The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-13
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE.
Interesting Items From Our sister states
i'm the south.

III the south.
The control of the Decatur. Chesapeake
and New Orleans Road is said to have been
secured by Mr.. John 5. Silver, Of New York,
,president OF the Charleston, Sumter and
Northern. He will, it is stated, soon be
elected president OF the company and push
the road TO completion. The road is pro-
iected from Decatur, Ala, TO Gallatin,
Tenn, distance Of about 40 miles, and
has been constructed over distance Of
ihirty.fOur miles between Fayetteville and
Bonneville, Tenn.
Ben Adams, Jr., is one Of the cleverest
boys that was ever raised in Milledgeyille,
Ga. He is the assistant cashier OF the Mil
ledgeyille Banking Company, and is Il gene
raj fayOrite with the young men of the city.
He was one Of the ''hOnest quartette" who
six months ago made a covenant to the
effect that wedlOck is a curse, and that they
would never marry. But the passion that
originated in Adam and Eve. and which has
been sent down the line without respect 10
persons or seasons, took full possession OF
Ben and eliminated in his marriage,
slightly favored with romance, To Miss
Mamie McComb on last night. Ii was gen.
orally known that Mr.. Adams and Miss
Mamie were sweethearts, and it was
thought that his visits would fnally end IN
nuptials. put no one dreamed that il was so
near at hand. Miss McComb attended
school here during the term, and, in va "a
ton. she returned with her mother and sis
ter to the elegant country home at Nc
Combs mount. On last Saturday Mr.. Adj
ans went around 20 his best friends and
told them Of the coming marriage and re.
0uested their presence. Last night, at !
O'clock. half dozen ph;JtOns, drawn by
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i'm front OF Mr.. Adams boarding house.
and. in few minutes, the caravan was
moving toward the lovely mount, to wit
ness the completed victory Of Cupid, and
see the cOnquer0r crowned. The party was
made up OF the nearest gentlemen and lady
friends of the couple, and the procession ar
rived at lis destination few minutes be-
fore . O'Clock. At 9, Rev. w. j. White took
a position in the centre Of the crowd gath
cred. and, with beautiful ceremony, made
them one in name, one in heart, and one III
thought. 4 few minutes alter the cere-
mOny was over. the party returned TO the
city. having witnessed one Of the prettlest
triumphs Of the season.
An invention for extracting oil from cot
ton-eccd is reported that, if all claimed for
il shall be confirmed by practical work, VIII
result in much larger production of oil
than az present. Mir. Charles Lauga, New
Orleans chemist the inventor OF this new
process, has ordered an apparatus Of two
ION. seed daily capacity, TO show It's rracti-
cabi.itv. The total cost Of this VIII be
- 800 10 which must be added the cost Of
ten-horse-power engine and twenty-hOrse-
mower boiler. The clam is that this can
lie used proitably on large plantations
where there are already steam-powers for
running cotton gins. II the test exhibition
is successful Mr.. Lauga expects to form
Joint stock company for the manufacture of
his patented apparatus.
Lucinda Stephenson, an old darkey eighty
nine wears old. died in Polk county, Ga,
last Monday. She has had very eyentfIll
career. and WAS a good old negro. She was
sold 10 a man in Virginia forty years ago,
and was brought to East Tennessee, after
many changes, during the days OF slavery.
Hel son. All McAryer, heard Of her where
abOufs four years ago, and sought out his
old mother, whom he had not seen since
cbildhocd The old negro died believing
she was saved, and retained consciousness
up 10 the minute of her death. She be-
ldnged to one OF the first families Of Viz
gina.
The oily OF birmingham, Ala, has graz.
fed franchise 70 the birmingham Fuel
Gas Company, giving the company the
right 10 put in their plant, put pipes through
the streets and supply the city with gas Tor
heating purposes. The company will heat
alI the public buildings in the city free OF
cost. The company will he fully ORGANIZED
and Incorporated at once with $2oo,OOO capt.
tai stock, The latest improved machinery
will be but in and arrangements made for
operating one Of the largest plants Of the
Kind i'm the country. The price the consul
me. will pay for flel will not, il is said, en-
coed IS cents per 1860 cubic feet.
Texas treep-water ports are anticipating
great traffic in grain for export with The
new railroad connections now about made,
and rates properly adjusted. Southern Kan
sas is as near the Gulf Of Mexico as 1t Is 10
Chicago, and when Kansas grain has been
hauled TO Chicago it is still 1000 miles from
tjde-water. This being the case, these
Texas ports will draw effectively from Ne
braska also. and probably from south Da-
kota. The AtchisOn, the Missouri, kansas
and Texas and Texas Panhandle will haul
grain tiiis Nay
The Tredegar Brick and Tile Company
has been organized at Tredegar, Ala, and
will at once establish plant to turn out
N. 600 bricks day, and probably add tie
works later on. Building operations have
been seriously restricted ~ the scarcity oil
brick, and the supply In all nearby cities
has been so much less than the demand
that none could be bought except at high
agures. stuart s Henderson. brick-makers,
q Chattanooga, will be iptefested Up the
plant,
The recent proposition 10 issue $4,000 OF
bonds for improvements, which was carried
without a single vote being cast against IT.,
AT Winston-Salem, n. c., insures the imme-
date erection OF a market-house, city hall,
and city prison. the construction OF sewer
ace system, well-payed streets and proyid-
,na ~ water-works, In addition to these a
500 900 hotel will he built at once. ana \.
III. Hangs and X. j.. Reynolds viii at once
erect Two very large plug tobacco factories.