Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-02-02
VISITORS GIVE
PRAISE To
CITY and COUNTY
Philadelphia Investors De-
lighted With This Section
Representatives OF DiSSiOD Interests
After Three Days Of Exploration
Describe AmGFiCuS As Gem CITY In
a Land Of Rich Promise.

You cannot use language to
strong to express our surprise and de
light with what we have seen of thi
city and the surrounding country. w
did not expect such a city nor such
county and every hour has brough
some delightful surprise to us. l
looks to us like country of wonderful
possibilities, and we will certainl,
watch the future development of Amer
icus and Sumter county with unusua
interest"
This was a statement made to
Times-Recorder representative by
Bradford Fraley Esq, an attorney o
Philadelphia, who arrived in the cit,
Saturday and left Tuesday night fol
4 Florida, Accompanying him were Mr.
Jacob NJ. Vogdes, who had previousl!
paid two visits to Americus, and Mr.
William H. Wright, who was on his in.
itial trip to this section.
All these are prominent Philadel-
phians, associated with some of the
largest business interests of that city
Mr.. Fraley, is the son-in-law of Mr
Jacob Disston, OF the great Disston
Saw Works, Mr.. Vodges and Mr.
Wright are associated in the conduct
of the Disston properties, the latter
being a nephew of the founder of the
saw industry, the late Henry DisstoE.
While in the city the visitors were
shown pretty Well over the country by
the Messers Harold and w. A. Dodson,
Esq. Auto rides in all directions pretty
well acquainted them with the pro-
gressive condition of agriculture III
this vicinity.
Your roads are simply wonderful,
said Mr. k'raley 1t was a sheer de
light to ride over them, and it is easily
to be seen that county traversed in
all directions by roads of such a fine
type must go ahead not only steadily
but rapidly. ! can readily appreciate
that investments in lands on such
highways must yield handsome re-
turns. / have not seen anything in
the South TO surpass, or even equal
them, and ! doubt if there is any finer
couptry to be found than that we have
been shown the past three days. 1t was
a complete surprise to me and to Mr.
Wright, ! know And as for Americus
it is the most metropolitan little city
have ever been in The streets, the
homes, the stores, the hotel and other
public buildings indicated a degree ot
prosperity and progressiveness for j
town of this size that is simply as
founding. Candidly speaking, the town
is wonder"
Mr. Wright, who is the son of the
late Sheriff Wright, of Philadelphia, a
Democrat who held that high office for
many years in city giving from So
OOO to a 100000 Republican majority,
was not less enthusiastic in his com
men;s.
We had heard from Mr. Vodges thai
this was an unusually fine city for its
size and that the country was UNDER
going a marvellous development said
he "Blt we were inclined to think
him oyer-enthusiastic and inclined to
paint things somewhat roseately. But
we are convinced now that he did not
draw on his imagination There is
nothing can stop the progress Of such
a country as that around Americus and
that peans, of course, greater CITY
troiu year to year. When we went over
the city and saw on every hand the ey-
licences Of continued prosperity, in fins
homes, we'll graded streets, handsome
sidewalks, people on every side bear
ing every evidence of comfortable cir
cumstances, automobiles. running in
all directions, and in the business dis
trict stores with large stocks of up-to-
date goods we were convinced that
tEis city and county have a great fu-
lure ahead of them. There was one
booster in our party when we left Phil
adelphia, but two more boosters for
Americus were added by this trip. 1t is
a gem little city in land of richest
promis
1he par y went from here down to
st Petersburg, Fla, where the Diss-
toGs have invested a large sum of
r-oney in the conversion of that place
into Tourist resort