The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-07-26
Communicated.
Terrell to iii G Front.

Certainly there are no peopl,
who have been more highly favor
ed by the dispensations of wis,
and merciful Providence than tht
people of Terrell county, especially
for the last two years. The healti
OF our county last year compared
most favorably with thatof almost
any other in the state of Georgia
although according to the com
mon opinion it was a year of I'M
common sickness for Terrell. II
is fact not to be successfully dis
puted, that the per cent of mortal
lty In our county was less last year
than in many counties in Georgia
north of this, and those too that
have been proverbial for their
healthfulness.
During the present year, SO far,
as a people, we have abundant
reason to be profoundly grateful
for the excellent health of our
entlfe county.
The financial condition of our
county has perhaps not been as
good since the war as at the pres
ent time. Last year the heavens
shed their fairness on our fields,
and as to cereals, the county gar
nered much more than was neces-
sary for home consumption this is
grandly demonstrated by the fact
that any quantity of corn may now
be purchased at the low rate Of
fifty cents per bushel, and in some
portions of the county remote from
railroad facilities, it can even be
bought for less than fifty cents.
When was the like seen in Terrell
before, and the same can not BE
said of many southern counties, or,
at least, it has not been said of
many counties since the late war.
True, we are just now in the
midst of a drought of several
weeks, which, of course, has dam
aged our crops of corn considera-
bly,, as a general thing, though
the most forward corn was fully
matured before the effect of the
last rain was exhausted. We are
safe in saying that enough Of
cereals has been made to supply
the county for 1884, and this is
well distributed throughout the
county.
Perhaps we may safely say, that
it is a "foregone conclusion" that
our eottonicrop has been greatly
shortened by the present drought,
and the farmers will realize less
than usual from this department
of their farms. II this fact was
one of universal existence it would
even irure to the farmers benefit,
but this is not true generally, and
the cotton belt has had sufficient
rain to mature at least an average
crop, so that the failures of even
several counties, and we might say
of the entire state Of Georgia would
not perceptibly affect the price Of
cotton per pound. We believe,
too, that it is fact demonstrable,
that our people have practiced q
more rigid economy in the matter
of living than they have been wont
TO do. This beino trua. thev Will
not be greatly affected by par
tail failure in the cotton crop.
Another fact yet to be noticed will
contribute vastly to the relief Of
our people for the present year,
and will insure, with the same
painstaking, relief for the future,
to-wit; never, since the war, was
there such d general determination
among our farmers to raise their
own supply of bacon, and on al
most every farm may be seen a
sufficient number of hogs, if not
destroyed by cholera, to supply it
with meat. These are evidences
of temporal prosperity which we are
glad to see, and under the blessing
of God and the faithful efforts Of
Terrells enterprising farmers, we
expect to see our county shortly
come quite to the front, and yield
the palm to none, in the fertility of
her lands and in the vim and en-
terprize Of her farmers.
More Anon. j.