Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-23

An incident IN Macon Business Life OF
Years Ago-Depressed Real Estate
Other Matters Of Interest.

An Incident IN Macon Business Life OF
Years Ago-Deprsssed Real Estate
Other Matters OF Interest
Ccg-szroa5eaoe o. ~ Koraiag Eeiss.
ATLANTA. Oct. 7I.-I was talking 10 a
prominent Macon man a few nights Since
when the subject OF Guckenheimer's big
-four purchase came up. said he, Il know
OF a deal made BY q Macon merchant
some years since that nearly doubled tnaI
as a money transaction What Is III
/ asked. 'sWeIl. il was just this" SAID
he. in ISL CT 1872, ". A. HUI was III
business in Macon. and stood at the head
in his line. He was operating largely ID
futures, meat engaging his attention
principally, and right here may say that
1 know Of no man In Georgia VINO
ever showed the nerve that Hun nd u
those days, when he tackled the ma set
sam Reed. Of Cincinnati. was MS orOAeI
in that city. and HUI. thinking that mea!
was going 70 advance, telegrapned heed
to 20 in aud buy. The market CLIMBED lp
a half cent. as HUFF predicted II "oull'
He telegraphed Reed that he nad enough
and al once took the train for Clnclnh3tI 4: 4:
His idea was 70 take the meat instead OF
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armed with his letters Of credit 70 fIee1
he found that his broker had pure naseu
eighteen car loads consisting OF % n0gs-
heads Of meat. 800.
The transaction figured up $24sUoJ.
Reed raised $1,000 for Bun. and tnen vas
forced 70 halt. Hui was determined %
have the meat, and telegrapned 70 ms
Louisville broker. " arren Mltcneli' thas
he would be down on the nTst tram, ana
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$4,000. Hut took the train az once, anu
as ne stepped from the cars IN tne snort
Line dep0i he saw Mitchell standing on
the platform with a bundle under MS az N
as big as a beer key. a few words passed,
when HUFF was informed that the bundle
contained the $4,000 in green backs. Iney
iumDed into a bus and soon were at the
Gait House taking supper Between
them on q chair at the table me FAAuaule
monument lay until supper was over
s.HUFF AND MITCHELL LEFT The HOTEL
a moment later. and were soon 0ack a me
depot. TIE train left almost IN 5neql ateI!'
and reached Cincinnati al 'clO-A III tlt
morning. From that hour until 8 O'Clock
HUFF sat in his room IL the Burnett House,
with his bundle OF greelDacks IN MS lap.
At 8 O'Clock he AepOsited MS money IN
hank. and a little later he and Reed called
for their meat.
s.Tae call met with much surprise from
the firm from which the meat had been
bought. TheF had calculated on paying
the profit il demanded, or trusting 10 luck
to get out Of the deal By decline IN the
market.
ss'HoW do you propose 70 pay Tor the
meat! asked one Of the firm.
s.sWbv. with cash. answered Reed.
s.This made the firm feel all over in spots,
and soon they were On the streets hunt
ing for meats. There was plenty Of green
meat on the market. but Huff's contract
called for cured meat-bac0n-and TINS
was scarce.
s.The news Of the call swept over the city
in less time than it takes me 10 tell you,
and bacon went booming. Wei. slr, II
took that firm and all Of its friends four
DAYS TO get M the meat. When the ship
ment was ready Hut and his broker,
Reed. made a contract 70 deliver the meat
at Macon. a special train was made up,
and on a special schedule the eighteen
carloads Of bacon was brought from Gin
cinnati 10 Macon. The special schedule
was so fast that the train beat hun 70
Macon, although he left Cincinnati at the
same time on the regular passenger.
When Huf7s train rolled into Macon,
every car covered with advertising cards,
it took the city BY storm. Hun was then
and there dubbed the "BacOn king,
which name be is now known by among
some Of the merchants OF that city.
ssBY THE WAY. SPEAKING OF THIS DEAL.
poor Warren Mitchell, who has made
and lost d half-dCZen fortunes IN his lie
time, was here about year ago. CON-
plete wreck financially, with 10, enough
money in his pocket 10 buy ticket home
HUFF met him and took him 10 his motel,
fed him free as long as he wanted 20 stay
here, and. when Mitchell got ready 70 90
home. HUFF put 800 bill in his pocket.
HUFF didn't forget the cold night that
Warren Mitchell met him at the Short
Line depot with $4,000 wrapped in a
newspaper under his arm"
STATE CoNYICTs.
The demand for convicts is so great
now that criminals condemned 10 service
in the penitentiary Of the state are hus-
tied away with lightning rapidly. The
opening Of new brick yards and mines Of
various kinds in this section creates de-
mand for convicts. Senator Brown has
discharged all Of the free labor that he
had at his Rising Fawn iron mines, and
replaced it with cOnvicts. He is also OPP
Grating his iron mines in Barlow county
with cOnvicts. Besides this, he has about
800 convicts at his coal mines in Dade
county.
Iockett & Co. have large brick yards
near this city on the ChattahOOchee river,
and a new company. consisting Of BOndu-
rant, Of Augusta, W. B. Lowe and A. b.
Steele, OF Atlanta, are operating another
large enterprise Of this character in the
same locality. Observation-Disclosures OF
brick used in Atlanta for building pur-
poses or for paving sidewalks are made
with convict labor. the lessees having
monopoly II this line. In consequence,
free labor AMI brick makers who use
free labor are bowling for relief.
REAL, ESTATE DEALERS ARE HAVING A
DULL TINE
Of il. Last wear free excursions, barbe-
cues and plenty Of beer were dished out
at all Of the auction sales OF real estate.
Now all Of these attractive features are
on the list of things that are past and
gone. The reason Of this is that there is
no boom in real estate. Business in that
line, in my opinion. was Overcome last
year.
George W. DrummOnd, Of this city,
who several years since resided in Sa-
vannah. has a three-year-Old trOtting
mare, Georgia raised, but excellently
bred. that a few days since tTntted a mile
as her maiden effort IN $50. She will be
shown for style and speed at the Macon