Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-06-02
THE LAND OF COTTON.
Macon to Fort Gaines-OElet
Past and Present-A Dull Town
Credit VS.. CAsh-Farmtng In the
RAndRp


Past and Present-A bull Town.
Credit VS.. Cash-Farmtng In the
South.
Special Correspondence of state journal.
FoRr GAINES, May 2S.-Leaving Macon
by the Eufaula division of the South
western railroad, now under the control
of the Central road, the country for the
first rs miles is fine farming land and
thousands OF acres of cotton and corn can
be seen on both sides of the road. The
growing crops are looking we'll, the cotton
being fine and 10 inches in hight. Just
before crossing Flint river, 81 miles south
OF Macon, you pass Monteauma, "a thriving
village of 1000 inhabitants. On the
other side of the river is the city of
Oglethorpe, one of the dullest villages in
the State.
| left the train at this point and was
greeted with the usual, sup to the city
buss.' ''Save the city" A half dozen
stores, an old hotel, court house and Jail
are all that is left of the city; but 0gle-
thorpe of to-day with its old shanties and
sand and its 800 inhabitants was once a
city in truth it was 20 years ago the
terminus of the Southwestern railroad
and boosted of 10000 souls, four large
hotels, two banks and all the improve
,iehts Oh ci'y' FROM oo,ooo TO ioo,ouo
oaies vi cotton were reserved mere yearly
and the good people looked forward to the
time when Oglethorpe would eclipse
Savannah, but the dreams were never
realized. The railroad was extended, the
cotton found another outlet and Ogle
thorpe now ships but about 5000 bales.
Thus DglethUrpe passed from a flourish
,"s o''y " an 'n'ihpo''aht 'iiaBe' me
'a.eo cummings were 'oih """h anu
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-. ia'oi 'ouo 'ouPa''ois, las.
-, "" "a" n, o"an.s' urn :" .he
ani ,.a,' IN - ~ "upies .. n.ackse'he
- an' ti'e they 700 nave sun
s' ",na ~ sno ''ioMss B"a, ana can ne
.i.',,'' 10 - Asie9p IN ,iiose eraueiui posi-
tl''i' Nto"ii "niy !" tne proiessioil' rms
n1 'ane9 sh'tch, put one tlat nave
seoi ~ u'A''s VI V'i'ages TINS spring III
'a ,r, .7ou'h'
nc W ai.i COTTON crop throughout
.ii!s see''oi' VI georgia gives promise OF
"e'"s riuai, hot better, imam any
Seaaoii ior years, ana, We're IL not Tor the
"'lsetapie management OF the vast
uiaJ",i'E ~ the planters, they would de
rye 'ia'"i""me incomes from the sale OF
v,.e ool'oi, crop put, under the present
| system, the painter does all the work for
mhaI WIN barely support himself and
'ahily' wlile The money lender, mer-
oh"li'a anu warehouse men who advance
money ana provisions, as the ease may
We, Pooket al the profits.
VIII briefly outline the present system
OF business III the south. The planter
plants crop of cotton, hut being unable
70 meet the necessary expenses OF culti-
Walton and gathering, mortgages the crop
"r suPP'les ana money. The men who
make THESE advances charge extortionate
price, | VIII give a few samples: Pork,
cash price, W to $40 credit, sl4 to SIS
per hundred weight; corn, cash price,
- 10 y" cents credit, Sl.lO to 30 per
husllel' Money Is borrowed at as high
as 20 per cent. interest.
Inc next great mistake has been that
almost all the land titled has been planted
IN cotton amt the corn crop almost
neglected, and no pork raised. WheI
you consider The large amount of thest
! nj ntnt t,t,s Il ,rtt