The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-05

the exact trimmings to suit them, and
charges as much money as he thinks her
father is able to pay.
You have to make appointments three
weeks In alvance to see him, and appli-
cants must be introduced by some one
stading very high, either royalty or
duke. He will not work for you unless
you bring letters of introduction"
Col. Ways finacncial career was next
asked about
"Will you kindly state to the jury your
business experience while you and Mrs.
Way We're furnishing and equipping the
establishment you had at Beaulieu, which
was destroyed by fire." said Mr.. Nicol-
son.
1T is a very long and a very romantic
story" Col Way said but I don't mind
telling it. In the year 1865 1 came back
from the war with 500 in my pocket and
went TO work that winter, and without the
aid Of a bank or any one 1 made $4,000
in one year. I believe I had occasion
to borrow $500 from the Central Railroad
Bank. That was in the year 1866. I went
to Europe in 1867 as commissioner for the
state Of Georgia to the worlds fair, carry
ing with me about 81 0G0 which deposited
with Monroe & Co, bankers. While we
were over there laying the foundation for
our future home we commenced to buy
those objects of art with which my house
was stored, and II was there that / bought
the painting Purity Chastising Love-"
which was destroyed by the fire. I came
home, and with seven other gentlemen,
who united with me, bought a tract Of
- acres on the bluff at Beaulieu. We in
tended to erect summer homes there. l
first built a 3-room cottage for a resi-
dence and a broom cottage for the SER
wants. / continued I'm business and dur
ing the year 1865 I made for myself and
cO-partners in business something like
S250,0O l turned over to Mr.. DeLeon
something like $4,000, and to another part
ner about $4,000 and reserved for myself
something like $4,000. 1 then started TO
work al Beaulieu, making that my home,
and in 1872 the contract was made to put
up the shell of the house. After drawing
the contract and having the house built,
l was suddenly stricken with rheumatic
govt and thrown on my back for three
weeks I was at that time Interested
in a number Of thousand bales of cotton,
but to make a long story short, when
got well l found that / had lost great
deal of money. l had then put up the
shell of this house. l had borrowed 500
upon il, and didn't have any money to pay
my debts. 1 struggled through until the
winter came, and then for the first time
in Savannah the future cotton business
was started by the cotton exchange-I
chant on the Bay at that time. I went
to work as a cotton broker, and during
that year l made some $4,000 or $4,000,
paid off all my debts and
all my losses. then deter
mined to go to Montgomery, Ala,
and enter business there introduce
ing the plan Of shipping cotton from the
interior to Europe. l went there with
500 and came back with $4,000 profits
for the first year When l got there there
was no such thing as a cable blank in
telegraph office. There never had been
such a thing as a cablegram sent from
there. l was correspondent of some very
rich houses-one in Liverpool that had
been established for $50 years, and in that
way l made a great deal of money. As
l made good deal of money, had no chill
dren, and had a desire for a comfortable
home, I continued to improve Beaulieu
and to add to what l had there. My bust
had to so over there every
summer, and every summer when I went
over l bought those foreign articles which
We're in my house, and which were de-
stroyed by fire. This thing continued un-
til the year 1882, when 1 made a fortunate
strike. l had 1000 bales of cotton that
went up about so a bale. making for me
500 That was when I wrote to Mrs.
Way to furnish Beaulieu to suit herself.
When l came home l found the bill of
which have already testified from Allen
& Lindsay for $780, and subsequently l
got another bill from them of 81, 300, be-
sides other bills, which were contracted
for linen, for clothing and for furniture
in other places. 1 was in a comfortable
position as far as money was concerned.
That was how l made my money and I
spent it in furnishing Beaulieu in the
manner in which l did
Did you experience any reverses in
business during your business career?"
asked Mr.. Nicolson.
"Oh, yes" Col. Way answered, 4 have
had ups and downs repeatedly. Every
man in business does, especially in the
cotton business. I have been up and l
have been down, but 1 can say that as
long as / was in the cotton business did
a very good business. l did the Amster-
dam business almost Exclusively and
merchants on the Bay will confess that
l did the largest continental business the
last year l was in cotton of any man in
Savannah. I exported to Amste rdam to
the extent of 10000 bales in that year and
made a great deal of money out of it,
Then 1 found out that the cotton business
had degenerated into a simple gambling
business and no matter how a man dealt
with it, ii was only a question of time
when he would be ruined. / then deter
mined TO abandon the cotton business.
and l did abandon it and went into the
real estate business l think 1 started
out in the real estate business about Nov
il, 1886, and by March TO- 1887, I had made
$4,000, which I had in bank. 1 was then
appointed consul general to Russia.
While l was there, under the privileges