The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-10

too shrewd to take an active part in
them. He was a man of more than
ordinary ability and energy, and was
quite wealthy for a Cherokee. He
owned Vans Ferry" on the Federal
road, where it crosses the Chattahoo-
chez river, eleven miles from Gaines
VILE. The Vans house at Spring Place
is now owned by Mrs. n. S. Dill, who
kindly showed me through it. The
property is for sale, and to any one
who desires to be the possessor of a
real Indian curio, and at the same
time secure pleasant summer home.
this, as my friend, Mr.. Dorsett, would
call it, sis rare opportunity"
Besides the mission at Spring Place
there were others scattered through
out the Cherokee Nation. An Indian
named Cess originated an alphabet Of
eighty-siX characters by which the
Cherokees could communicate with
each other by letter. At first there
was considerable opposition among the
Indians to the missionary schools, but
after awhile they became very anx-
ious to have their children educated,
and the Council of the Nation set
apart 100000 acres of land for educa-
tional purposes.
The New Testament was translated
into the Cherokee language. This
good work among the Indians was not
in vain for though in few years the
Cherokees had to leave Georgia, the
education that they had received
placed them far above other tribes in
the Indian Territory.
With the departure of the red man,
Murray county, which was the larger
part of Northwest Georgia, was rap
idly populated by the whites and soon
became noted for it's prosperity, and
so continued until the War between
the States, when it suffered in COM
mon with other parts of the state.
Since then it has been gradually re-
covering, and bids fair to not only re-
gain but add to its former prosperity.
The county officers of Murray county
are: Ordinary, T. ]. Ovbey; clerk w.
]. Johnson; sheriff, w. C. Groves; dep
uty, w. d. Heartsell; tax collector, w.
A. Parsons; tax receiver, M. H
Bramlett; treasurer, o. Parrot; coro-
ner, l.. NJ. Jones; surveyor, Robt.
Dunn. The county commissioners are,
George HILL c. c. Keith and Thos. M.
Hemphill.
In Spring Place and en- route, / had
the pleasure of making the acquaint-
ance of the following gentlemen, not
heretofore mentioned: Ex-senator G.
gore, Daniel c. Kenner, D. T. Brown,
DIR. John Steed, Henry Tankersley, D.
w. Mitchell, DR.. Barnum Bagwell DR..
j. B. Hughes, NJ. L. Cox of Ellijay. L.
P. Russell, VIM. Morgan, Thos. Tread
well, John Kuhn, Lewis Thompson,
Wesley Everett, Jas. Everett, POST
master, Hon. Frank Peoples, Mayor, c.
L. Herring. Capt. l.. M. Jones, Benz.
Freeman, VIM. Pendley, Willard Pard-
ley, Lawson Tankersley Joel Ether
idge, Augustus Pierce, DIR. w. w. An
derson Clarke Anderson, James Nc
Gee, John Cole, George Moore.
To the settler or the tourist, Murray
and her daughters, Whitfield, Catoosa,
Dade. and other counties offer great
inducements. To the Nrst its soil and
climate are everything that could be
desired, and to the latter the induce
ments of good hunting and fishing are
offered The Connesauga river, which
divides Whitfield from Murray, is a
beautiful stream Astounding in noun
tain trout. l saw a lone fisherman
sitting on a rock with his line dan
CLING in the river hold up a bunch of
speckled beauties just taken from the
Connesauga,. and 1 felt like buying a
rod and line, and letting Mr.. Terrell
and Mr.. Query carry on the political
campaign without my help.
FSTTIT.