The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-23

acts, both as to his accounts as ordinary,
and as Gust d an of the Bras well fund. We
find from his report on the Braswell fund
that the amount Of money invested by him
in various stocks and bonds amounts to
49,. OO9 SIS That the advance in value of
said ocks and bonds since Investment has
been suca as 10 increase the market value
to-day to s4s ,06j Sc The expenditures
that have been made for the past year for
the tuition OF the orphans OF the
county have been S190. The salary
of ordinary as custodian $400-total
amount paid out S1,t90. The
income from the fund was $2.471 SO
for last year, and the yearly increase in @
capital stock is at the rate of over 81, 900
per year This report was made in last
March nearly year ago, and the fund
now amounts to about $50, 900, and is con-
stantly increasing. What is to be done
with tl This question has been agitated in
the county, as it is still accommodating, and
all the orphans in the county cannot spend
emo ugh money to stop the increase. The
question 4 having school houses built all
over the county by the fund was brought
before the courts, but was overruled as the
will of Benjamin Braswell stands as solid
as the eternal hills and the hand Of man
cannot change it. 1t is said that Dr. T. p.
Gibbs, senator from the Twenty-eighth dis
trlct, will present the question of having
the fund appropriated to the purpose of
building schools for orphans and furnishing
them with necessary books, clothing, board,
ETC., before the Senate.
The Valiosta Times tells an interesting
story Of the life OF Drew Vickers, the first
VIII to man taat settled on the Coffee county
road: Born in North Carolina, he came to
Georgia soon after the revolutionary war
In 1924 he settled on the lot where his
praqdsons, William and Drew Vickers, now
| live. He introduced the cultivation of
sugar me here. Mr.. Hart we'll Mitchell
who moved to Thomas county, in moving
along the Coffee road spent the night with
| Uncle Drew Vickers and gave him a dozen
cane for seed Mr. Mitchell got seed at St.
Marys, Ga. Uncle Drew carefully buried
his cane, and planted it in the spring,
| his neighbors with seed cane in
turn. The old wood roller mills
to crush the juice from the cane, the
screeches and groans Of the mill, although
| rot heard 50 far we're vet more frighttu
than steam whistle. The juice was boiled
down in the wash-pots Of the neighborhood,
fixed In a furnace similar to those in use
now. Such borrowing OF pots and such a
| fixing of skimmers. Some Of the latter
we're made of gourds with stick through
| the handle to lelgthen it, and some small
| tin pans which were worn out in other
uses. The boiling juice was much harder
t. control in pot than in the wide, shallow
boilers now in use, and you can imagine the
fret, and fun, aud waste that went on. OF
course the sugar was dark. When cool
enough, after being stirred to cause granu-
lation, it was put IN barrels AID a way made
| for the molasses to escape at the bottom.
The sugar, when dnppad, was a solid mass,
requiring a chisel or Ratchet to break it.
Blu it was sweet. No boiled syrup was
made in the early years of sugar making in
| Lowndes Uncle Drew was a stock raiser
as well as a farmer. The panther, bear,
wild cat or wolf that stole pig from him
was nearly sure 10 pay the penalty with his
| life. His dress was of ancient style. H IS
pants came a little below the knee and over
his long stockings he wore leggings. The
pockets were placsd midway of his waist
band. and that was in two pieces. He arose
at O'clock a. m, took a drink Of rum or
whisky, a cup of strong coffee, and mounted
his horse with gun and wallet of corn,
and shouting for Handy, the leader Of mis-
pack dogs, went in quest of his stock and
| their enemies, the "varmuts." He lived
to be near 100 years old. He kept a num-
Der Of tame deer and wild turkeys, which
lie had raised. and had game when he
wished. He had considerable gold aud
silver money, which was kept some time in
gourds in his kitchen loft, he being ever on
| the lookout for Murrelltes.