Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-11
Looking Back a Year
land Forward
Continued From Page I.)

and just world for the turmoil But ,vbiI H. IL -
of the world will be better off, emerges from the collie b
have grPPed It, our Southland is already particularly in the
light, and is destined a place that no Other .ectn 49,
forth enjoy The South for the first time is conoin t -
And of course, with the South must come A; -
Sumter county avoraby situated as the ga,den snot IS H.
South and already developed point which other section;
will be time yet in reaching
Last spring the peach who South everv season
gave as 'he OPINION that within ten Amecus would be
the peach center OF Georgia. the orchards moving south
from Fort Valley they said because the land must he d
from peaches after continual culture for considerable period
Already going into the peach industry on SCALE that
gives their prophecy substance.
IN three Georgia has leaped from last place in hoo
production and the importation of millions of pounds Of o
annually to third in the United States and bea,1y axno
Three will probably Georgia in first place and
ten years viii see her growing hogs half northern
states combined That isn't wild hope it is logical concus
ion based actual conditions the belief of packno men
who know what they talking about Sumter county of
course will get at least her share of this prosperous industry
With the coming of the curing house and the cold storage
the yam destined at early date become commodity
with countrywide demand 1t the only known fruit, that
underground and just being discovered in the
Northrough the nstrumenta of the Northern soldiers who
forced to live Southern camps season last wear
And there dozens of other crops that coming to
the front makers-and all time we be seIno or
cotton surplus byproduc that we'll be sure of making
money from for the day of cheap cotton has passed
But of the greatest and basca important pros
poets the certain inflow of money blood and the
have farm values double the last year. and is only
the beginning The paving of roads will force the cut
ting OF our large plantations and FARMS will the land
too valuable to leave the old methods agriculture 1t will
that the land will be populated by white
with families who will make their homes on the farms And
they will make the land produce what capable producing
AS result should population doubled in the
next ten and farm productivity increased manv fold
only the trend of the times-he logical results to be
expected from conditions which have naturally about
though slow comngthe davnng new day for the South
Sometimes get down in the mouth and feel blue but
most casa look around will discover cause of
bueness a torpid liver and on the outside There is
this that be uhy sad The strongest preachers the
greatness of Georga possibilities those who been
reared IN other states where opportunities afforded by
eshoe people who for whatever have Geor-
ga and citizens of the by choice and who in such
last when they down their even
paper of the blizzard tying up traffic over number of Cen
trail Western states thanked their lucky Georgia and her
l. months of
Plurasav will relieve Ohio Finally Lands
D. a. e.