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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
YOUNG LAWYER ARRESTED.
Charged with Failing to Account
for MOney-Entonton News.

Eatonton. Ga, Jan. This place is all
agog at present over the discovery OF
defalcatlon by a well-known young lawyer
of a nearby city. The facts in the case
appear to be that the lawyer came into
possession Of about $1,000 a month or so
ago. the amount being paid him as the
agent of New York nloney-lending con-
Germ TO satisfy a claim the company held
against a resident of this place.
The New York concern, after waiting
reasona BILE time for a remittance from the
lawyer. placed the matter in the hands OF
attorneys Of Miledgeville, and the inVes-
tigaton which they instituted resulted IN
the young lawyers arrest. he Is now
under guard in MilledgeVille
John Marley, manager of sawmill in
this county, was severely hurt yesterday
His leg was fearfuly lacerated by the
saw. He had prompt medical attention
and is doing as well as possible.
There has been quite an exodus from
this place to South Georgia this week. r.
J.. Singleton and family left for Way
cross where Mr.. Singleton has position
as salesman. Sparks Lawrence, a caoA-
BILE young man, went 10 Albany to take a
bookke eper's place Willard Reese went
to Brunswick 10 read law in the office
of Sparks & Twitty.
The Eatonton Electric Company has been
granted an amendment to their charter
which permits the building and operating
Of cotton factories by them. 1t is quite
probable that Eatonton will have one
or more cotton factories in operation by
fall.
Eatontons two patients at the Pasteur
Institute at Baltimore are reported as do
ing well. The patients are the little gil
of r. L. DeLoach, who was bitten by a
mad cat and the small boy of Joe Robert
son. who was attacked and terribly torn
by a mad dog They will doubt e;s be
DISCHARGED as cured in q few DAYS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
LIQUOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Fight That VIII Come Up Before
Present Legislature.

Columbia, S. G., Jan THE prohibition
lists have not come together yet to decide
on the course they will adopt in the Leg
islature. The Executive Committee OF
the state is divided. A conference of
leaders may be held here within the next
few days to try and adopt a course of &C
ton. Chairman A. C, Jones is opposed
to any kind of compromise, such as local
option
Without a combination between the pro-
hibitionists and those willing to let the
people decide the matter for their locai-
lies. the dispensary will carry the day. II
these Two vote together, local option viii
result and this will be followed by three
kinds of liquor schemes-dispensary IL
cense and dry"
The old school prohibitionists say II is
better to stick out for strict prohibition
and lose than to form a combination with
local optionists They contemplate that
the licensed saloons, which are now very
much restricted by the constitution, VIII
eventually evolve into the old time bars,
where liquor may be had by the drink.
Only one-sixth of the members OF the
LEGISLATURE are pledged to enact state pro-
hibition. Probably two-tifths are. firmly
welded TO the dispensary in one shape or
another. and II viii require a close COM
bination of the anti-lispensary people to
defeat that neutrality-suspicious. as the
profits put into the state treasury recently
are quite large
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Dunn a Popular officer.

Brunswick. Ga. Jan. THE host of
Brunswick friends of clever Frank A
Dunn were congratulaung that able and
popular officer to-day on his being trans
ferred to the First Regiment. Capt. Dunn
was commissury Of the Fourth Georgia
until the change in assignment OF COM
panies placed the Brunswick Rlhemen In
the First. and now that he has been trans
ferred to Col Lawton's staff the mill
tary boys Of Brunswick are pleased. Most
Of Ahe First Regiment men remember
Capt Dunn favoreby on account of his
service with them in the Spanist-Ameri-
con war and later during the Darien riot
times
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Soil Fertility.

