The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-22

The estimate placed upon the orange crop
of Lee county for this year by persons
in position to know is about 10000 boxes.
They will sell on the trees at about s.
per box. Some growers, though, are sell
ing at a lower figure.
The County Commissioners of Sumter
county have made the tax levy for school
purposes 4 mills, and that for all other
county property 41a mills, a total of 9I2
mills for county purposes which is one
half mill less than last year.
The people of Oakland and Ocoee have
united in a petition asking that the uuex-
pended portion of the old county seat fund
remaining in the hands of the committee
be appropriated to the work of extending
the clay on the Orlando and Oakland road.
Gainesville is already moving in the mat
ter of securing the holding of the next
Democratic state convention at that place.
and Hon. Sid l.. Carter of that city has so
notified Hon. William Rawles chairman of
the state Democratic executive committee.
Sales of trucking and fruit lands near
Miami continue brisk. The railway COM
pany win have City Engineer Frederick
subdivide about 1000 acres of their best
lands northwest of the city into ten-acre
lots for immediate and prospective pur-
GndSttS builnlAlB Is bIlSkt anu there Is
hardly an idle man in town.
Residents of the pineapple growing sec
ton lying northeast of Orlando have unit
ed their contributions toward the con-
struction of a bicycle path to the Sevens,
Hamlln and other pineries in that group.
There are now nearly a dozen pineries in
that vicinity. and a good wheel path to
and among them viii prove advantageous.
J. E. Terrence. an old and valued citizen
of Lakeland, died at his residence on Mon
day, July Il, after only two or three days
illness and was buried on Tuesday from
the Presbyterian Church, Rev. w. NJ Bos-
well officiating. Mr.. Terrence had been
for many years a citizen of Lakeland, be-
ing among the original settlers and his
death is greatly deplored by every one.
The Pensacola Paper Mills have started
In successful operation. manufacturing a
high-grade Of manila paper from pitch pine
pulp. The material used is a waste from
sawmills heretofore burned in slab piles.
The mills have a capacity of five tons a
day, and will give employment TO fifty men.
The pulp is made by a secret chemical pro-
cess owned by the company, a discovery
OF Il. Thomas, manager of the mills.
The Manatee County State Bank was or
gained at Palmetto the past week. with a
ficers were elected: President. James r.
Anderson. Tampa; vice president S. S.
Lamb Palmetto; cashier Thomas w. Con-
rad Jacksonville; board of directors,
James b. Anderson. Peter O. Knight and
c. G. Whitaker, Tampa; S. d. Lamb, r.
+. l.. Turner and J. X. Parrish, Manatee
county. II is expected that the bank will be
ready 10 open its doors by oct i.
Cigar manufacturers and eigarmakers at
Tampa are now busy looking for some
peaceful solution of the labor trouble Each
side is suffering in the present circum-
stance and would be glad to end the mat
ter honorably to themselves This desire
that each come out on top Is The stumb-
ling block IN the way Of a settlement. no
doubt Conferences are Of daily occur
renee to devise ways and means to stop
the trouble. But these conferences ARE
not held between manufacturers and work
men.
Agent 7. f. Bridges of Camps convict
) camp left Pensacola day before yesterday.
having in his custody four negroes con
Nicted at the recent'term Of the Criminal
Court and sentenced 10 terms in the state