The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-11
GnrNDINc CoRN ron \ LIVING.
4 Georgin Carl Who Clears "A Fairly
nIE Income Yearly.

nIE Income Yearly.
New York, Nov. al cleared $500 on
nv meal last year ami row am putuns
IN a second set OF stones IN hopes OF be-
ing able to nn the orders that ] have
taken for my winter trade" The speak
or was Miss Bertha Hopkins. and she has
for che last Two years made a specially
OF applying water ground oornmeal 20
A large number Of patrons. mostly In
Georgia and Carolina.
II began my present business at the
death Of my uncle more than four years
ago. and for two years scarcely made
enough to pay cxpcuses." she continued
AT his death he let me chllds share
Of his not too large property. which
CHANGED to b. an old-fashoned water mln
Il Is situated In planting community
and has always done the grinding Tor all
the plantations for miles around.
in ms unclcs day and for the FIRST
two years that / had a. the grinding wa
done In the OLD way. OF the corn brought
20 be ground We received one peck from
every busnel ] had to employ a miller
and was always At some Ettle expense
In keeping the dam and machinery 30 or
der. 50. OF course, was forced 20 dispose
Of tho earn taken as toll. For the arst
TWO years I followed ny uncles example
and cold & zs corn or meal TO my neigh
hors AZ the market price FOR hoted meal
The last Of those two years. however. be-
INK "a good corn crop for tails section Of
the state. I found great difficulty IN get
ting rid o. the toll and at last determined
10 make a trip - the nearest town. which
is some twenty miles away. and see which
could be disposed OF 20 the greatest ad-
vantars corn or meal ] had collected
over LOO bushels ana was sadly IN need
OF money.
At breakfast the morning after my ar
rival the proprietor Of tho hoel whore
stopped said 10 me: All. Miss Bertha. II
/ could only set some Of the good water
ground meal that was ground at your mill
when was a boy believe I would never
eat any other bread.
You can get IL I told him. 4 am
using the same stones and the same ma
chnery that was usod az that time. and
my miller has been there Tor more than
twenty years. What viii you pay me for
Eve husheis2
IN pay YOU SO for ten bushels. n YOU
viii premise 70 keep me- supplied for two
years IL once py patrons taste that meal
] could never satisfy them with the COM
mon boltsd stun that We buy now. i, Is
ground 30 fast ard the corn Is heated TO
such an extent tina, the taste Is killed out
OF 70. ! will guarantees 70 pny double the
market price for tho boled stun. and Will
make reputation for this hotel and Tor
YOUR meal
Meal, the fine bolted kind-which 40
every oae knows Is as much like that
ground IN an oll-fashloned water mill as
banana ripened in cold storage In New
York Is like those piuckod ripe from tha
tree-was selling Tor Is cents a hushel 80
! was ready enough TO take the hotel pro
prietor's oner. Then going ont amongst
grocerymen I found thar they we're one
and an ready 10 take my meal to sell on
commission. The hotel man had offered
me double that FOR which the holied was
selling Ia the market and / determined
that / would try 70 get tho same price
from the general public. although many
Of the merchants assured the that I would
not succeed
Then ! went home ard set 10 work 10
on my orders I went 20 the mill my
self and stood al the miller's side ana gu-
perintended the grinding as well as tho
sacking and branding 20 anxious was /
that everything should be Just as Il ought
Then ] shipped the number Of bushels
ordered and waited the result with What
impatience any one who has spent more
money on venture than they can safoiv
afford TO lost can Judge II has beer
the agreement with the grocerymen that
az the end OF tho FIRST two weeks they
would write me n statasnent OF their "a
ana tell me what they considered the OUT
look
In less than a week after the meal WIS
put on sale had letters from two OF tho
best merchants asking for another shin
ment ana containing checks for an the
meal that they had received. Before no
end OF the second month ] was buying
corn 70 m orders for meal and have hon
doing 20 ever since.
AT the end Of that first year had su..
ceeded in introducing my meal into The
wholesale as wen as the retail trade OF
twenty towns and cities IN Georgia and
South Carolina but l had learned enough
10 follow the advice OF q very successful
merchant and sell no more on commis-
sion. sold direct to tho trade hast .ear
and have met with none OF the small wor-
ries that annoyed me the first year.
Although I am putting IN another set
IL etonas ! DO not intend that they shall
10 turned one bit faster than the old ones
fof-that ~ Just the point hat makes my
meal so much more valuable than hat
ground BY the mill with modern mlchln-
cry. Meal ground slowly and not 20 Ane
IS better favored ana more nutritious
than that ground as fine as dust and 30
fast that the corn IL fired ana becomes
dead and tasteless. That g. the reason
why 20 many Of the food stuffs u today
are so much inferior to that q former
years. Il s. manufactured too fast. In the
hurry 10 make Il as Inexpensive as pos
slble use Only tho best corn and see
that the stones are kept az a certain az
lance apart and never 90 above stated
speed. j am particular 60 see that very
sack sent out Is exactly "a rcpresen. 81
have followed the example u thu father
81 our country as a miller and th1t
together with the earnestucss with viii n
1 have pushed my meal. g. / think. the
reason that I have met with such ready
success" Lafayette McL1ws.
p. p. r. a wonderful medicine; II gives
an appetite. sc inylgoratea and strength
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