Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-13
Georgia Affairs.

,,,Id make hat would would knock the
-. ,,Ir1etto hats into pi AMI that if his an
L--.t,rs are realized he thinks that every
- foot Of soil in Spalding county might be
- in bonnet squash. and then not supply
nth the demand for the hats. The Meas
.his gentleman lis not settler" No. He
- a seller of bonnet squash and other
hats
,+trs prospect for a very fine peach crop is
- end other fruits never promised better
!. avs further: Indeed everything looks
--1srifi for a prs. porous year for our farmers.
have never seen wheat, rye, etc, look bet
lat this time OF year"
r,5.-a J. n. Gill; OF Marion county, was in
,.,a-i,us on Tuesday. From linn the Repub-
Is.-n earned that a great many cattle are
5-;,, all over Sumter county, from some dis
that cannot be controlled. 1t is said to be
.Es same ia schIey county. There is hardly a
~. +I,ar can be traversed but the smell of
I'll animals faint the air. Fears are enter
t-.rs5 that ali the cattle may die of this
disease.
nm. Augusta EsJCs states that the real lessons
-s-ba Georgia Railroad are Messrs. John Da-
-s,so. Thomas P Branch, of Augusta; J. f.
---,s- 4. X. Lawton, VIM. NJ. Wadley, of
esrannah: c. C. Baldwin, OF New York; DR..
T,mess. Hamilton, of Athens, Ca; John P.
p--reb OF Richmond, Va; Gen. E. P. Alexan-
- # Louisville, KY; the Louisville and
x..byille Road and the Central Road.
NJ Henry Hull. President of the Athens
r.starr. died at his residence in that city
r,-sdsv night. His death is regarded as
GREAT loss to athens.
The Atlanta Gazette has seen a gentleman
t-7m Washington city who says that MarceIius
Tto-rton. siuca his appointment as a clerk in
- Pension office. has declined to dine with
.sc,usin. SIR Edward Thornton, the English
,ri,ist4r at Washington. He further stated
+t.rh he had rather bet on Thornton being the
newt President than any politician in the coun-
uy.
The Walton NelUs reports the finest stands
of e7ft0u all over that county and the work of
cboDpin, it out is going on rapidly. The
showers Of last week were general and did
much good.
Cen lie Due. the Commissioner Of Aericul-
+t-. at Washington, has received eighteen
t..v.s of tea from the government tea farm
in Mcintosh coantY. Ga 1t was this tea that
vas sampled in New York on Saturday last by
tra leading tea merchants Of that city, and
y-ss found TO be an excellent article. The
s1rarintsndent Of the tea farm, Mr.. Joseph
rtc.,s0n writes to Gen lie Due thus encourag-
i,yIr Of his Iabors this year in Mcintosh: 1--WE
have had a most successful gathering. having
manufactured double the quantity Of tea we
5tt last year. ami it is Of superior quality"
The M.Du9ts Journal says: The May num-
sp,arlfl one. filled with excellent articles of
interest to every farmer in the country"
The Sparta EsbmaeLte speaks wisely when it
saws. tine wealth of State cannot be judged
ofby tie number of bales of cotton that its
rlanters produce Some psopIe in Georgia
p.uuee heaiIo1g into debt, to the extent Of
twelve or fifteen hundred dollars. for the privi-
Isg- Of rlisiug the worth of a thousand dollars
liz cotton. We suppose this is done because
cotton is King. -
The crop prospects al over Georgia are
reported as having never been better
John Slater. who was arrested in Macon a
davor two SINCE. charged with having stolen
tire. thlusani dollars from Mr., II. C. Irish,
proprietor Of the Western Hotel. in St. Louis.
has bseu Identified by 3Lr. Irish, who came on
TO Macon for that purpose. he is still in Jail.
though Ills counsel viii make desperate effort
t0secIge his release on habeaS corpus.
The Swainesb0ro Herald states that the
grass is making rapid headway on the farms of
Emanuel county generally, ana demands close
attention u keep it fiom materially injuring
thscr1ls Il says: ''Guano is great help to
tie grass as well as the corn and cotton.
