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COURANT- AMERICAN.
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CABTER6VIU.K, OEOBtiIA.
Official Organ of Bartow County.
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THURSDAY "JANUARY 13,1887.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Other business of a literary oharacter
demands my whole time and attention. I
I therefore disposed of my entire inter
cut in the Cartersville Courant to my
former partner, Mr. Alex. M. Willing
ham, and he in turn baa formed a con
solidation with the American. The new
paper, I understand, will henceforth be
published under the name of the
“ Courant- American.”
Though my journalistic experience in
Cartersville has been of but a few months’
duration, I believe I have full cause for
self-gratulation in that my efforts were
appreciated by my friends. Coming,
as I did, a comparative stranger into thi
midst, I have been fortunate enough to
gather about me many warm friends,
whose counsel, advice and judgment has
been invaluable to me iu my portion of
the conduct of the Courant and other
wise. In retiiing from this connection,
I have the conscious satisfaction
that I tried as best I could to sub
serve the interests of this community
and render the Courant a welcome
visitor and readable paper in every
household. I hope I shall be acquitted
of any thought of self praise when I
say that I believe I have iu a
measure at least, accomplished these
efforts. I am proud of the friends I
have mude, and hope iu whatever sphere
of life I may be t > retain their good will
and friendship. They have been kind
and iudulgent, overlooking mistakes and
faults, and magnifying my endeavors.
Of my late partner, Mr. Alex. M.
Willingham, I cannot spegk in praise too
high. He is so well known, however, in
this section that commendation of mine
is unnecessary, still I cannot refraiu
from stating here that which I know to
be wholly true that, irrespective of his
splendid talents and capabilities, he is
a noble-hearted, genial, upright gentle
man, for whom I sincerely wish the very
fullest measure of success.
Sincerely thankful for all the favors,
patronage and kiudness extended to me
iu my business connection, and person
ally, and hoping for the rapid develop
ment and operation of* the vast re
sources of this section so favored with
such grand possibilities and believing in
the entire fulfilment of the great destiny
iu store for this community at an early
day, I remain
Respectfully,
Frank J. Taylor.
The above announcement* cannot be
but painful to myself as well as to
tleman’s friends throughout this section.
Though having known Mr. Toylor only
for a short time ours was a particularly
pleasant association, and his retirement,
is a cause for much regret. A trur
hearted friend, a brilliant apd peerless
young journalist, with capabilities of the
highest standard, he will achieve great
success at whatever he undertakes. I,
together with his hosts of friends wish
him the full measurement of success.
Alex. M. Willingham.
The colds, advertised of late, are punc
tual* to the yninute. Sometimes they even
send an advance guard ahead of the time.
Ur in New Jersey there is a good pros
pect of that state having two legislatures.
They probably never saw a Georgia leg
islature.
It is pretty generally conceded that
Cartersville cannot support but one pa
per and we feel confident that we can fill
the bill.
A mono the new swelling towns, Deca
tur, Ala., has been added to the list. The
operation of swelling commenced in last
ISunday’s Constitution.
A Hartford, Conn., German has sold
his wife tor SI.OO, and now the postmas
ter of the town is besieged with letters
from other points asking *.he state of the
market in that new commodity.
“Henry Watterson claims to be the
Christopher Columbus of the new South,”
so says the Atlanta Constitution. Watter
eon is entirely too previous, for Henry
Grady has certainly earned that sobri
quet.
Everything has its drawbacks, even
the building of railroads. While the sur
veying corps of the Rome and Carrollton
were surveying eight miles above Buch
anan, Dave Warnercame out ot his house,
and, pointing a shotgun at Assistant En
gineer Persons’ head, swore he was going
to kill him. Persons and his assistants
overpowered him, taking his gun, pistol
and knife away from him. They then
tied him and went for the sheriff to take
charge of him. When Deputy irihefltT
Wilson arrived on the gTene Warner’s
friends had cut theigfjg and Warner had
fled.
•The Rome postoftice has changed
hands, thanks to a democratic adminis
tration, Mr. Burnett retiring and Mr. Will
H. Adkins taking charge. We know that
Mr. Adkins will make an excellent officer,
and we congratulate our subscribers in
the “Hill City” over the fact that they
will now receive their papers more regu
lady. The complaints from that quartei
have grown monotonous, and caused us
no little annoyance. JVom personal ex
perience w r e know that it was a hard mat
ter to get papers through that office. We
are happy over the change. The retiring
postmaster is a mighty clever man, but
somehow’ he was not destined to make a
good P. M.
