Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-28
MONROE COUNTY.
FOrsyIh - A Prosperous Region - A
Model Journal.

FORSYTH. GA. June 24.-Editor Morning
Ne'cs: Forsyth is the first point of Importance
on the Central Railroad, beyond Macon from
Savannah, and is said to be located on the
highest elevation of any town between Macon
and Atlanta. Whether or not this is the case
have no means at pregent Of determining.
but its site is certainly commanding one as
regards the surrounding country. Looking
from a second story window of the town. the
view for miles in every direction is unob-
structed, the blue hills of Crawford county
bounding the horizon on the south and east,
and those of Upson and Butts on the north
and west. The healthfulness of the locality is
beyond question, there being no body or stream
of water Of any size nearer than the OcmuI
gee river, ten or twelve miles distant. In this
connection 1 may add that the voice Of the
mosquito is rarely heard tn this part of the
land.
Forsyth has four churches-two owned re-
spectively by the white Methooists and Bap-
lists, and the other two by negroes of the same
denominations In addition to good primary
schools, this is the seat Of the Monroe Female
College, which is the denominational female
college of the Baptist Church in Georgia. The
college building was unfortunately destroyed
by fire some time since, but the friends of the
in titution making strenuous efforts to re-
build it. and the work has already begun.
The business portion of Forsyth consists of
neat brlck scructures-several destructive fires
having convinced property owners that they
were cheaper in the long run than the frame
buildings usually run up in small towns The
merchants and professional men of the town
found to be intelligent, courteous and enter
prising.
Monroe county, of which Forsyth is the
county seat, is known as eOf thu leading ag-
ricultural counties of the State. Her citizens
Tn ha 0f the hacf class nf Ga0rcrfo
farmers-men who by honest toll have sur
rounded themselves with most of the comforts
aud many of the luxuries Of life. While the
cereals and cotton are made their staple crops,
one has but to look around to see that they do
not neglect their orchards. vineyards, melon
patches, beehives and other similar Industries,
which may be said to make up the comforts of
a country home in Middle Georgia. The soil of
this section, owing to the underlying subsoil of
clay, is of a deep red color, and when wet is
very tenacious. This clay renders the land
capable of unlimited improvement, however,
by holding the fertilizers put upon it. The
crops of Monroe alreaoy matured are larger
than for years past and as the outlook for
those yet to ripen is extremely promising. it
may be truly said that peace aud plenty
crown the smiling land"
In conclusion, let me say that among other
advantages enjoyed. by Forsyth and the sur
rounding country is the possession, in the
Monroe advertiser, OF a first. class weekly
newspaper. This paper is owned and edited by
John T. Waterman. ESQ.,, who has for years
the readers of the several papers with which
he has been connected as one OF Georgia's very
best newspaper men. He has edited several
papers with marked ability, and it may be said
with the strictest adherence to truth that no
paper with which he was connected ever failed
to take the highest rank in ali the essentials
that go to make up f1rst-class family news
paper. From the contents of his last issue it
may be seen that while fully alive to
all the political topics of the day,
that the conservation of the fruit crop is in
his estimation, paramount to the question of
the Gubernatorial nomination, at present so
unnecessarily agitating some of the State
press. In BRIEF Mr.. Waterman makes the ma.
terial development of the State at large and of
his own section particularly, one Of the princi-
pie features of the advertiser.
The MORNING News find is recognized here
as elsewhere as the safest and most reliable
paper in the South-the leading paper of the
empire State. LW.S.