Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-18
LETTER FROM BLACKsHEAR, GA
Delightful Spring Weather The
Timber Business-A Big Weeks
work at the Saw lIIlIs-The Cheer
ing Prospect.

BLACKsHEAR, GA, May 16.-Edftor Morning
Nelrs: To-day is one of those beautiful May
DAYS OF which poets love to sing. The air is
cool and bracing, the woods resound with the
melodies of the sweet songsters, and the lofty
pines, as swayed by the gentle breezes, seem
but to beat time to the music of the birds The
fields and gardens have on their greenest and
freshest attire, and the soul of man to-day
beats in unison with the harmony of nature.
and it is all because we have had rama cool
delightful. refreshing rain. For four long
weeks we had waited for it, and the waiting
but added to the welcome with which it was
received on Saturday. In fact it caused such
a revival of good feeling that ], unable to con-
tain myself must needs tell you about it.
ne Is not often that see communication in
your esteemed paper from oue town, and,
therefore, judge that it will be no intrusion
for me to give you few dots We have had a
nrosnerOuS winter and spring. up TO within
the last few weeks we have been having rain
sufficient to keep the water courses tull enough
for the timber cutters 70 getoI tlelr tlllo9r as
fast as they could cut il, consequently there
was little money afioat all the time This filled
up the interval between the cotton season ana
the wool on, which is now upon us. Both
INLAND and sea island cottonS DO We'll mere,
still we have never been a cotton people, for
the reason thst timber has been too plentfui;
but now as the timber is somewhat playing
out, our planters are rapidly turning their at
teution more and more to cotton, eno
the sea island is evidently the favor1te
During the last season there was shipped from
this station double the amount OF COTTON
shipped the season before. and the indications
are that the rext season will double that
lust passed, and it will be mostly sea island.
Speaking of timber just now reminds me
of the main feature or my letter, which had
almost forgotten. MesSrS. Pike. johnson &
10 who were for several years in the saw mill
business at this place. lately moved over on
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. where
they built two mills-one at Graham, which is
under the personal management OF Hon
1.emuel johnson, State Senator from this dis
trict and one at station ~. wnicn Is under the
nersonaI management of Mr.. c. W. Pike.
These gentlemen have built and equipped
their mills in the best possible manner. They
have all the improvements which money,
genius and labor can supply, and IN the man
agement Of their mills they have no sdperiors
To move this assertion give the amount Of
iu me- NH AZ Graha cut on Monday a7s6
So ~ uerchantabie lumber; on Tuesday.
a s34 feet; on "wednesday, Sl,C5S rect on
Thursday. los. SS4 feet: on Friday: sU,9JO Ieet;
and on Saturday, q ,SsS Feet maAlng TOTAL ol
In - addition to this they cut q, 100 feet Of
second class lumber, making total OF %oI'-
OO bee1 nil IN at ~ cut i6s 400 feet OF merchanta
HE and second class lumber, making total OF
45O03I feet for the two mills
The biggest day s run. you see, was On 1 InNi =.
dav at Graham, when they cut. in add ION 20
the los SS4 feet of merchantable lS.OOO Ieet
of second class lumber, making total IN one
6av az III Se4 feeti Now have no stat stics az
hand. hut dori't know of any mill that has
ewer beaten this, st least in this section OF
oonntrv Ifyou know OF any will you be klnd
GUS RI note il az the bottom Of my letter.
e en- sali snswer for Messrs Pike, johnson q
ana no 10 il. whatever it mas be.
Our town s 5saeiy me aas Of fos e1er ~
Weana 49,. IN herfer circumstances than We
year . .,ls sssr before We make no boasts OF
were lie advantages in climate and loca-
on but nevertheless WE 1aDs but Snt ali that
no arts Is, :. .oor5ialIv welcomed. and iE . TACT
come are u note that few come who 90 not
stay But an the praise fha sum SD9a U Tp IN the
our tohn an1 We have doubled in wealth
c csss population 10 the last ten years Vses'