The Courier-Journal regard Blaine as
fitted never to be President. In a recent
editorial in speaking of the Presidential
situatien it says:
“To come back to Mr. Blaine, our im
pression is strong that he will not be the
next Republican nominee for President.
There is a destiny right across his path.
It has already said plainly to him, “the
White House thou never shall occupy.”
If he should run again he will be beaten
If by any chance he should be
alected he die. The fate of Clay,
Webster and Calhoun iB his. But, un
doubtedly, there is every reason to believe
that Mr/ Blaine can make the nominee,
and herein lies bis importance and his
Tower Whom will be choose? To
Shorn will be throw his strength • With
will he com bins.
A BOOM SURELY COMING.
In this flay of booms and magical
growth of cities in mineral sections of
the south, C'arU-rsvili p . witb her
resources, is not to escape. The boom is
surely coming. It can’t be stayed much
longer. The old town that has slumbered
so long in her bed of natural wealth, is
about to wake to find her arteries quick
ened with the pulsations of a real live,
growing, prosperous community. An"!
why should it wot be so ? Ne are sui
rounded by the richest agricultural sec
tion of the state; beds of ores, such as
manganese and iron, of a superior quali
ty, in almost inexhaustible quantities;
a climate as salubrious and healthful as
can be found any where; in fact, every
thing in the way of natural wealth to
make a growing and prosperoua city.
These wonderful resources are attract
ing the attention of capitalists. Already
some important transfers of valuable
mineral properties have been made, which
mean much for this section, and negotia
tions are pending for still larger sales of
these lands.
There are only about three sections in
the Uniied States where manganese is
found in quantities sufficient to justify
mining, and the Bartow county beds are
the richest and of the finest quality. We
understand that a number of the owners
of these lands are pooling their interest,
and will engage in mining these ores on
an extensive scale. Manganese enters
largely into the manufacture ot Bessemer
steel, and the establishment of a number
of steel plants in the South, which will
depend almost entirely upon our mines
for their supply of ores, will make them
of an incalculable value. Should the
owners of these properties form a syndi
cate for the purpose of mining, they will
find it a mbet profitable undertaking, and
one that will be the means of bringing
much money into the county. We hear
of other enterprises on foot that will soon
be made public, and which, if successlul,
will add much to Cartersvfile’s popula
tion and wealth. We repeat, the boom is
headed this way.
L. Q. C. LAMAR'S ROMANCE.
Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of
ike Interior, was married in Macon on
the sth instant to Mrs. Henrietta Dean
Holt, widow of the lute General Holt,
aud a lady of large wealth. The follow
ing romance is told cf the distinguished
couple :
Mrs. Henrietta D. Holt, the woman
whom rumor says Secretary Lamar is to
marry, is a daughter of James Dean,
who was a large planter and politician,
representing his county in the Legisla
ture. He was a man of wealth and lived
in princely style, just out of the city
limits of Macon, Ga., with elegant and
hospitable surroundings. Miss Heuuie
Dean grew to young womanhood with
wit, wealth aud beauty. There were
many suitors for her haud, but the moat
prominent were young Holt and Lamar,
the former eager for business success
and the management of great industrial
enterprises, and the latter with a stn
deut’s tastes and an ambition for glory
aud position, but each equally euergetio
in his efforts to secure the hand and
heart of the lovely and accomplished
Miss Dean. The sturdy efforts of Mr.
Holt secured the favor of the parents
aud gained the love of the maid, and
they were united iu marriage. Their
lives were happy aud prosperous. That
her choice was well made is shown by
the name her husband won. Gen. Holt
at the time of his death was at the head
of a great railroad and was one of the
fiuauc al kings of Georgia. Mrs. Holt
has living only two children, both daugh
ters, and married, one to Col. Robert E.
Park, the other to Mr. W. H. Virgin.
Mrs. Holt’s home is on College Hi;l,
Macon, and her residence is elegant and
commodious —in keeping with her am
ple fortune. She is justly noted for her
hospitality, and her house is ever open
to her friends. With the elegance aud
true cordiality of a cultured Southern
woman she entertains with ease and
grace. __________
UNIFORM 1)1 FORCE LA WS.
In the January number of the Forum, is
an able paper by Judge Edmund H Ben
nett on “National Divorce Legislation.
