The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05
A PROMINENT MERCHANT DEAD.
troubles Which Fruit and Vegets-
BILE Growers Encounter.


Maitland, Fla. Aug. 3-The death at
up Top KY, where he had gone for his
health, Of Alderman j. w. Norman, our
leading merchant will result in the clos
ing up OF what has been in the past one
Of the best business houses in Orange
county Il was formerly Suth & Jackson
ana then Geo. T. Suth who sold to Moor
man. W. b. jackson was Stiths partner.
and is now receiver of the First National
Bank of Orlando. Mr.. Moorman had hean
IN bad health and the business. ran down
in his absence and will now be closed out
lie leaves wife and several children
who are temporarily provided for bv his
life insurance money. Mrs Norman will
probably return to her old home in Ken
lucky
The last legislature of Florida opened up
new public position to women, and now
the female notary public takes her place
with the female stenographer and type
writer and lawyer Gov. BIoxham has al
ready issued some three or four commits
sions, the first one 10 Orange county being
that of Mrs. Ellen w. Lancey, in this CITY
whose husband, Col. S. Herbert Iancev.
mas been a notary public for a number of
years past Widows and married women
frequently have business with a notary
pubic, which they would prefer to trans
act with one of their own Sex capable Of
It's proper transaction. This new departure
Tor FLORIDA meets with favor wherever il
is fully understood.
Our pear growers are rather blue over
the failure to find a market for their fruit
one man had $50 barrels, but succeeded
n limo r,,Ir-
nome market. The watermelon men have
had a similar experience, only those who
mad Old, reliable commission men 10 de
pend upon conld make profitsble ship
ments. The want of cheap rapid transit
has dampened the ardor of a great many
fruit and early vegetable growers who
are not stirring business men. A few
years ago the immense Niagara Grape
Vineyard Company, a few miles below
here, made such big daily shipments of
grapes that they built a little narrow
gauge railroad from the vineyard TO the
Plant System track, where a side switch
was put in. To-day, however, the side
track was torn up and the grapes are
peddled through the country at retail in
wagons,
What is needed here is a home market,
and home market only exist where there
is a large population that cannot give any
attention to a garden for family use. In
a city like Augusta for example, with
its thousands of factory operatives, there
must always be a great demand for fruit
and vegetables, as very few families indeed
have gardens, patches or fruit trees. Tam
pa, with her big cigar factories, affords
a good home market for much of the gar
den truck-and fruit raised about that
city, and there is an immense amount
grown. The cry is, Go to the farm"
addressed to the poor of the overcrowded
cities. But we shall need fewer farms
and orchards unless we can open up bet
ter and more profitable markets for farm
products. The truck farmers of Charles
ton are calling upon the Clyde Line TO
put on a daily steamship line to New York
TO carry their products 10 an early mar
ket. But viii the railway and steamship
companies come to the relief of the ship
pers? Either this or curtailment in cuI-
tlvation of crops for market.