In 1908, J.C. Ausley and A.C. Kelly, partners in Slocomb's Morris Lumber Company, established a hotel here and named it "Aus-Kel" from the first three letters of their last names. It stood near a collection of mineral springs where blue-colored water boiled up through white sand. The two-story hotel had 12 rooms and included a dance hall, skating rink, bowling alley, baseball diamond, and separate swimming pools for men and women. Because it was far from the county's main thoroughfare, transportation proved difficult, so its founders built a narrow-gauge railroad line from the facility to the Central of Georgia Railroad station in Slocomb. An open-air steam locomotive made daily trips into town for fifteen cents round trip. The hotel closed in 1911, but local residents used the facilities for many years afterward. After years of neglect, the building burned, and today the land is privately owned.