The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-27

Ni'' Oohuet IL shipping nursery stock
from Ocklawaha in quantities that would
indicate more activity and confidence in
orange culture than has been shown in
the past four years He has also building
an addition TO his cottage near the nur-
sery.
Pensacola News: Sixty box cars. loaded
with wheat, corn and oats, arrived here
Yesterday and are being unloaded to-day
at the Louisville and Nashville grain ele-
Vator. Eighty thousand bushels of this
grain will be loaded on steamship,
winch Will arrive here = a few days.
Another turpendne farm is being start
ed five miles southwest of Fort Mccoy.
Peacock & Co have leased 10000 acres
from the COpley Timber Company for $40
900 This is the land that Hinson & Son
thought they had leased but Peacock &
co. outbid them by $1,000 They will cut
about twenty-five crops this winter
w. A. Sanderson. for a long time con-
nected with the Plant System, and rail
road man of recognized ability, will enter
the service of the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad as chief clerk at the
Gainesville depot Nov. |. The vacancy
viii be caused by the resigna ton of Mr..
Hines, who is filing the position at pres
y
of the Gainesville aud Gulf Railroad at
Sampson City.
DeLand News: Several of the state pa
pers are speaking complimentary of F. e
Harris. editor of the Ocala Banner. in con-
nection with the gubernatorial nominal
ton. If years of unremitting work for
the state generally and his section par
ticularly may be considered as qualifying
him for the place, Mr.. Harris is certain
ly eligible; but our friend Beggs of Or
| lando seems to have the inside track and
| is headed straight for the Tallahassee
White House"
Automobile transportation is now the
subject in which the people at Avon Park
and vicinity are interested. There is a
movement on foot TO form a joint stock
| transportation company. Barlow wants
| to be the terminus of the line: Zolfo is al
| ter il, and so is Bowling Green. There is
much argument in favor of each place.
| Il is said that Barlow and Zolfo will take
| stock in the enterprise, but that Bowling
| Green will not The question now is,
| Shall it be Barlow or Zolfo?
Jacksonville Cal: H. H. Richardson
has just returned from a trip along the
line of the Georgia Southern and Florida
| Railway 10 inspect the condition of the
| strawberry crop. Mr.. Richardson states
that while the dry weather has affected
| The crop to some extent, a much larger
acreage has been planted. Plants for set
ting are scarce and in demand as grow
| ers are satisfied from last years expert
| ence that there is money in sending berries
| North. The system of through refrigerator
| cars was a decided success last season
and will be carried out this year.
The position of immigrant inspector has
been abolished at all of the ports In Flor
! ida, the change taking effect on the first
| of this month. This relieves Capt. S. A.
| Glenn from mis- position in Tampa 1t is
| generally reported among political-wisse
| people that this was brought about on ac-
| count of fight that was made on Capt.
| Glenn. The story is that an effort was
made to get him our and it was not sue
cessful. Then a proposition was made to
! abolish all of the offices and Jet the duties
| devolve upon the custom house people.
| This was acted on and Capt Glenn, as we'll
| as the others, lost. AS a matter OF fact.
| there was but Hide work there for an Off
Ger of this kind and the position was a
| sinecure.
Mr.. j. H. Stephens industrial agent for
the Plant System, with headquarters at
| Sanford. is aiding in the work of organ
| izing a company for the manufacture of
| starch from casava, at Barlow. Mr.. Ste
phens says there is a good profit in the
| business to both the grower and the man
| ufacturer, and he hopes to see a large
number Of these factories erected in
South Florida. He expects to devote the
| entire winter to that portion of the state,
| trying TO set on foot various manufactur-
| Ing enterprises and in encouraging grow
ers to plant paying croLs. He says the
ROCKFORD cantaloupe is one of the best
IL 1.1 fz.,.l. J.
has already pledge of about 300 acres
from Sanford south and west along the
| lines.
The license ordinance is still unsettled,
| so far as Tampa is concerned. The ques-
ton was argued before Judge Wall Mon
| day. During the afternoon he stated that
| he did not think the injunctions asked for
were proper. He was of the opinion that
it was a criminal punishment and there
fore did not belong to a court of equity,
| but that court of law should be in
| voked where habeaS corpus proceedings
would be the remedy. The case was being
! argued by Hon. Hugh c. Macfarlane and
| Judge Wall asked that he also cover this
idea in his argument. AT O'Clock Judge
Wall stated that he would have TO adj
iourn the hearing until next Monday as
he was compelled to leave the city that
evening. so no decision was actually rem
dered in the case.
Jacksonville Metropolis; There seems nc
early prospect of work being resumed or
the St. Johns bar, and all the reports that
work would soon begin are without foun-
dation. Parties from the bar to-day say
they have been closely watching as wei
as hoping that some evidences of work
would be seen. but neither man or tools
have been there. c. II. Smith, secretary
of the jacksonville Board of Trade, Gays
he learns that Gaynor & Co.'S official bond
as contractors has been refused approval
by the government officials at Washing
ton. and a new bond or another opening
of bids will nave to be resorted 10. Gay
nor & co. of Boston were awarded the
contract four months ago, but this bond
ing and usual red tapery has delayed
that which most concerns the people Of
Ibis city and the entire St. Johns river
country. jacksonville should keep up the
agitation of having the ST. Johns bal
deenened until we get deep water for Il
means so much to this city's future