Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-24

Washington city to be put in Little river It
was soon ascertained that this supply had been
sent out by Prof. Baird. United States Fish
Commissioner at Washington, at the instance
OF Hon Alexander H. Stephens. Little river
used to abound, we are told. with shad, and
MIR. Stephens object is to have it restocked."
Bellton North Georgian: ''Our farmers are
now busy harvesting their wheat crops.-The
negroes of this bailiwick have organized de-
batting society. .-Bellton is just now making up
mortar Tor several professional gentlemen
Mayor Carter planted one gallon of " heat, and
reaped therefrom three bushels aud q half.
Not bad yield after Alias a general thing
our farmers are up with their crops and
without some unforeseen accident they antici-
pate a big show in the fall.-Messrs. Vinton
* Davis shipped on last Tuesday morning
little over twenty-five thousand feet of lumber
ana nave on hand ready for shipment nearly
one hundred and sixty thousand feet, and yet
croakers say Bellton is not prosperous"
The editor of the Bainbridge Democrat has
this TO say about Quincy, Fla. I'm days gone
by Quincy was considered the garden spot of
Florida. It was the home Of wealth and re-
hnemeht; stately mansions, surrounded by
beautiful flower gardens. were to be seen on
al sides; her people were as famous for their
whole sOuled hospitality as were her daughters
for their beauty. Time and adversity have
wrought great changes in the old place But
the town still carries the impress Of its former
grandeur. Residences, fences, etc are in good
repair, and look like they had Just received
new coat Of paint. and it is still the home of
flowers The people who live, move and have
thelt being here are generous sOuled and
warm hearted. in keeping with the genial sur
rounding" "
OgLefhOrpe E,ho: "we have authoritative
information that a syndicate of Northern
capitalists Is now making strenuous efforts TO
purchase large belt of cotton lands in this
section of Geo -gia. Already they have made
overtures 70 certain merchants, who have
mortgages upon or deeds to the lands Of farm
ers whom they supply, TO buy mp those papers
V1fh a vie r lncf1 hon In ia.
cent county upwards Of u, 90 acres were thus
purchased of one firm. 1t is said that corpora
tions have no souls. and this combination of
land gra' berS Intend to at once close down on
the victims now in their power, and thus force
a sacrifice OF their property. The syndicate
operating in this section has agents
now in the field. who are buying up the
merchants claims. They are also pre-
pared to purchase all the unincumbered
4 land they can get at their own price. When
enough real estate has passed under their con-
troll. these men intend TO drive of the settlers
now thereon and supply their places with
/ European laboreTs Now this statement may
| be doubted, but we know whereof we speak.
There is now on foot a gigantic scheme to
wrest the cotton belt from the men who now
/ own it and supplant them with SerfS from Eu
/ rope. Unless our people, through super
/ human effort. shake of the load Of debt that
| now weighs them down, and clear their farms
| of mortgages. they may look soon to be turned
/ out of house and home and their places given
/ to aliens and strangers. who have The reputa-
/
| they" Don't give p the ship" boys, no
matter rho wants her, nor how much money
| they hare
"A La Mode" in the Hartwell sun gives the
! following ten reasons why 'stock law" will
/ not do: First, because we only have our own
| stock to fence against. Second, because our
| neighbOrs may have some roguish csttle that
| are dependent upon our farms for their sum
| mer living Third, because our cattle would
! he deprived of all the clover. etc. that our
| forests are now filed with Fourth. because
! our stock are dear to us, and if they are de-
| prived of trespassing on our neith hbors the lit
tie prejudice we have against them would be
| barred. Fifth. because we may have
| a good deal of fine branch bottoms
that we might have To work
that we don't now. Sixth. because some of our
cOlored friends say the camp meetings in An
/ derson county. s. c.. are deprived of much OF
| the nice mutton and Shcat that they used to
| have Farmers. when they pen their stock.
/ usually look after them) Seventh, because
one mich COW kept up, that gets proper atten-
tion is wC rth as much as five running out on
our piney woods pasture Eighth. because one
out of every fifty where the stock law has been
tried say it won't do. Ninth, because all good
laws are harder to enforce than bad ones.
! Tenth because the farmers in Anderson cOun-
| ty, s e., deposited a surplus of $4,000 in the
hank the firSt of october or November after
the stock law was passed. Those in favor of
the stock law viii please not read the ten rea'
sons, as 1t may change them"