Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-11


cefpts-- The Morning News >, --
LOwndes County - The Recent
EIectiOn--Waycress and tts SUR
rOundings--Some Railroad Talk.
WAYCRoss, GA, October Editor Hoy7ainq
Nelcs: Leaving Thomasville at night. stopped
over day in Quitman, Brooks county. Here.
as in Thomas, good crops have been made. and
the people are cheerful The corn crop is
abundant for all home demands-not bushel
will have to be imported The oat crop
was fair, the cotton crop good, and
the weather has been very fine for gathering.
and conseQue ntly the amount of good cotton
Is greatly increased. There is but little interior
cotUon IN the market. It brings tip top prices,
and the farmers are realizing Handsomely
This induces them to pay up old scores and
for ten years there has not been such a univer-
sal squaring of books as this year. The cane
crop is coming out amazingly under the in
huence of the last two or three showers
Syrup will be cheap and plentiful. The sweet
potato crop will be cut short. but an increased
acreage will supply every demand.
Business has never been better than at pres
ent IN Sultman, The cotton receipts have
greatly increased. About 5000 bales have been
received up TO date. great deal of cotton
comes from Florida to this point for shipment
Having now bank facilities ample TO meet
every emergency, and lot of vigorous cotton
buyers. tIl6F6 IS no reason WlV lllltman SlOulQ
nor maintain her former good reputation for
business. The people are enterprising and in
teligent, and their commercial standing good.
And this is not to be wondered at when IL is
remembered that almost every business man
SubScribeS and pays for the DAILY NEWS and
that nearly 100 copies of the WEEKLY NEWS
go to Quitman post Office, to say moth
ing OF the numerous copies that go to other
post offices in the county. This is the home Of
Hon. H. G. Turner the member from the sec
ond Congressional district. He is yet untried
in the National Legislature, but is known at
home, and appreciated for his integrity OF
character ana breadth of intellect and culture.
We have no fears of his ultimate success, or
of his ability to cope with the difficulties of
national legislation
The crop report of Lowndes county, with but
little variation, is the same as that from
Thomas and Brooks The drought may have
been little more disastrous, but business is
good.
Being too unwell, did not stop at valdosta,
as was my purpose. The people have just gone
through the agOuies Of another election As
they had the legal right TO do, they have
decided to hug the monStrous serpent to their
breasts, and let it continue to make widows
and orphans, aud to fill the land with cursings
and with woe. They, the people. viii be the
sufferers and if they can stand it, the outside
world will have to.
Waycross is scattered around promiscuously.
The original design of DR.. Lott was to make it
compact, lowering around the crossing of the
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway and
Brunswick and Albany Railroad tracks IL
COnJdlilS SOuG very pledSauJ residences ana
some twenty places of business of various
kinds. When the Waycross branch road was
located, its connection with the Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway was fixed at a
point about hsh way from Waycross to
Tebeauville, thus rendering dissatisfied the
property holders of both points, If it had
been located at either, the enmIty of the other
would have been bitter. and murmurings
would have never ceased. As it is let the
town spread out and take in both and all will
be satisfied. At the junction the railroad au~
thorities are building an elege-- depot 1t
will have ample passenger accommodations,
which are greatly needed in all the interior
deDots.
Business along these lines of travel is in.
creasing every day: A large number Of emf
grants from Indiana passed through this week
on their way to Orange county, Florida, and
others are soon to follow
The people of this vicinity are making strenu-
Gus efforts to induce settlers TO come to this
section. An effort of pooling the lands of the
railroads and citizens is being made under the
auspices OF captain GOODYEAR, of Jacksonville,
and Colonel Tlllman, of WayCToss whereby ac-
tual settlers can secure home at very moder-
ate rates. They will have every arrangements
completed and published soon. This is one of
the best pine sections of South Georgia, and
with proper cultivation everything necessary
for man and beast can be raised in abundance
here. At some other time | will give some
facts and figures concerning this point.
SOME RAILROAD TALK.
AS this is the time for great railroad daveI-
excited upon that question. The Brunswick
and Albany Road, belonging TO the Erlanger
system. is to be put in the best possible condi-
ton, and the extension from Albany to bs
completed as rapidly as the exeginoieS OF the
times will permit. Messrs. Reppard and Wal
ter are rebuilding their extensive saw mills
which were burnt some time ago, on Satilla
river, about seven miles from Wavcroas They
are now engaged in building railroad to that
point from which, ,it is said it will be Continued
across the country to the Macon and Bruins
wick Road, just below Lumber City on the
opposite side OF the river This would shorten
the distance between Macon and Jacksonville
over fifty miles. This road is to be run in the in
terests of the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad. 1t is thought that this would fore
stall the building of the new road lust charter
ed, from Macon to Dupont.
AT Qultman they talk still of a road to Mon
ticello, Florida, but are not as sanguine as for
merly.
The extension of the Savannah, FIori-
da and Western Road to Chattahoo-
long. The surveying party Of the COM
pa0y, now IN Florida, having about COM
Pleied ihelr laoors la that region. will at once
repair TO BGinhr'9ge fo- One uIrDnse ~ rnal-
ng surrey OF the best route ID 1Latfahoo-
cnee. Three lines are prouGse3. One Ieaafra.
dlrecsly from be'4brldye, aH0tLer leaving Lhr
haiho'ioge legau lnst ,A lle ucaiock0n98
Ofl0ge 0INergiAs 90 tHe tefs 8ne rualIus down
below Al aDulgus, aT g opening np s. ulsrtet to
6 splendid section Of country tle thif5 h to
branch OF at IhcmasgiLe, going souta through
and passing near the State line between gs0r-
gia and Florida, and the Concord neighbor-
hood, thus tapping large area of trade that
now goes to Quincy and Tallahassee Florida
the distance being increased only a title over
the other proposed lines. The people along
the line proposed are willing to put their
money into the enterprise and render every
assistance within their power to secure its
early completion
The imagination is more or less vivid in every
lndlvldusL This extensi n Of the :. F. & ".
Railroad, and its connection with the L, q N
system, furnishes material for the sanguine
Imagination that viii bring untold wealth and
advantage to this section. The sugar and
coffee the bacon and fl ur, will come from
New Orleans, st. Louis Louisville and Cincin-
matt quicker and cheaper than ever before,
In tacG, now Ihomasville is in quicker commu-
nlcation with New Orleans than e it'll Atlanta
and with this new line open, trade will flow in
that direction This is some of the railroad
talk and impressions of this lower part of
Georgia give them for " hat they are worth.
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