The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-05
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shops are greatly crowded with york and
are busy all the time
Pensacola News: Florida and Georgia
watermelon growers viii have TO hustle
next season 20 beat the record of Mis-
souri, A 200-pound melon was grown TINS
summer by Judge Pfster on his farm near
St Louis.
The Jacksonville Light Infantry has
raised $3.50 toward paying their expenses
10 the Dewey demonstra ton and the Jack
sonviIle Rifles have determined that they,
too, will go and have a committee at work
raising funds.
The Florida Agricultural College will
during the coming year carry on special
classes in practical work for those who
may desire such instruction. The main
features viii be mechanical drawing, cob
met making, pattern making, moulding
and casting, blacksmithing and machine
shop work. together with practical man.
agement ST engines and boilers, and GER
tain amount of electr cal work.
Gainesville Sun: The phosphate boom in
the neighborhood Of Newberry seems to
have no end. The j. Butgenbach Phos-
phate Company. who have already put up
several new mines in that section, are now
breaking ground preparatory to putting up
another plant some two and one half miles
west of Newberry. They have moved
their sawmiil there for the purpose of cut
ting lumber with which to build the new
plant. Truly the phosphate business is
immense.
Ocala Star: Prof. Josiah Warn has re-
turned from Orlando and will take up his
residence in Ocala, and will begin the man
ufacture of his patent tents for protecting
orange trees. Prof. Warn has Travelled
and Interviewed many orange growers
since he left Ocala. and has received al
ready enough orders to keep him busy for
some time. In fact he has orders for sew
eral carloads The professors daily mail
brings inquiries about the tents. The IN
dustry has a great future and we are glad
to have it identified with ocala.
Orlando Star: At recent meeting of
the Orlando fire department William
Smith presented his resignation as chief
of that body, which the boys unanimously
and very wisely refused to accept, stating
that they would also resign should he take
such a step. We are glad TO see Mr.
Smith still al the head of this department
of the city and the boys as enthusiastic as
ever over their company. The little diff
Guilty which arose between them and the
CITY Council, caused by the latter cutting
down their appropriation, has been har-
monously settled
Florida Index: State Superintendent
Sheats, according to the Ocala Star, IS
advocating a maximum tax of ten mills
for school purposes. II so, Superintendent
Sheats Is In a very small minority. The
mass Of the people of our state believe in
no such monstrous taxation. Our annual
expenses now for educational proposes
amount to the enormous sum of more than
$500 900 and this is more than they are able
to bear. If Mr.. Sheats is not satisfied with
this enormous amount, the people Of Flor
ida VIII try to find a man for superintend-
ent who will not be so hard to satisfy.
The United States land office at Gaines
vile has been doing rushing business
during August The report of entries is
as follows. Seventy-five homestead en-
tries, embracing 9,104,7S acres; 80 final
homestead entries, covering 6149.22 acres;
IA excuses, amounting to 1916 acres. The
number of entries for the month of Au-
gust was the largest that have been known
for the same month for many years past.
The Office is In receipt OF many communi-
cations inquiring after land, from all parts
of the state as well as from various North
ern and Southern states. Taking this as
a criterion, there must be considerable in
terest being manifested in Florida lands.
Hardly a day passes that does not see
one or more new naval stores men in the
field looking for turpentlne lands, says an
Orlando correspondent They come from
all sections OF the South, and are filled up
with all sorts of misleading information.
AS an instance of this, two men turned up
Friday with a state map upon which was
marked a section covering two entire
townships in the eastern portion of Orange
county. Some man had given them an
option upon the entire two townships, and
they expected TO find an unoccupied terri
tory, where they would have clear field
TO themselves. AS a matter of fact, there
are about hundred farmers residing in the
two townships having improved farms and
inclosed stock ranges. And then, too, a
considerable portion of the territory is
owned by private parties-largely non-res-
idents-who hold their lands at S. to $25 per
acre. Whoever represented to these men
that the territory was all open was guilty
of fragrant Misrepresentation, There are
no solid townships or half townships of
vacant land in Orange county.