Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-29

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longevity, according to her ponUlation than
any county In the State II gives q few Of the
hlaes % her citizens, and their ages, as fol
ee 'fISi Lynch, aged s5; Burrell Leverette,
50, =. a; HAqer IS: Jesse Lsverette s.; Phillip
dS LEWIS "a; John McElhailey, SO: B. R. Ezelf,
Sr-, o5: David Cook, 81; Garden Goolsbv 81
ds u; fersons s0S John Garland, 50; Mrs Penn,
20 hrs. Couch. 80; Mrs Hawk and Mrs Malone
eScn 81. We can name six colore1 men over
o., ana one over 80. and eighteen coIored
eo olilen @ VINO are over SO, five Of whom are over
says the HGukeye: What county in the State
In In peat Old Jasper for cases of loHgevityg And
oeslaes This she has twenty-fou churches and
ter showings'
Wireqrass Watchman: ''Mr. Bob Deas, who
mas been over on the Oconee river for several
1ays, returned last Sunday. He went over to
IQoK after his cattle and find out what damage
ne tei;s Us that by the two late freshets he has
iOst All OF mis- cattle with the exception Of three
neSo. lie reports the Oconee IS being extreme
~ nigh and the waters still rising"
The Rome Tribune learns 'from DR. Eaen
hlliyer, II esident of the Rome Railroad. that
ne has two sets of hands at work repairing the
damage done hiS road bY the recent high water.
one foTcs started at Kingston under the charge
OF engineer Hardin, and the other from Rome
under charge Of Mr.. Hine NJ Smith. The re-
pairs will be pushed forward as vigorously as
possible ard the President hopes to have trains
through by the early part of next week. The
yet, as some of the track is still under water.
but IL is feared that it is considerable. The
greatest damage was done in Mitchell's old
was washed away"
Regarding the alleged lease Of the Georgia
Railroad by the Central, the Athens Chronicle
says: The Augusta papers for the last week
nave been full or the proposed lease of the
anteed rental of per cent on the capital
STOCK or the former. If the lease can be made
legally we cannot see what objection the stock
holders OF the Georgia could have, for instead
or an uncertain per cent they would thus
SECURE an absolute per cent dividend Of
course there are minor details which the Geor-
gia Railroad stockholders ought to require
such as continuation Of their good equip
ment, an improvement of the track etc, as
y eli as guarantee of fair play with the At
lanta and West Point Road, in which they own
a one third interest. As to any fanciful senti-
ment about the Georgia, or any desire to see
handsomely equipped road, we epprehend the
primary interest of the stockholders will be
the greatest income on their investment, con
sistent with the necessity OF protecting the
value of the property"
Sparta Lsamaelite: THE man isn't living
who can get rich raising cotton at ten cents
per pound, if he buys all his provisions from
the West. The farmer who buys his meat,
corn. rice, flour, sugar and syrup, may acci-
dentally have a little treasure laid up in
Heaven; but it is simple nonsense for him to
expect TO grow ell on in this worlds goods as
TIE It's at ul suCn IidiiAESLlG1E lle exclusive
raISing OF cotton, at prevailing prices, will
never bridge the chasm between poverty and
fortune. Cotton may still be king. If so, it is
natural that it should be hardest on those who
reader it the most unreasoning devotion. The
people need not make of themselves servants
to the West, in order to enJhrone q deSpot
they need TO dec are their Independence Of the
old order of events. They should make their
farms more nearly self-suStaining. There is
no wis tom in buying anything that can be
made better at home. Before the war the
farmers Of the South dill not keep their hocks
aud herds and granarieS ia the West; and
now industrious farmers gres rich. The man
who has corn, wheat and meat Of his own, can
stand caterpiilars, boil worms or low prices"
An informal meeting of the Rome press was
held at tEe Courier Office on Friday for the
purpose of arranging for the assembling tf
tue Georgia Press Convention, which conveneS
in that city on the 1lth of May. We get from
that paper the following account o. the pro-
csedings: ''air. T. Z. Hanbury, OF the Tribune
was appointed on printing, Capt. A. b S.
Moseley. of the Bulletin. on badges, and Capt.
81 DwInell of the Courier, on steamboat ex-
CursiOn and banquet hall. The following were
Priatup, Mrs. Robert Battey, Mrs Geo. w.
Bowen, Mrs w. 8. Crane. Mrs. W. 7. Mapp,
Mrs II. H. Smith, Mrs. j. L. NJ Estes, Mrs. p.
Cohen, Mrs z. W. Alexander, Miss Mary Noble,
Miss Sophie Bowie. Miss Rosa RawiinS, Miss
Allah Holmes, Miss Anna Sparks, Miss Stella
Cohen. Miss Sallie Elliott, Miss Mabel Hiilyer,
Il. v.
oliane Br8nham, Miss Battle Shropshire
Tbs { flowing were. selected as general man
ayers: Mrs. D. S. Pri .tup, Mrs. Robert Battey
and BITS. I. w. Alexander NJ. Frank j. Co
han, Of The Bulletin. was appointed to so
lici5 contributions from citizens and others in
ali OF the cause. 1t was determined TO give
the members OF the Georgia press hack ride
through the city, q steamboat excursion and
banquet. A further meeting Of the Rome press
viii be held to perfect arrangements"
Under the caption Cotton vs.. Tobacco" the
Bolton North Georgian says: There is one
thing We would impress upon our readers, and
that is to raise more tobacco. There is no
occupation nigh so profitable as that branch
of industry. Five hundred to one thousand
pounds can be easily raised on ore acre of
common upland. In market the tobacco raised
here will Uring from six to twelve cents per
pound. Let US then apply few figures. and
see which is the most profitable, tobacco or
cotton. Eight hundred pounds per acre, at
e ght cents per pound, realizes the snug sum
of sixty-four dollars. All this without much
feriiiZing, which. as every practical farmer
knows, almost doubles that of one acre of
cotton We only throw out these hints to let
our farmers see the difference between the
two. Our immediate Representative
in Congress has introduced a bill
to allow tobacco growers to sell leaf
tobacco without a tax. This bill II passed by
that body, win be of lasting good to the farm
eTS Of the country, as it opens to them a new
branch Of industry, which, il persisted 10, will
make them rich from Old worn out fields that
have long since been turned out as worthless,
instead OF mortgaging even, so to speak, the
last chicken 'on the hill, to pay guano debts to
raise King Cotton. We advise our farmers to
give the subject a trial, and our word for it, in
the close of fhs year. you will rejoice and be
exceedingly glad that you are on the high road
of prosperity through this new found channel
IL space aud time would only permit would
say more on this subject, but will leave it to
the discretion of our readers. Mr. W. ]. HouS-
ton. the General Passenger and Ticket Agent
of our Air Line. is gratuitSusly distributing, so
we learn, high grade tobacco seed along the
line of the road to al who may apply"