Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-31

Pleasing Prospects for tae FsTmeTs
The Labor QuesiiOn-AdVsn ntsge
Of Improved C5tSOR GiDs-Fine
Crops-GFHIIfyingR Reports CT 5he
Continued Improvement in the
. Health Of Gel. George &. Black.
scARBORo, July 29-Editor MOlninQ Nelrs.
Our crops are made, and, as the term is. laid
by The short Interval of rest, hailed with
so much JOY by the honest farmer, is passed,
and fodder pulling has begun with energy.
The yield of corn is so great that not only will
our planters be amply supplied during the
coming season, but the operators of turpen-
tine distilleries and saw mills will no longer
find it compulsory to depend uPOn Western
corn and forage for their stock. They
will find it stored in the farmers barns in the
neighborhoOd at more remuneFative figures
and Of better quality. This is certainly an
encOurs ging outlook for the tillers OF the soil.
vino will not in the future hnd themselves COM
PEELED 10 wait upon the sale of their cotton in
the fall before they can command little ready
cash Another benefit to be derive is that the
credit accounts at the country stores will dwin-
die into insignihcance. This has been one of the
mos serious obstacles that the majority OF our
farmers has had to contend with for many
years past Country merchants have given
Steads. and placed their signatures in numer
Gus cases TO the famous 'iron-clad notes -
This statement, Mr.. Editor, may astOnish many
of the readers OF your excellent journal. who
are not thoroughly cOnversant with the finan-
cial state of effairs throughout this section of
Georgia, but il is the'truth. Another remarkable
feature OF this hopeless insolvency into which
many Of our best citizens have been fast drift
ing is that the value they have received in
provisions and supplies hardly amounts to one
half the face value of their notes,
or in other words. the merchants profit has
often exceeded fifty per cent
The labor question has for some time attract
ed the attention Of our farmers. and We think
the period not far distant when it will demand
their action. The more tempting wages offered
at the saw mill and the turpentine farm is a
seduction that the Obtuse African finds impoS
sible TO resist, consequently bis hold on tn
ploT handles has weakened, and lured on by
such enticing inducements he has in large
numbers abandoned the farm and sought
brighter fields in which to acquire fortune.
We frankly admit that the above
mentioned enterprises may materially
assist in developing the wealth and
resources of our State but we must also ad
nit that our experience is that they are de-
trimental to the agricultural interest of any
community in which they may be located
farm a large number of whose laborers are
employed by task. a great many of whom are
so fortunate or unfortunate as TO complete
their du les as early in the week as Thursday
nights They, of course, repair at Ouce
to the commiSsaries draw their weeks wages,
and then they have fr )m two to three days to
devote TO lettering around the neighborhood.
gambling, pilfering and rObbing barns, or
chards and the poultry houses of the honest
farmers. ThEs our people are compelled to
view the low ebb at which farm labor now
stands Whether immigration and the use of
improved agricultural Implements combined
"a n obviate the impending difficulties remains
to be seen. II they do not suffice, Other means
will have 10 be devised.
a.fEr
isiug The rapid growth of the weed caused a
great many of our oldest farmers to anxiously
predict that il would not fruit heavily. These
fears we are glad to note, have been allayed.
FOR we have never seen such a collection Of
forms blossoms and bOllS as with which the
Dareut stem is laden. We have thus far heard
no complaints of shedding. rust, or any of the
various calamitieS TO which the plant is sub
iect and although the acreage falls short of
what il has previously been, we feel safe in
Dradicting that the number or bales will be
greater than has been the case for several
The beamiug rayslof the sun are shining upon
rs without much constraint Just now, and will
doubtless ere long cause the heecy staple to
yrbiten the fields and the ears of the weary
traveller will be gladdened by the jubilant
songs OF the pickers necessity long felt
among us, and possessed by only few of our
more enterprising planters, is the new and
imDroved cotton gin. with seffeeding and
cOndensing attachments. It IS decided i'm
provement on the old fashioned horsepower
gin for in the first place,it requires less labor
and secondly. it is better adapted to cleaning
the cotton OF trash and sand, thereby pro-
ducing a higher grade Of staple. While the
farmer will receive more remunerative price
FOR his cotton The small crops Of peas
chufas, sugar cane and potatoes were never
more promising than now. and We think the
acreage in them surDasSes any previous year
since ante bellum days Thus, II can readily
he seen that while we may yet have many
fr1als TO overcome and difficulties to surmount.
A few more seasOnable years, coupled with
iudiciOus management. cannot hnt bring peace.
banniness and prosperity to our homes
our little village is quiet and dull at present.
School vac alton has caused several of the
Ivoune students. borders in the village. to de
mart for their different homes. there TO spend
the happy interval free from study, in the
sweet soeiety of loved ones Miss Warren
RabIn OF Savannah, and Miss Alice Groven-
stein of GuytOn, have been soJournlng few
weeks with relatives here, but they too have
departed, and we have relapsed INTO .hat DOR
mani state that their bright and smiling faces
never fail to arouse us from.
II is with a happy heart that we chronicle
the continued improvement IN the heSith OF
Colonel George r Black, VINO Is sun sOJourn-
ing iu Atlanta We haye felt hopeful tnrougn,
ont nc Iono illness aud have often predicted
that new vicyor would be impaired to MIN Just
as soon as he could reach his native state,
and inhale its balmy breezes. Ihat our pre-
dictiOns have been true, is confirmed oy rehaole
information that has reached US OF ms ROn %
entert lining a confident hope Of final ana Iuli
restoration TO health and strength. This Is
certainly encouraging news TO his constituents
in the First district, who, we believe, are only
anxious for he convention to assemble tnat
they may again neward this gallant cnaM piOh
of Democracy. EPHRAiN EMAIL
Tonic, Alternative and Cathariie.
Simmons Liver Regulator, purely yegets-