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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1882.
STATE HEWS.
EVENTS OF THE DAY THROUGH
OUT GEORGIA. -
The Extent andlGrowth of Oeorci>;Ouldn>lnins—An
Important Cue tn Ltnoolnton Coar x-Erent* In
Elberton—Dawaon’a Militia—A Weat Point
Conflagration—All Over the State.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Dahlonega, April 23.—Gold has been rained
in this state fifty years, and yet comparatively
few persons are aware of the extensive nature
of onr auriferions deposits. It is probably no
less surprising, that of the twenty millions of
money owned and controlled by Atlanta, not
even twenty-two thousand is invested in the
gold belt. The two or three millions used
now in working the gold fields has been
furnished by eastern and western cap
italist. But, however this may be,the day is
not distant when the resources of the state
S I I receive the attention and enlist the capi-
of her citizens.
A visit at this season of the year is more
than usually pleasant, and certainly no de
scription, however graphic, can adequately
convey the attractions of- the mining and
mountainous section.
The drive from Gainesville to Dahlonega is
usually made in five hours. The route lies
through a very undulating and. picturesque
country, and as you round a curve, a mile
away, Dahlonega is seen nestled in the bosom
of the hiils and in the very shadow of the
blue ridge.
The sight witnessed just before sunset is
grandly beautiful. The long, lengthening
shadows of the mountains falling in waves of
different shades, broken here and there by a
learn of sunlight, form a picture of rare
beauty and grandeur. But it is our intention
to speak of the‘mining interests rather than
of the scenery, believing the former to be -of
more interest to the general reader.
We first visited the Keystone mine, on the
Cites tatcc river. This is a deposit mine, the
gold being washed from the old river bed,
over which the stream flowed probably five
hundred years ago. In places this river gravel
(s found twenty to thirty feet beneath the
soil, while at another place the ancient bed of
the river is several hundred yards away, and
from one to two hundred feet higher than
the present level. This river gravel bears gold
wherever found, and we learn that the man
agers ot the Keystone property have saved as
much as $250 per week, with the labor of only
two or three men.
We next visited the Vacuum Dredge of the
Georgia river mining company. We found
the boat at work a mile below the Keystone
mine, and about four miles south of Dah
lonega.
Our party, numbering about ten, crossed
in a bateau to the middle of the river,
and were soon on board the
boat. We were cordially welcomed by
Captain Noble, the superintendent, who ex
plained the operation of the dredge. The
working principle is atmospheric pressure.
The principal parts of the machinery are a
vacuum chamber and an 18-inch draught
pipe, which extends from the chamber into
the bed of the stream. When a “lift” is made
the vacuum chamber and pipe are charged
with steam; this is easily condensed, the re
sult is a vacuum is created, and the
sand, gravel, etc., rushes up the pipe with
great force and in large quantity. It is aston
i dling to see how rapidly and with what ease
the bed-of the river is raised on deck of the
boat. The gravel is wasiicd down a sluice
which runs along the center of the boat, and
the gold saved in the ordinary way, by means
of quicksilver riffles, blankets, etc. The
dredge works day and night, and lifts, in 24
hours, from 200 to 300 tons, at a cost of only
$12 to $lf>. The work is effective, for pins,
shot, fine gold and even rocks
weighing one hundred pounds are
brought up. The yield of gold is very grati
fying, and we were informed that the boat is
making money. As much as $5 to $C in gold
has been saved in a single lift, and as the
river is known to be rich, the dredge is liable
any day to strike a "‘pot hole” or “streak”
that may yield $500 or$1,000..The prospective
value of the machine is great, and we may
confidentially look for greater developments
in river dredging.
MININ'*; NEW'S.
From tho Dahlonega Mountain Signal.
The refreshing spring showers have cnli
vened and pushed forward not only the veg
etation of the country, and made happy the
industrious farmer, but the miner is more
vigorous in his efforts to extract from
the ground the hidden treasure that
awaits him. In visiting the different mines
we find everything in good shape, and from
all accounts and appearances, the yield is as
much as usual At present there isn’t a suf
ficient amount of labor to do the mines jus
tice; this is owing to those who have gone
home to plant their crops. There is labor for
at least one hundred men more than we have.
This lack will last only for a few days. On
last Saturday at the Lockhart, work was com
menced in cutting the canal leading from
Ynhoola river to the new steam mill. When
this, and all connected with it, is complete,
all the machinery will run by water power.
The little water mill here, which was being
repaired last week, began to crush ore again
on the first ef this week. At the Singleton
they are sinking a shaft on the re
cently discovered voin. It is tlieir
intention to work it below water level, or as
deep as it continues anything like as rich as
at present. The Bast cut is being extended
northeast back towards the Findley mine.
The ore at this end is as good as in the south
west end. At the Ivey, the deposit below
tlie Martin cut is paying well. The clean up
last week was better than usual. Everything
here is moving along splendidly. The Bar-
low is one of those mines that work
every day with good results. Captain
Huff is going to begin at the lower
end of the cut and take up a new through on
the belt. Work is going on smoothly at the
Columbia. The mill will be ready for action
before the first of June. Satisfactory pros-
i*cting has been done on the different leads.
The last developments were on the upper or
principal belt, which proves to be about 30
feet in width, containing quite a number of
veins that prospect well. This belt is very
soft, and will be easily mined. The superin
tendent is satisfied that the ore will pay. We
have just seen a telephonic message from Mr.
