The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-03-25
LINCOLN GETTING
GOOD ADVERTISING
Booklet Being Distributed By
Local Man is Descriptive
and Interesting.

United States and even some in for
eign countries are receiving nova
days invitations to come to Lincoln
County and make their homes on its
profitable farms in lone of the pros
perity sections of the South"
They are told that Brookhaven is
one of the finest little cities in the
South, a city Of beautiful homes and
thriving industries in the center of
rich agricultural section and the
heart of the yellow pine district,
with splendid railway transportation
and $50 miles of gravelled highways
radiating into fertile country dis
tricts. They are informed of our un-
rivalled educational advantages, So
cial opportunities and varied indus
tries-that we are proud of Brook
haven.
These invitations are being sent
to selected lists Of prospective farm
buyers-men who are seeking the
comforts, independence and prosper
ity of farm life here.
The little booklet in which they
are contained should be of real value
to this and nearby communities for
1t will set thousands Of people who
would make desirable citizens think
ing about Brookhaven and Lincoln
county and longing to come here and
see for themselves evidences of our
prosperity.
This kind Of advertising for a city
or community is usually the result Of
an extensive campaign to line up the
business or farming interests but this
time it costs nothing either to Brook
haven or the farming section that
will profit by 1t.
The folder is part Of S1,000,000
campaign undertaken by the z. A.
Strout Farm Agency, Inc, to boost
the farm-selling business and 1t is
being distributed by Oscar H. Hart
man, local representative of that a.
gency and Vice-President of the
First National Bank. Mr.. Hartman
intends that Brookhaven and Lincoln
county shall get as large a share of
the benefits of that campaign as he
can divert here.
Its illustrations afford glimpses of
farm life hereabouts and of the sub
Stantial evidences of our prosperity
our public buildings such as the
city hall, the post office, Methodist
Church, Whitworth College auditor
ium, the high school and one of our
finest residences, as well as views of
the business district.
Accompanying the photographs are
carefully written descriptions of Sc
lected farm bargains in Lincoln coun-
ty and brief paragraphs answer most
of the natural questions a prospec-
tive farm buyer would want answer
ed about the opportunities for pro-
At, the crops, markets, soil and cli-
mate Of this section. 81
The home seeker will learn from
this little booklet that soil, climate
and markets are all in his favor here,
that we have $50 growing days max
ing two crops possible and that dali
rying is successful industry with
fine, pasture ten months a year en-
abling farmers to produce milk at
low cost.
He will ascertain that two first
class creameries are promoting the
dairy industry, that stockmen will
find excellent shipping facilities to
the largest markets, that Lincoln
county has many registered herds of
beef cattle, that cotton is one of our
leading cash crops and that Brookha-
ven has a compress and a, storage
warehouse that issues negotiable re-
ceipts to cotton growers.
Farmers will learn, TOO, Of chances
for profits from sugar cane, pecans
and sweet potatoes.
Indeed the booklet is real COM
pendium of information about this
territory and should be of value in
promoting it's development. 1t shows
that the Strout Agency and Mr..
Hartman are boosting Brookhaven
and the farming country around it,
which should increase the business
of our merchants and the deposits in
our banks.
1t shows this is land Of oppor-
tunity.