The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-15
GEORGIA THRIFT.
The work Of putting up the electric fire
alarm poles in Brunswick is progressing.

alarm poles in Brunswick is progressing.
Over $500 was spent on the schools in
Mcintosh county last year. 1t will go to
over s., 600 this year.
Dirt was broken at Brunswick. Monday.
by Lloyd & Adams for the erection of a
large brick building just below the court
house on Newcastle street.
At Americas, a couple of weeks ago. John
r. Shaw purchased the small wooden build
ing on Lee street, next to Hudson's store,
paying $500 therefor. 1t did not serve the
purpose for which it was wanted, and Sat-
urday be sold it 10 a cash purchaser for
81 $50, profit of $3.50 on his investment.
A movement is on foot in Lagrange to
turn the Truitt opera house building into a
yarn factory. The movement has reached
this point. Col. j. G. Truitt offers to fur
uish the building, and j. E. Andrews and
s. Fl. Truitt have agrcee to put in the ma
chlnery and operate the enterprise. and all
that now remains is to perfect the minor
details.
A number of prominent cit liens of Glynn
county, headed by Hon. T. w. Lamb, have
agreed with a number of the representative
citizens of Brunswick to organize a county
fair association, with joint stock capital
of $4,000 10 $4,000. 1t is proposed to lease
the grounds northeast of Judge Atkinson's
residence, and erect handsome buildings for
exhibits and build mile race track.
Americas Recorder: The plans of the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery rail-
way shops have not yet been entirely deter
mined upon. The work will be begun next
week. The shops, it is estimated, will cost
about $4,000, and will be located upon
Sullivan street. Between fifty and 100
men will be employed in repairing the roll
in IF he, a he 1afo IL
have not yet been completed.
]. P. Stegall has found gold in large
quantities in two veins on his land near
AuraDia, on the Etowah river, about six
miles southwest of Dahlonega. These veins
are near the famous Pigeon Roost belt.
One of them is called the Thomas vein.
Gold nuggets were found by Mr.. Stegall in
considerable quantities. Some of these
weigh 3215 pennyweights. Collaborating
quartz is in great abundance, and the in
dications are good for profitable placer
mining. Mr.. Stegall owns about eighty
acres around these veins.
Americas Recorder: Twenty years ago
NAP" Cobb, of this city burned a kiln of
brick in the bottom o the farm now owned
by Hon. E. G.. Simmons, six miles on the
other side of Buena Vista, on the Savannah
and Western railroad. He SAYS the clay Is
equal to that found in the bottom
of the Chattahoochee and Oc-
mulgee rivers. and is practically in ex-
haustible in quantity. Tomorrow he goes
again TO the scene of his past labors and
will put up kiln and thoroughly test the
clay. If it pans out as he has every reason
to believe that it will, large yard will be
established by company with abundant
capital and brick will be make by the mil
lions.
1zss- l.
how to manufacture artificial wool from
material which costs only 4cents per pourd.
The kind of material used Is known only to
the inventor and his few trusted employees.
1t is said to be abundant in this portion CT
the state, and that it abounds only where
cotton grows. More than this the public
cannot learn at present. Samples of the
prepared product have been seen by promi-
nent business men of Macon, who consider
it useful and valuable textile fabric. 1t is
not fine enough for ell the purposes to which
wool is applied, but will serve admirably
for making blankets and jeans and can be
used to advantage in many ways. 1t is
said that profit OF 200 per cent. can be re-
allied from the raw material.
Macon's building boom continues. Mate
rial is being hauled for the George w. Dun
can residence on College street, to cost $l2,-
600. The walls of the new knitting mill in
South Macon are steadily going up. Framing
is being cut for the large Wolff
store building on Fourth street. The
n. A. Cans store building on Poplar
street is re ady for the inside wood
work. Holmes johnson is having a nice
residence built on Huguenin Nights
Campbell King is beginning the construction
of house on College street. 1t will be a
good one. The walls of the Second Presley
terrain church building are now as high as
the tops OF the windows. Re licences are
being built on Huguenin flights by j. A.
Orme, Jud Hill, and T. R. Pomeroy. As
many as dozen new ones have been begun
lately. There is also large amount of
building going on in East Macon.
Atlanta Journal: An inexhaustibIe guam
tity of mari has been fou ID in jefferson
county on the large estate of Hon. A. D.
Tarver, representative from Jefferson
county. The deposit is situated only two
miles from the Georgia Central railroad
Mari of this character is very valuable in
many industries, making fire brick, tile,
pipes, spittoons and crockery ware gener-
ally, aqueducts. as base for paints of all
kinds, and for adulteration of certain pro
ducts, and very many other purposes. 1t is
composed of carbonate of lime. bald clay,
huniic acid, etc., and is absolutely devoid of
a molecule of grit. Pulverizsd it resembles
-four of bone. and in that state is used for
fertilizing the soil. Humic acid or
geine is the element that nourishes
plants of all kind, which is taken
up through the agency of myraids of white,
thread like fbres, issuing from plants, PEN
etrating terra firma" in all directions, sap
ping the humus from whatever source. DIR.
Cloud saw on the same premises specimens
of iron ore on red sandstone lani that COM
pares well with the best iron ore in Jeffer-
son county, Alabama, and burr stone, for
making mill rock, which crops out in Jeffer-
son county, Georgia, very near the thriv-
ing town of Wadley, and also at Oldtown,
on Capt. T. J. James valuable plantations,
nine miles from Wadley. He says, also,
there are quantities CT steatite, or shiscose
tale equally valuable as mari for the pur-
poses for which it is used, to be found where
he has been, i'll Scriven county, Georgia,