II. B. Smith, dated April 24th, 1882, which
stales that a new and astonishing discovery
of geld has been made on the Taylor creek
property, about three miles nearly east of
Dawsonville, in the county of Dawson.
LINCOLN COURT.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Lincolnton, April 28.—The superior court
of Lincoln county is in session tins week-; the
Hon. E. H. Pottfe, presiding. The able so
licitor-general, Hon. George F. Tierce, Jr., of
Sparta, is also on hand, dispatching the crim
inal business of the court with his usual great
ability. The attendance of visiting lawyers
is quite large, some of whom are the Hon,
Wm. M. Reese, Hon. M. P. Reese, Hon.
Frank H. Colley, General D. M. DaBose, and
Hon. John A. Stephens, of Wilkes, Hon. W,
D. Tutt, and Thomas E. Watson, of Thomp
son, Hon. Seaborn Reese, from Sparta.
Lincoln being a small county, and the popu
lation being a very industrious and peaceable
one, there is comparatively a small amount of
business on the dockets of the court. There
was not one civil case on the dockets, and the
whole week has been consumed in the tnalof
criminals.
During the past winter there have been
throe or four burnings in the county. The
principal case has been the indictment of
•seven negroes and one white man, Mr. R. A.
Blanchard, for an attempt to commit arson
on the dwelling of Mr. Pleasant A. Cox. Mr.
Cox is one of the best and most substantial
citizens of the county, and lives in
3V£ miles of Lincolnton. His family
consisting of a wife and three dauchters, the
ouiigcst of which is 13 years <mi. On the
night of the 16th of January last, between 10
and 11 •’clock, he was awakened by the furi
ous barking of his dogs, and he got up, and
on looking out'of the window saw a fire near
his front gate and a man fanning it up. He
ran out but saw no one and' stamped the fire
out. He awoke his wife and they saw a tar
ball of fire thrown on top of the house, which
lodged on the comb of the roof, which ignit
ing, the house commenced burning rapidly.
He ran up stairs (it being a two-story house)
and hurst through the roof, and his wife and
daughters carried him water and he finally
succeeded in {tutting out the fire. Another
ball was thrown on the barn, bat did not set
it on fire.
After investigation by himself and neigh
bors, the guilty parties were supposed to be
seven negroes living in the neighborhood.
They were arrested and three of them made
confessions of their conspiracy to murder and
rob and burn Mr. Cox, and in their confes
sion implicated the other negroes and Mr. R.
\V. Blanchard, a citizen of this town. The
negroes who confessed were named Har
ry Kennedy, John Flemming and Henry
Wright. On Tuesday Asa Blackburn
another one of them was put on trial, which
resulted in his acquittal as there was not suf
ficient corroboration of the confession of the
negroes. The trial of Mr. Blanchaid com
mences to-day. There is great excitement in
the county over this outrage, and a large
Crowd of citizens in attendance all the week.
An old negro, Allen Eubanks, plead guilty
to the burning of Mr. Lockhart’s flour mill,
gin and saw mill, and lie was sentenced to the
penitentiary for 15 years.
Lincoln county is in a flourishing and pros
perous condition. The farmers have fine
crops of wheat and oats, and apparently make
plenty to eat for man and beast—they being
so far from market, they are in a much better
condition than other counties where the rail
road brings their provisions to their doors,
and where they raise all cotton.
SWEETWATER SCENES.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Salt Springs, May 1.—After watching sever-
ai years the cars have made their appearance
in "our county. They moved across Sweet
water creek last. Wednesday and moved into
Douulas county last Friday, on the Georgia
Pacific railroad, two and a half rniies west of
Sweetwater creek. New life seems to take
hold of our people at once. Sweetwater creek
is one of the best streams in any section of
this state for mills and factories. Coming
from your city to Douglasville by the Talla
poosa road, you will enter Douglas county
at Love's * bridge, and will pass
through the farm of Colonel D. K.
Love, which has been in cultivation many
years. Indeed no small part of it was culti
vated by the Indians. You rarely see a tree
or stump on the plantation, and the land is
still good and produces well. Back of the
residence of Colonel Love in a pine orchard
old Sweetwater, the chief of the Cherokee In
dians, is buried. Sweetwater creek takes its
name from him. Near the grave of this In
dian during the war a Texas ranger stood and
shot down a yankce by the side of General
Kilpatrick on the opposite side of the creek.
The headquarters of Kilpatrick, on the farm
of Colonel Love, were also the headquarters
of Sweetwater. The next farm you pass is
that of Judge J. C. Bowden, which is a splen
did place, containing several hundred acres.
On this place you will find the Salt springs.
You can take the water and boil it down to
salt. The mine has never been worked to
any extent. Denmead and Johnstone leased
it and worked a short time during the war,
but were driven off by th enemy before they
had worked to any extent. It is thought
there is a good salt mine here. The next
place is the farm of H. P. Howell. On this
place Mr. Howell and Colonel Love have a
cane mill and cotton gin and a sup
ply of water power enough to
run four times the machinery
they have. The next place, going south, is
the farm of J. A. Watson, one of your most
successful merchants. He has just purchased
this place, containing one thousand acres,
lying on both sides of Sweetwater creek, and
from the way he moves things around, it ap-
S ears he v ill make as good a farmer as he
oes a merchant. He has five hundred acres
sown in oats, which are looking, line. Going
on down Sweetwater you pass the splendid
farms of Cooper, White and Columbus Blair,
who has one of the best places in our county,
and is one of its most successful farmers. Af
ter leaving Blair’s, the next place is the famt
of Angus Fergerson. On this place the
shoals properly begin. Mr. Fergerson owns
a fine mill on this place and water power to
run a large factory. One mile below this mill
is the old site of the new Manchester factory.
