The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-05-27
OF INDUS
NJ aTn1 INDEX FINDS cONDI-
TONS ENCOURAGING.
TERRELL CITED AS EXAMPLE
rarrns So Well Cultivated That
~1 Thsv Look Almost Like Gardens.
10 for Sore Eyes and Weak
u.srts, Says Writer.

Hearts says Wiie~A'
~. Industrial Index, paper pub
r.taJ at Columbus and which makes
''. .oecialtv OF industrial and business
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. NV. nix section, and in its current is
INV o-;r+ed under a Dawson date line
~ ta1low;ng special correspondence
''N Sra,-gis farmers are coming back,
NIL. ,,;1l make a crop this year I'M
" .-,,,, extraordinary weather con-
less ..'- :bould arise. Farming is not
Juno, Juno 70 perish off the face OF the
so. t5 IN this section, because lot OF
eat ~ ,,,.eavils have come and a lot OF
0on have left. Such are the con
f ts;oos cached after tour through
Llsa greate- part of southwest Georgia
tF 1.ss,;rc those sections noted tor
.l.;l Utility. agricultural enterprise
l .J substantial crop yields.
aI Drbe tanning sights in Schley coun-
- Houston. in Macon, in Sumter,
y y zee in Dougherty, in Terrell and
:" otbe- wcll-known counties IN this
D III are good for both sore eyes
Sg ,3 ,,.esl, hearts. Despite the fact that
. ana far~7;n1 population is some small
.O d,,e - considerable migration of
CO. roe 7orthward in recent years,
.Ss d;soIav of energy on the farms is
tremendous,
A Splendid Beginning.
"A splendid beginning has been
n ,ooda and one is impressed not only
,,;tb rbe extent of acres cultivated
Nth smaller forces, but also with the
+boroughness and intensiveness OF IT.
Wsnv +ields look almost like gardens,
co Thoroughly have they been work
ed Young cotton, young corn and
other crops are making fine show
ling.
2Wearber conditions during the past
winter were favorable for both farm
np and iruit growing, for the de-
s+rrctior of insects and other pests
Through the continued freezing wealth
er was unusual. Fruit is all safe and,
Indeed. there is so much of it that in
The great orchards in the Montezuma
and Fort Valley country much OF it
rs beng tINllltu out
Your correspondent believes that
The Georgia farmer is going to come
back alter TWO or three years of de-
noralizaton, following the great al
ter-war smash, and after a year of
unadulteratcd hard luck in 1923, when
well planted and we'll worked crop
was ruined by excessive rains.
r. D Smith, one of the leading
banker, Of Dawson, shares in this be-
lief Mr. Smith is cashier Of the City
Nauoua, bank, an institution that IS
long much not only for the develop
nent OF Dawson, but Terrell county
s well This bank has, all along,
Showed a lively and practical inter
est in the farmers of this section and
their business affairs, and now that in
Ferest is greater than ever, for the new
president OF the institution, H. A. Pet
f. is one OF the leading farmers of
southwest Georgia.
Satisfactory Crop Expected.
Mr. Smith expressed the confident
pellet that the farmers of this section
Georgia will make a satisfactory
Prop this year He says they have
nade hne beginning, are working
Rard, are preparing the land with un-
Usual thoroughness, and are planning
2 place poison for the boil weevil
Prom the beginning to the end of the
ampagn The City National bank, in
desire to be Of practical assistance,
tcently provided two cars of calcium
Tsenate. and other Dawson banks
Ho brought i'll substantial amount