Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-12
SCREVEN COUNTY
FIGHTS OLD SYSTEM
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fer for sale to the highest bidder
any commodity that he wishes to
sell. Then, too, there is an amuse-
ment program for the entertainment
of the visitors.
1.-THE bargain day idea has worked
successfully in Sylvania," said E. H.
Thompson, president of the board of
trade. 1t brings lots of farmers to
town, and it helps business general
ly. The merchants take two pages
of the Sylvania Telephone to adver-
tise the bargains they propose to Of
fer. The paper is widely circulated
throughout the county, and it brings
people to town who otherwise might
never come.
Facilities are provided in the pub
lie square for selling at auction such
farm product as may be offered. If
a farmer has a pillow or any rther i'm
plement that he wishes to dispose of.
it will be sold to the highest bidder
in the public square. If he has
cow, an OK, a horse, hundred bush.
els of corn. or anything of the sort,
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The Amusement Features
The amusement features usually
include an automobile race and
few boxing bouts. Near Sylvania
there is dandy public highway,
full of short turns and sharp curves,
that taxes the skill of the best
driver. and here the automobile race
is staged. 1t is a test of skillful,
rather than fast driving, and 1t fur
nishes lots Of rivalry for utono-
bile drivers and entertainment for
the spectators.
But the big entertainment feature
of bargain day usually is found IN
the boxing bouts on the public
square. There are lots of husky,
shifty and physically resourceful
negroes round about Sylvania. 1t is
not difficult to arrange half a dozen
matches in the course of an after
noon. The purses are made up by
popular subscription, and rarely
amount to more than two hundred
dollars-nickles, dimes and quarters
collected in hat that is passed
around by one of the darkies.
Marquis Of Queensberry rules are
not rigidly observed in the boxing
matches. For instance, the men fight
five minutes, instead Of three, and
rest two minutes, instead Of one. And
the winner gets all the purse.
No fight promoter in Atlanta ever
put ON a program comparable to the
Thursday afternoon card offered in
Sylvania.
Has Many Visitors
Few towns in Georgia see as many
strange faces in the course of a day
as Sylvania. Between Is and 100
automobiles pass through the town
daily en- route to or from Florida
points, and scores Of them stop to
patronize local merchants with their
trade. Indeed, the so-called "tin can
tourists" are worth a good deal to
the business of Sylvania, and every
encouragement is held out by the
city and county to encourage travel
over the magnificent highway be.
tween Augusta and Savannah.
1t is the boast of Sylvania, on
branch line of the Central of Geor-
gla, that more people pass through
1t daily en- route to Savannah and
points south than ride in the pas.
senger trains down the main line of
the railroad.
I'VE have an automobile passing
through every ten minutes of the
day, and they will average four peo-
pie to the car-not fewer than 800
IN the course of a day, which far
exceeds the number of persons who
travel to and from Savannah on the
railroad" asserted a proud Syl-
vanian.
AS elsewhere IN Georgia, the city
has provided a tourists campaign
ground, where cars may be parked
over night. 1t is provided with the
usual facilities.
Would Bridge the Savannah
Inc leading men of Screven coun-
W are much interested in a project
10 brldge the Savannah river, which
is some twelve or fourteen miles
from Sylvania. Such a bridge would
shorten the distance to Savannah,
from points in South Carolina, and
bring in close contact with Sylvania
large section of Carolina that has
no outlet south for its products.
The project to bridge the Savan-
nah river, which already has been
sanctioned by congress, is q part Of
q splendid road program that is be.
ing developed in Screven county.
There is now a perfectly magnificent
highway from the Burke to the Eff,
1mgham county line, through the
heart or ScreVen county, and the
board OF commissioners is completing
a highway from the Ogeechee to the
Savannah river.
GeOrgia's Biggest Farm
Screven county lays claim to the
biggest farm in the state-MilIhav-
en--oWned by the E. T. Conner COM
pany, and managed by Frank w.
Conner. The tract contains 10000
acres, and is devoted to the produc
ton or hogs, beef cattle and cotton.
Mlllhaven is divided into ten units
OF l,6OO acres each, with superin-
tendent for each unit, all operating
under the direction Of the general
| manager, and each unit held account
able for its production.
AS remarked by my friend, the con-
ductor, the farmers of S.sreveu coun-
ty are breaking away FROM cotton,
and already a beginning has been
made in Sylvania toward caring for
diversified products Of the farm.
j A. Mills, chairman of me county
hoard, and one of the most succ{ S.
fu1 ard prog1 essive farmers of lie
county, has erected a potato cu:.ng
plant in Sylvania, with IS 900 bush
ell capacity, and the Screven Oil Mill
has installed a modern meat curing
plant in connectian with it's ice
plant.
The production of sugar cane has
taken hold in the county, and the
crop this year will produce an album
dance of syrup which explains the
very deep interest Of the people in
plans that are being worked out by
w. j. Walker for handling syrup on
large scale through a refinery at
Savannah.
Mr.. Walkers plan involves the