Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29
BY CHARLES A. CRANE.

admirably. but today q more fitting ex-
preston fits the heart and sentiment of
the people of Georgia and the South aye,
the visitors from various sections Of the
North and West, and that is to sSee
south Georgia and live" Not only does
this section, with all its natural resources
of most substantial nature, renew the
desire for life but It engenders q fond
desire.for a prolongation of life. with ever
increasing ambition as an attributed SEN
timent Truly. there is no place that can
offer more generous opportunity for the
ambitious than does south Georgia, for
toward the goal Of success as this sec
ton. One needs only an insight into its
possibilities to convince him of it's gen
ulneness.
favored spot is Waycross, and it is not
amss to say that Waycross, il not the
most favored city. certainly ranks very
evidence of the wonderful possibilities to
be enjoyed here, descriptive account of
things already achieved is given below.
Things known need no proving, and what
has already been accomplished in this
city in the past few years is sufficient to
vouchsafe for the future and to lend that
tinge OF assurance to others that those
who have already tasted and found good
now record as things known
True. Waycross has grown to it's pres
ent size in the past few years. and in
fact grew 144.7 per cent in ten years, but
its great growth is not the result of a
boom of any kind which lives only as the
dewdrop lives with the moonbeams, but
on the other hand, its growth has been
steady and substantial and the result OF
hearty cooperation of its citizens, who
know and realize that Waycross is what
! 1t is represented to be in every sense of
the word and that in supporting and in
vesting here their money is spent in such
a manner that a most beneficial financial
return will result. The people of Way
cross are as one big family-no jars, no
financial problems staring them in the
face, DO misgivings for improper invest
ments, money we'll distributed among her
citizens and equal advantages to all, har-
monious concord reigning everywhere. no
selhshness but cordial welcome to all,
even to the stranger seeking admittsnce
into her bounds
way JCiOSS udS bG6H CdHcQ Inc 1ldN
Hand City" "The Glad Hand City has
been most appropriately given Waycross,
for 1T is deserving, and it is title which
any city should be proud to possess.
While this applies to Waycross primarily.
incidentally a modification might be sug-
gested and call Ware county the "Glad
Hand County" for it's people are ever
ready to extend the glad hand of welcome
to visitors
Ware county has location that should
be envied by any other county of the
state It is in the heart of the wire
grass" section of southeast Georgia, some
sixty miles inland from the Atlantic coast
and about one hundred miles from the
gulf coast, on a watershed dividing all
streams flowing into these bodies, con-
tanning about nine hundred square miles
of area, with population at present of
about twenty-five thousand
The farming possibilities of Ware coun-
county are immense, the soil being so
prolific that as high as three crops year
are made on the same ground and some
farm or garden crops can be ready for
market any and every month of the year.
The climate is, of course, highly RESPONSE
BILE for the great success the farmers of
this section enjoy. It is similar to north
east Florida, with mild open winters,
snow rarety, making farming possible
during the entire year, with no shelter for
stock necessary. The rainfall, which Is
evenly and amply distributed throughout
the year, also contributes to the success
OF the farmers The country roads are far