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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, MARCH 1, 1882.
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Manufacturing; Id Atlanta.
A joint stock company lias been organized
in Atlanta with a capital of one hundred
thousand dollars, to build a cotton seed oil
mill near Atlanta. Th ree com pan ies had char
ters for this purpose in one county, and all
the parties interested came together recently
and organized one company after consulting
carefully over the matter. After the con
solidation of the companies, Mr. Robert
Thompson was made president of the com
pany. He is a man of both wealth and ex
perience; his management elsewhere has
proven very successful. He and his associate,
Mr. Sperry, arc the sole owners of the Dixie
mills, at Nashville, the Cairo oil works, and
the Augusta oil works. With such expe
rience as lie now possesses, and which must
be brought to bear here, the success of the
enterprise is assured.
The cotton seed oil roilj for the past few
years has been an experiment, and Mr.
Thompson and Mr. Sperry have been pioneers
in the business, and they have lnborcd hard
to bring it to perfection. They brought no
little amount of experience and labor to
moke the mills they are connected with a
success. The many new uses to which the
oil from cotton seed has bcenbroughtwithin
the past few years will make these mills the
most valuable property in the South. The
new company that has just been organized
in Atlanta will have the judgment and ex
perience of these gentlemen.
The new company starts undermost bril
liant prospects. They have purchased fifteen
acres of land in Edgewood, on the Georgia
railroad, near the chemical works, two miles
and u half from Atlunta. They will com
mence at once the erection of large and com
modious brick buildings. The machinery
contracted for, consisting of eight large
presses, linters, decorticating machines, etc.,
will be ready by the time the buildings are
ready. They hope to be ready to commence
running by next August, and will be ready
to buy cotton seed as soon ns they can be de
livered in the fall.
The following are the corporators: Mr.
James Swann, president of the Atlanta Na
tional bank and member of the firm of In
man, Swann & Co., of New York; Robert H.
Richards, a leading capitalist of ourcity nnd
a director in our two national banks and
president of the Pendleton Guano company;
Mr. Hngh T’ Inmnn, Mr. A. E. Thornton,
Mr. Paul Rotnare, Mr. G. W. Scott, Mr. W.
W. Austell, Mr. Robert Thompson nnd Mr.
Henry Sperry.
The following officers were elected:
President—Mr. Robert Thompson.
Vice President—Mr. Puul Romare.
Secretary and Treasurer—Mr. A. E. Thorn
ton.
Directors—G. W. Scott, H. T. Inman, R.
H. Richards, and W. W. Austell.
A Factory in Embryo.
Years ago, Col. Wm. F. Fannin, a man of
genius and enterprise, erected near the rail
road, in the southern part of LaG range, a
magnificent rock tannery, and ran it for
several years by steam power. It was an
extensive establishment—equalling many
at the North—nnd filled orders from far nnd
near. Skilled workmen were employed,
and the whole was directed by the sagacity
and driven by the energy of its public-
spirited owner. This was the largest factory
of any kind, ever established in LaGrungc.
Possibly, Kenner’s steam mills and furni
ture factory, may have absorbed as much
capital, but we are inclined to give the
palm to this. Unfortunately, the fire fiend
destroyed this splendid building with the
improved machinery within it, and it has
never been restored. Dut the adamantine
walls resisted and baffled the devouring ele
ment and stand to-day intact. The rock-
work is all there—in order to have a com
plete structure, it is only necessary to put
on a roof and put in the flooring. The
building is an immense paralellogram—in
length, probably 100 feet; and in width, per
haps 35 feet. The walls are strong enough
to bear any amount of pressure, and at an
inconsiderable cost com pared wi th the profits
that would accrue, the rocky skeleton could
be made a living edifice, a teeming hive of
industry.—[LaGrange (Ga.) Reporter.
The Wehadkee Manufacturing Company
at Rock Mills, Ala., have completed their
factory, one of the most substantial build
ings in the State. Phoenix-like, they have
emerged from the flames with renewed life.
