The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-03
A DAY AT FL0WERY BRANCH.
N THE HEART OF PROSPEROUS
HALL COUNTY.

HALL COUNTY.
Cotton Along the ROM sides and
the Tracks of Gold Seekers Along
the Strenms-FIOwery Branch a
Thriving Town. with n Cotton
Business of 5000 to 6.0OO Bales,
Paying Manufacturing Enter
Prfses, Good schools and an Enter
Prising People.
Concluding my business at Cumming
in Forsyth county, / started Thursday
morning on my return trip. to a nearer
railroad station. Instead of going to
Gainesville, we decided to take the
lower route, thereby reaching the
Southern Railway at Flowery Branch.
one of the thriving towns of Hall coun-
~. The distance from Cumming to
my destination was is miles. We
crossed half a dozen creeks and the
Chattahoochee river, making the trip
in three hours. despite the fact of
having to face a storm of sleet part
of the way.
The Chattahooohee is the dividing
line between Hall and Forsyth coun-
ties, and is spanned at the point where
we crossed by a substantial iron bridge
on stone piers.
The highway from Cumming to Flow
cry Branch was lined with we'll cult
waited farms. many of which had
houses that would be a credit to a
large city. l noticed at one place
eight bales of cotton lying out in the
weather, and at another six bales. and
here and there one and two bales,
showing that all the cotton is not yet
out of the county. Owing to the ex-
tremely bad weather, few people were
to be seen. We passed an occasional
buggy or wagon the first probably
carrying a traveller like myself, and the
latter hauling wood, which finds ready
purchasers at this time of the year.
In spite of the bad weather. I re-
ceived a very warm welcome at Flow
cry Branch, and with my coat collar
turned up and my hat pulled over nv
eyes, / made calls among the people.
Capt. NJ. j. Charles, tax collector of
Hall county, lives at Flowery Branch.
and he did the introducing. The town
takes its name from a stream that flows
nearby.
Among the places l visited
was the Chattahoochee Furniture Com
pany where all the medium grades of
furniture. such as kitchen safes.
kitchen tables, round tables, bureaus,
washstands, desks, etc., are manufac-
tured. 1t is an extensive industry Mr..
o. l. Addition, president of the COM
pany, came from Maine some years ago.
He is one of those rarities, an old-line
Maine Democrat, and, of course, makes
a good Georgia Democrat. His son.
Mr.. Forrest Addition. is secretary of
the company. 1t was gratifying to
know that, Notwithstanding the extern
sive facilities for manufacturing, the
company last year could not meet the
demand for its products.
Flowery Branch does a large cotton
business, it's receipts amounting to from
5000 to 5000 bales a year, and conse-
quently is an important distributing
point for supplies of all kinds.
The population, according to the CEN
sus of 1900. of Flowery Branch, includ-
ing Flowery Branch district. is 1921.
The town has a good school, several
churches, and number of handsome
residences.
That there is gold in Hall county is
shown by the ''washings" along the
water courses. Wherever the highway
crossed a branch the hillsides show the
work of the gold-seekers.
rf-;t 60 HI icI,
ment recently, was taken into the en-
CINE and boiler room and introduced
as the next Governor to the engineer,
who was also fireman, whom 1 startled
by telling that | could fire up and run
an engine" He looked at me with
doubt and surprise, and said that it
was the first time he ever heard of
an engineer and fireman running for
Governor, and he was going to vote
for me, and make the boys do so, too"
Among the gentlemen l had the pleas
ure of meeting at Flowery Branch.
besides those already named. We're
Messrs. F. T. Davie. H. NJ. Williams,
H. d. Mann, J. NJ. Wofford, w. d.
Hawkins, w. L. Hawkins, f. *. Smith,
w. s. Moon. r. A. Moon, j. c. Adams,
H. ]. Cooper, w. w. Cooper, ]. H. Fos-
ter. ]. B. Pierce, j. C. Smith. j. w.
Smith, B. b. Cheek, w. c.. Dolcater.
]. d. Pickett, r. H. Duncan, G. A.
Jordan, ]. T. Phillips, w. L. Green,
w. T. Pickett, j. j. Hughes. w. M.
Hutchinson. C. S. Mooney ]. F. Har-
rison, r. r. Kimbro. N. C. Odell, ]. A.
Benton, F. S. Barrett and G. N. Jones.
l had a stormy day for electioneer-
ing, but I made the rounds of the
town in time to take the fast mail for
my next stopping place,