This factory was owned principally by ex
Governor Charles J. McDonald and was in
successful operation up to and during the
war, until a few weeks before Atlanta was
taken and was burnt by order of General
Sherman, which was a great loss to this sec
tion of country. The old brick walls are still
standing. The property has been sold
and is now owned by A. C. McHantosh,
of Powder Springs, and S. N. Dorset!
of Douglasville, and is for sale. From this
place to Aderhold’s ferry there is 190
feet of fall and water plenty to run six or
seven factories as largo as the old New Man
chester factory. This is a field for persons
wishing to run cotton mills by water power.
This is a good county for capitalists. It is un
developed. About two thirds of our land is
original forest. With railroad facilities we
are bound to prosper. Laud is cheap and
plenty for sale.
ROME'S PROGRESS.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Rome, May 1.—Rome is rapidly progressing
towards the"position of a first-class manufac
turing town. Last week the ice factory of
Morgan and Griffin commenced operations,
and is now making five tons of ice per day. It
is sold at the rate of seventy-five cents per
hundred pounds. Next week the icc factory
of Mr. T. W. H. Harris will be opened. The
cotton factory company has been incorpo
rated, and work will be commenced in a very
short time. The cotton seed oil mill is rap
idly nearing completion, and will probably
be in full blast in July or August. And now
application has been made for a charter for
the “new Car-Coupler and Buffer manufac
turing company,” which will commence busi
ness in this city in a short time. The outlook
for Rome is certainly very bright and prom
ising. Floyd superior court has adjourned
after a five weeks’ session. Mr: Kennon
Williams, of Round Mountain, Alabama,
was married to Miss Lila Ingram, of this
city on the 27th instant. Mr. Mcore F. Govan
a promising youth, son of Mr. M. F. Govan
of this city, died of typhoid fever Friday and
was buried to-day. The Central hotel changed
hands to day. Stanley and Rawlins retiring,
and J. H Kipps, of Virginia, taking charge,
Oscar Wilde is booked forJune 3. The Romans
do not “take stock” in Oscar, but curiosity
raay draw a good audience. The annual
meeting of the Young Men’s library associa
tion, will take place on Thursday evening.
May 1L The past year has been a very pros
perous one for the association. Six thousand
books have been in circulation, five hundred
new volumes have been purchased, and the
rolls show nearly three hundred and fifty
members, with twenty-five hundred books on
the shelves.
ELBERTON EVENTS.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Elberton, April 29.—Allen Blackwell, who
was convicted of murder at the last term of
our superior court and sentenced to the peni
tentiary for life, is still in jail here at the
county’s expense. The county authorities are
complaining at the loose management of the
state officials, as they were informed of his
sentence immediately after his conviction.
Mr. E. B. Tate, of this place, has com tas
sels, the first ever known in this section in
April. Professor A. W. Matthews, of Banks
connty, is on a visit to relatives and friends
here."
PALMETTO POINTS.
Special Correspondence of The Consatution.
Palmetto, May 1.—Business here is quiet.
Wheat and oats are looking fine. There are
good stands of cotton up. Miss Nina Horna-
dy and Miss Neter Walker, of Atlanta, are
visiting here. Mr. A. Hutchinson, C. B.
Moseley and H. Zellens, left for New York
last Friday.
DORSEY’S DAIRY.
HOW AN ENTERPRISING ATHEN
IAN STARTED HIS FARM.
A Succession of Red Hills and Gullies Hade Into Pine
Bermuda Grass Pastures—Only Good Country
Cows Improved on tlie Barm—How They
are Selected-Feeding tho Herd.
From the Athens Banner-Watchman.
Recently, in company with several friends,
we paid a long-promised visit to Mr. Dock
Dorsey, and although we found our genial
friend on crutches, he managed to hop around
and show ns over his premises. A few years
ago tnis gentleman purchased a part of the
old Carr place, near the Georgia depot, for the
purpose of establishing a dairy farm—an insti
tution then unknown to Athens. The farm
selected was nothing but a succession.of red
hills and gnllies—the last locality we wonld
select for this purpose. The first thing Mr.
Dorsey did was to erect a neat cottage and
gather around him a few first-class country
cows. His land was all unclosed, and of
course he had to begin on a small scale, and
improve by degrees. His success from the
first was assured. He found custom
ers for all his milk. at remunera
tive Drices, and gradually built up a
splendid business. At the present time he
owns 150 acres of land—either cleared or well
set in Bermuda grass for pasturage—and has
the finest lot of cows we have seen in a long
time. His cattle are kept stabled in bad
weather, and every care given them. He pur
chases only good country cows—paying for
same from $20 to $50—and by liberal feeding
brings them up to their best. Hq don’t be
lieve much in imported stock, although he
has a full-blooded Ayershire bull, by which
he improves his breed. A few days" after a
calf is d.upped, Mr. Dorsey sells it toa butcher,
so as to secure all the milk for market, except
a few very choice ones that he raises. He has
now ten young calves thus turned out.
