The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-14

plus products, which bring cash to
its farmers and when its wants are
supplied under such disadvantages.
A welI-built macadamized road, ex-
tending from Gainesville through Hi
awassee, Young Harris Blairsville. TO
would open market for all these sale
able farm products and bring prosper
ity and wealth to the farmer, and at
the same time make a market for mer-
chandise for the centers of trade. In
a few years there would be ten times
as many people in these counties as
there are to-day. "A good highway
and that would doubtless be followed
by the building Of branch OF one of
the great railroad systems.
/ suggested to Prof. Sharpe that
short section of a good road might be
built so that the people could see what
an Improvement it would be, and pub
lie attention in that way directed to
the subject. If 1t were so that
force of convicts could be secured to
build good roads. it would be money
to the state, as lands would be made
more valuable. This necessary work
should not be delayed day longer
than it can be done.
Apples and Irish potatoes do splen-
didly in all this region, but there is
very Hllle UldIktL lOI EOAdlOCo
sell for 40 cents a bushel, and apples
25 cents, which are worth four to six
times that in cities. This surplus is fed
to the hogs and cattle. / was told
that many of the farmers do not have
as much as $40 year in money. Con-
siderable butter is made in Towns
county.
In BRASS Town" Valley.
Young Harris is in Brass Town Val
ley. 1t is a young town and laid on
in 1887. 1t was named for the late
Hon. Young l.. G.. Harris of Athens,
who gave the land and endowed the
college. visited the college the
morning after l arrived, and by
invitation of Prof. Sharpe made
few remarks. The institution
is under the auspices of the
North Georgia Methodist Confer
ence, but is not sectarian, the Pres
byterian, Episcopal and Baptist
Churches having been represented in
its faculty in the past few years. 1t
has about 400 pupils representing every
part of Georgia, and also other states.
In 1t / found representatives of fami-
lies in Wiregrass Georgia, girls and
boys, who were receiving the blessing
of education at the hands of Chris
tian men and women, among them
the son of the late Edward Dwelle
of Savannah, a son of Hon. Alfred
Harrington of Emanuel county, and
my namesake, Miss Estill Perry of
Canton. Ga. One hundred dollars pays
for a full scholarship and expenses for
one year. 1t is an institution full of
energy. The boys and girls seem to
be imbued with the true spirit of stu
dents. A number of the boys were
about leaving for the summer to take
their places behind the pillow and earn
money to return to college in the fall.
Great men and great women of the
future are among the students of
Young Harris College.
The journal of Young Harris is the
News, edited and published by Messrs.
ure of Mr.. Howelrs company at Hia-
wassee and Blairsville. Mr.. T. S.
Johnston is foreman of the office.
The News is compact establishment,
and the paper is neatly printed on a
Washington hand press.
Among others whom met at Young
Harris was DIR. j. A. Parsons of Mil
ton county. who has taken up his resi-
dence there to give his children the adj
vantages of a good education. Speak
ing of the resources of Towns county,
DR.. Parsons mentioned that a large
trade could be done in black locust
for posts if there were proper trans
portation facilities. This tree grows
plentifully. and it never rots. Posts
of it new sell in Young Harris for
one cent piece. They would bring
% to 80 cents in places where there
is demand for them.
While In Towns county I also met
c. A. Webb l.. b. Matheson, w. H.
Dean, ]. M. WEIGH, ]. NJ. Stephens,
j. w. Dyer. My next sojourn will be
at Blairsville, in Union county.
], H. ESTILL.