The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-15
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church At EdgewOod at the time of his
es-Recorder: Americas cotton fac
tofs were pleased yesterday at the sudden
ADVANCE la the price Of the staple and the
prospect Of further rise. Since Satur-
cay, when the bureau cotton report for
sAnsust was gwen out, the market has
Jumped thirty points or more than a quar-
ts- o. a cent The staple was quoted here
-douday et 81 cents, while the opinion IS
expressed that IL will reach or ~ By Oc-
toner II Is generally conceded that this
year : crop Will De very short, the small
est IN i've years. and that II will not ex-
{ coed g,5o0,0U bales.
Walton News: 3. S. Walker and G. ".
Felker returned from the east Saturday.
having successfully ACCOMPLISHED their
work OF buying the machinery for the
Monroe cotton mills. The machinery cost
&lA,vb. Immediately after the purchase
was concluded one Of the firm selling
- tnefn the machinery desired TO take stock
IN the factory and on the SPOT subscribed
s-s5tl The machinery can be delivered
ID December or January next, quite as
soon as the building can be got ready
70 receive II; The class Of goods TO be
manufactured by the Monroe cotton mills
VIII De the finest made, such as sea island
sheeting and shifting, for which there is
great demand
Walton News: Monroe was thrown into
excitement last Thursday over the exhi-
piston OF large nugget Of pure gold, found
~ walton county a few days since. David
Moore brought the nugget to town bur il
was the discovery of a cOlOred man named
Joe Adcock. Jeweler Mathews pronounced
Il a nugget of pure gold, and on weighing
IL FOUND That II contained twenty-four
nywelght-over 81 worth. Joe Ad-
cocks rich find was made about Ave
miles above town, between Nickelville
and CamptOn. Where the road ran along
a shallow gully the gold was seen i'm
bedded in the clay. Ii was in the vicinity
OF an old, unused gold mine. where sew
eral large nuggets have been discovered
in years gone by.
Miiledgeville Union-R Recorder: A sad ac-
cldent. resulting in the death of John
Kemp, occurred at the store of Thomas
$3.50 O'Clock Monday afternoon. Pete
Butts was handling a 32-callber pistol,
which ne supposed TO he unlOaded. He
playfully pointed il az Kemp and pulled
the trigger. and to the dismay of ali pres
ent u was discharged. The ball entered
the abdomen Of Kemp, infiicting a wound
which produced death in five minutes
The young men were about 19 years OF
age and were friends and companions
M Kemp is the third son of George
Kemp. who resides near the asylum The
remains will be laid to rest in the ceme-
terry in this city this morning.
Harmony Grove Echo: DR.. L. G. Hard
man, while repairing his house on the old
John y. Jackson place took up a brick
from the hearth which bears the date of
1913. All OF the brick In the old house were
made about that time and are still in splen-
did condition. They are much thicker than
the brick Of our day They were made by
hand and the mud was made up by walk
ing horses over the clay mixed with wa
ter. No doubt these brick sold for S25 or
$50 thousand. This old brick which Is
dated and which DR.. Hardman will pre-
serve as relic. could have made the ac-
quaintance of George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson IL 1t had had the knOWt-
edge and power to do So If IL could only
tax, how many cricket songs and freside
tales, how many whispers of love and
dreams of hope, how many words Of anx- 4
iety and despair, how many rollicking
plays OF children, how many parting words
OF dying men and how many-many other
things u could impart to interesting lis
teners. But it can do il. 1t Is only brick.
Borni IN the year 1893 ana still enjoying the
best OF health, and receiving no pension.