The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-19
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 49, 1885,

b sn fun rr-uuF-.s or-er within fifteen
Gays Iris factory. Wlicn began or a
bEen compelled ~ build a mammoth
work srcp. An effort o. being mace ~
some of our enrerprisius real estate agents
ana oH ners 20 IN l-e q colony from ei-
mont 10 locate here The necessary pa
le-s nave al last arrived and nave yeeh
-or aTaed % the Plant system ior thelf
approval This wiz end in the purchase
b. t1is system of several acres Or 4ani
mere LOT their hospital, ruun1-nouses, ma
chine shops etc. which they have long
contemplated building
In response 10 q call issued several
cess ago the undertakers from al over
lle state met at Jacksonville Mo- day
The meeting was for the purpose OF or
gaming a protective ton Tor the
benent Of the undertakers OF the state
Inc meeting was called 70 order at -
Clock. and the following were present.
CHARLES A Clark. =. o. Kane and F. J.
Gordon Of Jacksonville; H A wilson and
.. T. Bunting OF 81. Augustine; .. Z.
Glover and J. 7. Writ Of Barlow; +. q.
tlchards and Elijah Hand OF Orlandoi
T. J. Briggs OF Madison. y. e. MclEer OF
Ocala. r E Peterson Of Milton, /. D.
Ninson Of TarpOn Springs, / ". Courd-
rey Of lakeland a II. Dewitt Of Eus-
It's, Joseph Duncan Of Tallahassee ". J.
Mendelhal Of Fort Myers, II. A. Hanson
OF Leeshurg Q. A Strickland Of Plant
City, 3 3. Hutchinson OF Pensacola, q.
H Maltby Of Palm Beach, ". c. Snow OF
Palatka. d. c Shaw Of APopka, +; 7
Smith OF Arcadia r McClelland and T.
Tampa was elected president, F. o kaIle
Of Jacksonville first vice president; H. A
Wilson Of St Augustine second vice pres
ident; r. McClelland Of Gainesville thlrd
vice president; J. a. HOusa of Leesburg
fourth vice president, J. /. Writ OF Bar
tow nth vice president. and j. NJ Tuck
er Of Tampa secretary and treasurer II
was decided that the association SnOuld
be called the Undertakers and Embalm-
ers' Association Of Florida.
Court convened at Tttusville Tuesday
Hna4s Inn ton If
Garner case. r 7. Hall. insurance agent
was recalled and testified he had made a
mistake in previous testimony as TO
amount of insurance; that the total
amount carried by Hamberg was Sill
instead Of $1,000. He testified, further,
that Hamberg desired TO nave slV,co0 IN
surance on stock and $50 on fixtures and
about 5000 on building. He wrote, now
ever. $3.50 on building, 500 on STOCK ana
$50 on fixtures. George B. Rumph was
the next witness called. He made state
ment as 10 his recent trade with Ham
berg, by which Hamberg obtained pos
session Of the store and stock recently
burned. He testified that the value Of the
stock, at invoice price when turned over
to Hamberg, amounted to about Sl3,2o;
that ne had been in the business IN Titus
vile eight years, and that XIV SnOuld De
allowed for depreciation in stock. Several
trunks and bundles OF goods found IN
Hamberg's house were then brought IN;
Continuing, Mr. Rumph said that he had
been pressing Mr. Hamberg, shortly be-
fore the fire occurred. for the payment OF
two notes, one for $Z00 ana the oJher lot
800; that Hamberg had been threatened
with suit on the 500 note, which would
have fallen due on Dec. II, the night the
fire occurred; that the total Indebtedness
assumed by Hamberg when their trade
was made was about 5000, $3.50 Of which
was about due at the time the trade was
made some at thirty, sixty or ninety days,
| the whole amount falling due within four
months from the time of the trade. That
| the expense of running the store would
probably be about $40 TO SzOg per InoIltn-
/ that is for salaries only. He then pro-
| ceeded to identify the goods found in the
/ house, three-fourths or more OF which,
\ he said came from the store. Witness also
| testified concerning Hambergs excited
conduct half an hour before the fire broke
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