Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-14
AMERICUS is HEARD OF
In HALLS OF CONGRESS
Mayor Mathis and Party Tell
Story


in for greater recognition from the
Southern Commercial Congress in At
lanta last week, and the splendid
work thus accomplished by Mayor j..
E. Mathis and his committee Of twenty
enthusiastic representatives of the
south Georgia capital is OF value ines
Unable and will bring golden returns
tc our city and county.
Upon every side this representative
body was given special recognition
and honor was accorded them.
In the halls of the Congress and in.
the hotels as we'll the Americas work.
ers distributed literature telling of the
advantages offered here to those hun
ting for the best place in which to live,
OF to locate any industry great or
small.
Here are some of the gems of truth
serene that scintilIated from one of the
attractive folders given out to dele
gates to the Congress:
The Eden of the South.
To the New Garden of Eden, where
they pillow IS inches deep, Americas,
Sumter County, Georgia. You are
personally, particularly and paulown-
tally invited
At the Windsor Hotel, the largest
and handsomest hosiery in South
Georgia and one of the most modern
tourist homes in the South, you viii
find every comfort-and the only old
proposition in Americus-a genuine
Wiregrass welcome awaiting you.
While you have just looked upon
North Georgia from a car window
point of view we want you to really
and truly see life, opportunities and
modern methods as already realized
in Americas and Sumter county That
you may crowd a month of sightsee-
ing and actually secure an intimate
knowledge of this Heart of the Great
Southern Cotton Belt" the 179 auto
mobiles owned in Americas will be
found at the main entrance of the
Windsor-if more are needed, the I'll
farmers who own motor cars will sup
ply your wants.
Every car will be driven by its own
owner, and you will be shown.
Although impossible to even mention
the unlimited attractions, here are but
few Of the many features you will
be shown.
4 Million of Peach Trees.
Over a million of peach trees. now in
full bloom. Thousands OF acres Of
fragrant pink blossoms whose beauty
can not be described. One look and
the impression will last a lifetime,
surprising the famous lily fields Of
Bermuda and thousands of times more
profitable The largest individual
orchard, over 100000 trees, is included
in the trip.
The days tour will show you over
III miles of the more than 200 mag
nifcent 3O-foot boulevards that have
been built in Sumter county within
the past two years, recognized as the
finest modern roads in Georgia and
what should prove the most interest
ing portion of the new National High
way from New York and Montreal to
Atlanta and Jacksonville.
| Ten Thousand Acre Farm.
You will be shown cotton planta-
tons including the Huguenin place Of
10000 acres, sold last week for $175,-
600 cash, and the 1S-inch deep farm
ing that is the result of great gang
disc plows drawn by traction engines
and the practical realization of this
land of golden opportunities Over
$4,000 bales of cotton are marketed IN
Americas and Sumter annually.
Incidentally, $463,0OO worth of farm
lands have been sold in Sumter since
January /, 1911 As homeseekerG
are arriving daily, you will be shown
the present real rush of native Amer
leans into the South.
Centre of Pecan Industry.
You will be shown the center u
tla rev pecan industry and the lars-
est groves in the South, scientific hog
raising, goat raising, thoroughbred
seek raising, the finest dairy farms
in the South, tobacco fields with crop:
worth $50 to $50 per acre, corn rails
ing, including the plantation of w. 5
Roach, who last year raised 135 busA.
els . the acre.
But there is no limit to either tn
speed of the actual panorama of the
New South, as i. is revealed along tn
Sumter county highways
It's easy to promise, but you will b.
shown.
A fine schedule on the Central o
Georgia provides transportation in less
than seven hours, "a magnificent high
way makes possible the entire trip II
a motor car in less than a day from
Atlanta. The lady visitors will be es
pecially cared for,
Historic City of Georgia.
Historic old Andersonville is an in
teresing part of the trip. 1t means
a really, truly intimate, heart-to-hear