The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-12-18
THE SOUTH.
Notes and Happenings in Various Sections
of the southern States

Notes and Happenings in Various Sections
of the southern States.
East Feliciana parish, La, has de-
cided by vote of al to 437 to make
four wires a lawful fence.
A Northern company, with $250,G4
have bought out the Anthony shoais
on Broad river, Elbert county, Ga a
cotton factory will be built soon and
seventeen miles of railroad added 10
the Elberton Air Line.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed with the secretary of state for the
Rogers, Siloom Il Muskogee railway,
running from Rogers to the Arkansas
line in Benton county, Ark The road
is twenty-five miles long. Capital,
$4,000
There are now nearly 3C0 free labor
hands employed at the Dade coal
mines, at Cole City, Ga The force
was cut wn last summer about 100,
and will net he increased again until
there is revival in business. There
are about 400 convicts in the mines.
Among the growing industries of
the New Sou! n is the manufacture of
paper. The GreenviiIe Is. CO. News
says that the Barrett Manufacturing
com pany, of Bath, S. c., uses old -tield
pine for the manufacture of paper,
and finds it far superior to poplar or
spruce.
A peculiar feature of the Florida
orange crop now being gathered is its
remarkable freedom from rust. The
fruit is generally smooth, bright and
beautiful. The protracted dry wealth
er has caused the trees to drop good
deal of their fruit, but liberal crop
remains, the excellent quality of
which ought to bring satisfactory
prices.
The Charleston News and Courier
states that "the Sea Island cotton has
suffered very much from the dTouth.
Many of the bolls have withered and
dried up before coming to maturity
This will reduce the crop OF Sea
Island cotton materially" and it isnot
probable that it will increase the
value or quality of the cotton for the
spinner.
Gov. Jarvis told the North Caro-
linians in speech the other day, that
they had enjoyed this year something
never before seen since the declara-
ton of independence-"the state gov
eminent run fo7 one whole year with
out drawing dollar from the pockets
of the people" This was accomplished
by the sale of some unproductiVe pub
lie property.
A joint-stock company has just
been organized, under the name of the
Barker Manufacturing company. at
Knoxville, Tenn, with Frank Barker,
president; J. II. Baker, treasurer, and
II. N. Saxton, Jr., secretary. The
company is now at work erecting
buildings and adding the latest i'm
proved machinery for manufacturing
cedar buckets, candy and tobacco
packing buckets, tubs and water pals,
hoe and broom handles, etc.
! The board of management of the
exposition at their last meeting de-
cided to extend an invitation to the
Red Cross association of America to
make an exhibit of the workings of
their organization, for the purpose OF
developing an increased INTEREST IN hI-
manity, and enlisting the sympathy of
the southern people in their work.
The board also invited the association
to hold their regular annual meeting
in New Orleans next year,
The discovery of valuable deposits
of mineral paint in Talladega, Ala, Is
attracting the attention of capital.
Two miles from the city of Talladega
there is a range of hills containing
= brown iron ores, and in basins near
some of these hills are found the de-
posits of iron oxides. These deposits
cover large acreage, are full Of sill
cia, and are of various colors. The
Talladega Paint company is now
working these beds. and finds d ready
market for the goods.