The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-14
HITLER AND THITHER.
NOTES OF TRAVEL ALONG THE
OLD CENTRAL.

he'd Battle of Observation-Disclosures to
Preserve Ham - Toomsboro =
wholesale Malaria Factory-Bartow
On the Up-Grade-A Good Market
Central Georgia Lumber Company
wadley Louisville - Swainsboro-
and Desirable Community-A Glance
at Millen and Waynesboro-Crops
Below an Average-Sambo a Pollti-
clan aynesboro improvements
Col. wilkins and w. McCathern-A
Big Cotton Yield
Pulling out from the Macon car shed
on route for Savannah one is struck with
the regularly solid character of the road
he'd of that venerable artery of commerce,
+he Georgia Central, to which far more than
any other single agent is due the honor of
earning for this commonwealth the proud
soubriguet of Empire State of the South
The embankments seem as firm as the
virgin soil beneath them, and, indeed, so
long has it been since the right of way was
cleared, that but for the frequent inroads
of the sturdy track clearer, with his AK,
second forest, equal in denseness and alti-
tude to the original growth, would over
shadow the whole work.
The bridges, culverts, and well ballasted
track, too, are substantially constructed
and in admirable condition, and the passen-
ger. as he is whirled along keeping exact
time with the schedule he holds in his
hands, feels that on this thoroughfare at
least he might have saved the last INSTALL
I l.. 4. I
1t is now a conceded statistical fact that
on any well built and carefully managed
railway in proportion to the number of
miles traverSed, the danger to life and limb
is vastly less than that incurred in ordinary
horseback or carriage riding, or even the
necessary movements of the pedestrian in
attending to the duties of his farm and
household. This certainly ought to popu-
larize the present magnificent method of
locomotion By the iron horse, which so
nearly annihilates time and space. Passing
rapidly along by mill-pond, bush and brake,
as the train pierces the gloomy pine forest
which was the melancholy scene of that
Wholesale slaughter of confederate patriots.
known in history as the
BATTLE OF GRIswoLDvILLE,
conflicting emotions of pity and admiration
fill the mind as the tragical incidents of
that eventful day come to be reviewed.
This stubbornly contested fight will ever
stand forth as an iInperishable testimonial
to the native gallantry and devotion to
country of the SONS of Dixie.
For the most part raw recruits, composed
of boys and over age combatants, who had
been enlisted as home guards, and had never
seen active service until summoned forth
to fepel the invader from their very doors,
STILL like veterans of hundred striken
fields they
STOOD THEIR GROUND
and fought the trained hosts of the federal
army like lions, even when their ranks were
decimated and the earth strewn with the
slain.
A fearful responsibility devolves upon
those who caused this dire catastrophe to the
brave farmers and lads of the state, but the
error was doubtless of the head and not of
the heart, and most probably originated
from imperfect information and a noble
desire at all hazards to resist the advance
of Sherman's legions Let the dead past"
then bury its dead, and no word of re-
proach attach to any of the gallant leaders
and heroes who participated IN that bloody
and Inflated encounter.
The first place at which / paused for a
few hours was
GORDON.
Not many improvements were visible.
but this much can be said in its praise
c. NJ Hooks keeps one of the best boarding
houses on the whole line of road, and
travellers and commercial men have realized
the fact.
Here, too, conversed with that estimable
gentleman and faithful official, E. A.
Walker, who for twenty-one years has been
the depot agent of the Central railroad at
this point, and is as true as steel to his
trusts. DIR. Lee, one of the Oldest and most
popular physicians in the community, was
reared in Wilkinson county. James T.
Stevens, most successful farmer, raises
his own corn, meat, cane syrup and
potatoes, and by the use of paste com
posed of lime and meal, preserves his hams
for years, until, like old wine, they attain
their richest flavor. Mr. Stevens is also a
merchant and native citizen. These gentle
men are all readers and admirers of the
News.
TOOMSBoRo
was reached at the still hour of midnight.
and as made my way to the hospitable
abode of Mrs M. G. Gamer, a sickly smell
arising from vast mill pond and sluggish
creek in the vicinity, combined with the
odor of rank and decaying weeds, spoke
loudly of the existence of malaria in untold
quantities. This proved to be true, as the
merchants, their clerks, and all who can
get away seek asylum every day before
sunset in the piny woods, returning the
next morning when the god of day has dis
slpated the poisonous exhalations of the
night.
This is a rich region and fine business
center, but the fatal malaria is the great
obstacle to It's growth. The only two mer-
chants engaged in trade-Mr. Baum and
Mr.. - are amassing fortunes. The
former will soon open an extensive branch
store in Dublin, and was the late purchaser
OF the fine residence of Capt. Carnes. in
Macon. Mrs. Gamer does her very best for
her boarders, and is a most worthy and ex-
cellent woman.
barlow was my next stopping point
Within the past year the town has been in.
corporated and is now on the high road to-
prosperity. l saw carts laden with country
produce all the way from Tattnall county,
the owners affirming that it was their best
market
Among the merchants who patronize the
noRNING NEWS are Messrs. Mcmillan, the
nrst mayor, and large real estate owner;
SPIN d Brown, Lanier & Malone, j. P.
Brown, James S. Josey, w. r. Webster and
the proprietors of the Central Georgia lum-
Der company. This concern turns out many
millions OF feet of lumber per annum and
owns one of the best equipped mills in the
state.
AT Barlow the traveller will be we'll Ell
tertained by Mrs. L. ]. johnson, the intelli-
gent widow of son of ex-Gov. II. V.
johnson. Here the drummers stop, and
ISney always fiud out the best place. In
law .z-IuA H.