The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-21
LIVE OAK, PERRY AND
GULF RAILROAD
Offers Farms Along Its
Lines Free of Cost.

The Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Rail
road, popalarly known sthe "SuWan-
nee River Route,' traverses one OF the
richest, most productive and healthlest
sections of Florida, starting at Alye
Oak and continuing westerly through
Bowling Park, Perry and Hampton
Springs, to point near the Gulf or
Mexico, with branch to Alton. Live
Oak is one of the best little business
cities in Florida, with population OF
about 5000, is 70 miles west of Jack
sonville and about 25 miles south of
the Georgia State line, is a junction
point for the Seaboard Air Line, the
Atlantic Coast Line, the Live Oak,
Perry & Gulf and the Florida Railway
and is the County Seat for Suwannee
county.
The section of Florida served by the
Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad is
the heaviest timbered section Of the
State, and numbering and allied indus
tries are being developed in big way
in the several RAPIDLY growing towns
along it's line. This means unusually
good openings for all classes. These
heavily timbered lands are also, nat
urally, the richest agricultural lands
and it is these lands that the railroad
desires to.settle with good hard-work.
ing progressive people as fast as the
lauds are released by the operations
of the big lumber milling companies.
Suwannee county, lying as it does
between the Atlantic Ocean and the
Gulf of Mexico with the never failing
cool summer breezes from east to
west, has climate as cool in sum ner
as in North and yet ideally perfect i'll
winter, and with ample fall for drain
age and an abundance of pure drink
ing water, SuWannee county is an
especially healthy spot. A rainfall OF
over so inches per annum makes crops
as certain as possible.
For the purpose Of encouraging set
tiers to Immediately occupy and cult
vate all the unoccupied lands in Su-
wa,lnee coonty and thereby materially
increasing the tonnage and earnings
of our railroad, we have succeeded in
inducing the several big lumber COM
panies on our line, who are owners Of
large tracts of agricultural and timber
land, to let US have 1000 acres Of the
best agricultural lands in Suwannee
county, to be put on the market to
actual settlers. We absolutely ex-
clude spectators who wish to buy
more than 320 acres, while to the &C.
tual settlers we offer, land practically
REGARDLESS of prices or terms. In fact,
on ridiculously easy conditions to re-,
liable people, we will furnish from 40
to 100 acres absolutely free of one dol
0o~ q n
land ever could have been obtained
even under the Government homestead
law. And, it will be remembered that
millions Of acres that were first &C
quired from the Government without
cost are now worth from $50 to $500
per acre The owners Of these Suwan-
nee county lands have consented to
our opening them for immediate set
tlement on our heretofore unheard of
liberal terms and conditions, only be-
cause they know such settlement will
greatly enhance the value of the
quarter of million acres they have
yet to put on the market.
Just imagine-these lands are located
right along our line of Railroad; some
adjoining I townsites, some not far from
our local metropolis, Live Oak, and
none of them more thanfour miles
from railway service; close to good
schools, churches, markets, neighbors
and only about three hours ride to
the great city of Jacksonville, with its'
seaport markets to the world. These
are the best lands in the State Of Fla,
for the raising of corn, cane, long sta
pie cotton, upland rice, all kinds of
hay and fodder, cowpeas, velvet beans,
cassava, peanuts. potatoes (both sweet
and Irish) vegetables of all kinds,
fruits, nuts, cattle, hogs, mules and
horses; while the conditions for poul-
try raising, bee keeping and dairying
are ideal We hope within aDother
two years to see Suwannee county
we'll settled and all under cultivation,
a veritable garden spot, and lands sell
ing at Sl0O per acre and upwards. But
for the present, our Railroad needs
more settlers and more tonnage; there
fore, prices and terms on these lands
are no object. In short, if you can
convince US that you are capable of
farming from 40 to 500 acres and that
you could, if necessary, come 10 Fla.
with cash working capital of $500 or
or over, preferable 1000 or more, you
can on the easiest conditions imagin-
able secure through US, without enc
dollars cost a farm of from 10 to 160
acres under warranty deed to farm,
hold, sell or do with as you wish.
II interested, we would be glad to
tell you. all, about this country, our
plans, the opportunities here for
money making, and especially the
conditions by which you may have
one Of these farms free OF cost 70
lean all about it, write on a post card
or in letter, simply Mail me partic-
lars" and address John H. Mulhol-
land, Land Com issioner, Room No
626 Qaneral Offices Live Oak Perry