The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-07-26
JUDGE VIC SALMON
BOOSTS THE COUNTY
LAWYER SENDS A
SPLENDID DESCRIPTION TO
FINANCIAL JOURNAL.

cages, prominent HndHCldi Jouihoi'
Hon. w. G. Salmon, of Columbia,
writes an interesting description OF
the resources of Maury county. The
letter follows:
"Maury county, Tennessee con-
tains about 100000 acres Of land, di-
vided into about 5000 farms, many
Of them large ones.
practically the whole Of the ter
r;tory embraced in the county Is un.
derlaid with phosphate sands and
phosphate rock. This sand and rock
IL overlaid with an excellent rich
and productive soil. BY a teaching
process the phosphate rock and sands
is continually .disintegrated and oper.
ates to feed and enrich the SOIL
mo other county in the United
States Is more resourceful than ia
Maury and surrounding counties. Its
land produces almost every character
OF crop known to the American con-
tinent. The climate is most favora.
Tile; the winters are short and mild,
and the summers are seldom uncom-
'fortably hot. It has all the advan-
tages of very rich and fertile sec.
ton Of country with but disadvan.
tages and obstacles.
There is no such thing as total
crop failure in this secuon, because
the crops are so diversified, tina. at
least one-half of the crops have been
successfully reaped. 1t has many ad.
vantages over the one crop section.
The soil produces, well-wheat, corn,
hay, oats and truck, and fairly well
cotton and all kinds of fruits; all va
rieties Of grain are produced in great
quantities when attempted from this
soil.
"No county in the United States
has been more successful in its live
stock than has Maury. The fastest
and most noted race stock in the
world have been produced In Maury
county Columbia, the county seat
of Maury county has the second larg.
est mule market in the United
States.
! "Maury county, situated as 1t ia
in the highland rim Of Tennessee,
with its surface sufficiently undulat-
ing to afford natural drainage, with
its altitude from 700 to 1000 feet
above the sea-level, being free from
swamp, floods and and other attend.
ant pests, with its supply of clear,
crystal springs and babbling brooks,
supplied with sufficient forest tim.
Der, has been justly and correctly
designated the Dimple of the Uni.
verse"
Farming lands in this section have
borne a stable increasing value for
the last seventy-flve years. And to-
day these farms, which have been in
cultivation for fifty to seventy five
years, are even more fertile and pro-
ductive than they ever were before.
"Maury county is supplied with
about $50 miles of finely graded and
macadamized turnpikes leading in all
directions from the county seat to the
county seats of adjoining counties.
Maury county has six railroads two
Ct which are through trunk lines.
1T has an up-to-date and we'll con-
Quoted public school system, with
FIVE private educational institutions
in the county. Her citizens are pros
ferrous and progressive; her land and
property values are stable and rapid
" increasing.
This county has been the home of
two former presidents of the United
States, to wit: James X. Polk and
Andrew Johnson
"At the close of the revolutionary
war. in recognition Of the great SER
vice rendered the colonies during
the war; General Nathaniel Green
was granted by the United States a
tract of $4,000 acres lying near the
central part Of Maury county, which
was selected and given to him on ac-
count Of It's great beauty and fertili-
lty This tract of land together with
other large tracts granted to the he
roes OF the revolution, have been di.
vided and sub-divided, until now they
are occupied by numerous small
farms and make up one of the best
and most productive farming sections
In the entire south Tourists from
all sections Of this country and many
from Europe have visited this section
OF Middle Tennessee and expressed
themselves as being Of the opinion
that This section of the country Is
one Of the most productive and fer.
tile they ever beheld."