Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-24
TALES OF THRIFT.
Pointers which Business Men may Note
to Their Financial Advantage.

Pointers which Business Men may Note
to Their Financial Advantage.
Dawson's new hotel and the armory are
both nearing completion.
Two or three new business houses will
be opened in Thomaston in the next few
weeks.
The merchants OF Thomaston are
preparing to do large trade this fall and
winter.
d. Kempner, formerly of Clayton, Ala
has gone into the clothing business at
Dawson. 7l'H
Steps are being taken to induce some
start laundry.,y ra@
Mrs. McKinnon has just paid $1,000 for
Rev. 4. w. w addelPs house near Hanover
Park at Brunswick.
There are to be several new business
enterprises put on foot in Waycross in
the next thirty days. ,s.4
Saturday the Exposition cotton mills, of
| Atlanta, sold 1000 bales OF cotton goods
for export to the East Indies.
For years Fort Gaines has been In need
| of a tirst-class photographer, and at last
that need has been supplied.
Thomaston received nearly 1000 bales
| of cotton last season and she expects to
| receive over 10000 this season.
The Griffin Manufacturing Company is
a success, having made money during the
! past year in spite Of the dun times.
The naval stores received at Bruins wick
during the week ending Aug. q were 8, 431
barrels resin, 1,146 barrels spirits turpen-
| tine.
A private subscription is being raised
! in Ups0n and Talbot counties to assist
in building the free bridge across Flint
| river.
| Tom Stapler, OF Harmony Grove, has
sold an interest in his plows to the Athens
foundry, and is now at the foundry hav-
ing them manufactured.
The large and cOmmodious school build
! ing being erected for Mrs. s. E. Capers,
to be occupied by her as the Fort Gaines
Seminary is rapidly approaching compile
! ton.
The board of directors of the steamer
| COllyer, of Brunswick, have called for an
assessment from the stockholders to put
the boat in thorough order for the winter
| business.
The rice crop on Satilla river looks
| splendid, and the people up there are
| wondering why Brunswick does not put
/ up that rice mill and make money In
handling it, as they want to aid in the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of our city.
John Colville, agent at Brunswick Of
| the Georgia Pine Association, has re-
turned to the city after an absence in New
| York, looking up fall business. He thinks
| that although prices are still low, the de-
mand is increasing, and better prices will
| prevail later on as the season advances.
The Mallory line of steamships will
| change their arriving time in Brunswick
with the steamer leaving New York on
| the 2Sth inst. On and after that day
| these steamers will reach Brunswick on
| Fridays instead of Tuesdays. They will
| 90 direct to Fernandina first, and stop at
Brunswick going Northward. This will
expedite freights and passage going
Northward, but delay the same coming
! Southwark.
A bell tower will soon be erected at
Griffin. 1t will be placed over the well
and have a windmill and reservoir, into
which water will be pumped and can be
thence conveyed by underground pipes to
| cisterns in distant parts of the town,
| thereby furnishing a protection against
| ire that does not now exist. The tower
will also contain band stand and a town
clock, and will be made an object of great
usefulness and ornament.
Rome Courier: Capt. Seay has received
letter from r. S. Hoxie, captain of the
| United States engineers in charge of river
| improvements, in which he says; "Mr.
| SihSiSloh WIlIeS me tnaJ bneIe is bOt
enough money to complete lock No. 3, but
that Nos. 1 and 2 can be finished for use."
| This is bad news Tor the steamboat men,
| as 1T was expected that boats would be
| run to lock No. this winter. AS it is,
nothing can go below lock No. 3.
Since the furnace of the Cherokee Iron
| Company, near Cedartown, was changed
| from a charcoal to a coke furnace, Capt.
| West has been experimenting with coke
! made from the coal taken from the Broken
| Arrow mines. Several experts have had
| charge of the furnace. and at one time Sc
rious fears were entertained that the coal
from the mines would prove failure for
cooking purposes. Recent experiments
OF j. g. Watson, an expert from Chatta-
nOoga, demonstrate beyond question the
practicabllitY OF making a frst-class
quality of coke from this coal.