The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-06-21

the best farmers in the southland,
crossing the border and coming into
Cullman county, and have materially
helped in making of 1t the great county
it is today. The first circuit court
was held on November 5, 1877, with
Judge Louis Wyeth on the bench, then
judge of the fifth judicial circuit.
county in March, 1877, and the brick
courthouse recently destroyed by fire
was erected in 1879 and cost about
$4,000.
Property Assessments
In 1876 the year before the formation
of the county the assessed value of the
property embraced in 1t did not ex-
coed s200.000 in 1877, 1t was $500, 900 !;
in 1890. 1t was s1.392,S 500; in 1900. 1t was
s1.97s.s72; in 1912. 1t was s6,296,67S; in
1913, 1t was s6.750,000.
By an act of the legislature APP
proved March 5, 1901, ITO square miles
was added to this county by cutting
off portion of Blount. in which choice
addition were secured the prosperous
towns of Arkadelphia, Hanceville and
Garden City.
AS a cotton producing county in 1876,
this county shipped SO bales; In 1902,
1857 bales; in 1905, $4,000 bales; in
1911, 1884 bales: in 1872 20,753 bales
Cullman county cannot be considered
cotton county Trucking and diver
sified farming is practiced.
In 1913 the corn crop, which is prao-
tica1ly all consumed at home on a con-
sentative estimate was worth s350,000,-
900.
Strawberries shipped out of the
county about $50 cars with an average
price of 5000 per car or total of nearly
100000 for berries alone
Sweet potatoes. one of the impor-
tant crops last season, the shipments
! amounted to about 10000 barrels,
bringing about $4,000.
Cowpeas and cowpea hay at least
Eggs, conservatively speaking. there
We're shipped about 5000 cases, averag-
ing SIS per case or a total of $4,000.
CHICKENS, about 1000 coops. at an av-
erage of So per coop or $4,000.
Butter, 10000 pounds annually, at an
average price of 20 cents or $4,000.
These are only few of the money
crops. so to speak, Of this county.
Cullman county grows anything tina
can be raised anywhere unless 1t Is
tropical fruits.
One would not consider this article
complete unless there was added some
thing of the growth of the city of Gull
man and what 1t has accomplished since
population now numbers about 300
within the corporate limits. There are
at least 1000 more that merely go out
side to sleep, doing business within the
lcity's limits. While 1t Is said by some that
Cullman is too badly scattered,
Cullman is a city of homes and the
people do not believe in being ham
pered. Nearly every home has beau
tiful flower yard in the front and a
vegetable garden in the rear, plenty
of room for the kiddies to play with
out getting out on the street Nearly
every home in Cullman is reached by
substantial cement sidewalk, of which
there are some Is miles within tho
city limits
An Educational Center
Cullman has also become somewhat
noted as an educational center, there
being in addition to the city graded
schools, the county high school, imme-
diately north of the city, beautiful
brick and stone building, that is q
credit to the city and the county A
little farther to the north one finds
the great Alabama Odd Fellows Home.
wherein are sheltered over 100 orphan
ed children and a number of aged men
and women. This institution runs their
own schools and teach up to and in
Guiding the high school grades. The
plant represented by this institution
Is worth over $150,000, and is the pride
of the Odd Fellows Of the state and of
Cullman. To the east there are two
Catholic colleges, male and female, Sa-
cred Heart academy for girls. In charge
of the St. Benedictine sisters, which
have plant that represents an OUT