The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-08

vannah. who recently moved here, has es-
tablished turpentine farm at Tedder-
vile. a few miles north of Lakeland, con-
tanning an immense tract OF land. He
viii put in a large single mill, and build
a tram road from the railroad to Green
Pond a distance of twenty-five miles,
and viii employ about 400 hands. This
means great deal for Lakeland, and VIII
be The means of scattering thousands Of
dollars in this vicinity.
Fort Myers Press: The steamer St.
Lucie handled $4,000 boxes of oranges and
10000 crates of vegetables. between oct.
! and April ], pretty good showing for
one steamer. Capt. Fischer and crew have
made a good record with the steamer.
Fort Myers Press: A big cattle trade
took place this week, Mr.. James L. Hen
dry Purchasing the entire stock of cattle
of Mr. Louis Locklar and the estate Of
Irwin I,ocklar, the price paid being 10000.
The stock includes a large number of beef
cattle in condition for shipment 10 market
now.
Tampa Herald: Complaints reach the
Herald from numerous sources that gam
bling is assuming unusual proportions in
this city. with damaging effects to trade
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that game OF policy is running some>
where which is being played by hundred
of people daily. It is alleged that men
canvass the city constantly. selling tick
cts and raking IN money right and left,
taking funds which ought to be paid for
rent, food and other necessaries OF
life. We are assured that this thing has
grown into a serious evil and that if it
can not be suppressed it ought 90 be re-
strcted and not allowed to invade stores,
workshops and streets with its agents.
Somebody accidentally, it is supposed.
started a fire carly Thursday morning,
near the Adams trail where it crosses
the salt marsh at Palm Beach A gale
was blowing from the north at the time
and the fire spread rapidly to the long
grass of the marsh, which is dryer now
than al any other season of the year, and
for a time the whole of Palm Beach was
threatened. The Palm Beach Hotel and
the other buildings IN that vicinity were
in great danger for an hour. Manager
Sterry had the hotel fire department. call
ed out to protect that ana the neighboring
property and the men worked large
part of the forenoon, and the fire was
finally checked al that part of the marsh
burned over later in the season. where the
growth was smaller aud greener.
There was a good attendance at the
Florida State Convention of the Travel
ers' Protective Association, in Jacksonville.
Friday which met in the rooms of Post
A, in the Reed block. The mileage book
question was discussed at some length
and the agents who are now about to be
assigned to their new territories will pur-
chase their books as soon as possible and
they know which roads they are to travel.
The election of officers took place as fol-
lows: President, Louis Herzog; first vice
president, J. c. Darby; secretary and
treasurer, Fred Kann; board of directors
Frank S. Gray, J. p. Lovett. Mike Sabal
and J. D. Baker. The following delegates
were chosen to attend the National Con-
vention of the Travellers Protective AS
ISOLATION, which will be held in New Or
leans May %: w. L. Diggins, Fred Kann,
j. p. Lovett and Walter Coleman.
At Lake Butler Thursday night, in the
store of the John A. King Drug Com
pany, Mr.. r. r. Knight was shot and al
most instantly killed by some man under
cover of the dark shadows of the low
metal awning that surrounds the brick
block in which are the drug store and
other general merchandise stores. The
cause of the deed and the perpetrator of
it are complete mysteries. There were bur
two persons in the drug store a the time
of the shooting except r. II. Knight j.
f. RdlIeS. one OF the HTm, was selling
Mr.. Knight a piece of ice, and NJ H.
CLANCY was standing close by. The as
sasin was seen by several before the shoot
ing, restlessly shifting his position from
standing TO sitting, in the little coves on
either side of the deep drug store doors,
but no one took any special notice of him
Some are of the opinion that he is a white
man, and others that he Is a negro He
chose a very opportune time to do his
work-just as the Jacksonville and South
western trains were shifting and making
much noise and both passenger trains on
the Georgia Southern and Florida were
about due. The streets at this time of the
evening are usually very clear of pedes-
TRANS. Mr. Knight kept the market at
Lake Butler and was a quiet, inoffensive
fellow, and If he ever gave cause for hav-
ing such an enemy il is certainly not
known, The murdered man leaves a wife
and several dependent children, and the
whole town deplores beyond measure the
horrible affair