We have been discussing fertility and
fertilizers and manures, but have not sold
what fertilizers and manures are, or what
the difference between them is, says the
Ohio Farmer. Perhaps 81 had not oc-
CURED to many Of us that there is a Diff
ference, but we should conceive different
meanings when we mention the words
manure" and fertilizer" If we take
the two words as they are used in their
common meaning to-day. a manure Is a
compound that contains some plant food.
but which also contains much larger
amounts Of vegetable matter, and usually
a large percentage OF water, as BARNARD
Is a compound containing one or more
OF the essential plant foods, naturally
mixed with other materials. These other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

good prices for their cotton and other fala-
BILE crops. This is proven by the high prices
that have been paid for land at All publis
sales this season. and there seems TO ne
a demand for real estate at prices much
higher than have hitherto prevailed. The
banks OF that county are in hrst-class con
dition. Both OF the banks Of OrangeburS
have paid per cent. dividends for the past
year. as has the Bank Of BranchviIe, a
smaller institution of that county
The official records in the Office of the
state historian of Confederate records show
that South Carolina put In the armies Of
the Confederate States thirty-four regl-
ments and four battalons Of infantry-SI
companies, seven regiments one squadron
and one company of cavalry-seventy-thr
companies and three regiments two bat
talious and nineteen unattached batteries
OF artillery-hfty-five companies-the tab
ulation of the rolls, including the field and
staff, regimental and battalion, showing
that the total effective fighting force from
South Carolina was 56,66l men, while the
enrolled strength was about 5000 more
than that
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

Wood fires heve become quite frequent
of late around Orlando, in spite Of the
law against setting out fires at this sea-
con of the year.
The Key West Guards have just re-
celved new outfit OF khaki uniforms,
Ieggings, campaign hats, etc, which were
bought from the funds In the treasury
The trial trip Of the new Plant steamer
II. B. Plant, built by the Merrill Stevens
Engineering Company at their shipyard
in Jacksonville, took place Friday and the
steamer proved en- entire success.
The Sanford Board OF Trade has issued
q handsome invitation or circular to the
cassava convention to be held in that city
on Thursday and Friday. Jan. % and g.
Everyone interested is cordially invited to
attend.
Volusla County Record: Mr.. Stetson is
this season using the coke basket in his
pineries. The other night during the cold
rs pounds Of coke were put IN each bas-
ket and the fire started. Ia an hour the
thermometer went up to IS. These baskets
Of coke produce almost a white heat, and
will save an orange grove or pinerv at
zero weather. basket will consume
about Is cents worth Of coke a night.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA;


The work Of rebuilding the ice factory,
which was recently destroyed by fire at
St. Augustine, Is progressing rapidly The
frame work is already up, and viii soon
be enclosed. Work on the furnaces is well
under way. and Mr. Simmons, the pro-
prletoT, expects to have the plant in
working order by the first of February. Al
present the city is supplied with ice from
the factories at Cocoa and Fernandina,
Within the last month there has been
a decided activity in real estate transac-
tons around Panasoffkee About 800
acres of land mainly unimproved, have
changed hands. Most of ii has been pur-
chased by Mr.. A. p Malloy. acting for a
turpentine and sawmill company. The
company has already erected a turpentine
distillery in the Southern part of the town
mus giving new industry to Panasoff-
Eee.
Tampa Herald: Congressman S. M
Sparkman returned last night from Jack
sonville where he went TO look after some
business matters. Mr.. Sparkman is kept
fully advised as to the movements of Con-
gress, and will be there in time to take
part in any legislation that may be pro-
posed that is Of general interest or Of i'm
p9rtance. He is paired until the 10th on
all party matters. and his presence is not
urgently needed.
A very important phosphate deal is on
for rich phosphate lands in Citrus county
The amount involved reaches 100000, and
parties are now in Germany to secure
the cash and bring it back. mis- land
less than q year ago was deemed worth
less, but diligent prospecting revealed the
hidden treasure. 1t is understood to be
a very cheap purchase of a dozen. years
ago. as a speculative investment, based
on the timber alone.
There was a 5000 fire at 100 Franklin
street, Tampa Thursday night The tall
oring department OF Davis Bros clothing
store was discovered filed with dense
smoke. The department, from station No.
], went to the scene, and fought the fire,
which seemed to be confined entirely to
that section of the house. In few min
utes the fire was out and it was seen then
that the damage to new work on hand
was about 5000, where insurance Of only
81 900 was carried.
Kissimmee Valley Gazette: osceola
county never did cut much of a figure in
the orange market, not because this is
not good citrus growing section but
because her people nave given their at
tenuon chiefly to stock-raising and the
farming of staple crops. In the palmy
days before the big freeze the crop OF Os-
ceola did not much exceed 20 900 boxes.
Consequently the disaster of 1891 was
but little felt. Since the big freeze, how
ever, our growers have become more i'm
pressed with the value of oranges and
nave bestowed more care upon their
groves, most of which are abundantlv pro-
tected by the lakes. The crop of the Kis-
slmmee valley is now shipped and as it
was practically all handled here by local
dealers we are able to furnish an acurate
statement Of the amount. The total crop
THIS year was 1900 boxes of oranges and
800 boxes of grapefruit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
BANKER CLEWs' VIEWS.
The Financial Outlook as Seen From
Wall Street.