“How do you select your cows?” we in
quired.
“Entirely by their build. You must not
place too much dependence in the size of the
bag, as that is not alwdjs a sure index. If I
find a cow shaped like a wedge, sloping for
ward, you may rest assured that-she will
make a fine milker if not spoiled. I prefer
buying young heifers, so as I can train them
myself.”
“Do you milk yourself ?”
“()li, yes; I have several hands employed
for the purpose, but can milk three cows" to
any one’s two I ever saw. I always begin
milking my cows before the calf is born, as
this keeps down all inflammation in the bag.”
“Upon what do you feed this large herd?”
“Well, on all sorts of food. My bran bill
averages $150 a month, besides the hay and
other roughness. I boil all the slops, as food
goes much further when cooked and the cat
tle thrive better, too. Then I plant about
five acres in vegetables for them, besides
sowing a big patch of rutabaga turpips in the
fall. This is the best cow food I know. I
will plant this year nearly an acre in beets,
which are good, as also a large cabbage
patch. Carrots and my other smaller veg
etables come in weli. I try to have some
kind of green food or vegetables the year
round for my cattle, as it keeps them healthy
and makes the milk richer.”
Some negro men were milking while we
were inspecting the farm, so we had an op
portunity to see how it was handled. It is
strained three times, into large cans, so that
not a particle of dirt can get in. Besides his
sweet milk, this gentleman sells a great deal
of butter, and the specimens he showed us
were as yellow as gold.
A LAWRENCEVILLE MURDER.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Lawrenceville, May 2.—This morning An
drew M. Nash, who is charged with killing
William C. \arbrough, in this esuntv, in De
cember. 1870, came up and voluntarily sur
rendered himself to William J. ,Bom, who
turned him over to Sheriff Patterson and he
was immediately confined in jail. Hi
‘ ‘ JBfing of
is re
liably reported that he admits thf-,
Yarbrough, but claims that it was don*T in
self-defense. There was a reward of three
hundred dollars for him, which Mr. Born will
doubtless get. Nash has a wife and six chil
dren who have been with hint in his absence,
but he declines to state where they are.
From the Gwinnett Herald.
Something of a sensation was produced in town
on Tuesday morning by the announcement that
Andrew M. Nash, charged with the crime of mur
der, and who had teen a fugitive since December,
1876, had voluntarily returned and surrendered
himself to W. J. Bom. who immediately delivered
him to Sheriff Patterson.
On hearing the report we immediately weut to
the jail to ascertain the truth. We found several
citizens, in company with the sheriff and Nash
standing in front of the jail. Nash seemed perfectly
willing to talk, and we gathered from him the fol
lowing account of his wanderings:
On the night of the difficulty at the still house, he
and W. C. Yarbrough, who was under tile influ
ence of liquor, t;ot into a difficulty. Nash attempted
to leave, hut was followed by Yarbrough, who
threatened to kill him. and when he overtook him
the fight began. Both parties used their knives,
Nash was cut in the arm and Yarbrough in a num
ber of places, from which he died. As soon as
Nash found that he was dead he left the country
and went to East Tennessee. A hill of indictment
was found against him and J. W. Todd for the
murder a,t the next term of the court. Todd was
acquitted. Nash says Todd was innocent, as he had
no connection with the killing. The indictment
stands open against Nash, and a reward of two hun
dred dollars was offered by the governor for his
arrest.
Nash remained in Tennessee avoiding the officers
and keeping his identity concealed as best he conld
for these long years.
Harrowed with the idea of being hunted down
and continually on the dodge from the officers he
has frequently thought of returning to stand his
trial. Last week he made up his mind to start to
Georgia, and on Tuesday morning he left and
landed here on Monday night. Next morning he
delivered himself to W. J. Bom and expects to
meet the charge, let the consequences be what they
may. He claims to have done the act strictly in
self-defense and expects to be able to show it in the
trial. He is now in jail where he will probably re
main until court.
DAWSON’S MILITIA.
Special Correspondence of the Constitution.
Dawson, April 30.—A military company
has been organized by the students of the
college here, and by virtue of an order from
the governor an election for captain was held
last Friday, resulting in the selection of Pro
fessor B. C. Adams.
The Sabbalb-sehools of our city will enjoy
their annual May picnic on next Friday in
the grove north of the depot. A “general
meeting” of the Friendship association of the
Baptist church has been in session here since
last Thursday. The attendance of delegates
is not as large as was expected.
LIFE IN BARNESVILLE-
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Barxesville, Ga., May 1.—Mr. Thos. B.
Lyon, of the Lyon house, was married yester
day to Mrs. Anna Cooke, at the residence of
the bride’s father, near Zebulon.
A series of meetings have been started at
the Methodist church. The Cat-fish clnb
leave Thursday for Satilla river. Our mar
shals have donned a uniform. Several of onr
citizens have got the Texas sheep fever.
A CONYERS MARRIAGE.
Special Correspondence of The Constitation.
