The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-12

which 900 hands are employed regular
ly, while in the busy season the num-
Der is increased to 1,500.
The cotton crop of Decatur county,
sea island and upland, amounts to
about 5000 bales annually Sugar cane
is a big money crop, and heavy ship
ments of Georgia syrup are made from
cambridge and Climax. Tobacco as
already stated is very important
crop. and many farmers are giving at
tention to it's cultivation and curing In
connection with cotton, cane and grain.
Though Decatur Is a well settled
county, there are still extensive tracts
of pine lands. There are twenty large
and small saw mills, and rs turpentine
stills in operation within its boundaries.
There Is good pasturage the year
round, and considerable attention Is
paid to cattle, sheep. and other live
stock. BY the census of 1890 there were
1888 sheep. with a wool-clip of 2S,96l
pounds: 22.247 cattle. 5.101 mich cows.
1886 working oxen, PISS horses, $50
mules, 25,204 swine, and 10000 poultry
of all kinds. Among the farm products
are 204,5S6 dozen eggs, 6.632 pounds OF
honey, 413,24S gallons of milk, $4,000
pounds of butter and go pounds of
cheese.
Education is receiving close atten-
tion. The average attendance at the rs
white schools in the county is 1867,
and of the 81 colored schools, 1921.
Blowing Cave in the northeastern
part of the county is wonderful nat
Ural phenomenon out of or into which
flows a strong current of wind, alter
mating at irregular intervals.
cambridge is built on high bluff on
the Flint river AS I stated. my first
visit to the town was in 1867. 1t was a
small but busy place. had passed by
the town on several occasions, but had
not stopped. The changes which had
taken place since my first visit would
be difficult to enumerate; in fact about
the only familiar object was the court
house and few stores on one side of
the public square. Two splen Hid no
tells hundreds of handsome dwellings,
substantial stores we'll stocked with
goods, forest shaded streets, well har-
dened, and nicely paved sidewalks
showed that 1t is a business city man
aged by business men. The old Balm
bridge, which I knew, had passed
away, and a new cambridge had taken
its place.
cambridge is always associated in
my mind with 1.-THE Argus" When /
was an apprentice boy, or more prop
orly a young man apprentice. i'm the
50s, there was a printer friend of the
publisher Of the Argus who worked in
the Office in which l was employed, and
the paper came regularly to him and
/ read 1t every week. 1t was one of
the best gotten up and printed papers
of that day, and I doubt IL any better
editing and printing can be found even
in this age of good printing and live
editors. A good newspaper new
er dies. The Morning News
years since absorbed the Savannah
Republican, the Advertiser, the Her
aid, and a number of other newspa-
pers. The Republican, which by the
way, was not Republican IN ponurs,
is still on the books of old advertisers,
and occasionally an order comes di-
rected to the Savannah Republican.
Its name lives after 1t. am glad to
know that the cambridge Argus still
lives. and that Hon. Benjamin E. Rus
SELL the bright, whole-souled Ben, is
al the helm.
am under many obligations to Hon.
W. w. Harrell of Climax, for his
friendly and active interest in my con-
test. He is the father of Col. j. d.
Harrell. the senator-elect from the
cambridge district. He not only look
ed after my affairs at Climax on the
day of the election. but after the vote
was well polled there. went to Balm
bridge to exert his influence there in
my behalf.
I have already mentioned that Balm
bridge had two excellent hotels. was
a guest at the Hotel Wainman. kosot
by Mrs. Z. d. Fudge, a most charm
ing and popular hostess. There is no
pleasanter stopping place in Georgia.
than the Wainman. The building is