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THE SOUTHERN WORLD. JUNE !, 1884.
THE H. I. KIMBALL HOUSE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
“THE KIMBALL AS SHE IS BEING BUILT.”
E. P. HOWELL, President, H. I. KIMBALL, General Manager.
HOUSE, GROUND AND FURNITURE TO COST $700,000.
KIHBAI|I<1, & WHIiEI.KK, ARCHITECT!*.
The call made for $25,000 in bonds as
a final and closing subscription on the
Kimball House was published in the
Constitution of Tuesday. The subscrip
tions made carries the total to $25,950,
or $950 more than was called for.
As soon as the list was closed (Messrs.
Hutchison & Bro. making the subscrip
tion that rounded out the $25,000,) the
contract was closed in form with the
gentlemen who put up the money to
finish the hotel. They have the money
ceady. Mr. Charles Beerman is their
Representative. The force of hands will
oe increased by fifty, beginning with
-londay morning, and additional squads
put on as fast as room can be
tnade for them. The brick laying on the
hotel is now about half done. The
°use will be finished, furnished and
opened to the public before January 1st.
r. Kimball still insists that on the 12th
0 ^ u gnst next he will give the prom-
j®ed dinner in the dining room of the
otel, though it may be something in
e shape of a picnic. The roof will
en be on and the dinner can be eaten
t ie Bhade, if not within frescoed
walls.
th"® print above a picture of the hotel
TV. 18 approved by Mr. Wheeler, the
c itect. It ig taken from the working
ans ln hi 8 office, and is a fac simile of
fini \ *b e Kimball will be when it is
abo* C08t °* hotel will be
Th* U appropriated as follows:
$425 r Und ’ ♦ 200 »°00; the building,
Scowili * furniture > $94,000. Messrs,
hotel f ^ * ® eermaa have leased the
Per r ° r teD y ear8 » paying as rental six
iusu/ 111 ° D C08t » hosides the taxes,
i r * n ? e repairs. Our picture is
is bJ L Ction °* th® Kimball “as she
°®h>g built.**
E ** 5 absorbbad od
ion.
Mrs. Clara G. Steele contributed a
very interesting article in our last issue
under the title of “A Truly Happy Mar
riage.” It was a very happy article;
but it seems in this life there must some
thing creep in to mar our happiness.
Perhaps, after all, it gives greater zest
to the happiness we do enjoy, as the
sunlight makes us appreciate the Bhade.
One sentence was marred by the type
fiend, and in justice to Mrs. Steele, who
is a true, forcible and elegant writer we
note the error. Helen was described as
“ beaming with the rosy beauty born of
health and happiness, objects of envy
to Grace (so she declared,) smoothing
the lovely head still laying in her lap
and looking at the earnest face before
her.” Two sentences collided here. The
last sentence commenced at “ smooth
ing ” and continued until it closed with
the remark of Mrs.^t.^Clair.
We are in receipt of a communication
from a man signing himself S. C. Frazier,
that singularly we can’t tell from what
post office it was mailed, either by his
own date line, or the stamp of the post
office. Mr. Frazier informs us that he
has for years been manufacturing his
own fertilizers at a cost of about $10
per ton. He estimates that he h as saved
at least $300 per annum by this course.
We should be pleased to have him, and
not only him, but all others who have
tried experiments of this kind, to give
the result of their experience to our
readers. We want to be eminently
practical,and therefore earnestly request
our friends to give ua the facts.
Joe Davis, of Davidson county, N. C.,
id sold $250 worth of tobacco
from one acre.
How shill w. nub the l>o,a?-Xn.
The session of the Host Tennessee
Farmers’ Convention at Knoxville, May
20th and 21st, was a large and imposing
meeting. The attendance and interest
was greater than ever known. The ad
dresses and discussions evidenced that
the farmers of East Tennessee were men
of thought and research, cultivating
their minds as well as their lands. The
people of Knoxville, true to their well
known hospitality, entertained the con
vention in a royal, lavish style. The
Southern World was ably represented
by Vice-President J. K. P. Wallace,
whose succinct and splendid report
reached us too late for this issue. The
editor regrets that owing to the indispo
sition of one-half of his family he was
prevented from being present at this
convention.
The outlook for truck farmers is much
better this season. Mr. Charles E.
Harmon, of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, informs the Constitution that
the melon growers have selected Mr. J.
S. Davis, of Albany, as tneir distributing
agent. He will have his headqnarters
in Atlanta and receive daily reports
from 249 towns, the number of melons
received and the state of the market.
He will thus be enabled to distribute
the crop as needed. The first shipments
will be sent to Southern towns, and
kept out of Northwestern cities until
the weather is such as to demand them.
The melon population of the Northwest
is within a fraction of 5,000,000 people.
About 3,000 cars were sent West and the
same number East last season. The
railroads are providing every facility for
transporting rapidly, and truck far*
men are in good spirits.
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Affected simplicity is refined impos
ture.
It would appear that our Col. H. II.
Jones made a ten strike at Fort Gaines.
Kit Warren says in the 6'um.Vr Republi
can: “Col. Butler was accompanied by
Col. II. H. Jones, of the Southern
World, one of the purest men and most
gifted writers in the State of Georgia.
Col. Jones made two speeches during
my stay in Fort Gaines. At the comple
tion of the baby lecture, he was called
out and replied in a most felicitous ef
fort. lie denounced and praised the
lecture; complimented and abused the
lecturer, and hoped that the next Moses,
who floated among the bullrushes,might
come in a basket msrked “ Kit Warren,”
and be landed on my door steps. His
next address was to the attendants of the
Sabbath school picnic, Friday morning.
I was not present, but I hear that every
body was fascinated and delighted with
the speech. Col. Jones, by his suavitor
engages the confidence and respect of
every community with which he min
gles, while with his distinguished talents
be never fails to command admiration.”
Kit Warren says that “ Georgia edi
tors seldom get sick at the stomach with
out throwing up pistols and bowie knives,
and when one of them grows angry
everybody hides out except those brave
and dauntless men who pay for their
papers and are thus buoyed above fear
by the charm of an approving con
science.”
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Mr. C. W. Chears is the Assistant
General Passenger Agent of the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad. His head
quarters are in Atlanta. The road is
fortunate in having such a polished and
popular official.
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Trifles make perfection, but perfection
itself is no trifle.