Schley County GaArchives News.....Apperson, Rev. D.J. November 10, 1877 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002514 June 10, 2005, 3:20 pm THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION November 10, 1877 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION NOVEMBER 10, 1877 ROUNDABLOUT IN GEORGIA Buena Vista Argus: Rev. D.J. Apperson, who lives nine miles north of Ellaville, in Schley county, had a nursery in 1868 which was too thick, and decided to thin out the bearing trees, which he did, cutting them down above the ground sometime in October. Several days thereafter he needed some "forks," with which to make a shelter for his potatoes. One of the forks he made of one of the peach trees which he had cut down. The end was sharpened and the prongs cut off, and the body driven in the ground with an axe. Strange to say that fork is now a large bearing tree, with strong roots, from which Mr. A. has gathered bushels of fine October peaches each year for several past. Additional Comments: Rev. David J. Apperson was the first pastor of Pleasant Hill Freewill Baptist Church near the Taylor county line. It was established 1879. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/newspapers/apperson2185nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb