The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-07

But it was the corn, the wheat and the
oats that took the eyes of the farmers.
They could scarcely believe that those big,
long, solid white ears of corn were of this
years growth, and were only fairly con-
WINGED when we showed them the big
stalks with three or four ears upon them.
The corn fields here are dark green and the
ears have just begun to harden. There
were but two samples of corn shown
from the county, and they We're
but barely past the roasting ear
stage. Tie corn meal made from this
years crop was also @ great surprise. One
dealer in meal came to me to know what
such meal would cost by the ton, as no de-
clared it to be finer meal than any he could
buy i'll the north. So il would seem that
the time may not De far distant when the
tables will be turned and the south Will be
shipping corn to the north.
THE DISPLAY OF IRISH POTATOES.
While the county display of Irish pota-
toes was very large and fine as to varieties,
our Georgia potatoes compared favorab!y
with them as to size and quality. Our
sweet potatoes, although not up to the
Georgia average, were aimiret for their
size and we're the only ones exhibited
But will not weary you with more de-
tails. The exhibit as a whole was pro-
nounced decided success and the most in
teresting feature of the fair Many were
50 kind as to say that without it the tair
would have been a failure so far as novelty
went, and yet the fair was
| good one There was splendid
display of live stock, and l wish our Geor-
! gia farmers could have seen the horses,
cattle hogs and sheep, as the display SO
strongly illustrated the difference between
| Improved and scrub stock that :aay would
be impelled t. look more closely after live
! or IL, .N4I.
things in this country that our farmers
would be boueale1 by seeing, aud | am
thinking very ST. o@gl5 % orga."z,Eg - Geor-
| gia farmers excursion and taking them
a trip through the northwest. What they
| would laaru 10 taca i1S nisth ,ds w0uid more
| taaa compensate thrn fo.' III" .;ne aud
Hxprnse, aEd )NIlio,c u would be- Il great
beae1, - tho Tato. While We have tlIo al
vantage OF splendid climate and a resp, n
size soit we have Yet to learn how {" Use
| those advantages to the greatest extent.
| That sucn an excursion would be warmly
| welcomed By the northern farmers | have
| full reason to know from the I, cep ion
| have received at their hands, aud this i'm
| pelS me TO make paragraph on the subject.
WAR PREJUDICEs WEARING AWAY.
Whatever may have been the prejudices
! engendered by the war-and we know that
! they were naturally many and great-they
/ have been worn away by a quarter of q
! century IF time, and to-day the masses of
the people in the north do not Look upon
their brethren in the south as traitors and
rebels, nor is there any longer the fear that
FOR SO many years existed, that
| northern people were unwelcome and
| their lives III danger at the south.
Not only has the Georgia exhibit
received warm welcome, but many men
| have come to me and thanked me for bring
| !ng it hare. Us an evidence OF the restoration
| % har!nony between the sections, and as
openiog 20 them refuge from the increas-
! lug winter rigors Of this climate. Not a
single word of disparagenlent in regard to
the south have heard, except it may be in
the surprise expressed that we were
SO much farther advanced in manu-
featuring than was expected. /
have talked with many old soldiers who &C
| companied Sherman in his march to the
sea, and all have a good word for Georgia.
which they look upon as the best state in
! the south, and many have expressed regret
that they did not settle there after the war
| closed. | have a few canes with me, made
from the timber of the old stockade at An
Jacksonville, and have given few to those
| who were prisoners there. These men had
| 10 words of censure for the south, but look
upon their sufferings as incident to war.
While expected much from this exhibit
| in attracting attention to Georgia, 1t mas 50
far exceeded my expectation, and | look
| forward to a rich harvest in the future.
| Papers, pamphlets, macs. circulars, ETC.,
have been freely circulated and gladly re-
ceived Many navs expressed their inten-
ton to attend the state fair at Macon, and
many others say they will come down
and look around. l talked with a young
farmer who said he was glad he had seen
the exhibit, as he had sold his farm and in
tended to go west, but now he should go to
Georgia, and l hope there may be many
Others One thing is certain-Georgia Is
being, and will be, more talked of in this
section than ever before, and that talk is
all favorable to her.
w L. GLESSNER