The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-21
TOBACCO IN FLORIDA.
It's Cultivation a success-The VIC
Tins of the OcaIa Bank.


Oeala, Fla, Jan. 19-Mr Charles Pyser,
Ocala's pioneer tobacco grower, returned
this morning from Quincy, Fla, whittier
he had journey with Mr.. A. Cohen, Prof.
Whitney. DIR. jenkins and others who had
been visiting delegates TO the Ocala ma
tional tobacco growers convention, and
there had every opportunity to examine
the Owl Cigar Companys lands. These
consists of 1900 acres, including the 900
acres which they cultivated the past year
and from which the company grew $500
bales of very fine tobacco, including 1900
bushels of corn and 5000 bushels of pota-
toes, peas and pinders, to say nothing of
their immense hay crop.
The visitors were delighted. The hospi-
tality OF the people was truly royal. Those
who showed them around were w. NJ.
Cory manager of the Owl Cigar Compa-
ny, and MIR. Henry Curtis, immigration
and agricultural agent of the Florida Cen
trail and PeninsulaT with headquarters at
Quincy.
OF course, Mr.. Pyser is delighted and is
more enthusiastic than ever for growing
tobacco. He says its growing in Marion
county is simply a question of time. 1t
is the coming industry.
The convention aroused great enthusi-
asm among our people as the attendance
was quite large and they received much
encouragement and hope from such sec
tions as Quincy, Dade City and Fort
Mead, where the Cuban colony felt as
sured their efforts to grow and cure to-
bacco was no longer an experiment,
j. H. Sampken who represents the
Montgomery Cooperage and Hardware
Company, of Alabama, win begin this
week the making of turpentine barrels in
this city and from the promises made
him by Florida turpentine men he expects
to put out 10000 barrels during the sea-
son and employ a dozen or more men in
the shop. They will bring the white OAK
for the packages from Alamaba.
The weather is getting unusually dry,
and our truckers are complaining very
much, though for the present. our mar
kets were never better supplied.
Il. r. Swift, editor and proprietor of
the Bridgeport Comm Herald. with his
wife, returned Sunday from several weeks
visit to Havana, but says when 1t comes
to getting war news, Key West and Tam
pa are away out ofssight over the metro-
politan city of the Antilles. -
The mines in which the. b. Arnitz es-
tate is interested at Newberry, Alachua
county will be put in operation again in
a few days.
la Grippe has come to our town and
many are the victims.
Inere are no new developments in the
bank failure, though the impression of
our people is that it win not open again.
]. A. Rowell, who was its vice presi-
dent and director. is looked
upon as the Napoleon of finance,
because he succeeded in borrowing more
money than he has assets, to say nothing
of $4,000 of other Indebtedness. he con-
tracted in a few years,
Pomroy & Barun, maker OF crates and
fruit boxes at oxford, put into the bank
the day of its failure $500. Mr.. Simpson
a saw mill man near Weensdale, had
placed on deposit the day 1t closed to pay
for new boiler. 800, and a young man
who come to. town Friday to get a IL
cense to marry nice young widow, who
had $500 in the bank tainted dead away
when he heard the news. As nervous
prostration set in the wedding day is Off
for the present.
The missionary society OF the Methodist
church Is very much depressed, because
their money. 5000, was In the bank. while
a young typo Of the Baptist Witness
Office, who was ambitious to secure a
house had saved up $3.50 and that went
into the financial maelstrom.
Rev. ]. G. Porter is out in an appeal
and SAYS that II the Baptists of the state
do not come TO his rescue he must sus-
mend the publication Of the denomenational
paper for all his portable property is tied
I'm I'm the bank.