Conyers, May 3.—Mr. Joseph A. Mc
Clain, of Ringgold. Georgia, was married this
morning at 5M o’clock to Miss Bobbie Jones,of
this place, by Rev. J. L. Stewart, the bride’s
grandfather." The bride was one of onr most
accomplished young ladies. The city of
Ringgold may be proud to add to its society
such an estimable lady. The groom is a rising
young merchant of Ringgold. The happv
couple left on the accom modal ion at 6 o’clock
for Ringgold, their home. They carry the
congratulations of their acquaintances and
friends. Professor R. H. Randall, assisted by
his accomplished lady, is- giving lessons in
vocal music to a class of about sixty-five
nightly, at the Presbyterian church, at this
place.
JAIL DELIVERY.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Washington*. May 3.—We had a jail deliv
ery here last night. Two negroes were con
victed yesterday for cattle stealing—one was
sentenced to the penitentiary and t tlie other
to the county chain gang. When the jailer
went to give them breakfast this morning he
found the jail broken open and the convicts
gone. Appearances indicate that the
door was broken open with a
crowbar by outside parties.
A terrible accident happened to a little 12-
year old son of Mr. W. P. Combs this morn
ing just outside the town limits. The horse
he was riding fell upon him and injured him
to such an extent that he is not exi»ected to
live.
a storm's Ravages.
Special Correspondence of the Constitution.
Good Hope, April 29.—There was a very
destructive bail storm passsed through our
connty on the 22d instant. Entering the
county above Social Circle, passing rather
westat first, then gradually northwest, thence
east to one mile east of Good Hope, where it
gave out. The length of the storm was some
fifteen miles breadth or width, one mile wide.
It destroyed nearly half of the wheat’crop
and fruit crop in its main path. The cloud
that brought forth the hail resembled a regu
lar tornado, lacking tlie funal-slmped center.
The roaring resembled a continous bombard
ment of a great many pieces of distant ar
tillery. The hail fell for five mi utes as
large as a hen’s egg; some pieces were as large
as goose eggs.
Thestorm brokeout22 lights forMrs.Lucitida
Starks, four out of Dr. Long’s office window,
and live out of Mrs. Carlton's window. We
learn it also broke out thirteen double pane
glass out of the passenger coach on the Walton
railroad from Social Circle to Monroe, near
Pleasant valley, while on its return trip to
Monroe about 4 o’clock p. m. Mr. Thomas
Cleg and son has one hundred acres in wheat
that has scarcely a head left standing. With
the exceptions of this storm's track the small
grain crop never vas more promising. I hear
of no rust in wheat yet. Mr. John M.
Peters and W. J. Malcolm have some Jones’s
oats that have the rust so bad that they will
probably lose every head. Mrs. Lucinda
Starks lias recently been stricken with a se
vere stroke of paralysis and lies in a critical
condition at her home in this vicinity.
PICNIC ON THE SUWANEE.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Lawrenceville, May 1.—Last Saturday was
the day selected by the Metho’dist Sunday-
school to have a picnic. Suwanee river was
selected as the place to assemble, and other
schools were invited to unite in the festivities
of the occasion. In consequence of the in
clement weather a majority of the school
failed to attend. A small party determined
to go and, boarding the train managed by
the courteous Captain Herd and skilled en
gineer, Mr. Brown, were soon safely landed
one the banks of Suwanee—which, in Indiun
vernacular, is “lovely river.” The day was
bright and beautiful. The sweet blue sky
peeped through the fleecy clouds, and rays
of golden sunshine fell upon the verdant
fields and the silvery foamed crest of
the racing waves. At noon the well filled
baskets were well emptied and greatly en
joyed. The day passed pleasantly, and
coming years will send back rosy memories to
cluster around it. In the evening, when the
last lingering rays of crimson sunlight was
gilding the lonely summits of far distant
hills, we resigned the enchanting loveliness of
tlie forest, and reluctantly returned to our
homes.
FIRE IN WEST POINT.
Special Correspondence of Tho ConsUtutiou.
West Point, May 1.—The residence of Col
onel George Huguiey, about seven miles from
this city, was completely destroyed by fire
last night. The origin of the'lire is yet un
known, but it is supposed to have been acci
dental, as the fire was discovered in the sec
ond story. Insurance, $1.800.
Georgia Pensioners.
Ill a report of the secretary of the interior
on the p*ensioners of the United States it ap
pears that in the state of Georgia the following
amounts are paid annually on account of pen
sions by counties:
PULASKI POINTS.
HAWKINSVILLE AND THE COUN
TRY ROUNDABOUT.
An Increase of Over 300 Per Cent in Population from
1670 to IS80-rhe Situation, tne Trade and
Manufacture!—Some Striking Stati tics—
German Wine-Makers-Fointa.Ese.
Charlton $ 124:
Baldwin $
Bibb..
376
504
248
.... 1,008
Glynn
536
Newton.,
.... 1,476
760
.... 62S
McIntosh
124
Rockdale
1,008
880
.... 504
Brooks
124! Bartow
.... 1,792
Clay
536! Chattooga
.... 1,948
37G
.... HftO
612
Cobb
.... 3,176
376
.... 568
124
2,076
Lowndes
376
Gordon
2,340
Miller
8-6
.... 756
Mitchell
.... 1,008
504
S80
6S1
Polk
.... 504
660
1,93*2
764
3,080
288
.... 628
62S
12
3 6
.... 1.132
124
.... 1,008
.... 628
12i
.... 124
SS4
.... 504
252
248
Telfair.
