Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-01-16
WfregraSS
Landmarks
BY B. H. WATTS

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east of line drawn from Macon
southwark which is now marked by
the later bpiIdiro If the Gcoroia
c...L o nj n.,- -.
- W wa '''''''9'' " -'--e
"HIch seemed TO estaDIlSh the pound
airy to the borderland Of civilization,
was one of vast wilderness Of virgin
pine forests evtardino eastward
,oo,l, >. co,,oul =. ill.,. H..
= " 30, g ''''l'' 81 '''0'70 OS'' =
oeeI ana QUEER WIIu game were al
ways plentiful and every native set
tier was a game law unto himself and
he was NOT accountable to any human
ho;nn fa,.n-1,o .a,,. =. H.. ,,,a. cod
va % - 60 IN 90 " ''' '''.' 80 ~
gwen fl9hI-aS mafhSInah ne SiloC
Always true
0quatterS G a m numerous
ABOUT Uni" tlihe ana II was unsafe 1or
anyone TO invest III any properly III
"haC was Iheh referred 10 as Ihe
"IIesraS' country IoI Iheiy as NOT
MS IlVle couIu not De esIaOI'sheo' as
| 'o IeooIu was hiaoe by many Trans
acI'olis /" UhoSe Gays ana because Oh
inns the courts were Always c'uC'eleo
WIN lhuroef IfIaI as result Oh Iaho
IeuuS'
~ was ABOUT IhlS Iilhe tnaI captain
'oih FoISyVh, a OhIIed states mar
s'i''! 'oS' MS ne over III Dodge coUn-
" III performance OF ms duty IL
seems 'naC 'he 1IItoh-Douge LUMBER
company hau purcha9ea some tllnoer
anus, 'He '''ieS Oh "illch h"u never
oeel ieg"Ily eSVaOilsLeu, ana Ihe gar
i"IC olIlcei acVlhg III MS oIIlciaI ca
P"CI'y was Seh' InIo tnaC wiz country
III eSS!s"Ce anu was IHeIe SI"Ih'
-, Dlan I Ofeam OF value
ii'oSe lIaCl'eS hau not thel feaIlzeu
nv" ."1u"s,e ever" VHG timber rights
~ 'ii'o I"'Iu was unVlI "eaIVAy Iun-
o1I NH operatives LOOK d gambler
O!i""'e, o"i"e IN ana bought tlmoer
,is"'S OF DIS 10" as oV Genus an acre,
o's"n 70 Col" money ana theh me
o''0'o "eS'N' Inc Iui'oer interests
y, s'''' " 'oliS'l0cC 'IahlioauS 10 get
'i'etl piou"0'S 70 'ne market 30 all
,'.''' 0'i0'' u Oeoie." was ana Is
'i INV, no'eS c0i"0eo WIN InhumefaoIe
l-''N - '0i''e u "hISn are even
carriers, the engines used being chat
'' ANS Jay peiils operated as common
.,..S '-'o WV. O-u "oouo u IIsI type But
Is'N '"'''Oe 81 iF'iiio<'0S are laSt pass
.''7' ~ % 'ii9 ~ oelng WRITTEN some
1 i' s0,i'e 10 !ne JUNK pie largely
49, ~ ~ tlie l. a SIs"'euHeSS Oh one man,
,,s5'S oI"' lFuhN lines were lew
I;a1 "a Nv eei II. I"oSe DAYS Inc
',.'o SUI" from macon 70 FaIdosta
hs,,. ,.ov ~ 'loI was 'ne me from
y any,, -, Us ~, " savannah But the
S 80 ''I'''@'" 'ii,e was Vhe pioneer then
zig "I'eu out from Amerlcus by
SyhuIcate headed by the late Col.
,.... IL. 'N''''' VI <Aiiiel'euS' "hlch
''r' '''e occasion Oh Ihe writer, then
r;n 10y oel"s WIN a party, the very
.t 49, " view 'ne spot Wnefeupon then
r. l0o1 Wv JI0 "oI'Ie OIL georgia war
- ,,.a ,lo' 'o''pis f. D[o"h' TO winch
pl4,,.. - 9" 40 d a i'lo see curing the war
+,r,1ials1I Wv, ~ 'v@'eS' ana mere was es-
+;,,,a VIZ O'ois'" c"pIVoI Tor
Ia.o.,. =,
,oIoo4oG - Di0" Il was Iour 'lmeS
tL1 en- gov , eImor Tor inns state. In
rhon go - - - o4 me legislature was
=. 0o0'lo" "O Mlled@eVlHe and
,,oa ,.oI:c.. '''S'' ''e war governor
% ,tIo n p Vhat sherman had left
,, ,'''lI''' W." MS army on ms mad
'''''l III ~ '"e sea- Inc books and pa
,,el1 " '"e oO"Ve We're Then hastily
St,N-,0 ny up anu stored away IN a place
a,t 1''lr'S' "''" II was teen that the
| VI government was established
ao,,, 49, ili0"II l"IA mouse IN DooIy
g,
~, oio Drown Homestead
''e 'o""SlVe Tor CordeIe, wilder
| ~ Viii wv years ago, soon be-