The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-13
NEW SOUTH'S
FOREST CITY
PICTURESQUE AND HISTORIC
ATTRACTIONS OF SAVANNAH.
Profusion of Botanical Adornanent,
Fine Harbor, Well Lighted Streets,
Excellent Public Buildings, Hos
pitable People and an Outlook
That Is Full of Promise.

Special Correspondence of The Tribune
Savannah, April 6.
4 TTER SEVERAL days of enjoy
~ ment at the quaint and beautiful
A Charleston- by -the-S Sea. which has
been to us an education and delight,
we continue our journey to the marvel
Gus seaport of Savannah. Through the
courtesy Of B. w. Wrcnn, passenger
traffic manager of TN" Plant system"
we are enabled to traverse the Atlantic
Coast Line for the one hundred and
fifteen miles on one of the luXuriously
appointed trains for which this system
is noted, and it was an enjoyable ex-
periencc. The plant" schedule is only
three and one half hours from Charles
ton to Savannah. This road runs
through u rich farming country
bordcrcd by pine forests and abundant
ly stocked with immense deposits of
valuable phosphatCs. Large rice fields
and cotton fields, too are numerous
through n section also tecming with
pleasing scenes of Southern life.
Here we see the negro in his prim-
itivcncss, and can study the negro
character at first hand. quaint cabins
of logs dot the way side, each with its
own peculiar features. The timber
wealth of this section we are passing
is simply enormous and its manufac-
turc is steadily increasing. The value
of Georgia pines i'm this southern por-
tiun of the state alone will run into bill
lions ofdolars. At RavcncL an immense
pine district, were squared timber
100 feet long by two feet, ready
for shipment. Along here were
a series of dilapidated negro
huts with three to ten pair of black
eyes pecring forth, a truly happy
go-luCky race, spending their week s
earnings improvidently with too much
fire water. At JaCkSOnboro, scores of
them were at the depot awaiting the
train. Here six and eight pound shad
were for sale at % cents and 80
cents each, ftcsh caught from the
Edisto river, which here is a half mile
wide.
RICE PLANTATIONS.
The best rice plantations are found,
cast of the railroad which runs along
the coast some twenty to thirty miles
back. They yield from 3j to A. bushel
an acre and extra is often sixty bushel
Negro help can be procured at fifty
cotton, and by the month so To S12
At Green Pond were rice fields of 1OC
acres and along were turpcntine distil-
leries and hundreds of barrels of tur.
pcntine and rosin ready for shipment
At Jcmasscc, (Cumbahee river eros
sing) g. miles from Charleston is his
toric ground. 1t is the original battl,
ground of the tribe of Indians of that
name, also a noted battlefield dur.
ing the civil war, and the place wher,
General Sherman cut a swath ter
miles wide on his way to the sea. Al
Coosawhatchic, is an Indian tribe, anC
the scene of one of the heaviest battle.
of the civil war, 0Honey HID Genera
sherman marched right through thi,
section, also, destroying every obstaCl,
right and left for miles wide. Accord
Ing to his own estimate. damage was
done to the state of Georgia, on his
long march of 500, ,O0O, 600 of which $50
o0O,O00 at least Injured to the ad
vantage of the National government.
SAVANNAH.
ON entering the city the first object!
to attract attention are the giant live
oaks, the wide streets and the piCtur
esque location in general No American
city has d greater wealth of foliag
or such charming seclusion and sylvan
perfection so united with all the con
venience and COmpactncss of grca
commercial city. Laid out with broat
streets closely shaded by beautiful tree
that are green the year round, it ha
justly obtained the sobriquet of III
Forest city"
The city is distinctively southern il