Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23
FOR A FORTUNE.
III, Georgia Farmer Be-
N. Ms Big Estate to Two
roisred Daughters

/ j.. WIN contest sketch Of a
l' w. IL, and a" rs'r"or-
dinag VIII.
yoy.lG-Thc special term
~ oAii .asock county that is 70
q l,.l lil9V over the Dickson will
dlspTT'b e case Is one Of the most
|i'N ne leeal annals OF Georgia.
~ ,'as found that he had left
~ ,,ss opened about three
'aa \ n,s death. There were be-
ai's. .o1o each to four children OF
y 9'gy y, gyc or six others there
~ IN 5000 each, and to half
w. .. $1,000 apiece was given.
e%sidlog ior these aud 9 few
iv,s,s be directed that the cX-
--,sswIn. Charles NJ. DuBose
g g y, should receive $1,000
r services. These items,
y . LIMO 10 II considerable sum,
gsai 4 small portion OF the es-
N Was worth about
sneep THOUSAND DOLLARS.
XIX of this superb property
N ',bed TO Amanda Dickson, Il
'r,n. in trust for her two mu
.n The fortunate lcgatee is
Az wears old. Mr.. Dickson
4 5,o herself and her mother a
aroprrty before his death.
KIN slaves of his and had
\. limitation Tor many years
A i..pmstanccs which did not
4 Dlcksons social stand
g the regard in which his
II ield him. He lived twelve
u sparta, in the center Of an
n limitation, covering about 3d.
Il X land. Until ne was over
A old. he was a bachelor and Il
4 gasr habits. He seldom went
mi the chief break in the
/. MINIS life was his annual visit
In lie attended regularly the
abroad conventions in that
s.,a,e he was one OF the earliest
n 70 that road and one OF the
'yocsholders in il.
III he married Miss Clara Harris
Ioapty. She lived as his wife for
ro years and died Childlcss. Mr..
Il though little known personally
Il ele citizens of his own county,
loa as the
.yO.r SUCCESSFUL FARMER
In. Many years ago he wrote Il
farming, which is still regarded
eellent work. He began to accu-
lsnd when a young man. His
IDcce,s and shreWd business sense
him to become, while yet young,
he largest planters and slave
10 Georgia. lust before the
we're emancipated he owned
Of them. The result of the war
| him badly, hut he was stu left
AZ once began to farm his lands
tenant plan. The disastrous
|oilSs8 and 1881 cntailcd severe
him, In the first of those years
|lD have lost 100000. His cot
/ never fell short of 1000 bales,
fll,cd plenty OF corn and meat.
BIZ as be left 1t consisted of about
In money, bonds and stocks and
900 acres of fine farming lands
cocS, Warren and Washington
/. lie had spent large sums in
|rsnis on his plantations, His
I2Vas a biz wooden structure,
4@iime to time had been added
trged unti! it had become an
aial cDnundrum.
Pa buildings were all erected in
substantial style. He expended
tea thousand dollars in the con
pot ponds about his home and
Il II the culture of fish.
lcqlired for n small sum some
bar Fort Worth, Tex, soon after
and they rose so rapidly in value
ben he decided them away to his
'aieW days before his death, they
oIih over
FHn THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Oming he died he called for his
saddle horse and rode several
itr his plantation, On returning
ousc he complained of Il pain in
lying down ON his bed eS-
a few minutes. BY his own di-
be was buried in his garden, with
white silk handkerchief across
\ a gold toothpick in his right