He makes two strong suggestions :
“Is uniformity in our divorce laws de
sirable? Can such uniformity be secured
except by congressional legislation ?. The
reasons for desiring a dissolution of
the marriage contract are substantially the
same everywhere, for they are supplied by
the human passions, and if they are valid
in one State are equally so in another The
evil complained of is the same, and
the remedy should be the same When
the civil law of one jurisdiction in a mat
ter so vital to social happiness conflicts
directly with that of another just across
the border line, the sense of right and
wrong in both is awakened, and the pub
lie mind, having no generally recognized
axiom in ethics upon which to rest, throws
morality overboard altogether, ana seeks
indulgence of individual expediency Of
all the States and Territories of the l mon
South Carolina and New" Slone
havf no divorce laws Of all the rest it is
sufficient to say that there is no uniformity
in their divorce laws, or in the manner of
the administration of them ’
In speaking of our State, Judge Bennett
says : “I forbear to mention its name, lest
it tend to increase its business in this line,
but no previous residence within its limits
is necessary ; the court is open to anyone
who wishes to become a resident. He need
never set foot on its territory nor leave for
one moment his own State if he merely
wished he were only absent long enough
to file an application, that suffices.’ On
account of this lack of uniformity the
most shameful frauds are perpetrated, and
unscrupulous lawyers have issued forged
decrees, counterfeiting the names of the
clerk and judge of the court, and the
official seal. Judge Bennett 6ees but one
remedy, and in an amendment to the Con
stitution empowering Congress ‘ ‘to estab
lish uniform laws on this subject of di
vorce.” We believe it is the only way by
which outrpgeous frauds may be stopped.
Judge Bennett's suggestions are wise aud
should be adopted.
Several communications have been laid
on our table touching matters involved
in the late county election. As the war
of words is over and the field is so open
for a more spirited and effective battle,
we’ll leave the belligerants to themselves-
The Courant-American will not play
the sewer for such trash when a few min
utes, personal consultation will clear away
all misunderstandings that may have
been engendered. Fight it out, gen
tlemen we have a bran new coroner,who ia
Opett for engagements.
In the twelve months ended Novem
ber 30,1886, the exports of gold amount
ed to $42,767,849, or $21,900,559 more
than in 1885, and also the largest of the
decade. The imports amounted to $35,-
272,466, the largest since 1879. The sum
of $25,000,000 came in between July and
December. The exports of silver in the
twelve u.onths ended November 80,
amonnted to $26,771,233 and the imports
were valued at $16,712,086. The exports
of gold and silver combined amounted to
$69,539,082, aud the imports to $51,995,-
541. In the same period the domestic
production of geld was aboat $33,000,000
and of silver, $51,000,000, showing & total
gain of gold and silver of $66,400,000. In
the decade beginning with 1880 the ex
ports of gold*in round numbers amounted
to $141,000,000 and the exports of silver
to $148,000,000, and in the same period
the imports of gold amount to $174,000,
000 and of silver to $31,000,000, the ex
cess of gold imports being $33,000,000
and of silver exports $66,000,000. So that
the net exports of silver have paid for the
net imports of gold, with $33,000,000.
The millionaires still hanker for the
United States Senate. Stockbridge, who
is to succeed the howling Conger, of
Michigan, belongs to that class, as does
ex-Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who has
been elected to succeed Senator Fair, of
Nevada, while Levi P. Morton, the prob
able successor ol Senator Miller, of New
York, is said to hold the purse strings to
five millions; so, also, is Fowell, the pros
pective success or to the late John A. Lo
gan.
The New York Daily Commercial Bul
letin, ot January 4, estimates the Decem
ber loss by fire in the United States at
$12,260,000, and the loss during 1886, et
$16,600,000. This is largely in excess of
previous figures, both aa regards the month
of December and the year just ended.
“HOME, SWEET HOME.”
“TATTLER" REGALES OUR READERS
WITH A FINE LETTER.
The Georgia Roy is Lucky to Spend the
Holiday* in Carteraville, with the
“Old Folk* at Home. ”
Specifl Cor. Cou*ant-Aiikkican.J
Washington, D. C., Jan. 11, ’B7.
On Dec 15, I made application for leave
of absence during the holidays to visit the
“old folks at home ” It is not always
an easy matter to get leiv’e of absence at
this season of the year, and I therefore
awaited the result of my application with
anxious interest. If you have ever been
away from home fora whole year at once,
you can imagine something of my feelings.
And, too, it was the first time in my life I
had ever been away so long. For weeks
I had looked forward to the Christmas
home-going, and now, if I should be dis
appointed, I felt tha‘ I would be ruined.
But fortunately the application was re
turned with the indorsement, “The with
in application for leave is granted.” When
I read it my heart grew light and my head
was almost giddy with joy.
