The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-01
SOUTH GEORGIA.
Impression of Visitor to This Fa-
Vored Section of the State.

| vored Section of the state.
WRIGHrsvILLE, Ga. July 31-Haviog
just finished a trip through the land of
gophers and sand ask space in your valued
columns to say few words. When left
my home in upper Middle Georgia 10 go
into the wiregrass section my friends felt
like was taking a fearful risk. The uni
versal opinion was that this section of the
state was full of malaria; that the very air
was laden with poison and death, and that
the water would kill man from healthier
cline, especially at this season of the year.
And this is the idea-the opinion generally
entertained by the outside world.
Now, have been so agreeably surprised
| IN what l have seen and felt that | wish to
contribute my mite TO correcting this false
| idea
Nowhere in Georgia have found more
healthy people than between Savannah and
Townsville. Right through this turpen-
tine and lumber belt found less sickness
than anywhere l have been. True. the
water Is not as cooling and refreshing as
among the mountains, and sometimes the
sun seems to be little nearer than it is in
Middle Georgia.; but the shade is more
agreeable and the breezes more refreshing.
Altogether, | should say no man need
stay away from this country on the score
of health. With the advent of the driven
and the artesiau well the health question is
solved. As regards mosquitoes, sandflies,
gnats, etc, they are somewhat more numer-
Gus, but better behaved than farther up.
1t is the best country to sleep in ever saw.
The very monotony woos the goddess of
forgetfulness, and "tired natures sweet
reStorer balmy Sleep" comes at your bid
ding, and you rest and rest.
The agricultural resources of this south
land are simply marvellous and almost en-
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living can be made has tended to leave
dormant the energies of the people. All
you have to do is to scrape the bark off the
pine and live well from the turpentine,
and when the rosin gives out. sell or saw
the trees and continue to live with ease
AMI then the cattle beneath a thousand
pines find grazing just to suit their
minds. So this soil, rich in wiregrass and
gophers, is the very paradise of loafers
But what can be done in farming here is
worthy of notice. IT'S the very home of
the sweet potato and the sugar-cane. Corn,
with little work, grows surprisingly fine,
easily producing from twenty-five TO fifty
bushels per acre. The long staple or sea
island cotton yields from one-half to one
bale per acre, and brings % cents per
pound Grapes, pears, melons, etc., grow
well and pay well.
Again, the soil is so easily worked and
holds manure so well that it is impossible
to estimate how highly it can be improved.
No experiments yet conducted have found
the limit. A branch experiment farm
ought to be established here for this pur-
pose. This is truly wonderful section and
has glorious future before it. The land is
cheap, and now is the time to invest.
The people are genial and hospitable and
open-hearted, and the stranger Is made to
feel at home among them.
But the subject grows upon me and what
was intended to be a short article f. about
to become a long one. / shall ever remem-
Der with pleasure my brief sojourn in the
wiregrass section of Georgia, and be glad
to come again. All that is necessary is to
let the world know the resources of this
lovely land and they will come from far
aud near 10 live and die among you.
JAMES B. HUNNICUTr.