Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-11

EoARBoRo, July s.--Edftor Mornsno Neicss
Five weeks have elapsed since We sent you our
last communication The good citizens are en-
| 1oying one Of those quiet, serene spells whIcin
we think is the best evidence of a community
happiness, contentedness and we may add
prosperity. In fact, the monotony is so greaH
just now that we can scarcely secure
matter enough to make up a letser.
The favorable seasons still continue, and
our farmers are actually jubilant over
the prospects of the bounteous har~
vest they are expecting to reap in the near
future We are having from two to three re-
freshing showers every week, which not only
causes the crops to put on a green and
promising appearance, the fruit to ripen rap
idly, but cools the atmosphere and instigates
every one to assume q cheerful countenauce
We are pleased to note, however, that we haver
been exempt from the very heavy washing
rains that have recently fallen in and around
your city. Our section, which is more billy and
undulating than the lands nearer the coast
sustain if possible, more damage than Is occa>
stoned by drought.
We attended on yesterday the closing exer4
cises of the Scarboro High School, which con-
sisted ia a thorough examination OF eli the
classes. This occupied the entire forenoon
when the gathering crowd began to as emble
around g long table to partake OF one of those
bountiful repssts that the good ladies of our
little village know so well how to prepare. To-
say that we di1 justice to the big heaps Of good
things hardly coaYeys an idea. Never do We
think it possible to tnjoy another dinner as wet
did that one. At .. m. the Spectato ors and
scholars reassembled in Academy Hall ana
the examination for a short while, was re-
sumed, then came speeches from the little boys
and young men, who acquitted themselves
most creditably. Their noble efforts we no.
ticed made an unusually deep impression upon
their little favorites of the gentler sex, who at
the close of each recitation hurled, with uu-
erring aim. huge bouquets at their unprotected
heads. Compositions were then read by Misses
Cassie Newman and Alice Branan, of Bryan
county, on the subjects of Memory" and
Finding Fault with the World;' by Miss Leila
Rawlins of ToOmsborO, on the subject OF
bv Miss Matte Wood, of Scarboro, on the sub
iect of Manners" The young ladies deserve
a vast amount of credit for the excellent man
ner in whice their subjects were handled, and
too much praise cannot be ascr1bed to Prof. j.
J. Jenkins, under whose superb guidance the
school has 1ourished for the past two years
Politics is beginning to assume more for
midable appearance. Our people are almost in
a quandary as TO who shall represent our dis
trict in the higher house of our Legislative
Assembly. This has been occasioned by the
refusal of Judge Wensy Hobby to allow his
name to go before the nominating convention.
and declining to become candidate under any
circumstances. He is our peoples first choice.
and we deeply regret his refusal to enter the
race. However, we think we have an alterna-
tive and would suggest the name of T. w,
OilNSEs oF.s ASqs VINO Is well known to our
voters as one or our most promising young
lawyers, who has on many occasions given
evidences Of superior intellect.
A Democratic mass meeting convened at the
court house in SYlvania on the Sd inst and
selected delegates to represent our county'a
interest at the GubernatOrial Convention In
Atlanta and the Congressional Convention
which convenes in your city on the 9Th OF Sep
tember Other matters of Importance were
acted upon, and the meeting adjourned sine
die.
1t is hardly necessary for me to say that the
delegates to the last named convention were
instructed to support our immediate Repre-
sentative Colonel George R. Black, and to use
every honorable means to secure his renomi-
nation. The knowledge of his rapid recovery
aud the encouraging news that he will ere long
be again in our midst, fill the hearts of our
people with unbounded joY. We are informed
that he intends making such an active canvass
of our district as will sweep away to the bogs
of obscurlty the slightest recOiections OF Fell
tonism and Radicalism His father, Hon.
Edward j. Black represented our interest In
the lower house of the National Congress from
1899 to 1S45. We have recently noticed in the
''Bench and Bar of Georgia, written by Hon.
Stephen f. Miller who devotes several pages
to eulogizing the noble acts and deeds of this
true Southern gentleman, That he made sew
eral speeches in Congress, which gave him
high reputation in debate and for elegant
scholarship. His diction partook of the purity
of Wilde and Of the causticity of Randolph
when impaliug an adversary"
We leave the subject with the Democracy OF
our district, and simply ask the question, ''Is
not the son worthy of the father?'
EPHRIAM SMALL.