Their machinery is all first-class, and their
waterfall 30 feet, the greatest in this section.
The management proposes to devote the
present building exclusively to carding and
spinning. The capacity is 3,000 pounds of
cotton per day. These mills are bound to
succeed and to be among the leading indus
tries of this section. Mr. F. R. Randle, pres
ident of the company, gives the business his
personal attention—a guarantee of itself of
success They have water power sufficient to
run 10,000 spindles and 300 looms. Success
to them.—[West Point Enterprise.
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS*.
Culpeper, Vo., has a clmir factory.
Rome, Ga., is projecting on oil mill.
A woolen mill has been started at Gordons-
ville, Va.
The capital stock of the Union Stock Ynrds
and Transit Co., of Chicago, has been in
creased from $3,400,000 to $13,000,000.
Lynchburg, Va., has a paper bag factory.
Danville nnd Norfolk, Va., arc bu ilding
cotton mills.
Staunton, Vu., 1ms started a wheat fan fac
tory.
A sassafras oil distillery is one of the indus
tries of Staunton, Va.
Richmond, Va., is preparing for the sum
mer by stnrting u straw hat factory.
The woolen mills at Scottswlle, Va., ure
to be revived.
Mr. B. Laplccc, a well-known sugar plan
ter, who owns three plantations, side by side
in St. John Parish, has commenced the erec
tion of one of the largest establishments in
the State, to be employed as a central sugar
fuctory. He will locate his factory on the
middle plantation, retaining his former pow
erful mill, to which he contemplates adding
a supplemental two roller mill, in order to
get ns much as possible from the cane.— [Su
gar Bowl.
An Arctic Navigator.
There has been, for u century, a deter
mination to find out the way the earth looks
at its extreme northern point. No such de
sire to explore the southern point exists; 4
and cost wlmt it will, the secret the north
holds in its grasp wilt be penetrated. The
Jeannette sturted out bravely but was crush
ed in the ice north of Asia. And now all the
world seems determined to join in seeking
the North Pole. Russia, England, America,
Germany and Sweden will probably unite
next year to send out a great expedition. All
attempts to penetrate this region of ice and
snow recall, the efforts of Sir John Franklin.
John Franklin was the youngest of four
sons. At the age of fourteen he entered
the navy, and began a career of adventures
nnd explorations of various sorts. He went
to explore Australia and was shipwrecked in
Torres Strait. He was in the battle of Co
penhagen and Trafalgar; He fought agninst
the Americans ut New Orleans.
In 1818 he commanded one of two ships
that sought to make 'the northern passage’ ns
it was callcd-that is sail from the Atlan
tic to tho Pacific Ocean nnd go north of
America. The ships reached Spitzbergcn,
but that was nit. In 1810 he set out again ;
crossed Hudson’s Bay, reached York Factory;
built a boat; ascended Hayes river; went
overland 1500 miles to lake Athabasca; then
north on Slave river about 500 miles. They
were now on the Coppermine river nnd here
they wintered. In the spring they descend
ed tho river about 300 miles nnd reached tho
Arctic Ocean, nnd voyaged westward to
ward Behring Straits, 300 hundred miles.
Their return journey was filled with terrible
experiences.
In 1825 he started out again to go over the
same route—this time seeking Mackenzie
River. They built a fort on Great Bear Lake
and made ready boats and sledges. The
mouth of the Mackenzie was reached and
they voyngod along the Arctic Ocean toward
Behring Straits as before. It was deemed
best to return to England, and here ho was
received with honor. The king made him a
knight.
It was plain that there was an Arctic Ocean
from Behring Straits to the Coppermine
River, but the rest of the way to Baffin’s
Bay, what of that? This mystery he desired
to explore. After several years spent in
varied honorable sotvices he secured two
ships, the Erbus and Terror, and in 1845
sought tho “northwest passage.’’ He was
seen by a whale-ship, July 20th of that year
in Baffin's Bay, and then a silence settled
down over his fate that waa not broken for
many years.
