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THE GEORGIA CRACKER SATURDAY MARCH 8, 1902
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GAINESVILLE, GA
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YOKOHAMA BY NIGHT.
Sifurtera flliwnfnatloii Makes the City
Akin to Fairyland,
r A row of paper lanterns in the black
Shadow of a wall is the first impres
sion the newly^arrived traveler has of
Yokohama as he steps from his “sam
pan” on tofffe wharf at night.
The lanterns hang low and almost
motionless, but at the word “rickshaw”
they begin to sway, and with a silent,
almost rhythmical \ movement they
Come rushing toward him. A moment
later he discovers that each lantern is
attached to a rickshaw, which offers
for less than half a yen an hour to con
vey bitn anywhere his fancy .may lead
him. But go where he will the lantern
Is always there, dangling and swaying
and dimly flashing.
The lantern on the rickshaw is a
characteristic detail of the night pic
ture of Yokohama. It is a series cf
brilliant dashes of color under a cion
less, starlit sky, fanned by a so.
breeze which seems half of the sea am*
half of the tropics, with smiling, doH-
like* people gliding about everywhere.
It hardly seems real. It isn't fairyland
exactly, because fairies are not sup
posed to be always as picturesque as
are these Japanese. Certain it is that
few things anywhere in the round
{world can be more beautiful than lan
tern lighted Yokohama.
As the occidental crosses the bridge
pver the canal from the foreign quar
ter and enters the native city he sees
a bewildering maze of lights. Through
out Yokohama gas lamp posts are few
and far between, a fact which makes
the lantern illumination all the more
conspicuous. They are not hung at reg-
Jawyer. ; ~ g
The .county officers of Forsyth coun
iy are J. R. Echols, clerk; H. "V.
Jones, ordinary; E. R. Barrett, she 1
Ilf; J. J. S. Calloway, county schoc
commissioner; W. H. Wofford of Co *
fountain, Ga., treasurer; M. E
Durham, receiver tax returns; Eli fj
Harris, tax collector.
Among other? I met, besides thoi
mentioned, .were. Messrs. A. J. Julia?
J. K. Talbot, G. B. Rider
M. H. James, of Webb, Ga
A TRIP THROUGH f FORSYTH
OKE OF THE COUNTIES OF GEORGIA
WITHOUT A RAILROAD.
There are a number of counties ‘in
Georgia that are still without rail
roads; among them is Forsyth county.
Cummins: is the county site to reach
which necessitates a ride or drive over
the foot hills of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains. I was at Gainesville and started
from that city, which is twenty-three
miles distant, for my destination. It
had been snowing in tipper Georgia,
and the roads were not in the best
condition. Nature's white mantel cov
ered highways, hills, and valleys. In the
distance were to be seen the snow
capped Blue Ridge fairly glistening as
a reluctant winter sun cast its furtive
rays upon the rocky eminence. Well
wrapped and in a well made Gaines
ville buggy, behind a pair of North
Georgia bred horses, with Col. W. F.
Findley of Gainesville, holding the
reins, it was not an unpleasant drive
of four and one-half hours, at the end
of which time, we found ourselves in
Cumming under the shadow of Sawnee
Mountain, once the home of an Indian
chief of that name.
A part of our route lay over the
Federal Military road, constructed in
the first quarter of the last century by
the government at the suggestion of
Gen. Andrew Jackson. The highway
began at Augusta and ended at Nash
ville, thus connecting the Savannah,
Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, and
providing a somewhat easy route, for
those days, for movement of
troops. As late as the 40s of the last
century, ; this road way was an im
portant factor in the development of
Upper Georgia. '
The gentleman who kindly took me
to my destination in his buggy, point
ed out manjr places of interest among
them, the home of Col. Jim Greene,
one of those able men whom Gov. Joe
Brown “discovered," and transferred
from farm life in the mountains to
the political arena. The. Governor, of
whom he was a staunch supporter, ap
pointed him keeper of the peniten
tiary, and Col. Greene was an effi
cient official. We passed several places
where men who' are now or were
Prominent in the' business and finan
cial world were bom, and who left
these r§d clay hills to make a name.
I could mention names, but some peo
ple are not always proud of their
modest birthplaces and honest ances
tors. We put up at the Sawnee House,
kept by Mr. and'Mrs. Puett. It is a
Pleasant hotel, where a great crld-time
oak fire warmed the room and made
us soon forget the cold drfve.
Judge George F. Gober of Che Blue
lUdge Circuit was* holding Forsyth
Superior Court, and the town was
crowded with • people, lawyers,
Jprymen, defendants and plain
tiffs. The excitement of the <^ay
Was the arrest ef a witness whfte in
the Court House by a deputy United
States marshal. Y£e Judpe relented
States. 'Forsyth Place, or Park, as i-
i3 usually miscalled, is Savannah s
monument to one of Georgia’s great
est statesmen. The surface of the
county is hilly and the soil-fertile.
Wheat, com, potatoes and cotton are
the principal products. It was once
famous for growing fine tobacco, but
little of any of that plant is now pro
duced. ' ’ ^
Cummtag*s chronicler of passing
events is thS "North Georgian/’ pub
lished by Mr. J. Edward Kir^by. The
paper has a wide influence;’ and it*
office is well equipped, having a larp
cylinder press and a jobber. Mr.
Kirby is a practical printer, aa well a*
an editor, and he and. his pretty and
industrious daughter do the^-typeset
ting, and the establishment is, there
fore, prosperous and paying. -
I had the pleasure of meeting ir.
