The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-18
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from District No. g. Orange county. Three
applicants are being urged by their re-
spective friends for the position ]. H.
Wick, L. w. Tilden and r. ]. Minor all
have petitions out Mr.. Wick, however,
has never consented 10 serve, but his petit
ton is being pushed by friends.
DR.. George w. Self, So years old, and
for many years a resident of Orange coun-
ty, died Friday at the residence of E. Hull,
near Cross Prairie. His house was burned
several years ago and since that time
he has lived among friends, as the fancy
took him. He was a man of much intel
ligence and strong Individuality, and un-
der favorable conditions would have been
prominent among his fellows. He has two
sons in the county and third at DeLand.
Sonora Josefa Kay Aledo, Cuban lady,
dropped dead on the dock at. Port Tampa
Thursday from heart disease She was
there for the purpose of going aboard the
Mascotte for a voyage to her home in
Cuba. She was a widow, Sc years of
age Originally she came from the prov
ince of Pinar del Rio, but when the island
was riven by the war she went to Tampa
and made her home there, awaiting the
time when she could return She was
buried in Tampa Friday afternoon.
Mrs. S. A. Cox of Chaires, who has been
on a visit to relatives near cambridge.
caught the measles while going. there be-
ing a case in the same coach in which she
travelled A doctor had pronounced the
case mere breaking out on the face,
which amounts to nothing" Nevertheless
Mrs. Cox took the measles and it came
near proving fatal. Mr.. Cox was sum-
moned by wire BY prompt treatment she
Is now convalescent and is expected home
shortly after an absence of nearly two
months
Tampa Correspondence Jacksonville
Times Union: All Louie, Lee Long, alias
Lee Ling. Toy Vow and Sam Sing, alias
Chen J. Sing, were before United States
Commissioner H. L. Crane yesterday
charged with violating the Chinese exclu-
sion act. The defendants were represented
by H. c. Macfarlane. H. H. Buckman
represented the government Judge Crane
acting upon evidence, ordered all of them
deported. All except Lee Ling gave no.
tice of an appeal TO the District Court.
Lee will take his medicine without fur
Their ado. A census of the Chinese was
taken here some time ago by a special
agent of the treasury and these men were
found not having the proper papers to
allow them to stay.
Lake City Reporter: The tobacco-grow-
ers Of Columbia county have secured the
upper story in Perry Bros corner brick
and have established what is to be known
as the Columbia county cigar leaf to-
bacco warehouse, where the tobacco will
all be stored, handled and prepared for
the market This comes of a united eff
fort on the part of the farmers themselves.
Buyers will be induced to come and inspect
the tobacco, and sales will be made by tho
farmers themselves, thus doing away with
the services of the sharks, who have done
more than any other class of people to-
ward discouraging the farmers. There was
raised in Columbia county this year about
100000 pounds of very fine cigar leaf to-
bacco so pronounced by expert tobacco
men. Now that the production of a very
fine quality of cigar leaf tobacco-superior
in many respects to that of Cuba--is no
longer an experiment, the next most i'm
portant step is to advertise it to the
world ard make a good steady market for
every pound produced. Better STILL it
would be more profitable for the farmers
70 establish a curing and packing house
under the management of an expert and
sell their tobacco directly to the manu-
facturer