Farmers are still hauling guano. 1t seems
thar thtV intend to make or break
Says th- Dublin Gazette: Those who are
won 70 complain about everything, and who
sail -le fruit crop was a failure, may cease
tn-i- -rUmuling- The prospects now are bet
ter than we have any reCO lection of ever seeing
before at this time " the ear. IL Is true sue
frost Killed some Of il, bnt inst enough TO make
the remainder larger and more delicious. We
have u0tieei the bows OF some OF the peach
trees already tied down with their burden
OF SWe tuess The fruit a ] seems 10 have every
appearance OF thrift and heaIthfuineSS. There
viii be no reason for any one in this section to
complain this year. The result OF the cotton
aud corn crop, we predict, viii also surprise
some
9f-Dugis Journal: From nearly every sec
ton of our county we have received cheering
accounts of the crops Oats never showed
better prOSpe ct, while corn, wheat and cotton
are about as fine. II the seasons from now on
are favorable. our farmers will make excellent
cro5s; out from what we eau learn. the same
oil error has been 0mmitted-t0O much cotton
planted in proportion to grain. More corn,
bacon, hay, guano. etc. have been shipped to
the Thomson depot this season than during
alv other since the war; and if the crops
should happen to fail the condition Of our
farmers will be very embarrassing. But the
weather is fine, and everybody is hard at work
and in high hopes for the future"
saws the Montezuma Weekly: Information
reached us OF a heartrending affair that hap
p-nel IN pOO!y on last Tuesday. MF. Daniel
Wool son Of a prominent gentleman, Mr..
Bryan, A. Wood, took his gun on the afternoon
Of tie dav given. and went out for the purpose
OF hunting ana fishing. The last seen of him
alive be was az the house Of a neishbor die
gins fish bait. Not returning home, search
w1s instituted on the following mOrnic 2, which
resulted 10 the finding Of his body, ia a clump
OF bushes. dead Both barrels OF his gun were
emp y It is supposed that the gun got en-
t8rg al IN the bushes and vines, and was thus
discharged both charges finding lOdgment in
Dis right side. The deceased was an eStlmabie
y1uug man bus lately married and leaves a
wife and young child to mourn for him"
Discussing the future of the New SOUTH
The Miled yeviile Union AID Recorder says:
For the las t&O centuries Great Britain has
been the great trader AMI factor of the world.
The Mississippi RIVER, the Panama ISthmuS Ca
nal. ih. Texas and Pacific Railroad Will make
ne South he highway Of traffic between the
West gnd Europe and Asia aud Europe. In
ell HEellOJd New Orleans will become the
greatest commercial mart in the world This
Seems % he ths destiny OF our session. This
New South imnued with the great principle of
self government viii lead back our Union to
TIE temple OF our fathers, whence guSh the
pure t-rFS OF HQcFt}. anu VIII make our great
rePu1l c the exempiar of all nations. whence
lzey can learn the lessons of liberty regulated
oy law and the blessings OF freedom as under
s.y1d and enjoyed by an enlightened and vlrtu-
Gus people
augusta NeicS: "Mr. W. 7. Huguey, Wee
President Of the Alabama and Georgia Manu-
lai 1r.n- Company, of West Point. is in the
wy Do attendance upon the stockholders con
'-ll9n of the Georgia Road. and also TO
ggA-i-l1e our immense cotton factories. Mr..
Ht-1'ey Is one II the youngest manufacturing
men 10 the South. but he is one Of those
young meu Of energy and ability upon whose
s-ullie-S vii east y and with honor rest the
responsible iEy Of conducting this growing and
slea-eSt industry of the South. he believes 10
" young inca Of the South going to work with
.-rlf Drains aud money to build up this sec
W.. and y bout any foreign aid lis fagtory IS
s-4- Illustration Of a hat success can be won
Y sI0HE EQMs investment ami watching over
yl7 own work eud affairs. The mill which
- represents has been as successful as any or
~ great mills IN Augusta, and dividends have
~ l| " y per cent This is but another
t'a-.ital Illustration that manufacturing IN
- 9ollh pays We Bir. HUguley IS an honor
s.sllt'e OF the University Of Georgia in 1872
~ laS many frienJs here as well as all over
@ e-ae, FhO viii be pleased to learn OF ms
t91sr the heading, "ScaIped with an Axe, +"
- Aioany AeJrS and AdUeTtiSeT says: "a col
~ su nsmei Jack Wright, one OF the la
ssts oA the plantation known as the LAYTON
- and st.perintended by Mr.. a. r Jackson,
~ ms " EST of tie city, was brought IN 10
l-tt59Fs for repsirs yesterday afternoon,
Lra1 being fearfully gashed ne was taken
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