Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-05
sCARBoRO AND sCRIvEN.
Correspondent Writes of Town and
County Prosperity.


sCARBoRo, GA, June 2.-It has often
been our pleasure to read occasional let
tiers in your very popular journal from
the county of Scriven, but of late we have
not seen any, and with your permission
VIII write you of her recent prosDeritv
and present well doing.
Farming of almost every description is
the leading pursuit, but saw mills, tur-
pentlne farms and merchandising are
prominent and profitable elements of
business with many of our citizens. Cot
ton Is now, as it ever has been, the lead
ing article of produce, but for the last two
years 1t has greatly fallen off in average
as Wen as yield. WatermelOns, peaches
ana other fruits for market, with corn.
oats and sugar cane for home cOnsumD
ton, are the principal products where the
heecy staple has declined. As accurately
as we can learn the average percentage
III the county stands as follows: Cotton
%, corn p, oats 10, melons ), with the
remaining 10 per cent. in other fruits and
vegetables.
The yield of cotton last year was about
5000 bales, with the use of about $50 600
worth OF commercial fertilizers. Corn
ana other necessary articles of cOnsump-
ton were grown in abundance, and as a
general rule all industrious farmers are
out OF debt and well to do. The present
growing crop, though about ten davs
later than that of last wear. is in fine CON
ditiOn and growing beautifully. The sea-
sons so far have not been unfayOrabIe
ana rich and bOuntiful harvest is al
most assured. Field labor, as a general
thing, has not been plentiful. the
sable race seeking the more remuneratiye
employment OF the manufactures of Ium-
hfr aud NJ
tries are the most fiOuriShing of our conn
ty. Men who started them but few wears
since, with little capital. have now an
almost unlimited credit, and are other
wise strong in financial matters. Among
some OF these we might mention the
sharpe Brothers, near this place. and
Messrs. Bowie, Roberts & Co, on the
savannah river; The prohibition law
mas long been established i'm
our county and indeed peace
and prosperity greet the eye on every side.
The season for picnics and fishing parties
has fairly set in. The favored resorts ON
the river banks and in the woodland
groves are constant scenes of mirth and
IestlVIty. The brave and the fair, from
country and village, assemble alike to
gether, and JOY and glee know no bounds.
FROM the noise of the music and skip of the
dancers the gallant lad and cOnfiding lass
stroll in the distance, there to indulge
the communion of their kindred spirits
and, hid from the gaze of companions,
''blush unseen"
Now, of our immediate little village.
we will speak a word and close. Ii
Was rounded many years ago in
the infancy of our State, and named in
honor of Mr.. Scarborough, the then pro-
prietOr of the place, and near relative
Of a gentleman by that name. who was
one Of the principal owners of the steam
ship savannah, the first that ever crossed
the Atlantic.
Always prosperous, it has ever been the
centre of attraction for the sociability and
fashion of the surrounding country. The
sale OF liquor has, with few exceptions,
ever been prohibited, and for morality and
refinement il stands almost without a
peer in the State. Many gifted young
men have gone forth from the halls of our
High School, and now hold positions of
trust and honor i'm the various cities and
towns of Georgia. This reminds us Ofthe
fact that a highly talented author of one
of the MORNING NEWS serials spent his
last school days here. II. WI.