The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-27
vALDOsrA.s BUDGET.
Dividends From Local Enterprises.
Watermelon shipments.


FaldOsta. Ca. June 25.-Next week there
Will be turned loose in ValdOsta about
Sl5.ooo In dividends from different GER
porauons here as the amount of net
earnings during the past SIX months
This includes the dividends from the
banks, manufacturing enterprises and
other corporations in Naldosta- There
are several corporations here that are
making money which do not declare a
dividend this year because they were
recently Incorporated. Next year II every
thing Is as prosperous as il has been III
the past the amount Of semi-annuai
dividends viii be about S50Oe. making u
prOnt OF $4,000 annually from the enter
prlses here that have been incorporated
haldosta believes that this is the best
showing made by any small town in this
part OF the country and the fact that no
manufacturing enterprise OF other cOrpO-
ration ever failed here Is another fact
that IS pointed 10 with pride BY the citi-
zens.
Watermelon shipments are nearly over
IN this section, which in the past has
furnished more melons than any other
county, and those that have been ship
ped have brought very satisfactory
prices. The first car of watermelOns that
went forward this season brought S300.30
net. a party Of shippers here have sent
fifteen cars TO market and the highest
price they have received was STA, while
the lowest price was $50. Another shipper
says that he received only SIS for one
car and $40 for another, but the melons
were Of inferior size and quality. Some
OF the shippers complain that early ship
pers injured the price by putting green
melons on the market Melon business
has not been very great boon for rail-
roads this year, but the planters have
prohted BY that fact. Last year the
roads got all and the planters none.
A report comes from Palatka and other
towns in Florida that everybody is coming
from there to Valdosta during the earn
wal Palatka says her people are COM
ing 400 strong and Lake City, Gainesville,
Lake Butler, Live Oak, Madison ana
other towns are coming with big delega-
tions.
Another sale of town lots is advertised
for next Tuesday The sales which were
the buyers and sellers, too. One gentle
man made over 800 in an hour in selling
out what he had bought. Valdosta dirt
is a safe investment any time.
News was received here yesterday of
the death of Mr.. Fred Tucker of Irwin
county at n church in Berrien county.
Mr. Tucker went there to a meeting, and
had just finished an experience when
he was stricken down. He died in a very
few minutes Mr.. Tucker was
prominent citizen and his death was
shock to every one in that section.
The Teachers Institute closed to-day,
after one of the most successful week 5
imaginable. Nearly a hundred teachers
have been in attendance, and lectures
nave Detn QellNEItu pg sumo OA the Dtel
educators in the state, among them be-
ing Prof LawtOn Evau& Of Augusta, Prof.
+. G. Branson of Milledgeville, Prof.
Charles Lane, the humorous lecturer.
These have delivered lectures at the ope-
ra hall during the week, and the following
have taken the leading hand in the day
lectures at the institute: Profs. w. 3.
Merritt of this city, Thach of Auburn,
Ala, Van HoOse and other visiting teach
ers The Peabody Institute for the color
ed people of this section has been attend
ed by 220 negro teachers. They have been
in charge of prominent cOlored instruct
ors, and the negroes are having profit
able season.
nearly everybody in Valdosta, are very
much elated over the action of the state
convention in seating the regular delegates
from here, and over the election of Mr.
Charlie Pendleton as a delegate from this
district to Chicago. Mr.. Pindleton's cleo
ton, because of his uncompromisingly
strong views on the money question, was
not dreamed of here. The silverites here
are very much chagrined at the terminal
nation of their contest
Pear shipments have commenced here
in earnest, though the fruit which is be-
ing shipped is green. The pear growers
believe that they can get better prices for
green fruit now than they can get for
them ripe when the markets become
glutted
To-day was the day for the execution
of Jake Burney had the case not been
carried to the supreme court Burney
was in his cell this morning eating water
melons, and was happy as any negro in
| the county. He has been the recipient of
great favors from all the negroes he9e
and his cell has been kept full of candles
| cologne, cigarettes, etc. Burney's fate
may be known in a few weeks. but at
| score and ten years on earth were already
| allotted him.