I didn’t write the home-folks just when
I would be there, for I thought it would
be nice to give them a little surprise. The
train left Washington at 11 o'clock at
night, but I was so impatient to go that I
was on board before 10. It seemed that
the train would never get in motion, but
at last the cry “all aboard” was heard,
and the slow “puff,” “puff,” of the engine
caused the cai wheels to creak and move
slowly. I had cuddled into my sleeping
berth, expecting to have a good night’s
rest, but I was wide awake, and could al
most count the puffs of the engine as it
gathered steam and speed. Every puff
and whistle seemed to say, “Going home;
going home. ,/ The flagman cried out,
“Alexandria,” and I thought, “that’s 7
milesjneerer home.” As we pulled away
from the city into the open country, the
old engine began to gather steam, and the
quick “puff,” “puff,” “puff,” changed
into “chuff,” “chuff,” “chuff,” and then
into “chu u u u-u,” and then we began to
fairly hum. The old Virginia Midland is
pretty rough, and the cars rocked rather
dangerously at times, but who cared for
that ? It was a homeward bound train,
and who ever complained of being carried
home too fast ? As for me, I was saying
to myself, as I lay alone there, in my lit
berth, "Go on, train, go on ; go on, train,
go on.” Thoughts of home came cro -d
ing upon me, and my heart swelled until
I had to almost hold it down with my
hands. I hadn't realized, until I started,
how hungry I was for home As the iri lit
waned into morning, I found myself doz
ing and waking by turns, but the thought
of home had talien such full possession of
jny mind and heart that whether sleeping
or*waking my thoughts were full of home
Breakfast time found us at Danville,
Va and then we made a break for Char
lotte It was a dull, monotonous ride.
I he rain poured down, and the day drag
ged heavily And such a long day ! It
did look like the train ’-could stop the
most, ard at the poorest, dreariest lookihg
little wA stations imaginable Wby
couldn’t it pass those little old towns for
once aud hurry on to Atlanta ?_
longest day h-s some end, and as evening
we C ame to Greenville, S C ,
'then to Spartanburg, and then we soon
leaped across the line into the Northeast
Georgia hills And as twilight settled
upon us, and the headlight glared out, we
came careering along at a grand rate, and
the Georgia ottf s heart began to swell
again It would only be a little time now
d‘ the worst part was over Far up in
the mountains, above Gainesville, at the
little town of Lulu, there was a stop for
supper. And it was a good supper, too
Georgia biscuits and fried chicken 1 To
gether, I place them against the world to
a hungry traveler And mv loyalty to
Georgia and anything that she produced,
did not desert me here From here we
started out, down grade, for Atlanta It
was only a matter of a few hours until I
found myself in Carterevill * Jt was two
o clock in the morning when I planted my
feet on the soil of my own town. Was 1
glad to be hack ? Well, wasn t I ! The
weather had cleared and the stars smiled
down with wonderful tenderness on the
sleeping town. The click, click, click of
my own shoe heels seemed to waken
echoes of welcome The first man I met
was Rev Jim Hilson, (col ), who had
been out to tnee the late train I recog
nized him,a and grabbed his hand with a
‘ howdy.’’ He seemed scarcely to recog
nise me, and peeied at mein the darkness
as if he regarded my salute as unwarrant
able familiarty But it mado uo difference
to me He was a Cartersville man, and I
could have hugged him. I knew the
home folks were not expecting me that
night, and I had hoped to get in and get
to bed without disturbing them at that
unseasonable hour. The gate clicked be
hind me as I went iu. and my foot had
scarcely touched the steps when my moth
er, who is ever wakeful, said, “If there
isn t Will !” So I woe at home again I
could have cried for very gladness But
I will not linger over these details, i here
is a happiness tliat is almost sacred in its
sweetness in the return to loved ones at
home after a long absence Those who
have never been away from home have
never felt it, but *. hen the thrill has once
btieig felt, h lingers with age like g act
and delicate perfume, or the echo of a glo
rious song.
