The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-03

ton Is the staple product About 1000 bales
are handled each ason in this town.
Tennille Institute is one of the educational
advantages The building is capable of
accommodating 200 pupils. The school has
a large attendance.
The town Of Tennille has issued bonds for
the construction Of water works and $1,000
is already appropriated for this purpose.
AS soon as the contractor who Is to sink the
artesian we'll arrives, work will commence.
Great anxiety and hope is felt among the
fruit growers. For the past two seasons
the fruit crop has been failure. This sea-
son the prospects are encouraging and if a
successful yield is realized, a canning fac-
tory will be Immediately established in
Teunille.
The officers of the town are as follows:
Mayor, j. q. Harmon; aldermen, Iverson
Lord, II. M. Bashinski. ]. f. Murchison, w.
j. Joyner, DR.. j. P. Davis and w. P.
Davis.
Along the line of thu Wrightsville and
Tennille railroad, ten miles from Tennille,
the first important stop is
HARRISON, GA.
Here is lively little town of 400 inhabit-
ants. Near the depot are several nice stores,
the most prominent being the general store
of B. L. Perkins & Co. Their building has
been recently erected. On the second story
is splendid hall, which is used by the
lodge of Freemasons of Harrison. There
are two churches and school. Adjoining
Harrison are the extensive saw-mills OF
Perkins & Bro. Their plant extends over
several acres of ground. They saw, on an
average. 10000 feet of lumber per day.
They are extensive manufacturers Of
shingles, turning out about Is, 900 each day.
Their planning mills are run continually,
dressing 1900 feet per day. They have a
large dry kiln, capable OF holding thou
sands of feet of sawed lumber.
Messrs. Perkins & Bro. have regular
daily train running between Tennille and
Harrison for the accommodation of their
large shipments OF lumber. They also have
logging" road, running about twelve
miles into the pine forests, where the logs
are cut and hauled to the mills.
Hundreds of mechanics and laborers are
employed in this vast industry, and there
are about 100 families living at Harrison
whose main support is due to this enterprise
alone.
This mill has numbers Of orders for lum-
ber on hand at present. Among them is
an order for 2.500.000 feet from the Geor-
gia Lumber Company, large order for the
New York Central railroad, and one i'm
mense order to be shipped to Portland, Ne.
wRIGHTSvILLE, GA,
is the next most important town on this
road. It is the county seat of johnson. Ii
Is pleasantly sltudkous Doluk Vic AlSuosb
point between Macon and Savannah, and
is noted for its healthfulness. The soil in
this section is very fertile, and is adapted
to the culture of cotton, corn, potatoes.
pease, tobacco, and fruits Of every
description. Wrightsville possesses an
artesian well of mineral water, the wonder
full properties of which is a well-known
remedy for kidney diseases, eruptions of
the skin and other diseases. Numbers of
patients have visited Wrightsville to re-
ceive the benefits of this excellent water
and have left thoroughly cured.
II. C. White of Athens, Ga, the state
chemist, in giving his analysis OF this water,
saws: II have examined the sample of arte-
sian water forwarded as per your valued
favor OF Aug. 9, 1890, and have obtained
the following results, solid matter dissolved
grains per United States gallon: Carbonate
of lime. $685.; carbonate of iron, .276; sui
phate Of lime, 1928; sulphate of magnesia,
.2l2; sulphate of soda, 1924; sodium chic
ride. .543: Silica 1858; organic matter and
water combined, 2.4l5. Total 1889.
stThere is also dissolved, considerable
quantity of carbonic acid gas and trace OF
sulphureted hydrogen.
$50 far as It's mineral ingredients are con-
cerned, it is one of the best OF Georgia
artesian waters which have examined"
This enterprising Town has issued bonds TO
the amount OF 5000 TO put In system OF
water works, Tho well is already secured,
a reservoir which holds 1900 gallons OF