The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-13

Macon Telegraph: on jan. ]. 1895. Ben
/ Wlllngham, son Of Col. b. J. Willingham.
I in the Manchester Cotton mills as an APP
| prentice in the picker room al CD cents a
| day Mr. Wnlingham now holds a fine
| position az a nne salary with his father
/ and brother at Wiilingham's warehouse.
/ but he wants 10 learn the cotton factory
I business, and in order 10 do so will be-
4 gin at the bottom and learn IL all. He goes
J 20 work on an equal footing with the other
/ apprentlces III the picker room, and Will
] WuLh me same number or hours and per
I form the same duties as the most humble
employe Of the department and take his
chances OF promotion 10 the higher and
! better paying departments. After learn
I lng all there is 10 learn AT the Manches-
I ter mills Mr.. Willingham will apply for a
I position IN one Of the large cotton mills
! OF All River, Mass, and remain there
until he has learned the business thor
oughly. After that he Will return TO Ma
/ con and establish one Of the largest and
most complete cotton factories in GeOr-
gia. II is doubtful IL there is another
young man ia Georgia situated as is Mr.
Nhlngham, who would have the
pluck and courage to take the step
he viii take with the beginning Of the
new year. He IS member of a family
with no social superiors, and whose ag-
eregateq wealth VIII exceed that OF any
family In the state. Reared with every
luxury at his command, and with every
assurance Of wealth and ease the re-
not, he goes into a cotton factory 10
work for 60 cents per day; then TO be con-
stantly associated with people who are
In the main his interiors, both in intelli-
gence and in social way. True his
brother c. b. Willingham, has promised
20 put him at the head of one Of the larg-
est cotton factories in the south when he
completes his trade, but even with such
an inducement as this few young men
would be tempted to spend the best part
of their lives among spindles, lint cot
ton. grease, etc, but 10 is of such ma
terial that the whole Willingham family
is made.
them? That is the question which is agi-
tating Hillman King, a well-to-do farmer
who lives near Bel Air. on Monday his
daughter Belle, 10 years old, and young
man by the name Of Crombe, disappeared
from Bel Air and have not been since
heard Of. About year ago Crombe was
hired by Mr.. King as a hand on his farm.
Crombe is a fne-looking young fellow,
and soon he and Mr. Kings daughter be-
came evidently attached to one another.
This went on for some time until Mr..
King was compelled to let his hired man
go. Frequently. however, Crombe went
back to the farm to visit his little sweet
heart. On Monday Belle, who attends
school at Bel Air, left home TO all APP
pearances, attired in her school clothes
and her actions We're not unusual When
recess time arrived she complained Of be-
ing sick, and asked to be allowed TO go
10 the home of a neighbOr TO lie down.
She was permitted to leave school and she
went into a room and few seconds
later emerged with an entirely different
costume. She had worn her best clothes
under her school dress and taking that off
was ready to meet her lover. She did not
explain to the lady to whose house she
had gone. but about the time the noon
passenger train on the Georgia road was
due to arrive she sauntered down to the
station. She stood behind the depot TO
avoid attracting attention. The up train
for Atlanta and the one arriv-
ing in Augusta at O'Clock from
Atlanta meet at Bel Air, and by
some means the two lovers-and lovers
as a rule are full of schemes-had planned
to make good use of this schedule. 1t
wasn't long before the train from Au-
gusta rolled up to the station, and when
IT stopped young Crombe jumped lightly
from the platform The first person to
greet his anxious gaze was the uncle
of his sweetheart who had been out hunt
ing, and stopped with his gun at the sta
ton to see the trains come in This was
a stumper for Crombe at first, as he
thought the family had gotten wind of
his game. However, he recognized a boy
him for aid. In the meantime he had
spied his love around the corner of the de-
pot and he was reassured. The uncle did
not mean to shoot, and was soon taken off
the plot was the arrival of the down train
1t was not long in coming, and Belle
rushed from her hiding place and greeted
her manly lover who had braVed so much
for her sake. Just as the train was pull
ing out from the station they jumped
aboard and were safe. That was the last
seen of them in Bel Air 1t was supposed
that they had come to Augusta to get
married, but inquiry at the office Of the
ordinary developed the fact that no Ii
they had not been heard of in the Gretna
Green across the river.