Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-21
j. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

holt, though minus mare. and perhaps some
money. yet holds the deposited fiftv dollars
We understand the colored citizens who lost the
mule intend 70 claim the money as being the
same the thief got for the mule"
says the Sparta IstmdeIite: Numbers of
the colored laoorers Of this county are drift
Ing down into Washington county. If they
can DO better In that county than in Hancock
II Is all right. It is their privilege TO 20 where
they please, and. as matter OF course IN so
doing they have only their own Interests 10
consult The clfnculty of procuring farm hands
presents itself 10 our farmers every wear l.
Is growing difficulty. II will soon reach such
proportions as 70 put an end to the plantation
system or farming in the South The tendency
OF the Times IS TO small farms. It is fortunate
tnat the interests Of our section lie IN the same
IiIgStlon. small farms, well cultivated and
mighty fertlllZed, should be the answer to
scarcity OF labor The farmers Of Georgia had
as wei prepare to meet this question. and we
40 not know a better way Of doing it than the
Says the Rome Bulletin: TT il not known
oy Gil that one of the finest and most extensive
coal deposits to he found in this country is
situated only ten miles from Rome. But such
Is TACT. and that Rome shivers is more of a
ulsBrace 10 Rome than q cause for complaint
against the coal dealers of our city. Lavender
Mountains are full Of coal of the richest charac-
tyr: Ihe builders OF the Rome and chattanooga
hallroad viii be compelled TO dig through this
coal deposit. When this road is completed
Rome will be furnished coal at two dollars and
nfJy conts a ton. but until this enterprise is
prosecuted to compile. ion. we viii shiyer while
dealers ext,rt seven dollars and fifty cents a
ton for coal. We are all interested in the
building Of this road. and every word or deed
o. announcement possible should be freely
offered the builders. =
Says the Thomasyfue Enterprise: 'gThe dam
age to the Oat crop by the late freeze, we
learn. is much greater than many hoped it
would prove. We have carefully examined
one field, where the oats ranged in age from
- IN inst zfracrH nd
fully half the stand is killed. The younger
ones which many farmers believed safer than
those little older, are almost entirely killed
How this field will compare with the general
crop we do not know, but fear that it will
prove a fair criterion. Fortunately, many
farmers had not planted, or had not finished
planting, and that portion OF the crop that
viii be planted since the freeze may prove
good We hope all who can will put in as
many more oats as possible, for the corn will.
in Consequence OF the shOrtness Of the oat
crop last year, run short before corn viii come
again"
The Harmony Grove correspondent of the
Jefferson, jackson county, NetCs IS in despair
over the terrible weather. H7 says: Il think
we can safely say blessed is the man that has
no stock TO feed this winter. The cows eat
more than was ever known and give less milk;
the hens are ali going dry too, as we can hear
of no eggs except some that were frozen; the
II lgs are growing leaner and less every day;
tine ducks and geese have quit growing feathers:
the women and babies are erumbling and
growing about the meal the fl 'ur aud thu
wood being out and il is too cold for the old
men 20 help themselves; the horses are stand
ing up IN their stalls eating heir heads on; the
dogs have ceased to bark; the rabbits have all
been killed, and it seems that it will not be
matter OF much thought TO figure out what the
closing scene will be if the bad weather holds
on a few weeks longer"
Says the Griffin NeIcs From a reliable
source We learn that one Reuben Huckaby and
Lou smith recently eloped from the vicinity of
Russelville, Monroe county. When last heard
from they boarded the upward bound train at
BaFnesville. on Tuesday night the 2Sth ut The
aforesaid Reuben Huckaby LETT his wife in
helpless condition, with four small
children to take care Of And the
aid Lou smith il the mother
of five small children-three girls aad two
bHs-the girls she took with her and The boys
she left to take care OF themselves the best
they could All persons are reque ted 10 look
out for this delec able pair of sable lovers and
report to Jefferson Smith, RusseIlville, Ga.
HuckabY is about five feet eight or ten inches
high and black. Lou Smith has. small. black
eyes deep in her head, with three girl children
Mr. Smith promises a suitlble reward to any
one who will discover and aid in bringing these
parties back TO their home"