The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-04

agents at those places have resigned. ow-
ing TO the small compensation offered. and
no one has been found yet to fill the
places.
Monticello Constitution: If savannah viii
put in the proposed sugar refinery, with
a capacity of 1900 barrels per day. she will
get an ample supply of syrup to operate
5UV DAYS in the year, and it will put thous-
amos of dollars into every county in South
ern Georgia and Northern Florida
Miakka reports that Col F. j. Knight,
a prominent cattle buyer of Charlotte
HarbOr, was there a day or two ago, buy
ing 800 head of choice Makka beef cattle,
which will be driven TO the shipping pen
at the mouth of the Miakka river The
abundant orange and tomato crops are
also beginning TO move, all of which VIII
pour an increased stream of money into
that favored section
Jacksonville Cali: Florida to-day. in all
probability, stands upon the threshold of
a new era in her history. All signs point
to the speedy DEVELOPMENT of her indus
trial resources, and with that development
will come new duties and new rsp0nsibil-
ities-among which must be numbered so
great an increase in our laboring popula-
ton as TO give the questions involved an
interest peculiarly their own.
Business is looking up along the river
front in Fernandina, and the wharves are
becoming crowded with lumber, awaiting
shipment 1t is said that the season just
commencing will be an unusually active
one for lumber, and that several more
lumber firms will operate through that
port. Inquiry is being made for more
wharf room, and It is expected that other
and more commodious docks will be built.
Mr.. L. J. Medero and family who for
the past four years have resided in Ocala,
will leave to-day for Havana. Mr.. Medero
will be greatly missed, as it is said he has
done more than any one man in this city
to convince the public that Florda-grown
tobacco is equal to that matured in Cuba.
Mr.. Medero goes to look after his large
landed estate on the island, and it is more
than likely he will return later on to take
up the tobacco cultivation and manufac-
ture.
The Retail Clerks Union held a very in
teresting meeting at Pensacola Wednes-
day night, at which the business of Pen
saco,a's coming carnival was thoroughly
discussed and steps taken for a further
ance of the object 1t is proposed a mardi
gras festival will be held there to equal
many other cities of more Importance. AL
ready a pretty good fund IS available and
a committee will call on the merchants
and other business men to help swell such
fund in few days.
The people OF St. Augustine and the
thousands of annual visitors will be glad
to know that Fort Marion Is again open
for The inspection Of the public daily Dur
ing the recent war it was found necessary
to use the old fort as military prison,
and it had been used for the same purpose
ever since. The prisoners are now beins
transferred to the post, and the public
win in the future have access to the his
torical old structure. Sergt Brown VIII,
as usual, be in charge OF the fort.
Apopka Orange County Citizen: Judge
Jennings of Brooksville, a prominent can
didate for Governor, recently remarked. in
the presence of the Citizens editor, that
Judge Beggs is one of the best men in
Florida. Ii is usually hard for rival can
didates to refrain from throwing mud, and
this remark, while strictly true, discloses,
nevertheless, what sort of a man Judge
Jennings is-broad-minded, heightened and
always honora BILE. Whether Florida's next
Governor be Beggs or Jennings, she will
have just cause to be proud of him.
The Association of Business Men, organ
lied in Tampa, to resist the payment Of
the CITY licenses. so far as they are al
legged to be unlawful, has determined to
carry the fight into the Supreme Court
This conclusion has been reached since
the decision of Judge Wall, declaring he
had no jurisdiction in the cases. 1t is de-
sired that the city will arrest and try only
a few of these persons, and let these cases
be taken up to the court, and get the de-
termination. City Attorney c. c. Whita-
ker is publicly quoted as saying that in
each and every case they will be punished,
and the fighters put to as much trouble
and expense as possible.
The aggregate value of exports from
Pensacola to foreign ports last month was
81. 033. s55 distributed as follows Liverpool,
S515146 Genoa 1881 PIP; Antwerp, S57239;
Hamburg SIS. 237; Havana, $40 1876; Venice,
1921. 532: Greenock, $31, 500: Rio de Janeiro,
So. 1S4; Rotterdam, 1923, 1876; Buenos Ayres,
$21. 1872; Amsterdam, 1880; Harfieur, ST.
500; Stettiu, s16,5iS; Valencia, $4,000; Carde-
mas 50 $50; Rosario S5.116. The principal
items Of export were: Timber and lumber,
H. S57 G21 fee; oak slaves. 1880; oak lum-
Der. 25COO feet; walnut lumber, 10000 feet;
leaf tobacco, 1,522 hogsheads and 3O2 bales;
cotton-seed meal, % 491 sacks; corn, 100
sacks: phosphate rock, 1855 tons; cottoh'
a 531 ba'es; rosin, 1866 barrels; wheat, 90, =
900 bushels; pig iron, 500 tons; flour, I427
barrels: manufactured iron, 3O26O pounds;
iron pipe. 1900 pounds; 36S cattle 7SS hogs,
40 horses 5 mules and several miscellane-
Gus shipments for Cuba. The arrivals dur
ing the month were II steem and 2 salllng
vessels, of an aggregate tonnage OF o. :
O33. and the cearances were l6 steam ana
IL sailing vessels. of an aggregate tonnage
of 36,G69.
Tampa Correspondence Times-Union ana
Citizen: George J. Baldwin, president OF
the Tampa Electric Company to-day made
a statement regarding the trouble between
the street car employees and the company
In II he slated that w. c. Hodge, presi-
dent of the union, was discharged because
he was discourteous TO the patrons Of the
road. neglectful Of his duties and engaged
in business on the outside. Mr. Baldwin
stated that he had no desire TO in any way
injure Mr. Hodge with other people. but.
seeing that the question of his discharge
had caused a great deal OF trouble, and
feeling that the public was due an ex-
PLANTATION in the matter, he made this
statement, after due elaboration. His