After a lapse of three years public anxiety
caused asearch to be made, and it was found
that the two vessels had wintered in Barrow
Strait, but there all trace was lost. Active
efforts were kept up year after year, but not
until 1854 was a trace of the missing naviga
tor found. Capt. Roe made an over-land
journey and obtained several articles from a
party of Esquimaux at Pelly Bay.
In 1859 Capt. McClintock obtained the first
definite information. A record was found
that told the talc ofithe desertion of thcsliips,
the death of Franklin (June 11th, 1847) nnd
the attempt to reach Fish river, and so on to
York Factory on Hudson’s Bay. The dis
covery of skeletons and relics showed that
only a few succeeded; most of the party died
on the way. Those that were strong enough
to reach the mouth of the wished for river
perished there. So that this brave man lies
buried in some unknown spot in the frozen
north he attempted to explore.—[Scholar’s
Companion.
How About It?
It has been generally supposed that the
habitation of the North American continent
did not date further back than the twelfth
century, but discoveries in nrchoelogy seem
to show that it is not improbable that a civi
lization existed on its soils before the pyra
mids were built or the States of Greece were
founded:
America is generally called the New World
in its relation to Europe; but the facts are
that both geologically and with reference to
its occupancy by man, it is the older of thp.
two continents. Its vast chains of moun
tains were worn and furrowed with age be
fore the Alps nnd the Apennines had
emerged from the primeval ocean. Its ruins
tell of a civilization tiiut yields the palm of
antiquity only to that of Egypt and Asia.
It is now a well-established fact that there
was, in remote uges, on this continenturace
of men who lmd attained a civilization im
mensely superior to anything found among
those Indians who occupied North Americu
at the time of its discovery. The Imposing
memorials of their presence and power nre
to seen in huge mounds, embnnkments,
fortifications, nnd canals, scattered in vast
numbers nil over the land, from the Rocky
Mountains to tho Alleghnnies, and from the
Great Lnkcs to the Gulf of Mexico.
An Arab Beauty.
Amcna, the daughter of the chief of the
Algerian revolt, is the great beauty of the
Arab tribes. Shenppears to be distinguished
above all her rivals, not only for her loveli
ness, but for her accomplishments likewise,
being n poetess of no mean order, and for
her courage in the field, where she takes her
place by her father’s side and gallops fear
lessly on her Arab courser, os fleet and pow
erful as his own. The picture is worthy of
Horace Vcrnet, the Frenchmen say who have
pursued the flying host under Bou Amelia’s
commnnd—the chief witli his white bour-
nous flying behind him, and the red and
purple tassels of Ills horse gear dancing in
the wind ; while the dark blue and white
striped veil of the girl, with its gold border,
flashes in the sun as it floats out beyond the
long streaming tail of her flying steed.
A Cheerl'ul Home.
A single bitter word may disquiet an en
tire family for a whole day; one glance cast
a gloom over the household; while a smile,
like a gleam of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest hours. Like unexpec
ted flowers, which spring up along our path,
full of freshness, fragrance and beauty, so do
kind words and gentle acts and sweot dispo
sitions make glad the home where peace and
blessing dwell. No matter how humble the
abode, if it be thus garnished with grace and
sweetened with kindness and smiles, the
heart will turn lovingly toward it from all
tumults of the world: if it bo ever so homely,
will it be the dearest spot beneath the cir
cuit of the sun.
And the influences of home ]>crpetuate
themselves. The gentle grace of the mother
lives in the daughters long after her head is
pillowed in the dust of death; and fatherly
kindness finds its echo in the nobility and
courtesy of sons who come to wear his man
tle and fill his place; while, on the other
hand, from an unhappy, niis-governed, and
disordered home, go forth persons who shall
make other persons miserable, and perpetu
ate the sournessandsadness, the contentions
and strifes and railings, which have made
their own early lives so wretched and dis
torted.
Toward the cheerful home and children
gather “as clouds and as doves to their win
dows;’’ while, from the home which is the
abode of discontent and strife and trouble,
they fly forth as vultures to rend their prey.