* * *
Time works numerous changes in the
course of a year To you who are con
, stantly in Cartersville, things, perhaps,
appear much the same as they have for
years But to one who has been away for
thirteen months, many things appear dif
i ferent I remember several faces that
were familiar on the streets when I first
left, that are now gone Some of them
have moved, and others are asleep on the
old hill north of the town Strangers
have come in Children have grown tall
er Girls have developed into young la
dies The young folks have married, and
nothing is scarcely just as it was a year
ago The town has not prospered quite
as much as its friends could wish and
yet it has not done badly in that respect
There are several new houses that were
not built a year ago, and there is, on all
sides, an air of safe and comfortable pros
perity If I may be allowed a criticism or
two, there is not quite enough enthusi
asm in the citizens of Cartersville You
don't straddle the tide at its flood. Op
portunities come and go, and are not im
proved Your blood don’t circulate quite
fast enough, and you are satisfied to let
things remain as they are, when they
might be easily made better B* in
spite of all this, there Is an upward ten
dency, and the countenance of things is
encouraging True, there is a general
complaint of hard times, and money is
certainly very scarce, but I find that there
is an abundance of good things to eat, and
nearly everybody seems to have such
things as they need to carry them safely
through the year There are those in
every community who are constantly pre
dicting that the country is ruined, and
that things are all the time growing worse,
and Cartersville is not wholly free from
such complainers But there are many
things in the good old town and county to
be encouraged about.
*
There is one pleasant fact in connection
with in Cartersville that I am
anxious to chronicle. L was there for
nearly a week, and I did not see a single
drunk man, and only ono or two who ap
peared to have had even a dram Cora
rag, as 1 did, from a city noted for the
number of its barrooms, and the numbe
ut its victims to the habit of drinking, this
was a most noticeable and gratifying fact
And the conclusion to be drawn from this
is, that all the talk about prohibition kill
ing a town is nonsense, and all the clamor
about prohibition increasing drunkenness
is false Cartersville does not appear to
need barrooms, and I cannot conceive of a
worse calamity befalling the town than
that of having them re established in her
midst I have traveled much since I left
Cartersville, and have seen and learned
many things of the world that I did not
know two years ago, but I have yet to see
any good that whisky has done, or learn
wherein it is of any substantial advantage
to a town Within the past twelve months
I have looked into the rigid and palid
faces of two young Georgians, both of
whom came to Washington full of buoy
ant hope and laudable ambition, and both
of whom were returned to their homes in
coffins The story of their untimely end
was easily and unmistakably told: “Whis
ky did it ” A I stood over them, there
seemed to come from their mute lips, in
language stronger than words, “Wine is a
mocker, strong drink is raging, and who
soever is deceived thereby is not wise ’
I rejoice that the people of my native
county have risen up in their virtuous
might and freed themselves from the
temptation and the curse of barrooms.
* *
I wa~ more than ever impressed with
the fertility of Georgia soil The valleys
lying along the Etowah river, from Car
tersville to Rome, and the Oothcaloga val
ley. from Adairsville to Calhoun, is natu
rally the most favored agricultural coun
try I have ever seen; except, perhaps, the
blue grass region of Kentucky. In my
ramblings I have -sen something of Flor
ida, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ken
tucky, Virginia, Maryland. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania North Carolina, South Car
olina and Georgia, and J have yet to see a
place that I had rather call home than
Bartow county. Really, the valley lying
along Oothcaloga creek is the most fertile
and productive spot for diversified crops
that I have ever seen, and I do not believe
it can be surpassed in the Union And,
too, the oeauties and advantages of our
county are beginning to be realized and
appreciated I know there has been much
talk in the past about the .time when
Northern capital would come to Georgia
and develop its resources But this is not
the sort of development to be most desired.
Capital and enterprise from any source
should be encouraged, but that most to be
defired is the development to be brought
about by the brain and muscle of our own
people. And I have faith in Georgia and
Georgians, and 1 shall be glad when the
revolutions of time land me among them
to stay, which I hope is an event of no dis
tant day. W. J. N.
THE GREAT CENTRAL.
After a Hotly Con teat its Central Passes
Into New Hands.
The contest for the control tif the
Central R. R. is over, and the Alexan
der directors have been elected by a ma
jority even greater than they counted on
a day or two ago. Gen. Alexander ap
pears to have conducted the campaign
with skill aud to have won a victory with
comparative case. One of his party
said day or two ago that the contest was
between regulars aud volunteers, and
the result showed that he was about
right.
There is no reason to doubt that un
der the new management Central rail
road property will be made to contribute
to Savannah s growth and prosperity. A
few weeks %go, when rumors were plen
ty in New York, Boston and here that
the Central was being sought to advance
the interests of the other roads, the
Morning News was inclined to believe
That such was the case, and was ready
at once io make a fight for Savannah’s
interests. Assurance, however, that
could not be questioned being given that
the rumors were without foundation,
and that the f?d, if those seeking the
control of it were successful, would as
sist, to a greater extent than ever, in
building np Savannah, the Moruiug
News had no further interest in advising
stockholders whom they ought to Belect
to mauage their property.
