The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-08-03
(By T. N. FIGUERS. JR.)

(By T. N. FIGUERS. JR.)
i First, from a geographical stand
point, Maury county is located nearly
in the center of Middle Tennessee
and from a standpoint Of railroad
facilities and public highways it has
more public advantages than any 9th
er county, since Maury county has
i've railroads that operate daily SER
vice, besides Columbia is the inter
secting point of the Jackson Highway
and the Memphis to Bristol Highway.
Maury county is the center OF the
blue grass region and the stock rails
ing section of Middle Tennessee. 1t
is the best watered county in the
state. Duck river runs through it
from east to west and dozen or
more large creeks, with their rich
valleys, and thousands of running
springs.
There are many other advantages
that Maury county has over any other
county in the state. There are six
counties joining Maury county and
three other counties nearby that have
joined in to help Maury county to Sc
cure the Demonstration Farm since it
is more convenient and more accessi-
BILE for them. Besides these natural
advantages, it has been said that the
locating committee and Professor
Morgan Of University OF Tennessee,
have said from the beginning, that
they wanted the Demonstration Farm
F.. located in a county where the general
sentiment and spirit of the people
were back of it and entered into it
with enthusiasm and there is no coun-
ty in the state that has given this
matter the attention and endorsement
from the beginning that Maury coun-
ty has.
! Maury county farmers and business
men are conceded to be up-to-date,
thrifty, progressive people and the
farm should be placed in county Of
this type, for all of Middle Tennessee
should receive the best benefits from
a Demonstration Farm, the local en-.
vironments and the spirit and prog
ress of the local county would have
great deal to do with it.
The reputation of Maury county as
farming and stock raising section
is probably better known throughout
the United States than any other
county in Tennessee. 1t has been
called the "Dimple of the Universe"
Maury county is known the world
over for it's rich deposits Of phos-
ohate, which is mined and shipped all
over the United States and exported
to foreign countries. Our live stock
interests, especially the thoroughbred
i've stock, such as fancy Jersey cat
lie and fast race horses, have adver-
tised Maury county throughout the
United States.
Maury county is divided into about
5000 farms, which are well improved
and are the homes of their owners.
Maury county has over 1000 miles or
rec roads, with more than 800 miles
Of macadamized roads. The Jackson
Highway comes through the county
from Spring Hill to the north,
through Mt. Pleasant on the south
west A branch of the Memphis to
Bristol Highway runs through the
'ounty from east to west. Other high
ways CONNECTING Columbia in the GEN.
.er of Maury county with other county
seats.
Maury county has two telephone
systems, with seven exchanges and
more than 1900 subscribers. Maury
county has IL postoffices, with some
hing over 80 rural routes, distribut-
ing mail over nearly thousand
niles daily. Maury county has a
tally paper and three weekly papers.
The Daily Herald is II years old and
is the only daily paper in the Sew
enth congressional district. The
Maury Democrat is IS years old and
me of the leading weekly papers Oh
the South. Maury county has nine
hanks, with deposits OF over $1,000 /
900.
From an agricultural standpoint,
Maury county stands at the head OF
the list Maury county has produced
the prize yield Of corn for Tennessee
for two years in succession, making
1877 bushels Of corn per acre. Maury