The leader., 1898-12-14

Is that her farmers have learned that
they can and do promote their indie
pendence by devoting larger share of
their attention to a diversity of crops
grasses grow to perfection
here, including the celebrated Lespe-
deza, or Japan clover, which grows
spontaneously, producing from two to
four tons per acre; also white and red
clover. AS stock-raising and dairy
country it has no superior inthe world,
and many of our people are turning
their attention in this direction.
Timber,
The territory of,Lincoln county orig
inally was heavily timbered in all of
its parts. Nearly four-fifths of the
land is yet so. The lumber industry
of the county is probably its most inn
portant interest, there being no less
than % large saw mills and one large
lumber manufacturing company now
in operation, employing on an average
20 hands each, and turning out mil
lions of feet of the finest long-leaf vel
low pine lumber annually. The tim
Der of the county includes not less
than fifty varieties, the pine, oak, hick-
DRY and gum predominating. The fol
lowing varieties of the finest quality
are abundant: Pine, long and short
leaf: white, red, black, Spanish, and
water oaks, early, late and curly hick-
ory, pecan, maple, elm, ash, beach, red
black and tupulagum,p ersimmon, holly,
magnolia, bay, cherry, poplar,
willow, ironwood, etc.
The Inhabitants.
The people of the county are largely
native, descendants in great part from
an ancestry who immigrated here from
the Carolinas and Georgia. According
to the census of 1880 the foreign-born
population only numbered 140 as
against 13,407 natives, of whom foul
were Indians. The inhabitants are
nearly all an agricultural people, and
they are honest, industrious and hos
pitable. They are temperate and
moral, and a large proportion are
church going The Baptist denomina
ton of Christians predominates, but
the Methodist are numerous and pros
porous, besides a goodly sprinkling OF
other religious sects. No better evi
dence of the sobriety and good morals
of the people could be given than that
they have voted the liquor traffic out
of their territory. They are law-abid
ing and tolerant, and hearty welcome
will be and is extended to immigrants.
Schools.
Fairly good public schools are main
tanned in the county, and these are i'm
proving in grade. At Brookhave1
Whitworth Female College is located
an institution ranking in size the
fourth in the United States, and in the
thoroughness and efficiency of its
training surpassed by none.
1t only remains for us to add that
The Health of the County
is most excellent. The character o.
the soil, its altitude, it's proximity t.
the Gulf of Mexico, from which during
the whole summer it enjoys a delight
full breeze, renders the climate the
most salubrious. and is a guarantee
against all malarial diseases. In the
winter, owing to our southern latitude
the mercury will not find it's way tt
zero once in ten years, the average
temperature during the winter months
being, we believe, Sc degrees.
Upon the whole, Lincoln county
offers to those seeking an independent
home, health and happiness, as many
advantages as any section to be found
Lands are cheap and easily obtained
in large or small tracts, the best rang
ing in price from 81 to so per acre.
*The census of 1880 showed the population Of
Lincoln county to be 1872 1t is belived now
| to be considerably above $4,000.
| The assessed valuation of realty In Lincoln
for the fiscal year 1878 is ST. SIS. 1906 personally
S100G,254; railroad property, $3o6,SS9; making a
grand total of So 223, 52S.