Subject: Southern Agricultural Works

This billhead documents a transaction on September 30, 1878, between Elias Haiman, Southern Agricultural Works in Atlanta, GA, and Childs Nickerson & Co. of Athens, GA. The itemized list includes 200 Cast Points, 24 mall. Clovis, and 144 1/2 x 4 1/2 Steel S. Turn Shovels, with a total amount of $86.34. The billhead is marked "Paid." It features a detailed lithographic illustration of the factory building, showing a multi-story brick structure with industrial smokestacks and horse-drawn wagons in front. The business name, "Elias Haiman Southern Agricultural Works," is presented in ornate Victorian-style lettering within decorative banners and flanked by agricultural tools, including a plow.

A 42-page illustrated catalogue from the Southern Agricultural Works in Atlanta, Georgia, published between 1881 and 1882. The catalogue details the company's products, including cast and wrought iron plows, steel plows, steel blades, cotton gins, feeders, condensers, and cotton warehouse and compress trucks. It highlights the Elias Haiman chilled plow as a specialty item. The catalogue also includes a description of the Southern Agricultural Works' facilities, including its size, buildings, equipment, and workforce. Information about patents by Elias Haiman (No. 815,698) and Eugene Rosenbaum (No. 807,967) for improvements in farming implements and cultivators is also included. The description of the Southern Agricultural Works includes details about its founding, capital stock, and management under Elias Haiman (President) and S. Landauer (Secretary and Treasurer). Background information about Haiman's Sword Factory, established during the American Civil War, is also included.