Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
RICH MEN or MACON.
No MfIIfonaires but = Few Who Have
More Than Half a Million.


Telegraph and Messenger.
Macon is a great deal Weather than
one would think at casual glance over
her list of property holders. Though the
poorest city on earth for its size so far as
revenue from taxation is concerned, it is
the wealthiest when we look over the tax
books and BrddStreet'S directory. Nearly
one-half of the city is not incorporated,
and thus we only get $4,000 from taxa
ton, when il should be twice that
amount.
But speaking Of rich men. I took the
trouble the other day to compile list of
citizens of Macon who could come under
that head. 1t required considerable In
quiry and investigation, but believe the
figures to be correct in every case; in fact,
with many of them have given the min
imum of their wealth. so as to be on the
safe side. There are three men in Macon
who are worth three-quarters OF million
dollars each. Col. W. b. Johnson,
Capt. j. NJ. Johnston and Col. H. j.
Lamar. If YOU 90 to the tax books
you will see that these gentlemen
pay taxes on their property as follows:
W. b. johnson, S79,650; J. NJ. Johnston,
S44, 100; H j. Lamar, SIS, 800. But these
figures do not serve as basis, for sew
eral reasons. These men have a vast
amount of securities that are not taxable
and property outside of Macon. OF the
three, perhaps Col. Lamar will be the
richest 10 years from now. The two
Johnstons depend upon railroads and ac-
cumulated interest, while Col. Lamar
has in addition an income from the three
SIS that is a fortune IN itself.
Among those whose wealth ranges from
$4,000 to 100000 are four ladies, Mrs.
John L. Jones. Mrs. Ann Damour, Mrs.
Kennedy and Mrs. Wilkinson. They are
u I m .f n
Curd is worth S225, 900. and E. HI. Carhart
is worth $250,000. j. j. Gresham is worth
| $250,00 and so is Col. Lee Jordan.
| Joseph Dannenberg IS worth 1925, 900, and
NJ. Nussbaum and j. S. Schofield are
worth 100000 each. T. G. Dempsey has
a snug fortune of 100000.
d. +. Gum is worth $175, 900, DR.. j. S.
Baxter $4,000, and the estates of Asher
Ayres, S. r. Jacques, Thomas Wood, FL. /.
| Jewett. r. E. Park and w. III. Virgin are
worth $125, 900 each.
Those who are worth 500, 900 are Julian
Ransom, G. II. Rogers, S. t. Coleman, H.
I. johnson, G. b. Roberts, A. B. Small,
| d. j. Baer, A. j. Lane, j. E. Jones, S.
| Waxelbaum, S. 5. Dunlap.
Those who are worth $50, 600 are George
| B. Turpin, Robert H. Plant, r. f. Law
| ton and Mrs. William S. Holt.
| Following up the wealthy, we see that
/ ~ Ils L .
| Strong $50, 900, G. B. Willingham $50, 000
| T. B. Gresham 100000, and w. r. Rogers,
| n. T. Johnson, r. FL. Brown, l. G. Plant,
| FL. j. Lamar, Jr., l.. w Hunt, r. L. Henry
| are worth 100000 each.
The estimated wealth of DR.. C. Fl. Hall
| and E. Wolf is $4,000 each.
| w. Wolff, L. Witkowski, 1. B. English,
| Mathew DAILY, W. FL. Ross, w. L. Ellis
and DR.. w. f. Holt are said to be worth
| $50, 600 each.
Among the many who are worth $25, 600
| and upwards, are G. I. Rogers, W. A.
| Crutchtield, E. D. Huguenin, w. f. Can
non, r. X. Hines, A. Gibian, NJ. G..
| Schwed, I'll. g. Cutter, Mrs. Clisby, A. o.
| Bacon, Isaac Hardeman, I. Guernsey, T..
j. CARING, j. II. Campbell. E. Kirkland,
| III. G. TindalI, John Hurley, DR.. d. w.
! Hammond, j. NJ. W. Christian, E. G..
| Grannis. j. Madison Jones, S. Selsel, w i.
| FL. Burden, J. M. Boardman. W. p. Good
all, U. NJ. Gum, DR.. r. NJ. Patterson and
| others whose names escape me as [ write.
| When we figure this up we find an ag-
| gregate of nearly $9,000,000, and | have
mentioned only a few of the more promi-
| nent citizens. There are several men in
1 Macon whose wealth cannot even be ap-
| proximated. Take Henry Horne, for in
| stance. No one can guess within $4,000
| of what his wealth is, and there are sew
| eral others in the same peculiar kind of
boat with Mr.. Horne.
There is pile of this money locked up
| where it can never benefit Macon, A
thousand industries could be established
| with this money, and yet enough could
not be secured for a street car line. It
remains for the boys who are growing up
to build up the waste places and give the
mechanics chance at the money that
no w lies in vaults in the shape of bonds
Perhaps in the above l may have possi.
| bly, oyerestimated or underest iimated some.
| have relied on the general talk with
those who have better means of finding
out such things than | have, though | be-
| ieve l am about correct in the figures. 7
have certainly tried to be.
| Tom AFTER.