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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1906
Page
3
South Alabama towns report a railroad boom with Enterprise as a key center. Growth follows Plant system to Atlantic Coast Line, rising land values and population, cotton, fertilizer and merchandise trade surging to about 500 000 dollars yearly. Farm wealth, timber resources, and forest clearing forecast continued prosperity and demand for more farming improvements.
The article portrays Enterprise as a booming crossroads with three one story structures including the post office and Baptist church. It notes thousands of acres of pine timber, a cotton mill, two banks, electric lights, water works, and a growing mercantile base led by firms such as Henderson Law Company and Enterprise Banking Company. It highlights rising commerce, progressive farms, cashiered carriers, and plans for regional development toward Elba and beyond. The piece emphasizes Enterprise as the county’s chief city, attracting merchants from the South and projecting future growth through banking, industry, and improved infrastructure.
Waycross on April 26 special Within the last two months three charters for a new railroad in Waycross have been granted and today a petition for such another railroad was forwarded to the secretary of state The newest proposed road is to be known as the Waycross Baxley and Vidalia railroad and will run from Vidalia in Montgomery county by the way of Baxley in Appling county to Waycross The petitioners are Will Buchanan George W Dven J Mf Cox WOR Beach Benjamin G Parks John Myers and 78 Batky of Waycross C W Deen of Baxley C G Edwards of Savannah JE Melton of Blakney W of McArthur and Georg Vi Mathews of Vidalia The One will be fifty five miles long and will pass through the counties of Montgomery Appling Pierce and Ware It will open up some of the largest hardwood and pine lands in the state The promoters claim that this road will shorten the distance from Augusta and other Georgia cities into Florida by at least 150 miles The distance from Baxley to Waycross will be shortened by 42 miles and it is figured that the Southern railroad owning the new line will shorten their distance into Florida by 22 miles To further shorten the distance the Jesup short from Jesup to Folkston which is 66 miles was constructed for the purpose of widening the distance to Florida by 22 miles To gain a further saving of 22 miles will require only the 32 miles between Waycross and Baxley The petitioners for the new road ask to be capitalized at two hundred thousand dollars with the privilege of increasing their capital to one million dollars They claim that it is their intention to begin construction work as soon as a charter is granted.
Covington April 26 Dr E Taylor concluded temperance lecture series with Alcohol as a Brain Poison and its effects on moral tone. He highlighted alcoholic drinks and cautioned about their psychological impact. audience learned about varying beverages and their alcohol content. Pythians Aid Sufferers Lexington Ga April 26 Knights of Pythias donated to San Francisco members and planned more contributions. Elba bank shows strong local prosperity with deposits near one hundred eight thousand dollars and loans over twenty two million.
On April 26 Jake Roobin shot himself near the heart in his store, alone, leaving a young wife and brothers in Cordele. Despondency blamed, remains likely to Macon for interment.
Charlotte April 26 The Amery Cotton Manufacturers Association holds its tenth annual convention at Asheville NC May 16 17 with 200 reservations and large attendance expected The program lists Governor Glenn Senator Lodge Oliver Hester Neale Taylor and Lafrentz among speakers on topics from trade evils to future cotton supply and accounting methods
A southbound Southern railway work train carrying a derrick car overturned near Chatham Virginia this afternoon killing J T Maison of Charlottesville instantly and injuring E H Gregor and W H Tucker of Monroe. The wreck occurred while en route from Monroe to near Greensboro New York to remove a wrecked locomotive. The track was cleared by 9 o clock tonight.
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