Cumming Mr. W. A. Orme,. a brother
of Maj. R. M. Orme of'"Savannah, who
is traveling for ah Atlanta house
Among the visiting lawyers at Cam
ming were Messrs. E. F. Simpson,
solicitor general, and J. P. Brook of
Alpharetta, Milton county, and Chas
Griffin, Esq., of Marietta. s
Among the prominent lawyers of
Cumming, besides those mentioned
elsewhere, are H. Ii. Patterson, Esq.
and his son, Mr. J. B. Patterson.
Forsyth county has furnished quite
a number of prominent men to every
part of Georgia.- Among them,...the
late William G. Gramling, of the West
ern and Atlantic Railroad: the late J.
R. Gramling, founder of the Gramling-
Spaldlng Shoe Company in Atlanta.
Judge C. H. Strong, who for man;
years was a prominent citizen of At
lanta. The members of the' firm o
Hightower; Hallman & Co., wholesa!
grocers of, Atlanta,, are from Fprsyt:
’ county'. The late HarriSon Summerou ,
of that firm, who died a few years age
was not -only the. wealthiest man i ; -
North Georgia, but one of its best bf
loved.
Among the prominent - citizens < ,
Cumming is Hon. Hiram P. Bell, sen
a tor from the Thirty-ninth distric:
the counties of Milton, Cherokee an-
Forsyth. Forsyth county furnishe
two Confederate congressmen, Hor
Hardy Strickland and Mr. Bell. Tb
latter also served two terms in tb
United States House of Represent**
tives since reconstruction. He deliv
ered the eulogy before the House or
the death of the Hon. Julian Harr
ridge of Savannah. George L. Bel;
Esq., ef Atlanta, and Mrs. Tate, tb
wife of Congressman Carter Tate, ar-
his children. Mr. Bell is not only tb
last surviving member of the Confer
crate congressmen from Georgia, bn
last Survivor on the Bell-Everer
ejedfcoircl tldket. His wife was be for
mwrtage Miss Jordan of the wei:
IrtW* a Hmeodt minty ftu—tlji of th>
3M3*. 9Eg. Bell, tMgb past. Ihrt
J. E. Puett, L. M. Monroe, C. L.'Dough
erty of Itley, J. H. Jones of Mish, O. P
Bagley of Big Creek, Dr. J. T. Hunter
of Liverpool, A.. H. Woodliff of Oscar
Ville, F. W. Williams of Nettie, Lon
Fowler of - Big Creek; S. B. Wright of.
Nettie, O. P. Bennett of Drew and J
M. Bennett of Novetta.
I drove back by way of the lowei
route; and reached the Southern Rail
way at Flowery Branch. It was a col
drive, accentuated by a storm of sleet
However, I am not complaining, for 1
enjoyed the ride to and from Cumming
and making the acquaintance of the
people of Forsyth county.
J. H. ESTILL.
Missing a railroad connection at At
lanta, though it delayed me In. getting
to Cumming,. gave me. an odd day in
Gainesville, and I had the pleasure of
meeting quite a number of leading .citi
zens, whom I failed "to see on my pre
vious visit. Among them, John A-’
Smith, Esq., a prominent merchant, and
a gentleman who Is interested in many
enterprises in his city, among them, the
shoe factory and tannery, .which he
started, "but which is now operated by
pther parties. He still owns the.
buildings on which these enterprises
stand. Mr, Smith has been Mayor o!
.Gainesville four times, and has just re
tired .from the' chairmanship of the
Board of County Commissioners. He is
also president Of the Gainesville Bank
ing Company, the Queen. City Planing
Mills and Lumber Company, the Joan
A. Smith Manufacturing Company and
is the head of several other firms and
.-orporation^.
Dt. J. W. Bailey, a physician of na
tional reputation for the treatment of
diseases of women and children, hon
ored me by calling at the Arlington.
The doctor is also a prominent agri
culturist and is considered an author
ity on farming affairs.
Gainesville has another prominent
M. D., Dr. E. P. Ham, one of the young
physicians of Gainesville, who has a
nigh reputation as a physician and sur
geon.
I alao had the pleasure of meeting
Hon. W. M. Dyer, ordinary of Hall
county, whom I found to be a pleasant
gentleman and a strong supporter of
mine. Tn fact, all the gentlemen named
in any cf my “write-ups" are usually,
though not always, those who have
ular heights or intervals, but make a
sort of tangle of soft colored lights
Over the front of the buildings and
even across the street.—New York Mail
end Express. . ^
A Case' of H 0alhw M
Clerical Customer (arousing himseSf
from a nap in a barber's chair)—All
through, eh?
Yes, air; quite some time
ago.
Clerical Customer—Indeed I Then I
must have been indulging in a Quiet
<tap. .
Barber—You sorely have, sir.
Clerical Custoraer—It was certainly
very kind of you not to awaken me.
The rest has done me good, and I am
very thankful to yon for what was
really a very refreshing sleep.
Barber—Don’t mention it, sir. It's
only a fair return. I attended service
at your church last Sunday#—Boston
Vny number of convicts for public im-
^The* people of counties that are with
out railroads, or have not enough of
■hem, should keep this briefly outlined
troiect in view. ,
I humming, including the district, has,
iccording to the United States census,
i 808 population, and Forsyth county,
-1 550 population, nearly all white. A
railroad through the county would
double the population, and the value
of lands in one decade after its build
ing.
The report of the Commissioner of
Education shows that there are 49
white and 8 colored schools in the
county and 3,165 white and 365 col-
Snunili enrolled. The average