New York Jan. 6-The new year opens
I'M with the most favorable prospects. 1t
is rare indeed that the whole business sit
uation of any country is in so satisfactory
condition as we find it here in the Unit
ed states to-day. The railroads were never
carving so much tonnage, and that is a
good index to general prosperity. The
war in South Africa is not likely to serI-
ouslv affect values in this country a Sec
ond time as seriously as the recent one
II we receive good news it will be 50
much TO our advantage, and II the news
is not favorable we will not be taken by
surprise. Therefore. / take it that the
disturbance in the Transvaal has given
us about the worst shock that IL is likely
to do. We have already shipped $l4925 ESQ
gold which has done considerable good
in London without doing us any particu-
lar harm As a matter of fact, we have
derived considerable benefit by having BEN
Gifted the London money market by the
gold we have sent there, as our invest
ment securities have ceased now to be re-
turned in consequence. The holdings of
our securities in speculative hands in Lon
don were probably never smaller than they
are lust now So there is nothing to
fear from this one source under any cir
CumstanCes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Beggnr Weed or Florida Glover.

This plant is closely related to the de-
spised beggar lice or beggar ticks of the
Northern states. Yet it has many friends
and they are rapidly increasing, says S.
Powers of Florida. An effort is being
made to rescue this admirable plant from
the opprobrium OF it's degrading name
Probably the attempt will never succeed
altogether but 1t is hoped at least to
make the reading public familiar with
its two synonyms (desmodium being the
other). This plant Desmodium tortuosum)
is different from it's Northern relative in
having much more foliage though this
may be result of cultivation 1t is an
annual plant, OF great rapidity of growth
after the first few weeks, though IL il
feeble and slow at first and REQUIRES hot
moist weather to terminate well. Hence
1t Is usually sown on well-prepared land
about the beginning OF the rainy season,
June 10 to July l. Under good manage
ment it reseeds itself, so that one sow
ing will make It permanent
1t belongs to the family of leguminous
plants Under cultivation 1t grows. on
good land, when thinly sown, or 10 feet
high, but for a hay crop 1t is better to
sow very thick which causes the stalks
to grow crowded and small, making them
much more acceptable to stock. In this
way 1t can be made to grow about the
hight of average timothy, with the stalks
little longer than those of timothy so that
cattle will eat it up clean, especially
where cured up bright without being
caught in the rain.
This Florida clover can be cut three
times year, yielding four or five tons
of good feed per acre. In fact il falls
very little short of alfalfa which in this
state it is difficult TO raise. Being cut
when green, it is free from burs. and
even If ripe the burs give little trouble
1t is customary, as with clover. to raise
seed-crop, though this is left to fall
on the ground and reseed it for the next
year. 1t has been shown by analysis that
It is richer than timothy as a feeding
stuff The native Florida farmers have
been growing it for years; they let it
come up after the corn has been laid by."
and 1t grows higher than a mans head.
Its seeds falling on the ground furnish
an excellent feeding ground for quail
through the winter. It enriches land like
red clover.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