424
Oglethorpe
376
28S
Campbell 1.13*
376
1,256
2,144
.... 628
252
Wilkes
252
.... 916
1,132
1.256
1,068
756
..... 4,108
Muscogee
1,320
Forsyth
1,068
1,380
756
1,384
2,264
Clayton
62S
Gwinnett
1,866
Cniw ford... ........
DeKalb
2,572
Hall
l,t>68
l’l32
’8S0
.... 1,640
756
... 252
628
504
Milton
1,132
2,352
1,516
596
Oconee
252
owns
832
Pike
1,252
1,792
Spalding
1,516
White
L228
It is thus shown that tlie total amount paid
in tlie state of Georgia on account of pensions
is $41,838 annually.
Modest Candidate.
Colquitt Correspondent Early County News.
The writer, Sam Morton, is a candidate for
the legislature. I do not want to be elected
so much for the good I can do the coantr y
but for the good the country can do me. My
opponents are all clever men. So am I.
think a great deal of them; hut not as much
as I do of myself. My opponents are all men
of means, for I heard "a man say that one of
them was the meanest man in the county.
Consequently they are able to get beat, and
then have something left to fall back on,
while I will have nothing but my good name.
Now. gentlemen, voters of Miller, elect me,
and let my only son proudly boast that his
old daddy"is the representative of the pions
old county of Miller. Yon will hear from
me again "on this subject. For the present,
in conclusion, will say to my friends in Mil
ler, vote for Morton and save your country.
a (ged Mule and Mare.
Turkey Creek letter in the nawklnivillc Dispatch.
There is in this settlement a mule thirty-
five years old. It is the property of J. A.
Forehand, and can still do tolerably good
work. Also Mr. T. J. Mason owns a mare in
her twenty-ninth year, and she is the dam of
eight colts. She can do good work, either in
the plow or wagon. The aggregate ages of
these two animals is sixty-four years. Who
can beat it, or where ean it be beaten ?
Special Correspondence of the Constitution.
Hawkinsville, Aj.ril 29.—Hawkinsville is
one of the most important trade centers in
lower Georgia. I ran down here this morn
ing from Macon in the most accidental man
ner imaginable, but am truly glad now that
I did so. I had never been here before, and
I know I never spent an happier or more pro
fitable day anywhere. I had often heard of
the place, and fully expected to find a dull,
thriftless sort of town with lazy, listless peo
ple filling the highways. But I am glad to
say my hasty .and care 1 ess£conc 1 usions were
based on fancy alone, for, instead of a dry,
heavy going town, 1 find one of the pleasant
est as well as lively little cities I have ever
seen. Indeed, I was truly taken aback at my
own ignorance of such a vast deal of pluck
and enterprise that I should have known be
fore.
THE TOWN’S PHENOMENAL GROWTH.
In 1870—according to the census returns—
Hawkinsville had only about 800 inhabitants.
To-day the population* numbers 2,500, show
ing the remarkable increase, in ten years, of
over 300 per cent. There are few towns ii» tiie
union that can make a bigger shoeing than
this. This increase has been steady, and is
still kept up at nearly or quite tlie same ratio.
It is easy to be seen, therefore, that the future
of Hawkinsville is by no means uninviting or
unpromising.
THE SITUATION.
It is tii e county seat of Pulaski county and
lies on tlie west side of.the Ocnnilgee river, at
the head of navigation and the shipping facil
ities of the place will always enable her to
hold her own. Thic is tlie distributing point
for a large section of territory on both sides
of the river, even around and beyond Perry,
Montezuma, Eastman, Cochran and near
Americus, Albany and Macon. And should
the Florida Southern railroad reach here,
Hawkinsville wholesale trade will soon grow
to large proportions.
TIIE TRADE OP HAWKINSVILLE.
There are two good banks here representing
a capital of several hundred thousand dollars.
Besides these, there are several nien of capi
tal, and seventy-six business houses doing a
trade of over a million a year. The capital
here will control the greater portion of the
cotton and wool along fifty miles around.
About 22,000 bales of the staple are
shipped from here every year
with these receipts constantly growing.
The wool market is also an important item in
the traffic of the town, about 100,000 pounds
being brought here annually. I am told that
with a proper increase of capital and railroad
facilities this can be made tiie great wool
market of Georgia, being conveniently situ
ated to the wool territory. Her reputation
already as a wool market lias been the means
of shipping wool here from even beyond and
through Macon. A large amount of freights
and travel from the north and west is received
here, the freights and travel amounting to
$170,000 annually.
THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
Hawkinsville bids fair to develop consider
able importance as a manufacturing town. A
company with a capital of $30,000 has recently
been organized for the purpose of building "a
cotton seed oil mill. The money is all paid
in and the mill will be in operation by Octo
ber next, The contracts are already awarded
for the buildings, and the ground will be
formally broken next week. A fine steam
grist mill and a steam saw mill and variety
works are now in operation, which show
another way in which Georgia is developing
herwonderful resources. It is thought that
Hawkinsville will eventually control a water
power that will run an irnlihiited amount of
machinery, situated as she is, on a large, bold
stream, which has considerable fall and well
adapted in tlie way of canal, or otherwise, to
large cotton factories. Tnere are three large fire
proof cotton warehouses here, five churches,
good schools and good water.
