The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-07

Gambia county is doing strong work for
Mr.. Mays.
Mrs. NJ. E. Bennett aged AS years, moth
er of quite a large family of children, af er
long and painful illness, died at her
home in Gainesville, Wednesday morning,
of complication of diseases. Mrs. Ben
nett left five daughters and two sons.
The notices have been posted that the
Royal Poinciana at Palm Beach will Close
this morning, Immediately after break
fast. The guests still remaining at the
house began to prepare TO leave Thursday
and all save a few had left last night.
The strawberry growers around Plant
City are realizing more for their berries
this year than ever before. Good fruit
finds ready sale at 70 cents per quart, and
several hundred dollars are paid daily for
them. great number of the growers
ship on consignment. and returns are us
ually satisfactory. A close observer esti-
mates the present berry crop as equal to
the orange crop before the freeze of 1885.
Manatee Journal: The large number of
our winter guests who have made invest
ments in and around town during the
present season evidences their opinion Of
our future. All agree that Braidentown
has the foundati ton upon which to build
a good town, and that Manatee county is
destined to- attain future greatness I'M
dreamed of by majority of its inhabi-
tants.
The turpentine business has taken a firm
hold on Orange county. One can drive fer
miles through the woods in some portions,
and find pine trees boxed as far as the eye
can penetrate. Thousands of acres of 1 M
Der has been boxed and the work is still
going forward. Stills are located near
Clarkona. Gabrielle and Pineeaste, and
bar in nj or N =
of erection. Some of these have been in
operation for several months. Messrs.
McQuaig & Beecham, who are located nea'
Conway, will run their first charge On
Monday next. w. l.. DOlive, an old turpen-
tine man, has superintended the install
nlent of their plant, and it has been well
DONE
Hon Robert McNamee, who was editor
and manager of the Jacksonville News,
which has recently suspended publication.
issues a circular letter in which he ex-
plains the failure of the venture as fol-
lows: '"The service that was given was
~ extensive that for the lack of a lin
tied amount of capital which the projec-
tors believed could be procured, the en-
terprise has beeen compelled to yield TO
the inevitable. The success that three
daily papers are having in the other two
of the three chief cities of Florida i'm
Delled us, and still impels us to believe,
in the value of a similar service in Jack
sonvire, which will come to pass"
Tampa Herald County Commissioner
w. A. Belcher reports his section of the
West Coast as being in an unusually
prosperous and substantial condition just
| at present. He declares that prospects for
a large citrus fruit crop next season were
never better than at present, which is
| attested by the Oldest inhabitants of the
| West Coast Land is steadily increasing
| in solid value over that way and pineap-
| pie culture is attracting considerable at
| tention now 1t has been highly success
| full ard profitable to those who have en-
gagged in it. and this has attracted Others
| 20 the business The soil and climate
| seem to be especially kind to the pines,
and the flavor is said to be something
| superb.
Jacksonville Times-Union-Citiz Tom
! Hammond, the suspected murderer of his
| grandmother, aunt and uncle, the Rob
| erts family, is again a free man. That
| he is at large is not because he was ad-
| judged to be not guilty of the horrible
| crime with which he is charged, but de-
| cause he was the instigator of jail de-
| livery that proved a success, and by which
| he and four negro lawbreakerS, who were
confined in jail with him. gained their
! liberty. The break for freedom was made
at O'Clock last night while Jailer Fallon
| and Waterman Cha mers were at supper.
and il is very evid mt that this fact
was well known to Hammond and his fell
| low prisoners. 1t was nearly 8 O'Clock
when the men were missed, and Sheriff
| Broward Chief V.nzant and all deputy
| sheriffs aud policemen were Immediately
notified. and officers were placed at work
on the case.
BEATS THE MILLER SYNDICATE.