Complex sentence: In 1882 he moved from Augusta to New York City to enter the publishing industry, having used his savings to purchase rights to several stories and arranged to form a partnership with a friend in New York and an Augusta stock broker.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1882 he moved from Augusta to New York City and entered the publishing industry, having used his savings to purchase rights to several stories. He formed a partnership with a friend in New York and an Augusta stock broker.