The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-23

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one and a half miles above us sent $500.
| Haines City shipped over 5000. We have
! been unable to obtain the total number
| of crates sent from Eloise or Auburn
| dale, and so we can do neither of these
| places justice The former shipped dur
| ing the month of April alone 14258 crates.
| That number, added to the shipments al
| ready named, gives a grand total of 6S, 037.
| The heaviest shipments were made dur
| ing April, when returns were best Prices
| at that time varied from 50 to 81 per crate,
| 81 to s. being the usual amount claimed by
| enthusiastic growers. who congre gated in
| groups to discuss returns. Later on came
a glut in the market, accompanied by a
| fall in prices Estimating the entire crop
| to have netted 81 per crate, the lowest av-
| erage ever assumed, we have S6S,O37 of
! clear money brought into this particular
section of Polk county"
After the firing Of a number of projec-
tiles from the heavy six-nch gun in the
moat at Fort Marion, st. Augustine. some
| time ago, 1t was discovered that the foun-
| dalton of the carriage of the rifle was
| not solid Recently soldiers of the Third
| Artillery, under command of officers, have
! removed the old foundation in order to
| 60 deeper and ascertain the cause of the
| giving way of the mason work. When the
| lien lidu Jug ABOUT SIX rect below the
surface they discovered the remains OF
| several collins containing the skeletons
| o. human beings. How long the bodies
! had been Inferred no one knows, as there
| is no record of the site of the fort ever
| having been used as a cemetery. 1t is
| known, however, that during Spanish rule
| In Florida many persons, both white and
| Indians, were killed and buried within
| the limits of the fort. The remains OF
| Indians have been disinterred on several
| occasions during the past few years.
When the fort reservation was improved
about three years ago. several skeletons
| were eXhumed.
The sound money democrats held
meeting at Pensacola Monday night and
appointed a committee to prepare for
opening the Palmer and Buckner cam
paign in every portion of West Florida
| as soon as the state election shall be over.
This has been one of the best seasons
in the history of grape culture in st.
| Johns county, especially with the Soup
| pernong and wild grapes, which ripen
| late. In fact, many report that the yield
this year has been far in excess of any
| previous one. The growers, for the most
| part, have made excellent use of their
| fruit, and in consequence, an extra large
| supply of wine is being stored. William
| Aiken of New Augustine has made more
than 800 gallons of sweet wine, which he
now has stored in a large concrete cellar
near his home. Another grower who is
enthusiastic over the culture of scupper-
nong grapes for the manufacture of wine
is w. C. Middleton. He has been inter-
ested in this industry for many years,
and has made annually large quantities
of sweet wine, for which he always finds
a ready sale. He also has nearly doubled
his supply this year
Tobacco planting is now the order OF
the day at Fort Meade. The Cuban To-
batco Growers Company has made very
liberal offers OF aid to those intending
. plant tobacco, and a large number
Of farmers have taken advantage of the
offer, among them being the followin q
| Osborn Wright, James Thompson, Daniel
U. Flitton, Charles Stalled, l. H HUT
green John L. Anderson, Victor Devineau
Joe Devineau, H. H. Taplin, John w
Gardner e. NJ. Hayman, w. NJ. Sturgis
George McC. Craig and Hey Mckenzie
Mcleod Boyd. The foregoing are all
| planting on small scale, on an average
of about three acres to a man. Messrs
Evans and Gartner, Thorn Bros and Sc
nor r. Laine are planting on a large
scale, while Messrs Grose, Jackson and
Frederick are also engaging in the indus
try. The Cuban Tobacco Growers Com
pany is planting out large acreage and
Is preparing more land for future crops.
a tobacco buyer was at Fort Meade a few
| QdNs d&O Trying 10 purchase the tOba &C ,
| grown there last spring, about 5000 pounds
He was well pleased with the tobacco
but the owners would not sell, as they
intend holding it until after the Novem Der
election.
Orlando correspondence Jacksonville
/ Citizen: Henry Coppinger of Lake Con-
way has 1900 young grape fruit seed
lings in nursery, besides a large number
| in the seed rows, from seeds of fruit tbs
were frozen a year and a half ago. I'm
mediately after the freeze he gathered
his grapefruit and extracted the seeds
These he planted out, Notwithstanding the
fact that the majority Of growers claim
ed that the seeds would not germinate
The 1900 that he has transplanted to the
nursery where they stand about two feet
apart in the rows are two TO three feet
high, with branching tops. They are in
fine condition for budding, or for plant
ing out in groves Owing to the growing
demand for this fruit Mr. Coppinger has
a bonanza in his young trees. This gem
| tleman claims also TO have the best or
ange grove in this section Of the state.
from roots of trees that We're killed to
the ground. As soon as he ascertained the
extent of the injury he cut every tree
close to the ground, and then, with CHS
els, gauges and mallet, he cut away every
particle Of dead wood, covering the tons
Of the stumps with a little fresh lime
| When sprouts came up he staked and
tied them, keeping down only the strong
est and most vigorous. These have made
trees during the two seasons growth and
will give a small quantity of fruit this
year They promise a fair crop next sea-
SON. In every case where as good care
has been given to the trees their present
condition is gratifying.
The new Shah Of Persia is anxious TO