Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-24

place among the ridges where he had appa-
rentIv spent a day or two. Bakers bread and
adjourned 10 await the collection of further
evidence; to meet in two weeks, if not called
together sooner.
a ClarksVille CORRESPONDENT writes to the
Greensboro Home Journal of the factories of
that places One of these is the SOque wOolen
mills, situated on the SOque river. This fac
tory has been in operation about twelve
months, ana is already doing thriving Dusl-
ness. There Is a capital of $4,000 invested;
is looms are in constant operation, and en-
plOyment rs given 10 number Of hands. They
turn out fine class Of goods for which they
find ready sale. MessTs. NJ. A. Burnstead and
J. N Dugger, two practical and experienced
men, are >uperintendents, and under their gu
dICiOus management the mill is paying hand
some dividend. Down the same river is the
second factory. the Porter manufacturing
company. Around it is a factory town that
sprung up almost in a night. It was but a lit
tie more Uhan year ago that the site was Sc
lected, and work on the factory begun. It now
represents an expenditure of 100000, and even
this amount Will have to be increased. This
factory Is prepared to manufacture both cot
ton and wOOlen goods, though as vet only
W0olen fabrics have been turned out. They
have about rs hands employed and so looms
IN operation. The capacity OF the factory is
shortly to be increased. This will make il
one Of the largest factories in that portion Of
the state. Mr.. Robinson is the efficient Su
perintendent, and his excellent management
of it is one cause Of its success.
The farmers of Washington county met at
I sun Hill. i'm Washington county, Friday for
an annual meeting of the Grange and
/ general handshaking and big dinner frolic.
One Of the interesting features OF the day
was the report Of committee appointed by
the Grange to make an inspection OF the
I lands in Washington county. The report Is
/ as fOllOws: THE following Is consolidated
/ report Of the various committees appointed
Z by our Worthy Master To inspect the crops of
7 the members of our Grange: We lind S,6S7
7 acres planted in cotton, OF which 30l acres
Will make bale to IL acres. !, $50
acres viii make a bale to . acres, $50 acres
will make a bale to 21z acres, 742 acres will
make a bale 10 3 acres, 800 acres viii make q
bale 20 80 acres, lS4 acres viii make bale TO
( acres. an average Of % acres to the bale.
We find 2.4ss acres planted in corn, at an
average Of about lOl Z bushels per acre. The
various committees did not report the mum ber
I OF acres planted in wheat and oats. Some re-
ported the number Of bushels, which showed
/ an average Of 81 for wheat and Is bushels for
oats. some OF the committees report oats
poor, caused from poor stand. Two thirds Of
the reports show field peas to be good and one
/ third fine. Ihree-fOurths of the reports show
sweet potatoes to be good and one
fourth poor. Groundpeas generally good.
stock reported good and a fine prospect
for meat another year. We are glad to be
able to state that more attention is being paid
To raising compost manures. and il seems to
be the wish and desire Of members to reduce
their expenses in the way of commercial ma
nures. In some instances the reports showed
fiue results from the use of Furmans formula,
aud other instances where part of the field
I was broken with twO-hoFse plOws and part
( with One-h0rse plOWs, quite difference IN
I the cotton in favor of two-hOrse plOws with
/ the same manuring and work. The territory
inspected suffered to some extent by con-
I tinued wet weather in June and dry weather
I IN July and August, and some parts quite Sc
| we're by drOuth from the early part of July up
[ to the time of inspection, which was made
I from Aug. II to IS.
Gainesville Register: 4 woman living in
I New York has written a letter to the Carnes-
I vile Register claiming to be the daughter of
/ the ''man that struck Billy Patterson" MIR.
I PatterEon's will is recorded both in Franklin
/ and Elbert counties, in which he offers re-
ward of 81 600 to find the man who struck him
| while he was endeavOring to quell a ''free
I fight in Franklin county many years ago.
/ The man who did this foul deed would never
acknowledge IL during Mr.. PattersOn's life
| time, but this woman says she has often heard
/ her father speak OF it, and say that
I he was the man that did it, and
+ she Is now claiming the reward
under the will. Mr.. Patterson was a very
wealthy merchant in the city of Baltimore
I Ga brother Of Napoleon BOnaparte having
married his daughter), and many years ago,
/ sold goods on time to merchants in this sec
| tlOn Of the state, the merchants securing him
/ by mortgages On real estate, and ii seems that
I from some cause many of them failed to pay
I him. In order to collect the money owing to
I him from these merchants, he fOreclOsed his
mortgages and had large amount OF lands
I sold IN Ebert and Franklin counties, buying
I in most Of them himself. A large portion OF
I what Is now Hart county lOnce Franklin and
D " ID
| Will is one Of the longest and most inter
esting documents of the kind we have ever
read. The following Is the letter referred to:
ORDINARY FRANKLIN COUNTY: My father
I struck Billy Patterson. 1t was Il great many
I years ago, or at least | suppose it was, as /
{ was a very small child when he used to tell
I about it. He Is dead now. As near as | can
Z find out he was wild, mischievOus boy when
/ young and ran away from his home in YER
mont, where he was born and reared by
tender parents. He was Of a rowing dispOsi-
| tiOn, and among many other places which he
visited was Franklin county, Georgia. As he
I was fond of sport he attended most
/ all public affairs. He attended the
one in Georgia. say one, because
he left Georgia as soon as was posi-
/ BILE, and never returned to see how Billy or
anybody else came out. He said when the
I row began, and when Mr.. Peace Maker as
l he called Billy, stuck his name in TO break up
I the SPORT as he called il, he Just leVeled
I him aud dug out as soon as possible and
| left Georgia forever, as he thought there
might be more blows than one, and he might
/ get his share OF them; so he never waited to
/ tell who struck the lick. He came to Cleve-
I land tOhiO), and as he grew older and wiser,
began to grow stricter, and became as good
Z an engineer as ever was on the road, and run
I Is wears on one road besides others. Ny
mother went from this place to Ohio, and
married my father. ana 1 was born there.
We came back here TO live. and his name was
+ George ". Tillston. He never knew there
/ was a viii made, and am not sure he would
I have cared 10 told who struck Billy Patter-
/ son, If he had. for he always had money
enough, but don't see the hurt in me telling
now. As 1 am an invalid, 1 might well
have the money, if it is rightfully mine. Please
address Jennie G.. Corey, Athol, Warren
county, New York, and let me know full par
[ fEeuIars concerning the will -