The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-02-24
Rich Farming Community Is Grad
ualIy Overcoming Boil Weevll
Handicap. Good Roads and Ex-
celIent Schools.

HANDICAP. NOou Noduo oiiA LA
celIent Schools.
By Harllee Branch in Atlanta Journal
DAWSON, Ga.-Greater prosperi-
tv than that OF the old days before
the boil weevil are in store Tor DaW-
son and this section. The tull tide OF
this prosperity will not be reached
this wear. and maybe not Tor few
more years, but every indication points
to its certain achievement.
Each year agriculture and business
are getting on a frmer and more sat
jsfactorv basis and with the hard
work and thrift which the farmers APP
pear to be practicing better times are
bound to come.
Terrell county OF which Dawson Is
the county seat. is one OF the very
best farming counties in the state or
in the south, and Dawson IS the trade
center OF a rich farming territory tor
30 miles around.
During three decades Terrell county
has produced more cotton per square
mile than any county in the cotton
belt except one in South Carolina. Its
lands have produced from 20 to los
bushels of corn per acre, and other
crops grow in the same way.
Up-to-Date Farmers.
Practically every man in city and
country is a farmer. and throughout
the county numerous farms employ
modern machinery and up-to- date
methods. Terrell county farmers are
noted for their high grade horses and
mules and other live stock.
This is good business city and IS
a delightful place in which to live. 1t
has reputation for its law-ablding
people and its exceptional hospitality,
and the people OF the city are closely
cooperating with those OF the country
in the effort to improve general con-
ditiCns throughout the county.
Dawson has population OF 4,2OO
while the population OF Terrell coun-
ty is $4,000 There are 322 square miles
in the county K S. Worthy, a we'll
known business man and farmer, is
the mayor OF Dawson The chairman
of the board OF county commission
ers is Z H. Stapleton a farmer and
business man of Brentwood. Other
members OF the board are W. L. Pace
and w ID. Davidson.
Terrell county was created i'll 1856
from Lee and Randolph counties and
was named after Dr. William Terrell,
a noted physician OF Sparta, Ga. The
city OF Dawson was incorporated i'll
1856 and took its name from the late
United States Senator William Gros
by Dawson, a distinguished Georgian
who was born in Greene county in
1893 and died in Greensboro i'll 1856.
A considerable section OF the down
town business district is paved and
there are II miles of paved sidewalks.
Owns Utilities.
The city owns and operates its own
water works and electric lighting and
power system, and both are not only
self-sustaining, but both contribute a
tidy sum toward the general revenues
of the city. This despite the fact that
for both commodities low rates are
charged The water rate is rs cents a
thousand gallons while the electric
rate ranges from 10 cents a kilowatt
to the amount of current used.
The g-tesian wells with capacity
OF 1900 gallons a minute supply the
city with water, and the storage ca
pacity OF the reservoirs is 100000 gal
ions The city has nine miles Of water
mains and during the past four years
has expended $4,000 on extensions
and improvements to the system.
At the present time installation OF
the last new water mains is under
way and this work will be completed
by March LIST. The $4,000 expended
son water works extensions and inn
provements during the last four years
came from two $4,000 bond issues,
the present work being done under
the last of these bond issues.
An adequate and modern system of
storm and sanitary sewers serves this
city. These sewers drain into canal.
Dawson has a noted fire department.
1t was one of the first cities OF its size
in the country to install complete mo-
torized fire fighting equipment, and
the department is so efficient that the
annual fire loss in the city amounts
to about $1,000 The result is that
Dawson enjoys comparatively low fire
insurance rates.
Industries
Although Dawson is first OF all an
agricultural center there are many inn
portant industries here, among them
being two cotton oil mills, a peanut
Smelling plant, cotton compress and