The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-03-16
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE.
Interesting Items From Our sister states
ia the south.

men will be removed from Raleigh, y. c.. Il
Admission. Ala.
II. ARCHIBALD GREGORY. Of the firm OF
/ Stoney. Gregory q Co.. druggists. Atlanta.
Ga, attempted suicide Wednesday last by
taking poison. lie is a son OF Mrs. Greg
DRY, the artist who painted the portrait of
Alexander Stevens for the state Capitol.
At a late hour i'm the afternoon Mr. Greg
DRY went home, and. after taking %
BATH dressed himself faultlcssly. lie
then went into the dning-rO0m and
drank Il glass OF water containing
/ five grains Of morphine. His mother
/ came in lust as he swallowed the poison
and asked what he was drinking. lie re-
/ piled that IL was glass Of water. A few
minutes later his mother entered his
room and found him writing a letter, ox-
planning the motive he had In killing
himself. lie WIS just beginning % Sue
cumb 10 the effects II the drug. and the
ncighbors were quickly alarmed and 20
number Of doctors called In. by hand work
they succeeded i'm preserving the life Oftheir
patient. and to-day ho is said 20 be re-
pcntant. There seems o. be some doubt in
the public mind as To- why young Gregory
attempted suicide. A love affair has been
spoken Of, but the best evidence points %
financial difficulties as the cause of his
trouble.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, is one of the largest
and most important mule markets i'm the
world. Hundreds of mules are handled
here daily in the stock-yards and stables.
Persons uniformed on the subject would
be astounded at the magnitude that the
business has attained during the last few
years. The margins % the dealer are very
close, not exceeding 81 per head wholesale;
but, small as this seems. the deal
ers are all making money and in
creasing their business. For the past six
months the number of mules handled here
has exceeded that Of any like period since
the war.
Mule raising is one Of the most important
industries I'm the state, and is destined %
assume even larger proportions. Without
the l0ng-eared hybrid the vast cotton, sugar
and rice crops of the Southern states could
not be worked. Horses are not suitable,
and nothing can take the place of the
despsed and much laughed az mule. Ten
nessee mules are mostly raised from mares
that have the thoroughbred cross and their
sires are, in the majority Of cases. the finest
imported Catal0niau jacks. The mules
thus produced are the largest. strongest,
gamest and best wearing i'm the world.
JONI r. LYNCH, the colored politician Of
Mississippi, made am address in Charleston
| the other day. i'm which me took the ground
| that there is no such thing as the race issue.
/ there being little or no antipathy between
/ the races a, the South. Commenting ON
/ this the Atlanta Constitution says. SIT
will be observed that this opinion is in di-
rect conflict with the statements recently
made i'm Chicago by "a preacher whose mis-
s0narY mOrk is i'm the South. and who left
/ the impression that the race differences here
are i'm the nature Of hubbiing volcano.
which may break ont i'm violence at any
moment. The fact that Lynch is from Mis-
sissippi. which is declared by the Republi-
cans TO be the centre of the race disturb.
ance area, so TO speak. lends significance 90
/ his remarks. He declared that the white
and colored people are bound together by
| ties OF affection that can not Doe destroyed
and his whole speech was ON line entirely
different from that followed by the Ropuh-
] lican scctiOnalists. whose hearts desire i7
/ 90 incite conflicts AZ the South. in order that
| the Republicans may have o good stock %
campaign material.
FOR a long timc Southeast Texas was
years and years behind the rest of the stale
/ in the march of progress. That day BIAS
passed. The people have at last awakened
from their Rip Van Wrinkle sleep and De-
come aware that they were sleeping on their
rights. and are beginning 90 bestr Them
lFelves. The opening up of the timber
business was the first thing that aroused
them, and although 10 can hardly Doe
said 90 be fully developed, the people
can see the millions Of wealth lying in
the great forests. The mineral resources 90
East Texas can hardly DE estimated yet. a-
but very little has been done 90 open nap this
/ branch of great wealth. The farm land,
are as rich as can be found in amy section.
and there Is not a better fruit country in thc
] er.fN ..r Nfn.f fIlfsuA Railroads
coming from every portion of the country,
and in few years this country. s0 long neg
I lectcd. will be q perfect network of roads,
and Southeast Texas viii not only DE mp
with the rest of the state in progress, but
will be in the lead.
THE charge has been made IN savannah,
/ Ga. that Mayor SchwarZ's administration
/ has spent more money than was necessary
on champagne for visitors. Tie said i'm reply
/ today. "Ihe books of this Office are open,
always have been. and always will beopen
/ 10 the inspection Of any citizen. Everything
/ is carried ON in a STRAIGHTFORWARD fashion,
End such talk does not worry us in the
/ least" An alderman says. savannah,
under the present administration, has spent
very little money i'm entertaining. and can
/ tell YOU one thing. though: When visitors
come % the exchange and are entertained.
| Mayor John Schwarz pays the bills ont of
his own pocket. and anybody would soon
learn that il they looked into the matter a
/ little
EXPOSITION committees are busy can
yassing the streets of Augusta. Ga. The
evening news says the growth Of Augusta
and the increased confidence Of her people
will makeanythine q success. and the recent
1 carnival and the coming military encamp-
ment show that soldiers and visitors from
all directions are ready and anxious %
come 20 Augusta. The oncampment VIII
/ furnish fine opportunity 90 bring tie peo-
nile OF the two states 90 Augusta. and some
| fine racing can easily be arranged TO divide
honors and attractions with the military
movements.
SKILLFUL cutters among tailors are paid
/ $40 10 $40 a week I'm birmingham, Ala. IN
I BOSTON from SD % $50. 10 costs lawyer,
a thoroughly educated university man. from
/ ST. 900 TO $1,000 20 no himself mp for ms
/ trade. gather his library and have his single
painted. and many a weary day Tags ana
wears 20 playing leap-frOg with one an
other al last. down the sleeps Of old age, De-
fore fortune rewards devotion and toll ana
| high character and solid worth with $40 q
week.
PROFESSOR j. NJ. PICKErLL, chemist OF
! the Agricultural college OF luilud, ANA tif
experiment station. Lake City. has made
/ the following analysis of the phosphate de-
posts 40 W elsht0n, i'm Marion county ana
regards it as an evidence Of the immense
value of the lands i'm that section. Analy-
sis. 224: mosture O.5O; sand and insoluble
matter. / 100; phosphoric acid, 1896; equiv
alent 20 bone phophate of lime, S3.l3. "lhis
sample" the chemist adds, Elsa high grade OF
phosphate" The phosphate fever continues
/ throughout Florida.
THE Lumber journal says it is undeni
/ able that history is repeating itself IN inc
rapid rise i'm the value Of Southern timber
/ lands The experience of those VINO ii
/ former years invested largely in govern
ment timberl lands m iheN0rthern states, and
/ have seen their crumbs cast upon the water
returning with a thousand per cent. prohl'
without waiting "many days. is being re-.
peated by investors in the pine and cypress
] lands Of the South.
SENATOR JOsErm T.. BROWN says his
ambition is fully satisfied, quotes the AZ
lanta Journal. that be will not be candi-
date for reelection 10 the United states SEM
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