The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-23
WESTWARD THEY GO.
Georgia Farmers Who Are Dissatis-
fed with Crops Are Leaving Their
HnrnaS
From the Atlanta (Ga,) Journal.

Georgia Farme rS Who Are DisSatiS-
fed with Crops Are Leaving Their
Homes
From the atlanta (Gd,) Journal.
Two cars on the Air Line passenger train,
which arrived in this city at II o'clock, were
loaded down with Georgia farmers and their
families, going west to seek their fortunes
among the rich prairies CT Texas and Ar
kansas.
The depot was overrun with them.
The railroad offices on Wall street were
crowded with them.
A Journal reporter visited the depot
shortly after the arrival of the train.
A motley crowd filled the gentleman's
waiting room. There were old men with
gray boards holding tightly to the handle of
some faded old carpet-bag containing some
Of their earthly treasures. There were
young women with squalling babies on their
laps.
There were boys with single-barrel shot
guns in their hands, and some few had
double-barreled guns, and there were one or
the war as well as among the squirrel and
rabbit family.
There were old women with faded shawls
on their shoulders.
There were young men making love to
bashful young girls in calico dresses and
brogan shoes.
Everywhere there were children. Big
children, little children, and even babies
crawling around ON the floor, and every one
had chicken bone in his hand.
The men we're all eating, and one fellow
held whole chicken in his left hand while
he rapidly dismembered the body and
slowed the juicy meat beneath mis- vest.
The seats in the ladies' waiting room were
all occupied, and several women were seated
fiat upon the stone floor, while children
crawled all about them.
Over at the railroad office one family was
eating dinner.
Several large baskets were opened wide,
showing on the inside huge fat pones of
corn bread and slices of bacon and chicken.
A large bottle of water was passed from
one to the other as they ate, to wash the
corn bread down. While the family were
eating, Mr.. Jim Malloy, one of the pas
senger agents, came i'll.
One of the old women who was eating
bent over to her husband, and while she
held pone of corn bread in her hand she
said, "Jeems, hadn't yer better invite the
conductor ter dinnerw
mo, reckon not"
Nom" replied Mr.. Malloy, "rlI get din
ner directly"
"Well, cap'n," continued the woman, 1--WE
amt got much, but, sech as it is, you'se
welcome W IL, I'LL L iOWOO oo JOu u
lack ter take bite with u.s."
Much obliged, ma'am," replied the ticket
agent, "but you'll need it all before you get
to the end of the line
These farmers, and there were about
thirty-five or forty Of them, with their
wives and children, were all from Georgia.
Some were from Maysville, while the others
came from near Harmony Grove, Lula,
Toccoa, Roswell junction, Gainesville and
Duluth, and one of the number, Charles
Brightwell, with family of eight, came
from DunwooIy. a station in Fulton county.
He had with him two young hounds, which
he was carrying out west along with his
other effects.
Mr.. Brightwell and a number Of the other
farmers were seen by a Journal reporter
and asked why they were leaving Georgia.
1--WE are leaving,n they replied, because
tho outlook for the future is very gloomy.
The lands are 80 poor that we can't see any
chance of making a living in the future"
These emigrants came in charge of Messrs.
Latirner, Walker and Williams of the rail-
roads.
The farmers wrote, expressing their desire
to go west, and the railroad men went up
and made arrangements with them regard
ing their tickets, etc.
Messrs. Gee and Vernoy also came in this
morning from Buford with fifteen white
men going to Logansport, La.
Each family was well supplied with
trunks, chests and satchels, and every pair
of trucks ia the depot was loaded down
with them. A strange looking collection OF
baggage it was indeed.