company is manufacturing hay
presses, fruit tree cultivators, corn plant
ers and the Mccormick stalk cutters
Their trade is rapidly increasing. The
company during the past season sold over
5000 worth of the Mccormick stalk cut
tiers. j. G. McPhaul is president of the
company.
Poulan also has a corn and rice mill
and ginnery. Hunton & Co. last year erect
ed one of the neatcst and most attrac-
tive hotels here that there is in South
Georgia. 1t is a tWo-stOry frame build
ing, with twenty rooms. II is hand
some building, and very elegantly fur
nished p. Freligh formerly of Owens
boro, KY, is manager of the hotel.
1 had the pleasure of visiting the Key
stone Fruit Company's farm. This farm
is located about one mile east of the depot.
Upon arriving there the first thing to
claim my attention was the printing office
|, of the Poulan Herald. Master Charles n.
Wilson, son of DR.. ]. f. Wilson, is editor
and proprietor of the Herald. He is only
Is years of age, but there are few boys Of
his pluck and energy. His first editions
were written with a pencil, and for some
time he weekly issued the Herald with his
pencil. DIR. Wilson, his father, finally
concluded that Charlie was determined to
be a newspaper man and he purchased
neat outfit for him. Since then the Poulan
Herald has been printed, and goes
through the mails to several states and to
Canada. Editor Wilson, claims the dis
tinction of being a native of the state Of
Ohio, and President Mckinley, and the
editor of the Poulan Herald were born in
the same county
DR.. j. f. Wilson, the manager Of the
Keystone Fruit Company, is perhaps one
of the most experienced and scientific
fruit growers in the south. DR.. Wilson has
kept a record of the maximum tempera-
ture since 1891, and he can in a moment
tell the exact temperature of any day
since. Although the season is much ear
lier this spring than usually, the doctor
thinks fruit reasonably safe. DR.. Wilson
says this spring the blooms are at least
twenty days earlier than in 1896 In 1895
the first flowers were the Kelsey plum,
March H. This spring they bloomed Feb
90. The wild goose plum in 1895 bloomed
April T. This year they were in bloom
March 10. DR. Wilson is experimenting
extensively in plum culture. He has for
ty-five varieties, and will determine which
variety is best adapted to our soil and
climate. DIR. Wilson has had several years
experience in fruit growing at Poulan. and
he says no section of the south is more
inviting to fruit growers. The lands are
rolling. admirably drained and adapted to
fruit culture. The salubrity Of this sec
ton is undsputed and the climate I'M
equaIed Dr. Wilson has every kind of
fruits and flowers. lie has sixty varie-
ties of grapes. DR.. Wilson is originally
from Ohio, but he has been in Georgia so
long until he is proudly claimed now as
a Georgia cracker.