Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
E Mr.. Adams. Mrs. Matthews.

OF Nlr. ADAMS, MrS. maCCneWS-
Bullock county stole these good
people from us about twenty years
ago. These lands are among the
richest in southern Georgia.
Statesboro is the county seat of
Bullock county. This is new town.
Twenty years ago there being one
store and three dwellings,, now it
has about three thousand inhabi-
tants. The town is well lighted by
electricity and they also have water
works and this winter will put in a
sewerage system. They also have a
very handsome court house. There
is a great deal of prosperity in tie
county which is shown by the num-
ber of banks. A very fine one has
just been completed. Thirty years
ago the land on which this town is
built was bought for 26 cents an
acre and is now selling for 500 per
foot.
The farm lands also sell we'll, one
visited is valued at $4,000 per acre
by the owner. He nets 800 per
acre from it each year in cotton.
All farms are fenced in this coun-
try, and as soon as the corn is gath
cred the hogs are turned into the
fields to gather the peas and pin
dars and get ready for the winters
killing. A row of cow peas is
planted un each side of the corn
and a row of peanuts in the center.
On one farm visited, the owner had
just put 40 hogs in a field to fatten
for this winters killing. This year
he had sold 600 pounds of ham,
leaving sufficient for his own use.
He furnishes all his hands with
meat and lard for the entire year.
He puts up several hundred pounds
of lard a year. Very little of the
land is rented, most of it being
worked on shares and the croppers
are not allowed to sell the cotton
seed, all of the seed being put back
on the land. Last season there were
$4,000 bales of cotton sold in the
town and not enough seed bought
to keep the oil mill running half
the time.
In addition to other good things
has the First District
Agricultural School of Ga. 1t
opened on August 81 with nearly
200 pupils. 1t is coed school. 1t
has ten grades. Everything is on
very practical basis. Boys are Civ
en- all necessary instruction in farm
work and in fact are made to do
the work. The girls are taught in
all branches of domestic science and
are given practical demonstrations.
Their kitchen was a marvel of
There are three large
brick buildings, and a fourth in
course of erection, dormitory each
for boys and girls, and the main
building,swhich has the different
class rooms, auditorium and chapel.
Mr.. Dickens has charge of the
school and is making a wonderful
success of it. Three years ago
when he took charge of it there
were only 80 pupils. Georgia has
eleven of these schools, and so far
is making a great success of them.
Being so well distributed over the
state seems to bring the boys and
girls more closely info touch with
education.
Millen was also visited and
more than favorable impression was
formed of this pretty little town. 1t
is quite railroad center. They
are very interesting people. About
three years ago they had a hand
some brick court house burned, but
nothing daunted them. They imme-
diately went to work to replace it,
which they have done with another
handsome brick and marble struc-
ture.