The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

FLORIDA.
George NJ. Banes had his right arm cut
off by a circular saw the other day in one
Of the mills near Jacksonville.
The business MN Of Kissimnee are en-
deavoring TO raise money win which to
build an ice factory II IS said thar 81 500
OF the necessary amount las been pledged.
Gate City Chronicle, The decision Of
Judge Cal, in The mandamus case of The
Atlantic, Naldosta ANA Western Railway
VS.. the Jacksonville Terminal Company.
if sustained by the Supreme Court Cand we
DO not believe il wiz be-, virtually kills
the Railroad Commission.
Bradford County Tel graph: The arnual
cotton crop Of Bradford county Is pioeably
worth Sl5O00l in the raw slate. Manufac-
tured il would he Wcri h scarcely cess tnan
half a million dollars. Can any one fail
to see that we are throwing money away
when we let our cotton leave here a raw
material?
The people Of Jacksonville are anxiously
awaiting Judge Calls decision in the oc-
cupation tax case. Judge W. b. Young
went to Starke last Wednesday In Behalf
of the business men, and argued the case.
contendiug that the tax is unequal. unjust
and discriminating. Mr.. j N. Bars rep
resented The city.
Fort Myers Press Fourteen thousand
sma1-mouth black bass are to be placed
in the waters near Eustis by the govern
ment fisheries comm issiOn. II is a sp' endid
food fish, gamey on the hook. and alto
gether worthy companion to the common
black bass of Florida which reaches a
HF4g A9Vr. aIs.t,t
Lake City Florida Index: Thomas F.
Lanier, former resident of Jasper and
who left there several years ago for Way
cross, Ga, where he has since resided, left
Waycross last week for Savannah, in
which city he will make his home for the
future. May good luck attend him. Any
town is benefited by having Tom Lanler
in it as citizen.
Gainesville Sun: A fire was narrowly
averted at Dutton & Co.'S cotton gins yes
terday. The hands kept smelling some thing
burning, and upon investigation a bale OF
cotton in the lint room was discovered TO
be on fire. 1t IS supposed that a match
was accidentally set fire in The bale while
BEING pressed. and smouldered all the night
before. 1t was a piece Of good fortune that
the fire was discovered.
Pensacola News: The Madison Record
er, the DeLand Record and the Mayo Free
Press question the authority of Gov. Biloxi
ham TO contribute from state funds the
81, 900 apportioned among the four compa-
MES of state troops that visited New York
for the Dewey demonstration. They will
no doubt withdraw their rather harsh
structures upon the Governor when they
learn that the money was duly approprlat-
ed by the Legislature for expenses of
Florida state troops"
Prof. A. Czeke of Pensacola owns. per-
haps, the Oldest violin in the United
states, and one of only seven of the make
IN existence. 1t was built in 1916 by Gas
para DuiHopruggar who was born in
Welch-Tyrol in 1867, and who was called
at the court of Francois I, King of France
in d5lO. Only seven of these old Duiffo-
pruggar Viollus are known to be in ex-
istence. Three are owned in Aix-la-Chap-
pelle, one in Bologne. one in London. one
in ST. Petersburg, and that of Prof. Czeke
the seventh.
Lieut. HUGH !. Cone of the battleship
Baltimore, which played a conspicuous
part In the famous battle of Manila. reach
ed Lake City on Wednesday from the
Philippines. and was given a grand recon
ton. Lieut.. Gone is % years old. gradu-
ated first al the State Agricultural Col
leee Lake City in 1889. He then annIied
FOR and obtained a cadetship in the An
napols Naval College, where he rradu-
ated with honors He was then ASSIGNED
to duty on the high seas. The battleship
Baltimore carried munitions of war and
supplies for the Asiatic squadron and
joined Commodore Dewey at Hong Kong
In the first days of April, 1895 Lieut..
Cone was born and reared on the farm
twenty-five miles north of Lake CITY. in
Columbia county. Florida and was the
only son of Florida that was engaged in
the battle of Manila.
Jacksonville Call: The loug-drawn-out
and much-talked-of Hewitt murder case.
of Bradford county, which Judge Call
went down to Starke to try last Monday.
was closed, so far as Bradford is concern
ed, yesterday, by Judge Call granting a
motion for a change of venue which was
argued yesterday morning. Judge Call
named Duval county as the one to which
the case Will be transferred, and the case
will, no doubt, come up before Judge Call
NJ the next term of the Circuit Court in
this city. The change of venue was
granted on the grounds that Judge Call
believed it would be impossible to secure
jury In Bradford county who had nor
already expressed an opinion or made ut,
their minds in reference to the case. The
names of the three brothers who are nm
der arrest for the murder of their broth
er-in-law are Dick, Lum and Moss Hew-
lit The man who they are alleged TO have
killed was j. A. Johnson, who is alleged
10 have suffered death for the crime or
marrying the Hewitt boys sister without
Their consent.
Special correspondence of the Morn
ing News from Valdosta says: 1 send some
facts about crops in this section. W.
are most through gathering cotton
and most of il has been nut on
the markt. Corn gathering is now
the order of the day Then next thing on
deck will be syrup making. and then 20.
tato digging and hog killing will come. So
you see we win be quite busy until Christ
mas. This is a sea island cotton GROWING
country. and rather a short crop OF Il has
been made this year. But / think more
has been made this year than viii be made
next year. People are already speaking Of
diversifying more, and some intend 10
plant short cotton in stead of long. as n
pays better to grow short cotton al 7
cents per pound than long cotton ~ "A