The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-02-14
LIVE OAK, PERRY AND
GULF RAILROAD
Offers Farms Along Its
Lines Free of Cost.

| V0AS4 Il - 4eES -~~
Lines Free of Cost.
The Live Oak, Perry and Gulf Rail-
road, popalarly known asthe "Suwan-
| nee River Route" traverses one of the
richest, most productive and healthiest
sections of Florida, starting at. Liye
! Oak and continuing westerly through
| Bowling Park, Perry and Hampton
| Syringe, to point nsar the Gulf OF
| Mexico, with branch to Alton. Live
| Oak is one Of the best little business
cities in Florida, with a population Of
| about 5000, is 70 miles west of Jack
sonville and about 25 miles south of
! the Georgia State line, is junction
| point tor the Seaboard Air Line, the
| Atlantic Coast Line, the Live Oak,
| Perry 6 Cult and the Florida Railway
and is the County Seat for Suwannee
county.
The section of Florida served by the
Live Oak, Perry g 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 opc nings 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
| lands 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 iii
age and an abundance of pure drink
especially healthy spot. A rainfall of
over so inches per aunum makes crops
as certain as possible.
For the purpose OF encouraging set-
tiers to Immediately occupy and culti-
vate all the unoccupied lands in SU-
wa,nee 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 oWEeIs Of
large tracts OF agricultural and timber
land, to let us have $4,000 acres Of the
best agricultural lands in Suwannee
county, to be put on the market to
actual settlers. We absolutely eS-
clude spectators who wish 10 buy
more than 800 acres, while to the ac-
tual settlers we offer lad practically
regardless Of prices or terms. In fact,
on ridiculously easy conditions to re-
liable people, we will furnish from 90
to 100 acres absolutely free Of one dol
lars cost, on plan much easier than
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.
uuired from the Government without
cost are now worth from $50 to 5000
per acre. The owners Of these Suwau-
nee county lands have consented to
our opening them for immediate set
Element on our heretofore unheard of
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 ire of Railroad; some
adjoining 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 it's
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 another
two years to see Suwannee county
we'll settled and all under cultivation,
q veritable garden spot, and lands sell
ing at 500 per acre and upwards. But
for the present, our Railroad needs
more settlers and more tonnage; thera-
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 320 acres and that
you could, if necessary, come TO Fla.
with cash working capital of $500 or
or over, preferable 81 900 or more, you
can on the easiest conditions imagin-
able secure through US, without one
dollars cost aafarm of from 40 to- 160
acres under warranty deed to farm,
hold, sell or do with as You wish.
If 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. TO
lesn ell about It, write on post card
or in Q letter, simply Mail ms partic-
lars" end address John a. Mulhol'
land, Land Com issioner, Room No
566 General Offices, Live Ok, Pezry
h 6uH r. r., Live OAK, Fla.