Talbot County GaArchives News.....Creation of Junction City, Ga. - 1906 May 24 1906 ************************************************ 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: Carla Miles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002476 June 24, 2004, 4:29 pm The Talbotton New Era The Talbotton New Era Thursday, May 24, 1906 Page 6 Junction City This is the name of the youngest town in Talbot County but it is not the smallest in any respect. It is located at the junction of the A B and A and Central Railroads, being the place where Perkins Mill is located. Mr. C.W. Moore the well-known businessman of Paschal, has purchased the lot of land on which the Perkins Mill is located, together with all the houses and improvements thereon. He had formed a stock company with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, ten thousand of which has already been paid in, and will begin at once the erection of a large coffin factory. The machinery has been purchased and is now on the way. The company will also erect an ice factory and furniture factory within a short while. Mr. Moore and his associates are business people from the word go. They saw that Junction City would be a good point, that it had two main lines of railroads, an unfailing water supply, nice dwellings already erected and that it would be one of the best points in Georgia for doing a manufacturing business. Mr. Moore stated some weeks ago that there would be something doing in the manufacturing line around Paschal in a short time and it seems that he is making good what he said. We predict for Junction City a bright and prosperous future. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, June 28, 1906 Page 3 Junction City The new town of Junction City is certainly on a boom. The latest is the organization of the Junction City Warehouse and Milling Company, which will commence business at once. The company will do general mercantile and warehouse business and also a lumber and milling business. The stockholders are, Messrs. C.W. Moore, S.A. Montgomery and Mrs. Annie Moore. All of these parties are business from the word go and anything they turn their hands to is certain to be successful. Mr. Montgomery has recently sold out his business at Rabbit and moved to Junction City. Mr. C.W. Moore and Mrs. Annie Moore are already living there. There are at present twenty-three houses in Junction City. Some of them have been occupied by the milling force of the Perkins Lumber Co. Mr. C.W. Moore states that just as fast as these houses are vacated by the mill people they are being filled by new families who are moving it. There are now only two vacant houses and they will be filled this week. Junction City is now a station of the railroads, the first freight being received last Monday. It is also an express office. The town is soon to be incorporated. The future of the thriving little place certainly looks bright. With two manufacturing concerns already assured and others to follow, with people moving in every day, it looks as if it will soon be a place of several hundred people. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, August 23, 1906 Page 3 Junction City Incorporated Among the bills passed by the legislature at this session was one to incorporate the town of Junction City, in Talbot County. Under the provisions of the bill, Mr. Montgomery is Mayor, C.W. Moore, J.M. Jackson, Charlie Pie and others constitute the board of aldermen. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, August 30, 1906 Page 4 Houses and Lots in Junction City An opportunity to make an investment, which will pay you magnificent dividends in a short time. For a small sum you can buy a house and lot in what is going to be one of the best of the smaller manufacturing cities of Georgia. Junction City is on the A.B.&A. and Central Railroads, six miles south of Talbotton. It is high and healthy and the water is all that could be desired. Its natural advantages are going to make it what it will be in a short time, a thriving and hustling city. It affords a water supply for an unlimited number of steam manufacturing plants. It is the point where the Junction City Manufacturing Company, a company recently incorporated at FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, will erect at once a large plant for the manufacturing of burial cases, cotton gins and ice. This plant alone will give employment for a great number of people at splendid wages. New stores will be erected at once and Junction City offers the best advantage to those who wish to engage in the mercantile business. Houses and lots will be sold on easy terms for sixty days. Write today to, C.W. Moore Sec. & Treas., Junction City Manufacturing Co. Paschal, Ga. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, January 10, 1907 Page 2 Personal Items Mr. C.W. Moore, of the Junction City Manufacturing Company, states that the coffin factory of this concern will be in operation now in the course of a few weeks. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, January 24, 1907 Page 2 Personal Items Mr. C.W. Moore of the Junction City Manufacturing Co., was in Talbotton a few days ago. Mr. Moore states that the machinery for his company has arrived and that they will be making coffins, etc. in a very short time. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, April 11, 1907 Page 7 Junction City The Coffin Factory at Junction City is growing daily in proportions, and all modern improvements are being put in position, and it is becoming the rival of anything of the kind in Georgia under the management of the president, Mr. C.W. Moore, and his skilled employees to work is pushed to the finish and in first class. No use going away from Junction City for anything in their ?, though in its infancy, they are turning out from 50 to 75 coffins daily. Quick work, large scales and small profits is their motto. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, April 18, 1907 Page 3 Junction City The Coffin factory is in a flourishing condition. They are shipping them off by the car load every day. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, July 4, 1907 Page 6 Junction City The coffin factory is a glorious success. The very best grade of goods are being made and readily sold. The proprietor, Mr. C.W. Moore, has every reason to be proud of his undertaking, as his most sanguine expectations are being realized. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, August 1, 1907 Page 1 Junction City To Grow The Dixie Realty Company of Broxton, purchased a few weeks ago, several hundred acres of land at Junction City and are making arrangements to build up the town. It is stated on good authority that they will build a five hundred thousand dollar cotton mill, to be located in Junction City at the junction of the Central and AB&A Railroads. They expect to organize the company at once and begin the erection of the mill. Junction City offers every advantage for a cotton mill, having plenty of water and good railroad facilities, and there is every reason why the mill should prove a paying investment. Mr. C.W. Moore states that he will soon enlarge his coffin factory more than a third. This means that there will be more work for the people. Mr. Moore now states that he believes Junction City now has before it a very bright future, and that the town is going to grow and prosper during the next two years as few other small towns in Georgia have done. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, August 8, 1907 Page 6 It looks as if our neighboring town, Junction City, is going to grow and prosper. They are certain of six or eight modern residences, two or three nice stores, a nice school building right now, with a prospect for a large cotton mill. Let the good work go on. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, August 15, 1907 Page Two Personal Items Mr. C.W. Moore and Mr. Reynolds, of Junction City, are soliciting subscriptions for a two hundred thousand dollar cotton mill which they expect to organize at Junction City right away. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, October 10, 1907 Page 1 Junction City Manufacturing Company Bulk of Stock Changes Hands A deal was made last week at Junction City whereby Mr. C.W. Moore disposed of all of his stock in the Junction City Manufacturing Company, the stock being purchased by Messrs. Blythe, Fielder, Heart, Blythe and Fielder. These well known gentlemen have taken charge of the plant of the company and will continue to manufacture coffins, burial cases, etc. They are practical mechanics, have had experience in the manufacturing of caskets, and will no doubt make a big success of the undertaking. Mr. Moore was here on Monday and states that he will devote all of his time and attention for the present to his mercantile business in Junction City. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, October 31, 1907 Page 3 Charlie Moore of Junction City was in Talbotton this week. He states that it is almost a certainty that Junction City will have a $200,000 cotton mill within the next 12 months. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, December 12, 1907 Page 1 Junction City to Have Post Office Junction City is soon to have a Post office. The office has already been established and the only thing that now remains is for the postmaster appointed, Mrs. S.A. Montgomery, to give the proper bond, arrange for quarters and secure her proper supplies. This does not mean that the office at Paschal will be discontinued. The office there will continue just as at present. The Talbotton New Era Thursday, January 16, 1908 Page Two Personal Items A post office has been established at Junction City. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/newspapers/nw1193creation.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 10.0 Kb