Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-05
Buy a Farm

When a section is suffering from
temporary depression and
lands are being offered for sale,
then and there is OPPOR-
TUNITY.
Georgia farm land sales are
more active today and have
been this year, than has been the
case in long time, ]. A. Hollo-
man, associate editor of the At
lanta Constitution told Georgia
bankers here the other day.
A representative of one Of
the large trust companies of the
state said to US recently that
he could place 300 families in
Sumter county next year, white
families from the West and
North.
There's a great future for
Americas and for Sumter coun-
ty in the settlement of our rich
lands by white farmers and their
families. If we had a white
family on every 100 acres in
Sumter county, Americus and
the other towns of the county
would be among the most pros
porous in the union.
The thing that is needed is a
medium of bringing the would
be buyer and seller together.
The Pearson Tribune says:
Do Atkinson county land own
ers want their lands occupied
and intelligently titled? IF so,
they have a fine opportunity now
Of securing what they want.
There are many white farmers
IN the Carolinas, Virginia, Ten
nessee, and even in North Geor-
gla, who would like to come to
South Georgia and Atkinson
county. The only thing lacking
IS some medium by which the
landowners and the people seek
ing homes in this section can be
made acquainted with each 9th
er's wants.
What is true of Atkinson is
true OF every county in South
Georgia, and there is no better
investment today than South
Georgia lands. It's a golden
opportunity, the Albany Herald
says, adding:
Unusual conditions have tenn
porarily depressed the price of
land in this section, Int Thai The
depression will soon pass those
who are familiar with general
economic conditions do not
doubt. If ever there was = good
time to buy farm lands, that time
is now. In every county there
are farms of few acres Of MANY
on the market, and thew can he
purchased on convenient terms
small amounts of cash. and
ene deferred payments carrying
low rate of interest
Ihat the Inevitable swinging
PACK OF the pendulum has al
9 ready begun is evidenced NV "a
ports coming from various sec
IONS OF Georgia. ACCORDING to
news stories appearing in the Al.
lanta Constitution, which hos
peeh urging the Importance of
puylng while prices are low. both
because of the attractiveness If
investments in farm lands at
TINS time and in order that those
acquiring farms may secure fem
ants for them and have them
made productive again, demand
is already developing in most
sections of the state. '
There are immense planta-
tlons in South Georgia which
have not paid a cent in divi-
dends IN several years. With
the diminishing labor supply, the
boil weevil and the general
change in farming methods the
large farms will continue to be
operated at loss.
They can be divided into
smaller farms, with a few acre,
planted in pecans, and sold r.
those now seeking lands If
Georgia. That there are those
desiring to invest is borne on
in the following from the Allan.
ia Constitution;
Prices paid vary widely ow-
ing to differences in fertility of
soil, extent of cultivation. amount
of Improvements, etc. But the
complete evidence, drawn from
sales reports, gathered by reputa-
bic people on the grond is so
overwhelming in support of the
claim that there is an eager and
active market for Georgia farm
lands, that it establishes beyond
dispute the unprecedented
growth in agricultural prosperity
the state has enjoyed for the
past two years"
The. pendulum is swino;n