not TO be pastured at any and every stags
Of growth, nor at all seasons of the year.
1t should seldom, if ever. De pastured Off
the season that it is sown. 1t is some
what of a delicate plant when young.
hence it is easily injured the first season
Neither should it be pasture1 in the late.
autumn nor during the winter In cold Iatl-
tudes. Such pasturing would likely prove,
fatal to the alfalfa, hence probably ths
prevalent opinion that IL cannot be pastur-
ed a. all in the winter season. Pasturine-
sheep on alfalfa is attended with the,
greatest hazard TO the plant, because OF
their habit of cropping plants closely.
Most satisfactory results are obtained
from pasturing horses and swine upon al
falfa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

The Rest Spell over, ana Now for
WOrk-First Paintings I'm the Gar
den-SaIt as FertiIizer-ImpOrt-
ant Facts About Cassava-BcKsar
Weed ana Florida Glover.
Though the mercury fell suddenly into
the POS, and the soil was frozen two days
during the past week, still We have no
bad weather worth mentioning, yet slight
rains during Christmas week put a stop
to outdoor work in the field and garden.
1t is quite possible there would have been
no work done even if the weather had been
the brightest imaginable. Even the most
conscientious worker is little disposed or
dinarily to infringe upon the justfable
idleness of Christmas week, when Christ
mas day comes on the early days of the
week as it did this year. there is less like
lihood Of returning to the left off work
inside of the customary weeks vacation
than when the day comes towards the last
Of the week.
A whole week of rest and recreation is
not to be condemned If INDUCED in the
proper spirit. The fact is if the Southern
farmer counted the days Of labor in the
same way that the banker or merchant
does, and made every day count as the
business man is compelled to do, he could
still allow himself three times the num-
Der of holidays that the business man
dare take and still have a good 800 days
in the year wherein to work up the year
ly income.
While this country has few legalized
holidays, compared to what some Euro
for enlarging the number so far as the
farmers are concerned. The great major
ity Of them take a holiday whenever they
feel like it, and have no compunction for
the generous act, but the farmer that does
not get in full 300 days of good honest
work of one kind or another will doubt
less have some cause for reproach sooner
or later.
Unlike any other country in the world
the bulk of our small farmers in this sec
ton of country are composed of negroes,
and IL is sad to think that we have no
cause to hope that it will soon be dotted
with pretty and prosperous little home
steads wherein will abide a brave and
happy peasantry over a large section of
the lower South (beloW 81 degrees) the
greater number of small farmers are ne
gro tenants who have a tenure mostly of
one year. They are not capable of receiv
ing benefit through the medium of rural
papers. They cannot get any help from
observation. In these localities the South
ern white man is 10th to establish him
self, especially if he is a married man,
and he is certainly not to be blamed for
such.
Does it not seem reasonable to conclude
that before very long go years say the
farming of the area mentioned will be
carried on altogether by negro tenantry.
1t is not pleasant picture to dwell
uPon.
The negro tenant makes enough to live
on II he makes anything at all above his
rent, and he manages to do this some
way by averaging considerably less than
go days work In the year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

at least, it is so stated. We have no
practical knowledge of it's effects.
1t Is said to benefit asparagus and beets
plants that originally thrived on or near
the sea coast. Like many other salts, 1t
has no potash or nitrogen, and its best
effects are noticed on soils that have plen-
" of organic or vegetable matter.
Salt contains only soda and chlorine.
An instance Is cited where fifty bushels
of salt per acre applied on oats increased
the yield five bushels of oats. But even
IL this were true, there would be only loss
to use salt, 1t Is not worth the price
stated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Firhing schooner wrecked.