The class of men that disturb and disorder
and distress the world are not those born
and nurtured .amid the hallowed influence
of Christian homes; but rather those whose
early life lias been a scene of trouble and
vexation; who have started wrong in the
pilgrimage, nnd whose course is one of dis
aster to themselves and trouble to those
around them.—[Friends’ Intelligencer.
Medical Notes-
Fob Fbost Bites.—The surest and best
medicine is tincture of iodine, put on gent
ly with a feather or brush at night. Three
or four applications will cure.
Cure fob Cobns.—Wet common cooking
soda with water, so that it will spread easily
on a. bit of cloth, nnd bind it on the corn.
Keep it on till the corn is loose and comes
out. It is simple and sure.
Liniment fob Sprains.—Take one ounce
each of chloroform, ammonia, sweet oil ami
camphor gum. Mix with a hulf pint of pure
alcohol. Shake before using. It is a splen
did liniment for family use.
Toothache Drops.—Chloroform, one
ounce; spirits of camphor, one ounce ; oil of
cloves, one-luilf dram ; mix, and keep in a
tightly corked bottle, nnd apply by drop
ping on a bit of cotton batting and lay on
the teeth, nnd rub a little on the face if that
is painful. It will give instant relief.
Inflammatory Rheumatism.—One ounce of
tincture of colchicum, one ounce of tincture
of guaiac, one-half ounce of tincture of mez-
crcon, and one ounce and n half of syrup of
sursuparilla. Mix tl;c ingredients well and
take one teaspoonful morning, noon, and
night. It is a safe and sure remedy.
A Nice Salve.—Take one ounce of fir
balsam, one ounce of mutton tallow, one
ounce of beeswax, and two tublc-spoonfuls
of spsrits of turpentine; simmerwell togeth
er and stir constantly. When well mixed,
strain into a tight tin box through n piece
of thin muslin. It is a very soothing and
healing salve, for cither human or animal
wounds, and is always ready for use.
To the Young Men or the Month.
The editor of the Southern World, de
siring to stimulate the young men of the
South to a deeper interest in, and a more
practical knowledge of agricultural pursuits,
offers the following premiums, open to any
young man under sixteen years of age, in
any of the Southern States: For the best
half acre in corn, outs, potatoes, peus, cane
broom corn, rice, or cotton, cultivated by
the contestant, a chest of tools, worth $20.00;
for the second best a chest at tools valued at
$10.00; for the third best a chest of tools val
ued at $5.00. If contestants so elect, the pre
miums will be paid in gold, in lieu of the
tools.
Those desirous of contesting for the pre
miums must send in their names to the ed
itor of tho Southern World on or before
March 20tli for registration.
Contestants will bo required to givo a con
else statement of tho character of the soil
and seed, mode of culture, amount und kind
of fertilizers (if nny) used, cost of cultivat
ing nnd yield, and send per express, chnrges
paid, one peck of corn, oats, potatoes or
peas; five stalks of cane nnd sample of cot
ton, not less than five pounds, all properly
labelled with producer's name, coun
ty and State, for exhibition at the office of
the Southern World.
Contestants will be required to have their
land accurately measured and the yield
properly certified to by neighbors before
the clerk of any county court, ami
sent to the editor of this paper for filing.
Tho reports from the several contestants
will be submitted to Hon. Tlios. Hardeman,
President of the State Agricultural Society
of Georgia; Hon J. T. Henderson, Commis
sioner of Agriculture ofGeorgia; Hon. A.
H. Colquitt, Governor of Georgia; Hon. D.
N. Speer, State Treasurer of Georgia; Hon.
L. F. Livingston, Cli’n Ex, Com. Ga. State
Grange; and Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, M. C.,
from South Carolina, who will make the
awards.
Reports must be sent in by November 15.
The co-operation of county and State Agri
cultural organizations are earnestly invoked
to accomplish the benefiuial result
sought to be brought about by the offer of
these premiums.
Will our brethren of the Press give currency
to our proposition by publishing it in their
columns?