One of Gen. Alexander’s chief man
agers iu his contest said, a day or two
ago, that if those who were trying to
get possession of the road were success
ful Savannah would have 100,00'! inhab
itants inside of five years. If that pre
diction proves to be true, even the
strong friends of Capt. Raoul and they
are many, will have occasion to rejoice
at the result of yesterday’s election.
There are none perhaps who will deny
that Capt. Raoul has given the Central
four years of honest, conscientious and
intelligent work. While many may dif
fer with him respecting the wisdom of
the policy of his management, none will
deny that he has made a uniat excellent
chief exeoutive officer and that he turns
the magnificent property over to his
successor in spleudid order, with its
earning power increased greatly beyond
what it was when he became President,
its value greatly euhanoed and its steam
ers, rolling stock and road beds in fiist
class condition.
Gen. Alexander, who will be the Pres
ident under the new management, iB
well qualified to direct the affairs of the
GeutraJ Railroad Company and mauage
its great and varied iu greets. He has
had a large aud varied experience with
railroads, and oan be depended upon to
protect the interests of stockholders
while makiug the road contribute all
that it should to the building up of Sa
vannah aud the development of the
State. A geutlemau of liberal and pro
gressive views, of great and varied
taiuments, of strict integrity and good
Jadgwctot, tlmrew eVery rewwa lor
thinking that the (tacit til, under Gen.
Alexander’s managertent* will not only
retaiu itt proud po iiion as the great
Railroad system of t'-.e South, bnt will
make that position t veu more conspicu
ous than it is.— Savannah Morning
News, -Uh.
f KOBGIA tUKMICiiL WORKS
An Intcrmrtinc Dencriptton of a Truly
Southern Enterprise.
Augusta Chrum&le ]
Few persons in Augusta have any con
ception of the vast importance and won
derful resources of the Georgia Chemical
Work. which have been established here
since 1876.
We determined remove the reproach ot
ignorance oa this subject from our owr
minds, and, by personal inspection, at
tempt to convey to others the tacts in the
After dinner, one day last week, we
accepted the invitation of Messrs. Lowe,
Smith and Irvine to go through the whole
establishment. Aa a preliminary, Mr.
Lowe exhibited to us his laboratory, where
he and Mr. Howard Chappell experiment
and formulate. All appliances exist in
this apartment for scientific investigation,
and when a moment of leisure occurs,
some sport can be obtained by drawing
beam, perch, carp and catfish from the
ponds adjacent, which also furnish a royal
hath for the biggest flock oi mammoth
geese of Georgia.
From the laboratory we were guided to a
new shed, 180x49 feet, on the side of
which a railway track is run. Here is
brought and weighed, by powerful scales
of the latest improved pattern, the phos
phate rock from Charleston, the potash
salts from Germany, the sulphur from the
volcanic lands oi Sicily, the nitrate of soda
from Peru, used in making Sulphuric Acid
aione, the dried blood from the West and
cot tun seed meal from Georgia and South
Carolina. The manufactured product is
also faithfully weighed and freighted here.
Connection is eaily made with the seven
railways of Augusta, and no difficulty is
experienced in receiving or dispatching
goods.
The phosphate rock, which often con
tains the teeth of sharks that must have
been 100 feet long, is crushed under this
sbed. Vast iron teeth chew it up, devour
ing and digesting fifty tons daily. It is
carried up stairs by ponderous machinery
and submittea to a drying process. Then
it is transmitted to the third floor and
dropped down to the grinding mills.
These grinders are metal ones, and a mar
ked improvement old-fashioned
burr-stones. The capacity of these grind
ers are 8 ton# per hour. Carried up stairs,
it is chemically treated and returned to
tbe second floor, where a gigantic tub, with
revolving iron prongs, is ready to receive
and mix whatever is passed into it. Every
truck load of compound is weighed be
fore dumping into the marsh. A stream of
Sulphuric acid, clear as crystal but fiercely
biting, runs upon the agitated mass of
phosphate rock. From time to time the
ammoniates are poured In, wheelbarrow
loads of dried fish from the Chesapeake,
dried blood from the Western slaughter
houses, cotton seed meal and other ingre
dients. The chemical action has heated
the mass, which is reduced to a moist pud
ding condition. It is run down to the sec
ond story, and in course of time dries itself
by chemical heat. When cool it is put
through rollers and sifters, the coarser re
fuse being sent back to be reground. It is
then sent to ihe third story and deposited
in automatic cars —one of Mr. Lowe’s in
ventions —carried 100 feet and deposited in
a storage house for package and shipment.
