The courier-index., 1919-08-29
BIG LAND DEALS
 MADE PAST WEEK
SAM BOWEN SELLS HORSE SHOE PLANTATION FOR $ls0,
 ooo-JESS BUSH BUYS ANoTH-
 FER FINE FARM.

Activity in Lee county farm lands has begun to reach a high point, as is evidenced by the strong demand for lands and the enormous price being paid Cut-over lands that sold for $20 and $25 an acre two years ago are now bringing minimum of $65, and in sections in the bottoms cut-over lands are bringing $100 an acre. Improve ed bottom lands are selling at $200 an acre and there is no scarcity of buyers at this price.
 Last week Sam Bowen. owner of the Horseshoe plantation on the St. Francis river south of Marianna, consisting of 1,735 acres, closed a walk-out deal, disposing of the lands, crops, gin, store, livestock, farm machinery, wagons, and tools to A. L. Mccormick, rich land own CT of Senatobia, Miss, for $50, 900 MT Bowen will remain on the place for thirty days assisting Mir. McCormick's manager in getting the run of the plantation. after which he will take a much needed rest. MT. Bowen says he has made no plans for the. immediate future, but that he will probably rein vest in a plantation in the county. He came to Lee county in the win ter of 1917 and purchased the Horseshoe Plantation from J. A.. Caradine. MT. Bowen made a good crop on the place last year, but this year he has raised the fin- est crop ever produced on Horse shoe. He has $50 acres in fine cot ton, and $50 acres of the best corn in the county
 Jesse Bush acquired another fine plantation last week when he pur- chased the Jack Smalley farm of $40 acres near Hughes, paying $136,OO0 for the land, crop and all personal property. MT. Bush has named the place the Virginia plantation after his daughter. He owns another farm of $40 acres near Hughes, called the Beulah plantation, named after Mrs. Bush, This last purchase gives MT. Bush 1,28O acres of the finest land be- tween Marianna and Memphis. This year he is opening 200 addi- tional acres for cultivation next year. A.
 Tom Tucker, and Custer Friar of Hughes, have just purchased from Dr.. Davis a tract of 92O acres, near Hughes, for $200 an acre This land joins the Virginia plan tation. Messers. Tucker and Friar get the crops on one section of this land and become the owners of the personal property.
 Recently MT. Tucker bought $40 acres of cut-over lands one mile south of Hughes, from Evander Williams of Memphis, paying $85 an acre for the land.
 Frank Love of Hughes, and w. F. Nelson of Marianna, bought the Dr. plantation of 200 acres a week ago. paying $125 an acre for the land, and immediately sold the track to Mir Spewel of Hughes for $15O an acre.
 Tom Tucker and Custer Friar are now completing a new gin at Hughes at a cost of $35,000. This Is said to be one of the most com plete gins in the south, though, of course, not the largest. It is a four-stand gin, and is equipped with the most modern Automatic scales have been installed, and spur track has been built so cars may be run under the sheds.
 The new bank building at Hughes is nearing completion and the institution will be opened for business within few weeks.
 New brick store buildings are being erected by J. Hughes, ST., anI hu M, Riuaman