SOME GOOD STATISTICS.
Talking with a prominent citizen here to
day, I was enabled to get the following statis
tical information about Hawkinsville, which
will be of much interest to all Georgians who
take a pride in the development of tlie state:
Population 2,500
Value of real ami personal proper.y $1,000,000
Cotton receipts annually, bales 22,000
Wool receipts annually, pounds 100,000
Amount paid Macon and Brunswick rail
road for freights annually 150,000
Amount pa&enger travel 20,000
Court house, bra k, cost $25,000
Buggy and wagon manulacturingesmblish-
ments 2
Hotels, 2 brick, 2 wood 4
Engine house, briek l
Warehouses, 2 brick, 1 rock 3
Theatrical hall, brick • l
Odd Fellows’ hall, brick l
Banks, brick 2
Store houses, 86 brick, 40 wood 76
I.ivery and sale stables 4
Tan yard 1
Schools, 4 white, 2 colored 6
Churches, 8 white, 2 colored 5
Public Library 1
Newspapers, 2, circulation 1,000 and 1.800... 2
Fire department. 1 steamer 1
Secret Societies, 2 Odd Fellows (1 white and
1 colored), 1 Masonic, 1 Royal Arcanum
and 1 Legion of Honor •. 5
Mills. I steam grist aud 1 steam saw and
variety 2
Iron bridge over river; cost $15,000
This bridge, by the way, is one of the few
iron bridges for ordinary road travel in tlie
state, and is the only one between here and
Savannah. It is a beautiful structure, owned
by tho county, and is free. The county is
free from debt, and has money in the treas
ury and pays everything in cash. The town
is equally well off, and has no bonded and no
outstanding debts of anything but trifling
importance. The new court house is a very
handsome structure and a credit to the good
sense of its builders.
THE GERMAN WINE-MAKERS.
Hawkinsville can boast of the finest vine
yard in Georgia. It. is owned by Messrs.
Schneider & Starowski and is called “Pine
Level Vineyard.” I had tlie pleasure of a
visit to the plate this morning, and I unhesi
tatingly pronounce it one of the most inter
esting as well as valuable enterprises I have
•seen. These gentlemen make probably tlie
finest wines in the entire south, and I was
glad to hear them speak so hopefully of it.
“Do you intend making the business per
manent?” I asked Mr. Schneider, who carried
me out.
“O, yes,” he andswered, “it is paying U3
handsomely already, and we will keep adding
to our vineyard until its size is many times
larger than now.”
“Do you find any demand for your wines?”
“Demand? Well, sir, I am refusing orders
every day of tlie world. I could sell one
hundred times as much as I do now. We
make the finest wines probably in America.
This is no bragging remark as is evidenced
from the testimony of the members of the
State agricultural society which met here
some time ago. Mr. Woodruff, of Griffin,
Mr. lierckman, o fAugusta, Dr.Samuel Hape,
of Atlanta, all said they had never tasted
wine like this. We have resolved to make
nothing but the highest standard wines, and,
as we make it after the old German way, we
know we can win a reputation that will profit
us.”
“How will our American wines compare
with imported wines?”
“I consider them as fine as any I ever
tasted in the old country, when properly-
made. The great trouble with our wine
makers is their lack of knowledge in making
good wine. I tell you honestly that Georgia
is the best grape.producing state in the entire
union. We can make far better wine than
can be produced in California—at least better
than any I hare ever seen come from there.
I firmly believe that Georgia promises to lead
the world in grape culture.”
TH E WIN E CELL A RS.
I took a walk through the large wine cel
lars at the vineyard. Tiie cellars are con
structed exactly like they are in Germany
and France, and I thought I had been aud-
dcnlv transported to that part of tlie world
when I went down anil took a look around.
Tiie great, huge casks of oval shape presented
their solid fronts in phalanx fashion, suggest
ing by their ancient looks the old wine cel
lars I have read of on the continent that have
stood for centuries. “This,” said I, “is the
only real wine cellar I ever saw.”
“Well,” replied Mr. Schneider, “I do not
think there is another one like it in the
south. By the way. we have just employed
Mr. H. Vogel, of Atlanta, a German cooper,
who is here to make us a number of barrels
and casks. -He is now making a number of
five hundred gallon casks which will be
finished in a short while. Mr. Vogel says our
white oaks down here will make as tine casks
as lie ever saw in the old country.”
“What grapes do you plant?”
“Principally Delaware and Concord, though
we have other varieties. We find that, these
suit tills climate best. I failed to tell you
that all our wines net us nearly two dollars
per gallon. We can can sell every gallon we
produce to a Macon wholesale merchant at a
dollar and seventy-five cents pergallon, which
shows liow our wine is appreciated. Indeed,
they tell us that they can get nothing from
California like ours.”
IIAWKISSVILLE’S MODEL NEWSPAPERS.
Hawkinsville boasts of two model newspa
pers, both of which are thriving. The Dis
patch is ably edited and owned by Colonel
George 1‘. Woods. The News is run by Mr.
J. R Beverly, and was only started last year.
It has now about 1,000 subscribers. The Dis
patch has enriched is proprietor. Colonel
Woods took the Dispatch in 1870. and I am
told that to-day he is worth $30,000. made en
tirely from his paper as a basis. He has ful
ly 1,800 subscribers at two dollars each.
