Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-28
LETTER FROM BERRIRN COUNTY.
Farming Pays-COntempIated Fruit
Farm-StOck Suffering from the
Recent BAD WeaTher-Large Land
cd POssessIons a Drawback 10 De-
velOpment--SideG Chances.

ALAPAHA, GA, January s6-Edit0r Morn.
tng NerS: Every now ana then |
meet one of the many young men in this sec
ton who are illustrating the fact that farming
pays. Last Saturday. Mr.. Billy Fletcher. OF
Irwin county, came to Alapaha, and In the
course OF conversation informed me that he
made, lsst year, plenty of.corn and meat to do
him and some to SELL and In addition to this
made fourteen bales of cotton, He is about
twenty-five years old, full OF vim an. energy,
and firmly believes that farming is the best
business In the world. Sach young men are
the true developers of c county. and are
entitled 20 the highest ecomiulns.
DR.. P. w, Alexander, our resident dentist, Is
so well satisfied that fruit growing can be made
profitable here, that he proposes to plant Of
teen acres in trees of different kinds ef choice
fruits His plan is to plant about three hun.
dred trees each year until his orchari Is full
Peaches, apples and pears y i'll be the principal
fruits, but many rare kinds of fruit will also
have place In his mammoth orchard. DR.
A. is the very man to successfully conduct
snch an enterprise, having studied fruit cul.
ture closely, and being possessed OF an energy
that knows no such word as "fail." The South
purchases hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth Of canned fruits annually from the
North, and all this money might be retained 81
home by the proper application Of the re-
sources Of our soil aud climate.
Stock-ktllinR weather continues, and reports
OF dead cows and lambs in tne woods are
numerous. Some think that more than half OF
the lamb crop will perish, while not few as
sert that all will die that are not driven up and
attended TO. Cows aro also fast succumblng
to the force OF circumstance, the woods
being full of water and the weather all that
the hogs and buz2ards could desire Indeed.
the hogs and buzzardS are having high old
time. the former frequently killing the lambs
and eating them, when the supply killed by
tIi6 cold weather GnnQl IN ba dan md
People who intend making q livelihood by
stock raising should prepare Tor the protection
or their stock in winter. Large sheds should
be erected, and enough rough forage grown 80
feed them during the time the supply in the
woods is scarce.
The most serious drawback to the develop.
ment Of this section is the inordinats greed for
landed possessions manifested by not few of
our people. Some OF them own ten or twelve
lots (490 acres each) in body, and are always
ready TO add more when 1t adjoins and can bo
purchased at reasonable figure. These vast
tracts, owned by individuals. are not for sale,
unless the purchaser is willing to buy the whole
tract, and but few are able to do So Thus it
will be seen that immense tracts Of land-thou-
sands or acres In a body-are virtually out OF
the market, and productive only OF the grass
upon which few hundred head of cattle sub
sist, and the crops made on perhaps fifty or
hundred acres under cultivation These same
lands 1t cut up into one and two horse farms
and leased to good tenants. would yield more
to the owners in ten years than II used for
grazing purposes, as now conducted. for one
hundred years This section will never be
what 1t might and can be, until this penny
wise and pound foolish" policy is abandoned
SIDE eLANoEs.
Nice country hams sell here at ten cents
pound.
The work Of setting out shade trees along
the sidewalks has commenced. Should have
been done ten years sgo.
This viii be q lonesome country when the
lumber and turpeRtine business is no more
Coffee county has abolished the sale OF
whisky, but the boys import an occasional
kerosene can full of the ''crathur This is a
new spirit conveyor.
DR.. Fogle is doing good work for the gavan-
nah NEWS publications, which have only 70 be
introduced to be highly appreciated.
Last Monday I saw, in this place, twenty
wolves on poor old cows back.
Old-timers say this will be good fruit year
There Is at least one advantage in being
poor-you are never bothered by patent medi-
cine men to recommend their oleum vitae, etc
In some portions Of Berrien there are evil
denceS Of iron ore.
It is reported that Mr.. H B. Young, a promi-
nent farmer Of this county, had twenty-five
cold spell.
Sweet potatoes are kept all the year round
by some of our famers.
According to Mrs. shiutoa. deceased, we go
hence some time during tho present year.
Well. it isn't hard to leave place when ysu
have nothing you care to take with you.
There Is enough money thrown away every
year on dead people ali over the world to COM
fortably clothe, feed and house every INDECENT
individual on the globe.
l heard an old citizen remark at the late
county election that he would not vote for a
man for whom he would not stand security, or
for one who was a drunkard. Young men
should ponder over this.
From our obliging Postmaster Bfr. e. O'Quin,
learn that money orders to the amount of
81, ,450 were issued from his office during the
past year.
Our city observatory top Of the tank
Is no longer used for club meetings Sunday
evenings. The north pole did 1t with its little
breather.
Hymen does not seem to be doing much in
this section, notwithstanding the weather has
been very favorable.
Some of our merchants have adopted the
cash system, but sell goods on credit ell the
same.
The Primitive and Missionary Baptists are
the predominating religious sects in Berrien
imagine that the devils in hell make horri-
Bile grimaces and in other hideous ways express
their delight when young man imbibes his
first drink of whisky. II. WI