When rekdy for the tickling of the soil
into harvests it is a fine and almost odor
less flour. The building where the mixing
is done is 100x60 feet, three stories high;
the shed were the bone and kainit are
stored is 180x40 feet; the depot where
this fertilizer is finally housed has a length
of 270 feet and width ef 50 feet
Extensive building are provided for the
storage of ammoniated material and acid
phosphates. These buildings an l,ooox
65 feet.
Vast as this original establishment is, un
der the superintendence of Mr. Lowe, who
is i.rchiiAct as * ell as #avan f ,mammoth new
buildings are rapidly approaching com
pletion. The main edifice is 430 feet long,
70 feet wide and 58 feet high. It would
make a notable tabernacle for Sam Jones,
while the acid chambers, just beyond,
would furnish an evangelist with infernal
texts. All the labor-saving and other
appliances in the old building will be
perfected in the new one. It is exactly
the dimensions of the King mill, but built
of wood in the best manner.
The extreme end of the lot is used as a
general warehouse. A platform and
railroad track run on the east side of the
building.
The sulphur bin in the yard is uncov
ered, ami has u capacity of 800 tons It
is nearly always full. The sulphur is
brought from Sicily in cargo load lots.
Tbe aulphor furnaces in the new building
attached to the new acid chamber are six
in number, there are twelve in the old one.
Those in the old chamber have been in
use seven years without cessation.
We will endeavor to describe the
NEW ACID CHAMBER.
The sulphor is put iuto the furnaces,
where it bnrns slowly, whilst from oppo
#ite sides of the furnace are furnishing
fumes of Nitric Acid, reminding one of the
picture oi Hades in Mythology.
The fumes pass up through a stack and
horizontally to a Glover tower fifty fiet
high,-into the top of which sulphuric acid
is pumped and allowed to percolate
through the ascending fumes, fitting
them for entrance into the condensing
chambers, where the acid is mde. The
acid is pumped to the top of the building
and trickles down through to tbe edifice
in which the acid chamber is situated.
This building is 230x40 feet, and is fifty
feet high. One hundred and seventy
thousand pounds of lead were usetUu the
construction ofthU new the
capacity of tue acid chamber is
about 15,000 pounds of brimstone a day,
producing 70,000 pounds of acid. The
towere are lined inside with chemical
brought from England. Any other brick
would go to pieces in the acid in a short
while.
WATER PIPES, ETC.
Steam, water and acid pipes run under
ground, connecting with all necessary
points.
WATER TOWER.
The water tower is eighty-five feet high,
with a tank of 10,000 gallons capacity.
The water is pumped from an artesian
well a distance of 900 feet in depth, but
rises within a few feet of the top. It is
carried up by pump 9 to the tank, and
flows by gravity to all portions of tbe
yard, giving a pressure of forty pounds.
The pump is so arranged as to send wa
ter direct into the mains running through
the yard. The water is cold, clear aad
with a trace of sulphor.
THE FIRE ENGINE HOUSE
is near tbe well, and so arranged as to be
automatically conuected with tbe boilers.
MACHINE SHOPS, FORGES,
and everything of that characte needed
for the works are in the capacious
grounds.
TBE ORIGINAL ACID CHAMBERS
are in a building 155x80. On the grounds
there are two stnoke stacks 100 feet in
height. One is used in carrying away
fumes truin the chamber aud smoke from
the chamber boiler. Four of the chamber
boilers are constantly used; the others
are for carrying away the smoke from the
main boiler’s, each of which is of 60-horse
power.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY HANDS
are given employment all the rear round,
and are paid high wage#.
THE CHAMBER BOILER HOUSE
is isolated from all other buildings. In
speaking of the acid chambers we failed
to mention that 6,000 pounds of nitric are
burned daily, which comes from Peru di
rect. In the
BOILER AND ENGINE ROOMS
there is a Hoole & Hunt engine of 100
horje power.
MICELLANEOUB.
The oil and lamp building is flre-proof
aud also is iaolated from all other
buildings
i
1 to 12, and the other buildings, twenty
in number, are let tend from A to I.
The capacity of the Works is 40,000
tons annually, with an allowence of fifteen
to thirty days in repairs.
The scales which are so arranged that
the cars can roll on them so as to be
weighed before and after loading, have a
capacity of filty tons, or one Lundred
thousand pounds.
The brands of fertilizers manufactured
at this successful company have a famous
repute for excellence. Among them may
be mentioned the Mastodon Guano, Grain
Fertilizer, Lowe’s Georgia Formula, Dis
solved Bone and Potash and their Acid
Phosphate, both with and without Pot
ash, have no equal. Special brands are
made to order, only genuine chemicals and
pure materials being used in every case.
