The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-02

county, and Mr.. Cobb is one OF the hest
farsnerss-rAn9ng his other improvements
was a fineNbzff. which cost Mr. Cobb over
I 81 .200. The barn was full Of hay. oats and
corn, and in it were stalled several horses,
! mules aud cows. Just bout dawn Wednes-
day morning one Of the negroes about the
place dkcoverei that the building was on
fire, -tEnd gave thesalarm. Mr. Cobb, aided
by his employees succeeded IN getting al
his stock out except a mule and COW.
These, together with his hay and grain,
were DESTROYED entirely The fire was evil
| IDENTIFY the work of an lnceudlary. but M
! Cobb has no idea who it can be. His loss
viii reach s., 500 to $4,000.
The stata supreme court met at Atlanta
! Wednesday and rendered decisions IN nine
cases after which il adjourned until the
thlri Monday in September, when several
remaining cases will probably be decided,
and an adjournment be mad for the term.
10 the interval the judges win take much
Eeeded rest. Although the hearing OF cases
wHs concluded last May, and the docket
then closed for the term, tie final adjourn
meut has been delayed much longer than
usual This is chiefly accounted for by the
fact that only two judges presided at this
term, owing to the illdess of Judge Bland
ford, whose full restoration to health was
not accomplished until quite recently.
This threw the work of studying the cases
and preparing opinions on the remaining
two judges, who have been engaged IN this
work the greater part Of the time since
May.
Pickens Hembree of Milton county has
! been experimenting with a weed that grows
Wild ali over the country and thinks he has
found substitute for iute He does not
know the name Of the weed but it GER
tainly is a valuable plant, although hereto
/ fore considered worthless. 4 few days ago
| Mr.. Hembree exhibited cord made Of the
fibre of this weed which is as strong as any
cord Of the same size. This cord vas made
this summer from a weed that maturei last
fall and stood in the open air all winter
| Tie cord IS about the color of Irvine used
for heading cotton bales On good land it
grows from to > feet high, and thrives in
| any kind of soil. Mr.. Hombree is Of the
opinion that if cultivated it would produce
an immense quantity per acre. Mr.. Hem
bree says he intends making "a cord or small
rope from the weed and send it to Commits
| siOner Henderson.
Judge Landrum performed a funny mar.
| riage ceremony at Atlanta Wednesday, He
was at the foot of the stairs leading to his
office, when party Of seven or eight
country people approached him and asked
if he was a justice. After being informed
that he was, an old man, who acted as
spokesman, said ne wanted to have mar
riage ceremony performed. The crowd
then went up TO tine judges office, and a
young man and young woman stepped for
ward to be united. The old man handed out
the license, saying that the groom was his
son. As soon as the knot was tied the old man
made break for the street, followed by
several of the Others. The bride and groom
then started fo' the door, but the Judge
stopped them, throwing out a gentle hint
that he was IN the haqlt Of receiving some
thing for performing such a service
Inc groOm's brother spoke up and said he
didn't know that, but if the old man wanted
to give him something, all right The father
was then called back but didn't feel dis
posed to comply with the custom and the
Others declaring they hadn't any money at
all, the party left the Office.
Atlanta Constitution: A first-clags hotel
for factory hands That's what the Fulton
Cotton Spinning Company Is building for
its operatives. The building is now well
under way, ana the contract calls for its
completion by Oct. l. 1t fronts on the
south boulevard and is only few hundred
yards from the main factory 1t will cost
with It's equipment, about 500, ZOO. e. G.
Lind is the achitect, and his plan shows the
| building to be a perfect model. There will
| be sixty rooms in the hotel. 1t is divided
in two parts, one-half being for males and
the other for females. Three stories is the
hight and every apartment has at least two
| windows, insuring perfect light and venti-
iatlon. The first floor is much like any
other hotel. IL contains the general dining
rOonl ladies' parlor and reading room,
! gentlemen's parlOr and reading room, water
| closets, bath rooms and everything that
viii conduce to the happiness and comfort
of guests. Part of the second floor is taken
! up Tor the apartments of the family which
will have charge Of the building The rest
10 s,F-~a a fv,I E
| closets III each-one for the use of each of
the four occupants. Each room will be
furnished so as to accommodate four per
sons. The third floor is taken up with
these rooms, like those on the second.
The building will be heated by steam. and
an elevator will DO another convenience.
The furniture will be of a neat but substan.
tlal character, and nothing but the most
approved equipment will be used through
out. The grounds about the hotel will
also be beautiful As a whole it will
be made most desirable h Ome for the oDer-
atIves who are now, 1T Is claimed comreed
20 put up with poor accommodations at the
boarding house in the neighborhood of tue
factory. The kitchen and dining room
facilities will be sufficient to accommodate
700. Our idea IN erecting this hotel said
Jacob Elsas, president of the company, "is
simply to make the lot of our operatives
more pleasant. We want to give them
something better than they have ever had,
and by this means make them con
tented. We are not doing it to
make money, for only the bare est of
running the concern will be charged. 1t
will be run very much like a regular hotel
We have already engaged German lady
to manage the whole affair. She is expert
enced and will, of course, run it as ecouom-
ically as possible. 1t will cost an operative
per week about S. for males and 50 50 for
, females. If we can give strictly frst-class
accommodation for less we will do it. ANY
other accommodation, such as washing.
etc, will also be furnished at a nominal
rate. As it is now our people paw more
than this for very inferior accommoda-
lions. Mostly unmarried people will oc-
cupy the hotel though there VIII be 10 re-
strlction, except that we will not at first
, entertain families with children. This is
= only an experiment, though, AMI if it proves
successful, and the other hands show de-
,, sire for it we will branch out
FLORIDA.
A steam laundry is being fitted up at