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Smithville Georgia’s thriving town and its famed people
Franx Hamilton Condxy extols Smithville Georgia as a booming, hospitable hub in Lee county. The piece praises Col. A H McAfee’s hotel, local governance, Smithville Improvement Company, a strong cotton and fruit economy led by LeConte pears, and prominent residents like J F Watson W D Wells and G W Warwick. It highlights the LeConte Nursery, the railroad depot, a vibrant weekly paper, and a hopeful future powered by entrepreneurial, civic, and agricultural vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
A. H. McAfee
Ita
Empire State
Galthville
Georgia
Branchville
Smithville
Renwick
Richmond
Danville
Bayard Taylor
D. G. Avera
D. F. Johnson
C. A. Rhodes
E. M. Kearsey
J. L
Paul
R. F. Salter
B. F. Yeoman
Main Street
Avera
Smithvile Improvement Company
Smithville Improvement Company
J. F. Johnson
W. D. Wells
Ita Officera Belog
R. E. McAfee
Lee County
McAfee
W. G. Bennett
Bennett
G. M. Pattison
Captain Pattison
J. ¥. Johnston
Hera
W. T. Ladder
Mr. Johnston
T. 8
Burton
A .S. Ansley
Ansley
C.C. Ansley
Prince of Merchants
Evans & Webb
Carrion
Mossia, Evans & Webb
W. A. Smith
Griffin Smith
V. Ib. Jossey
Garfield
Blosa
M. E
T. A. Holloway
Holloway
Mr. Kearsey
Kearsey
Colonel
A. J. Jennings
Col. Kearsey
Captain Hays
Americus
Mr. Avera
Old School
T. J. Avera
LeConte
LeConte Nursery
W. W. Thompson
C. L. Thompson
United Statea
Frank L. Stanton
J. F. Watson
Lee County Court
G. W. Warwick
Mr. Warwick
Blackstone
W. D
Wells
Wells, Burton & McManus
William Wells
Muckaloochee
Wella
Dru
W. T. Simpson
J. F. McMath
J. D. Snellgrove
Franx Hamilton