The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-20

The Emancipation Association of Apa-
lachicola is making an effort to secure
Booker T. Washington as an attraction in
January.
1t is reported that a well known Jack
sonville firm will this fall erect large
factory for treating phosphate rock for
fertilizer in an immense acid chamber.
MIR. Charles G. Harris, the popular chief
clerk of the Plant System at jacksonville,
has resigned his position, and purchased
an interest in the brokerage and commits
sion business of A o. Candy
Mr.. Plunkett a conductor on the south
ern division of the Florida Central and
Peninsular, attempted TO get on moving
train al Baldwin Tuesday night about I
O'Clock. He lost his hold and fell, getting
one of his ankles broken. He was taken
to Starke for treatment.
Mayor f. C. Bowyer of Tampa has just
returned from St Louis and Alabama.
and he personally went through all the
disagreeable emotions of a man from, a
quarantined city, who had no right on
earth. Once Mayor Bowyer had the pleas
ant announcement made to him that he
must give himself up to the chief of police
and be tncarcerated, an escaped ref
ugee Alabama gentlemen on the train
however, iuterceded. and the chief execu-
tive escaped by fortunate fiuke.
The case of the state of Florida VS..
George p. Rigdon and his two sons, in
dicted six months ago by the grand Jury
of Baker county for the assassna lion of
George p Canova on the night of June
3, 1887, came to a sudden end in the Cir
cult Court at Macclenny Wednesday by
States Attorney Hartridge entering a
NnllA In t,s1
prise to many but not to those interested
in the case. II had become known sew
eral days ago that such might be the re-
suit.
Mr. VanDuzors espinosa farms in Polk
county are badly in needs of boys. girls,
women and men to assist in harvesting the
crop. large force of hands are at work
now, but the pods are ripening rapidly
and many more pickers are wanted A
cent a pound is paid for the pods and all
women and children who cannot do mems
work can earn fairly good wages. 1t is
said that a hand can pick from seventy
five to 100 pounds a day. There is some
danger that this scarcity of hands will be
one obstacle in the way of continuing the
cultivation of this crop.
Miss Sadie Spear and Henry f. Dickens
were married Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
John E. Pace at Mellowvil,e. Rev w. r.
G. Wallace Of the Presbyterian Church
performed the ceremony. The bride is one
of Sanford's popular young ladies' The
groom is a son of Mrs. e. H. Dickens and
is well known at Sanford. He is in the
employ of the Kansas City and Memphis
Railroad. Only the immediate relatives
and friends of the family were present at
the wedding. MIR. and Mrs. Dickens left
at Ii o'clock on their journey to Pratt
City, Ala, where they will reside.
Col s. S. Harvey is preparing to go from
Pensa ola to New York to complete the
organization of stock company WITH
large capital to purchase lands in Porto
Rico, and establish thereon an American
colony of fruit growers. Col. Harvey is
one Of the most experienced and successful
fruit culturists in Florida. He spent sew
eral months in Porto Rico during the
! American-Spanish war in the volunteer