Tampa. Fla. Jan. Word has been re-
celved that the schooner Gazelle. owned
by the Florida Fish and Ice Company was
wrecked Wednesday night last near Anna
Maria bayou During a gale she was hurl-
ed on a sandbar Signals OF distress were
set, and a passing steamer rescued the
crew. Soon afterward the vessel filed and
sank 10 the bottom
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Mrs. Caroline HaIiowes Dead.

Jacksonville Fla, jan Mrs. Caro-
line NJ. S. Hallowes of this city, one of
the Oldest residents of Florida, died in
this city this morning in her eighty
seventh year. She leaves more than for
ty immediate descendants and relatives In
this state. and mas many relatives in Sa-
vannah and other parts of Georgia. She
resided i'm Camden county, Georgia, for
many years. She was a sister Of the lata
Judge John Nicoll OF Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

II. w. V. says he can buy few tons
Of waste or dirty salt at about IS a ton
and haul It six miles Would it pay to buy
IT, and what crops would 1t benefit more
than others?
There are some crops that salt benefits,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

For many years we have sown of egg
plants and peppers in frames elevated four
feet above the ground to protect from flea
beetle.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08
Gold Iniured Lettuce.

Fairfield, Ga, Jan 1.-The recent cold
wave materially injured the lettuce in
this section, but in a week or two the
daily shipments will be as large as ever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

River 1NepOrt-Ine nlght Oh the SaVan-
nah river at Augusta at a. m. C75th me-
ridan time) yesterday was 6S feet no
change during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
Observations taken Jan. 7, 1900, 8 p. m.
G5th meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

tNNui Ff's'''ssss's ~ pounds
Alfalfa may be made to furnish excel
lent pasture for horses cattle, sheep and
swine, but the pasturing must not be done
in an indiscrtminate manner. 1t ought
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-08

1T, temperature; 'V, velocity OF wind.
Ii. y. Boyer,
Local Forecast Official.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-08-09
POLITICAL THOUGHTS.

PRESIDENTIAL campaign is excellent school
of observation in which to study phases of character
that remain quiescent in ordinary times Few
people, comparatively speaking, think deeply on
political questions. This class perfectly satisfied
to adopt the vacuous and vague views of mind
moulders" their groundwork of belief In every
campaign certain amount Of trickery is always re-
sorted to to influence public opinion. Political
shibboleths seldom silence honest opinion They
are framed to favor falsehood, failure and ruin
rather than being an appeal to reason judgment
With many captious catch phrase is paraded
and panoramed promiscuousy about by the rank
and file and thence heralded broadcast with little
thought of the terrible tempest it's sanderous salvos
of scurrty stirs up. Politicians know the value of
catch phrase and are ever ready to adopt them in
order to further their ends Party spirit of the
brand that furnished the fair fame of Kentucky will
be obstacle in the way of intelligent action
an honest election and rightful acknowledgment
when results are ascertained Such demagogue &C.
tons should be foreign to things POLITICAL Nova
days Doodle and the CREASED tongue of SANDER is
ready to recklessly ruin reputation and refute
every principle every motive and obscure every fact
Truth is treacherously furnished by technicalities
honor handspiked haphazardly, and personal char
acter befouled by every known term registered in
the lexicon of things ungentlemanly. Honor and
integrity in politics should be paramount instead of
being subordinated to duplicity atery and the lust
for power and pelf.
The studied utterances of political leaders
can have little value when judgment is becouded by
the theatrical pageantry of oratorca sophistry that
warps than it diffuses intelligence Our polit-
ical atmosphere is being choked to death by such
humbugs. The past history of our country contains
many notable of those who have met an ig-
nomnous fate at the polls the result Of dishonor
able Vaccinations by the opposing forces Among
them may be mentioned that peerless orator and
matchless statesman, James g. Blaine. AS long as
every known trickery within the ken of man is en-
ployed with subtle power to sway the plastic mind
of the average voter, just that long may we expect
the will of the people to be defeated