Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-13
LIBERTYs FERTILE FIELDS.
prosperous Farmers and to What They
Turn Their Attention

NALTHOURVILLE, June 1I.-A trim
through Liberty county reveals marked
Improvement in this well known section
Crops are in excellent condition, and for
ward Tor the season. The acreage planted
exceeds that of former years in all pro-
ducts except cotton. Intensive farming
has established a fOOthold upon her rich
soil, and l note with pleasure a new inno-
walton IN the use of improved agricultural
implements that must soon supersede the
noe, the old-fashiOned "bull-tOngue," and
the ''scOOter''-fOr labor commands a
higher price and grows more unreliable
each succeeding year. Three wears ago
there were no Irish potatoes shipped from
TINS county. Thus far this season over
100 barrels have been shipped from Nos.
:. : and on the Savannah, Florida and
western Railway, and many are in the
ground vet.
At Fleming DIR. f. A Roach. John
ANtell and DIR. J. ID. Rogers have. each.
the nucleus of fine orchards of fruits and
grapes. The latter gentleman has been
snlppIng peaches for the past three weeks.
lhe lie COnte pear is ubiquitous. From
this place to Midway. RicebOro. Dor
chester and Sunbury evidences of pros
perlty greet you on every side.
Ihe colored people are largely i'm
the majority in this militia district
Ihey own their own farms, are out of
DEBT, have good houses and cattle, good
iences, are industrious and saving. and
are noted for their civility. At RicebOrO
the turpentine business is conducted bv
Mr. Is. r. Allen, a prominent native of
this county. He also plants rice extern
slvely- W. A. Jones has large rice
plantation here and a turpentine farm at
civ nil 1
Dorchester the lie COnte pear has many
VOtaries. =
Mrs. Screven has one of the largest Ie-
COnte pear trees in the country. She also
cultivates the tea plant. The tea farm
established near here by United States
commissioner LeDuc has been abandoned
NO appropriations at Riverside" Mr..
Joseph Cue, OF Boston, Mass, has started
a large cattle rancho. The old home of
Bishop Elliott at Laurel View has. |
hear, been sOldtO some New Yorker, who
proposes to farm on an extensive scale
and put up new and handsome
buildings. 1t Is one of the most
lovely spots on our coast. At Sunburv.
once the rival of Savannah. George
Parker lives solitary and alone.
An occasional pile of debris from some old
chimney, and one or two old cannOnades
once used as corner posts, but now COW
cred deep with mold and vegetation, are
all that are left of the largest of the SsDead
Towns of Georgia" The view from here
Is superb, commanding Bryan Neck, Os-
sabaw, St. Catherine and COlonePs Islands.
the latter celebrated for its sea island
cotton. Mr.. OsgOOd Parker has 20 acres
in watermelOns on this island; he ex-
poets to make 500 per acre clear
profit. WalthOurVille is well-known
TO your readers. 1t still retains
its well earnedreputatiOn as a sanitarium
during the summer months, while her in
habltants are intelligence and refinement
combined. Judge John L. Harden has a
large LeCOnte pear nursery. The original
tree was raised on his birthplace.
\ large saw mill under the auspices of
Robert the gOOd'' II. b. Reppard, Esq.
Of >aVannah(, y, and two large turpentine
farms furnish patronage for the several
stores.
Hinesville, the county seat, is at pres
ent very quiet. Brother Bradwell, of the
Gdzcftt, was absent, but his ''institute"
keeps on the even tenor of its way. The
closing exercises of his school will take
place next month. 1t is the event of this
section and attracts large assemblage.
They have farmers club at this place
and the inhabitants generally take great
interest in its debates. JOhnStOn's Station
seemed busy with trade. This is a depot
for lattnall county. Timber cutting has
lost its prestige, though the recent high
price paid for it at Darien was a sore
temptation to many who had fOreswOrn the
axe for the plOw. There are many excel
lent farmers i'm this section. Wool was
coming i'm freely and in large quantities
though prices rule low. Cattle are plenty
and in excellent order. Taken all in all,
thc entire county is in good shape, and
has much TO be thankful for, though there
are occasional grumblings about too mnch
rain, and long faces over the returns for
potatoes and vegetables sent North. This
will not deter them in the future; they
have too much 'sand" to give up passive
ly any enterprise that promises well for
the future Rus.