The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-08-16
BRONWOOD, THE TOWN OF OPPORTUNITY
Continued from page six.

| OOnUlnu6u IFOLn
in the music department. Last year
there was also an elocution teacher.
! Within the city limits stand four
attractive churches-the Methodist,
the First and Second Baptist and the
Lutheran-services being held at one
of the four each Sunday.
The people are gOod-natured,
law-abiding people. They possess
! patriotism of the proper variety, and
9I9Q4 'pooS oHqnd 9Ql IoJ 9A!Lls lie
being very seldom an occasion for an
arrest.
The drainage is most excellent.
The town slopes to small streams on
! both sides-north and south-and'
the drainage is natural.
The waterworks system is now in !
operation, as it has been for the past |
| several years. Insurance has been |
| greatly reduced already because of |
this wise precaution against fire; but |
as the town is building and expand |
| ing and a sewerage system is to be |
desired the council will soon put be- !
fore the people measure to be voted
upon which, if passed, will permit
the installation of a $4,000 water
plant Then the town will be amply
supplied with artesian water through
siX-inch mains.
Many of the citizens are farmers
who carry on business in the town
as we'll as look after their planting
interests. All farms around are in
the highest state of cultivation, mod
ern ideas being employed extensive
ly, and good, substantial and attract
i've farm houses adorn every planta-
ton.
Three rural mail routes lead out
from Bronwood, and nearly every
subscriber from the Bronwood post
office has his mornings papers by
noon.
A number of picturesque places
may be found along the nearby
streams, which afford exceptionally
good grounds for picnic parties and
friendly gatherings. Many parties
pass through from Dawson and other
towns en- route to these cool forests
, and shady shores where they may
spend a days outing or a day in rest
full seclusion. There are some very
desirable hunting grounds nearb'
which afford the lover of sport his
recreation as we'll as the lover of
rest. The game is protected during
the breeding season by law, and quail
may be found with ease in season.
The town while not being classed
as the old red-hill type would hardly
be said to be in the wiregrass Sec
ton. 1t more nearly occupies a hap
Ply medium between the two Bron-
wood, though not hilly, is said to
be the highest point on the Central
I railroad Ta11
Union Springs, Ala. The soil is ex-
ceptionally fertile, and is of a pebbly,
lOamy nature with a clay subsoil 1t
is susceptible to a high state of fer
, litigation and is productive to the ut
most This land like most of this
section of the state will grow to ad-
vantage almost any crop the farmer
may desire. Terrell county is rated
by the government as the second best
cotton county in the United States
Corn likewise is grown in abund-
ance. An article in The Dawson
News of recent date, in reference to
a field Of corn located about four
miles northwest of Bronwood, states
that certain man has ten acres of
corn that looks like a dense cane
brake. A great many have estimated
not lGSS IMAM ZUU DuSnelS 10 the acre,
while some venture to put the esti-
nation as high as $50 bushels per
acre"
Hogs and cattle are raised extern
: sively throughout the section, and
peas. peanuts, all kinds of grain,
potatoes, sugar cane and vegetables
of every description are marketed.
Then, too, the good roads and the
favorable location of the town have
enhanced the value of the property
1t is situated on a direct line from
Atlanta to Montgomery, passing
through Macon The fine public
roads, worked by convicts from the
county changing, bring hauling
troubles and expenses down to a min
imum
Public sentiment goes long ways
in the management of the affairs of
the city; the mayor and council enact
as nearly as possible such laws as are
necessary at all times for the bet
terment of the community and for