Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-04

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IN 1918 ard 1919, and they are ad-
mitted to be as productive as the
lands of the above named counties.
The following sales show that the
farmers are beginning to see big
opportunity in buying Lee county
lands.
W. S. & w. NJ. Andrews sold B. C.
Hodges 1926 acres in 1916, ranging
in price from $3.50 to $16.50 per
acre. They sold Mr.. Hodges 1920
acres adjacent to the 1926 acres,
which as a whole was no better land,
ranging in price from $50 to $50.
They offered the F. W. Griffith
place in 1916 FOR $50 per acre, and
sold the same in 1919 for S5I per
acre. Lee Allen bought the Scrutchins
Place in 1916 for about SIS per
acre. w. M. Laramore bought this
same farm through W. S. Andrews
in 1919 for $3.50 per acre. Mr..
Charlie Clements, of Buena Vista,
bought the 1856 acres of the old
Heath Place at $40 per acre. W S.
Andrews sold same for Mr.. Clements
in 1919 for $4,000.
The Lee Childers farm at Adams
was offered in 1916 for $4,000. Mr.
Lyn Bell bought this farm in 1919
for $4,000. This deal was made
through W. S x w. NJ. Andrews.
w. S. Andrews sold Ranew, Amer
Station in 1910 for T. B. Hooks. He
also sold the same farm to Lyn Bell
and r. L. McMath in 1910 for $78,-
900. Mr., Lyn Bell bought Mr. Nc
Maths interest and has added val
liable improvements to same. MIR
Bell bought two other farms adjacent
to this farm Of 1040 acres, which
cost him about $4,000. Amerson
& Patten bought 40 acres of Mr..
and Mrs. Chess Whitley in 1910 for
$25 per acre. Sold SAM to Edker
Jones, of South Carolina, through
w S. Andrews. This farm is now
owned by Mr.. Remington and Ted
Young, who refuse to sell same.
w. S. Ivey bought 400 acres at
DeSoto, Ga, which was subdivided
and sold by W. S. & G. W. Andrews
for Mr. Ivey for about $40 per
acre. The same land can not be
bought now for less than 1925 per
acre. It has been well improved
w. s. Andrews sold the old Jossey
place at Cobb, Ca, of 1900 acres
to 7. B. Hooks in 1912 for $4,000
This farm would bring $65 per acre,
if sold as a whole 1t has been di-
vided into several small farms.
W. S. Andrews sold for Virgins
Brothers the Myrtle Springs property
of 500 acres in 1913 for $3.50 per
M
erty for $40 per acre in 1917. W
S. Andrews also sold 100 acres with
Springs to Mr.. Ed Lane for Henry
Virgins.
Mr.. j. c. Witt, of South Carolina,
bought 875 acres in 1910 from G. c.
Hawkins on the Friendship Road for
SIS per acre. w. S. Andrews sold
same to Mr. Joe Bolton in 1917 for
$28,000. Since then w. S. & W. NJ.
Andrews have sold same to Mr.. A. r.
Chunn. This farm has been we'll i'm
proved since it was bought by Mr..
Witt.
W. S. & G. w. Andrews sold for
Mr.. Lyn Bell 300 acres of the old
Sieg Place on Lee Street for $4,000 to
T. B. Hooks. This is now partially
residential property and is owned by
twelve or more people and has resi-
dences values from $4,000 to
SIS, 900 on it.
W. S. Andrews and R. E. Allison
sold As acres for Mr.. Bob Mcleod in
1911, which was sub-divided and sold
as residential property, and now has
several nice residences on same.
W. S. & G. w. Andrews subdivided
800 acres for John Kelley on the Les
lie Road and Brown Mill Road,
known as the old Perry and Brown
Place, with about 400 acres adjacent.
Since the subdivision this has been
bought up and is now owned by five
or six prosperous farmers from North
Georgia. The buildings erected on
this property since sold are worth
$4,000. This property is now worth
S125 per acre, and was sold in 1909
for about $50 per acre
W. S. & G. w. Andrews sold the
old Hanesley Place of 43O acres on
the Lee Street Road about one mile
of city limits for Major Hanesley for
$1,000. This farm has been improv-
ed and is now owned by Mr.. Kempt,
of North Georgia.
W. S. & g. W. Andrews sold 1000
acres for Hill Bros. to Logan and
Andrews of Plains in 1910. This
farm has been we'll improved and
subdivided into several smaller
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