Every precaution is taken against con
flagration. A powerful steam fire engine
is always read in case of emergency, while
water facilities are everywhere.
The officers of the Company are Alfred
Baker, President’ being also President of
the National Exchange Bank of Augusta;
J. Rice Smith, General Manager, A. Smith
Irvine, Secretary and Treasurer; Prof. C.
B. F. Lowe. Chemist and Superin
tendent.
Mr. Baker is widely known in financial
circles for prudence, sagacity and fidelity,
as well as wealth. Mr. Smith is a young
man of prodigious energy and enterprise.
He has wonderful executive ability, and
lefc nothing of advantage to the Works
escape his attention. Mr. Irvine has been
trained in the best schools of monetary
discipline, and is, like his associates, a
man ot education and refinement, as well
as being thorough in the affairs of life.
Prof. Lowe is a genius. He has the lit
erary and scientific intellects in wonderful
combination. He seems to posess all
knowledee, and bis worth is only equal
to his modesty. His is a composite and
noble character, at once sentimental and
practical. All the officers connected
with the psrtcntious establishment admire
and love him. belieye in and trus; him.
He has won the esteem of the whole com
munity, and no future success achieved
by him will be deemed above his merit.
The Georgia Chemical Works is an in
stitution that Augusta is proud of, in its
c& acity for good and the integrity of its
management. The gentlemen connected
with it are not anxious to maintain the
superiority of their brands, but constant
ly improve upon them. Tfiey make n
honest article, which literally speaks lor
itself and for them.
WHAT ATSlr.fi NATION?
Tho Average Length of Life De
creasing—Not Pestilence—
Not Famine—All oui
own Fault.
Modern Cooking and Mod
ern Living have brought it
on. It comes upon us una
wares. The patients have
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especi
ally in the morning. A sort
of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poorj
There is a feeling like a heavy
load on the stomach: sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is at
tended with a greenish colored
expectoration. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest. After a time he be
comes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebod
ings. There is a giddiness, a
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up sud
denly. The bowek become
costive; the skin is dry and
hot at times; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant; the whites
of the eyes become tinged with
yellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, depositing a sediment
after standing. There is fre
quently a spitting up of the
food, somet.mes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is fre
quently attended with palpi
tation of the heart and Asth
matic symptoms; the vision be
comes impaired, w'th spots be
fore the eyes; there is a feel
ing of great prostration and
weakness. All of these symp
toms are in turn present. A
is thought that nearly one-half
of our population has this dis
ease in some of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract of Roots (Sei
gel’s Syrup) changes the fer
ments of the Digestive organu so
as to convert the food we eat into
a form that will give nourish
ment to the feeble body, end
good health is the consequence.
The effect of this remedy is
simply marvelous. Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor of its
curative powers are over
whelming. liundreds of so
called diseases under various
names are the result of indi
gestion, and when this one
trouble ij removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms ot the real
malady.
Testimonials from thousands
of people speaking highly of
its curative properties prove
this beyond r don’t, fold by
druggists.
MgUt improved.
New York City, April 7, 1884.
Mr. A. K. Hnwkes: Diar Sir—Your
patent eye-glasses received some time
since, and am very much gratified at the
wonderful change that has come over my
eye-sight since I have discarded nay old
glasses, and am now wearii g yours.
Alexat der Agar,
Blank Book Id mufaotuier atd Sec’y
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also <d i atarrh, l.y
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4 Choler* Merba*. Vomitin* 25
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70 Whooplna Couch, Violent Coughs.. .50
21 Asthma. Oppressed Breathing
32 Ear Discharge*. Impaired Hearing .50
13 Scrofala. Enlarged Gunds, Swslhi.g .50
24 General Debility, Physics!Wsske-sa .50
35 Dropsy, and Scanty Secretoins 50
36 He* Hlefeness. Sickness from Riding .50
37 Kidney Disease .50
28 Nervous Debility, Seminal Weak
ness, or Involuntary Discharges 1 •<'”
3® Hot* Mouth, Canker-. •••• .50
li) Vriuary Weakness, Wetting Bed... ,50
31 Painful Period*, with Spasm ."SR
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34 Diphtheria, DlceraUd Sor* Throat .50
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When you want Insurance in First-class companies and at adequate rates call on
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justly popular Glenn Mary Coal, and will always keep on hand a full supply during
he coming fall and winter.
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a continuance of the same, with a still greater increase, I am
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