* “Do they all pay promptly, colonel?”
“Yes, remarkably so, 1 think. I have cal
culated on this point closely, and think that
I will not lose three per cent of my subscribers
a year, while they are steadily increasing ta
tlie rate of ten per cent. I have found, by
long experience, that the only permanent
thing about a weekly newspaper is the sub
scription. I commence*! with only one hun
dred subscribers, lint close attention soon
swelled the list, until now I think I have one
of the most prosperous weeklies in tlie state.
I used to charge three dollars for the Dispatch,
but had to cut it down to two.”
roiSTS.
Summing up ali tlie facts I have stated
about Hawkinsville I find her prosperity all
results from zealous, co-operative labor on the
part of her citizens. The town and its rapid
growth is a lesson to Georgians of tlie right
sort.
There are more truly beautiful women here
than I ever saw in a place this size. During
the fireman’s parade, I was positively
bedazzled by the array of beauty l saw every-
where oil the thickly-crowded streets. No
wonder young men are immigrating here in
such large numbers. I am tempted to pull
up stakes and settle down here myself.
There is a fine brass and reed hand here
under the leadership of Professor Jacoby, who
was all through the late war as a musician.
If I have not told the half of what I wanted
to say, attribute it to tlie lateness of the hour
at which these lines are penciled.
Pulaski county is one of the finest grain
producing districts in the state. I saw to-dav
a field of oats containing over one hundred
acres, which, by actual measurement, were
six feet one inch high. The oats were of the
Horn variety, and will yield forty or fifty
bushels to the acre. I really never saw any
thing quite so fine. Mr. James Laidler is the
owner.
Much bus been said of a very early variety
of wheat sown hereabouts. I saw to-day Mr.
John II. Whitsett, of Dooley county, who in
formed me that on Monday, 24th, lie had
harvested his crop of Rainy wheat. It was
planted December 23*1. This wheat is not any
better than ordinary wheat, I atu told, except
that it matures two or three weeks earlier.
C. T. I*.
Lacerated by a Dog. ——■w
Monday morning Master Harry Guzzard,
who resides with his father at 103 Windsor
street, was badly bitten by a bull dog. It
seems that the dog, a vio’ous brute, which
belonged to Mr. Guzzard, and which was
usually kept chained in the yard, managed to
slip his collar and was roaming about
tlie yard when Master Harry caught
him, and was in the act of tying him when
he grabbed the little fellow by tlie hand and
tore the flesh terribly. In defending himself,
master Henry angered the brute and a terri
ble fight ensued, in whicn lie was badly bit
ten by tho brute.
Savannah Truck.
From the Savannah, Ga., Times.
The present season lias been unusually fa
vorable in Savannah for most of the crops
generally grown by truckers, and witii good
prices, their profits have been larger for vege
tables already shipped than can be counted
upon as a general rule.
Savannah lias in the aggregate about fifty
truck farms under cultivation, valued at
about $5,000 to $3,000 a farm, making from
$250,000 to $-100,000 capital invested in this one
industry. Most of the farms comprise about
forty to fifty acres, on the average, really
more.
The shipments of vegetables from this port
last year by the Ocean steamship company,
local and otherwise, from the 1st of 1st of
September, 1880, to the 1st of September,
1881, by one steamer for one month, was as
follows:.
Steamship Gate City—22,703 crates, 24,552
barrels.
Steamship City of Macon—21,782 crates;
2,802 barrels.
Steamship City of Columbus—23,420 crates;
1,586 barrels.
Steamship City of Savannah, running only
from July to "August—737 crates; 52 bar
rels.
Steamship City of Augusta, running only
from November to September—14,843 crates';
3,373 barrels.
Supposing the season to last three months,
we have, oil an average, a shipment from this
port by one steamer of 00,009 crates alone,
not including packages and barrels, and for
the four steamers say, at a low average, a ship
ment of 200,000 crates for the season, which
averaged at a low figure of $2 per crate, we
have then as a source of revenue, from this
one industry alone, $400,000.
A Setting Turkey Gobbler.
From the Elberton Ga. New South.
There is a lady living in Summertown who
is the owner of five turkeys—four hens and a
gobbler. $ome time ago she set the four tur
key hens, and last week they came off with a
fine brood of young gos—no, young turkeys.
Animated by her success and good luck, s'ho
determined to set the remaining turkey—
which wasn’t a hen turkey—on 100 eggs. She
made a comfortable nest in the smoke-house,
pl.t 100 eggs therein and shut his turkeyship
up in the building, with a complacent and
self-satisfied air. He hasn’t come off yel, but
she is confident and is still waiting the ad
vent of the little turkeys.
He Stopped.
From the Oglethorge, Ga., Echo.
One night not very long since, at a colored
people’s church near Lexington, one of the
good brothers became so violent in his shout
ing that it created quite a panic among the
female portion of the congregation, who,
with cries of “hold him,” broke for the
door. The shouter continued his antics—
the brethren unable to hold him—until an
old sinner, a big rough African, who hap
pened to be passing timt way, and hearing
the disturbance came running in and
crying, emphasizing it with an oath, “I
can hold him.” He grasped the enthused
brother around the waist, threw him down
and choked him almost to death, refusing
to allow him to get up until he promised to
leave quietly.