The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-02

ers were present. The object 81 the meet
ing was 10 discuss tne alflsa ll-l-y OF plr-
chasing gualo for The present year. Al
ter several entl us.as-ic speecnes e res
olution was adopted % the efect that the
farmers Of Dodge county would not pur-
chase any Euano unless q could oe pur-
chased for $50 pounds Of lint cotton, OF
$50 in currency. per ION Tor STANDARD
Euan0s. The acreage or corlDn was not
,aksn w oSt ,Ss an Noa5sy |h f srs WI,
the subject OF reducing the acreage VIII be
fully discussed and acted upon under the
plans o. the American Co-ton Growers
Protective Association as adopted IN
Jackson. Miss.
The interest on the states money this
year VIII be about enout b 70 pay the gov
ernors salary. There are thirteen banks
n which the states money is deposited
and none OF them are over-anxious 10
get rid OF the state as a deposition, Tor
erasiug nearly 5000 a bank all the
year round. The states money Is no
small item at any time in the year. A
glance over the footinss o. last year, as
Ser each month. shows mat there is a
splendid average. The highwater mark
in the deposit was s8l6J67.55 in last jan
gSTy IRs eh l3" to W. For Nq pEe e5i
seven months Of 1894 the amount averaged
$4,000 During the last five months Inc
s syer gor me Year aSoui neT By
months the totals In the various dep0s-
tories for 1879 were Is follows: January.
SS05.77lS: April Ssl50594s. May. S7e2,-
95Ls6; June, SPA 40. 10; July, S725f3o.5s;
August. S527 050lS; September $3.50 q;
October S535. IS: Novem Der, $425,
December. Si75.
Cartersville American: Mining matters
are active again in Barlow. An extension
OF the Burford railroad. running out from
Rogers Station, on the ". and A., began
month or so ago, was last week COM
pleted. This extension reaches the Con-
ner, and what is known as the big ore
bank The former bank, IL Is believed
when worked viii show a nice yield Of
ore IN pockets. while the latter is IN
doubtedly one Of the richest mines in this
end Of the state. There is a mountain
which shows a solid face of ore 300 feet
long and 70 feet high. This mine has not
been worked since back in the forties.
when the Ward furnace in a crude way,
made pig from ores on the ground The ore
is a good brown hematite. There Is a force
OF about 40 hands at work now, and there
IS being shipped from the mine about p
car loads OF ore per day. The extended
road reaches also a fine manganese mine
recently worked by Messrs. Smith & Sat
terrified. and when contemplated work
shipped at least nine cars Of manganese
per week. A two log washer is now being
put in and things viii be in fine opera ton
there in a very little while. The iron ore
Is at present shipped to thes Cha ttanooga
Coal and Iron Company. while the man
ganese Will go to Carnegie, at Pittsburg
These mines are all owned by the Georgia
Mining and Manufacturing Company but
have been leased by the Munford Mining
Company, for two years. The lease is an
optional one and can be annulled bv
either party on thirty days notification
The Georgia Mining and Manufacturing
Company Is now IN the hands Of a re-
ceiver, but its affairs are In such shane
that 1t is not supposed that II will effect
IN the least the lease % the Munford
Mining Company.