The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-05-23
MAuRY COUNTY.
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"See England in May" said one of
the poets Of that land, wishing to ex-
toll the beauties of his mother coun-
try. The natural lovliness of all
lands of the north temperate zone
reaches it's superlativo in the May
time
The fiowery May that from her green
lap throws
The yellow cowslip and the pale prim-
rose
but, to designate the especial spot
where the season sheds the acme Of
its gifts, it would be proper to para
phrase the Pritish poet and say, See
Maury county in May" There is no
place more beautiful-none where ma
ture has been more lavish in her
charms, and none where the richest
of soil, added to salubrity of climate,
holds out stronger invitation to those
who woulI.- find the greatest attrac-
tons of home. May in Merry Eng
land no doubt is lovely, but May in
Maury county can't be surpassed in
any part of the world.
This at least was the impression
made on the members of the Tennes-
see Press Association who attended
the recent meeting in Columbia, and
whom the hospitable people of that
most delightful little city were good
enough to show something of the sur
rounding country.
The physical aspect of Maury coun-
ty and of other portions of the central
basin of Tennessee is not unlike that
of some of The most admired parts of
rural England. The verdure and the
rolling hills, the arborial and other
characteristics, including the kind of
farming pursued, suggests Warwick
shire and the East Riding, which have
afforded so much material for both
the poets and scenic artists, and
which, too, for many centuries have
been abundant in their wealth produc-
ing qualities.
At any rate, when we see Maury
county in May we can understand
what the poet meant when he said
"See England in May" When the
blue grass is lush, the wheat knee
deep and the clover in bloom, there is
no land more fair to the view than
that along the highways of old Maui
ry.
But it is more than superfiuous to !
publish in this part of the world what |
Maury county looks like The rame
of its beauty extends many miles be-
yond its borders. 1t is told that a |
letter from a distant state addressed |
to John Trotwcod Moore, Dimple of |
the Universe" once promptly reached
its destination in Columbia, and there /
Is no occasion for surprise that
more specific inscription was not re-
quired to insure it's proper delivery.
The purpose of this article is not,
however, so much to comment On
such well known facts as the beauty
Of Maury county, the fertility of its
soil, the solid worth of its people and
the honored part it has borne in his
tory. but to remark that counting all
that Maury county is now and all that
1t has been in the past, it's future
should be much greater still 1t has
immense possibilities as yet only par
TALLY developed 4
In this connection comes the sug-
gestion that the dairy industry might
be indefinitely multiplied in Middle
Tennessee generally without any dan
ger of ove-production. 1t has been
rointed out that with the
great adaptability of this region for
dairy production, Nashville and other
Tennessee cities are forced to draw
largely on le5s favored Northern re-
gions for their supplies.
That should not be so. Maury coun.