The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-09-17

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pass on. Sorry, madam, but some folks
prefer to kill their flies with pitchfork,
and the man with the pitchforks will cal!
here in fifteen minutes"
GEORGIA's RICH MEN.
A Co,Tespondent,s Hunt for a millionaire
The Fortuass Of Some Of the WealtAtest |
Mem.
A correspondent of the Atlanta (Ga.) Con- |
stitution has been hunting for millionaire
IN Georgia, and writes of the result of his
search as follows: @
A broker told me that in 1868 the income
Of Judge John p. King, of Augusta, was
$4,000 per annum. With an income of
10000 ten years ago, he must have aecumu-
lated at least 100000 by this lime, which,
added 10 his capital, would put him way over
81 ,OOO, 600. s5.g9~z
There are in the commercial registers only
two men in Georgia quoted at more than
x6OOOOO. These are quoted at from
100000 to $1,OOO,OOO. They are Mr..
John White, of Athens, and Mr.. Green, of
Savannah. There is ono firm, Weed &
Cornwall, qnoted at these figures. There is
not single man or firm quoted 1T 81, OOO,-
600 or upward. 80 "
am inclined to think that Mr.. White is
probably the wealthiest man in the State.
DE has had the proprietorship of several
prosperous enterprises for number of
years, and is prudent liver and wise in
weston. His profits on it can never have
been less than $S, 600 to 10000 per annum,
and must have often gone up to $4,000.
During the war, of course, the profits were
enormous. live have q millionaire, pre-
sumo he is the man. He is now an old man,
and in wretched health, but his restless lit
tie figure is seen daily in Athens, hopping in
and out of his buggy, and attending to bust
ness with rs earnest IN air as if his rent was
due and he didn't have the money to pay it.
He is man of strong head, good heart, and
estimable in all of his relations. -"
As to Mr.. Green, of Savannah, have no
data except the statement of q gentleman
who ought to know This man told me
that, six years ago he saw schedule of Mr..
Green's property, which footed up between
$3.50, 600 and 100000. It must be
noted, however, that in the CONNER
cial registers We find no men,
ton of such men as Gov. Brown, Mr.. Fer
dlnand Phinizy, Gen. Toombs, and Judge
King, who are not in active business. First,
as to Gov. Brown. He is the unfixed bird
of the aviary-the phinxes. Nobody knows
anythirg about him. There is room enough
IN his long old head for his own business,
and he keeps it there. A hurried glance
around will show about 100000 worth Of
real estate accredited to him. Then there
are his shares in the State road lease: his in
terest in the Dade coal mines, where it is
said 900 900 in capital has been laid down.
l asked the Governor the other day plump!y
if he was worth million. =
mo, sir" he said smiling; ga million is a
great deal"
"Do you think there is a man in Georgia
worth q million?"
II doubt it. know am not. To amass
million dollars in the South requires the
constant and cautious accommodations of a
long life time. A single accident or delay
or misfortune will spoil the calculations.
We people of the South have had good
many Interruptions within the present gen
GRAFTON. doubt if there ls man IN Geor-
gia that has accumulated Million"
As for Gen. Toombs, have his own word
for it that be is worth frem $500, 600 to
$500. 900. I suppose this is correct. And
yet Gen. Toombs has immense bodies of
Texas lands that may prove themselves
worth this much. The general, while close
and sagaciOus man of business, has ALWAYS
been lavish liver, and has been careless in
the direction of his fees.
Mr.. Phinzy is generally considered the
wealthiest man in Georgia. His property is
III bonds and stocks mostly, and it Is impos-
slble to form any estimate of what it is. He
may be worth $500, 900, or he may be worth
double that. An Atlanta baoker told me the
other day that he knew in 1873 where Mr..
ho1 &27E oe
one place. I think it may be set down that
he has over 100000. The only freak that
1 ever knew MIR. Phinzy to indulge in was
to almost build a church by himself because
they would insist on having an organ and a
choir in the church that he had been attend
ing.
One of the richest men in Georgia is Col
'Meriwether" Hill, of Washington, Wilkes
gentleman who has formerly been associat
ed with him in business, counted up on his
fingers for me- the other day about $500, 600
woath of stocks and bonds that he held
Besides this he has five miles square O.; as
good land as there is in Wilkes, which must
be worth an immense amount.
But after running through the list of pro-
bable candidates, there is not ono upon
whom We can put our fingers, and say:
This is millionaire"
There are two or three that We can suspect
of such thing. But then there were many
who thought that sturdy old Tom Alexander
was worth million. His estate barely
made up $500, 900.
I am disposed to doubt whether we shall
have millionaire in Georgia for years. We
do not make money rapidly, as in the large
centres of speculation and capital. It is q
notable fact that out of the whole list of
rich men have discovered there is not
single merchant. Cotton, in speculation or
monufacture, and railroads hsve made these
magnates. ...-.... 49,.
Georgia is q State of decorous ways aud
marginal opportunity. An income of &c. |
600 is first class for lawyer, and 5000 is |
not to be sneezed at. In fact, there are |
many lawyers who would eagerly sneeze at |
$4,000; the biggest fee ever made in Georgia |
that I can hear of were made by Ben Hill. |
He got 96O, 600 in cash in the Metcalf case,
and was entitled to more than double that !
much. He got cash fee of $65,OOO in
1863, when 1t was worth in gold about $780, |
600. He made $4,000 in the Kimball |
House litigation. But these were phenom-
email fees. Wright q Alexander in Rome got |
. cash fee of $4,000 in one inelssure, and |
suppose sevar.l fees of this size have |