The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-04
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at Tampa from Havana Monday afternoon.
He has spent three months on The is-ard
looking over things and cond lions there.
and is very much impressed with the fer
tlIity of the Island and the opportunities
Tor development
In the Municipal Court in jacksonville
Monday, Judge Wright imposed a fine Of
$50 upon Harry Mayterry the bartender
arrested by order of the court Saturday
morning on a charge Of keeping a sa oon
open after y o'clock at night. but sus-
pended the payment of the same with the
understanding that the future behavior of
the defendant shah be better.
The Board of Education of Key West
held a meeting last week, and decided to
open the public schools Monday. All of
the teachers are ready, except the princi-
pal of Sears school, Prof. B. c. Nichols
OF Ellington, ami Miss Jeanne Ryan Of
New Jersey who is an assistant. These
two teachers win not be required to come
until the fever epidemic is over.
A row among the negroes at Swift creek.
near White Springs, at church meeting,
came very near turning out g murder.
Owen Williams fired four shots at another
negro, but missed his mark, and George
Jones injured his Uncle Nelson Newson
by blow on the head. George has Just
served a term in the state penitentiary for
killing his uncle, George Newsom.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Now the battle
is on between occupation taxpayers and
the city government. Judge w. B. Young.
whose opinion as TO the payment of this
tax was published in the Metropolis Sat
urday, has been retained by the opponents
of the tax, and he will begin the fight in
the courts at once, and it promises to be
vigorously waged from the start to the
finish A judicial decision will only set
this matter at rest, and The sooner it is
had the better It viii be for all concerned.
The payroll for the cigar factories in
Tampa was larger on Saturday than il has
been in years before. One factory alone,
that of the Ybor-M anrara Company, drew
$4,000 to meet their payroll with, and they
are not working more than half as many
men as they would If they could get them
This Zoo was to meet TIE pavraI for
one week, and it was for one factory. There
are other factories there whose pay-rolls
run into several thousand dollars each
week. and the total payment Saturday
must have aggregated close to 500 eco
Next Saturday will see the same, and If
the men can be had, it WI be larger
The cotton receipts at Ocala Saturday
years George Giles & Co. bought 1900
pounds, the most the firm has ever bought
in one day. George K. Robinson bought,
al his Ocala office and branch Offices in
The southern part of the county. about 3d.
900 pounds. He says the crop Is moving
much more lively than he ever remembers
this early in the season, and the crop wi
be great deal heavier than his first est
mate. II. A. Faussett purchased about g.
a q &
for these three firms. Faussett and Giles
are ginning as hard as hey can, and have
already made large shipments.
The sale of the Consumers Electric
Light and Street Railway plant at Tampa
was consummated Monday by Special Mas
ter C. c. Whitaker and the road is now
the property of the new owners. In the
dealings no sum has been mentioned. as
the purchase price, but it is UNDER
stood 10 be entirely satisfactory on both
sides. The property was knocked down
to David A. Garaty of New York, who
will transfer the same to Stone & Web
ster of Boston as soon as the court rati-
fies the sale. George j. Baldwin presi-
dent of the Savannah company and O
member of the firm of Stone & Webster,
is in Tampa looking after business con-
nected with the company's new purchase.
The problem of growing peaches for
profit in South Florida has been solved by
Mr.. C. B. Thornton of Orlando Two
years ago he planted 800 budded Peento
trees of the clingstone variety. The past
season he had a small yield Of fruit, but
the next crop IS expected to reach at
least bushel 90 the tree. He has had
years of experience in growing them in
florida. and has finally selected the i'm
proved Peento as the best variety for
market ripening in May. During his ex-
perience in growing peaches in Florida ne
has shipped crates containing only sixty
four and the average did not exceed 100 to
the crate. Besides his market grove OF
900 trees he has probably 25O trees of sew
eral varieties growing on the slope be-
tween the residence and Lake Concord
"Borers' are kept out by placing a strip
Of tarred paper around the trunk of eacn
tree, reaching six inches up the body from
the ground. Mr.. Thornton uses only com
merclal fertilizer containing plenty of pot
ash on his peach trees.
Charles II. Hoyt says it took him but
n g.