The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-22

He Is the gentleman who put through
the plan for the new fertilizer factory,
mentioned a few days ago. He has just
purchased one of the handsomest places
IN Hyde Park, and will erect thereon a
dwelling that VIII be second to none in
the city. Until recently, Mr.. Carnes
owned controlling interest in the Mem
phis Street Railway System, but has sold
an OF his holdings, and is to make Tam
pa his home and assist in developing the
wonderful resources Of the place.
Gainesville Sun: Notwithstanding the
fact that the recent heavy rains destroy
ed almost the total cucumber crop of this
section, the growers quickly recovered
from the disastrous situation and re-
planted. AS an illustration of what the
soil OF Alachua county is capable of pro-
ducing, A. Salter, the trucker of Are
dondo, brought to this city Tuesday some
sort of cuke," which, tipped the beam
at one pound ten ounces. This cucumber
has been set and cultivated since the
cloudburst, and is as fine a specimen as
has ever been seen here.
The Crystal Rock Mandatory of Miami
has commenced operating their machinery
and on Friday evening they took from
their quarry the first stone, weighing sew
eral tons. Their machinery works very
nicely. The drills, operated on an adj
Unstable table, do effective and rapid work,
drilling at the rate Of one foot per min
ute. The large piece of rock taken QUA
was very satisfactory as to quality and
broke to depth of four and one-half feet
without a flaw. The officials of the COM
pany are elated over their first expert
ment, both as to the quality of the rock
and the working of their machinery. A
large piece of the rock will be sent to Bos-
ton, so that the manufacturers of stone
saws may have an opportunity to test
them on this rock.
The Tampa Lumber Company, the new
corporation which has recently begun OPP
erations In that section, is making extern
sive preparations to do a large business
In the lumber and timber field The COM
pany will shortly install three large mills
one in Tampa, another at Zolfo and the
third at Plant City. These mills will be
brand new, and equipped with the latest
and most approved machinery. The mill
in Tampa viii be equipped with a first
class planning plant, and prepared to turn
out the finest grades of novelty work OBJ
tainable in the South. The company has
purchased 1900 acres of timber lands in
the vicinity of Zolfo and II 600 acres in the
vicinity of Plant City Manager Mofitt
is now at work making arrangements for
the erection of the new mills.
Tampa Tribune. Budd.e Green, 10
years old, stood before Judge Wall in
Circuit Court yesterday afternoon, and re-
ceived sentence which condemns him to
spend the remainder of his life in penal
servitude. Green has the face and fea-
lures of one of Max Nordaus typical de-
generates. His face is expressionless,
and his brow slopes backward to a point
ed skull He seems fully capable of the
crime for which he was convicted-that
VIA particularly brutal assault on Ethel
May Johnson, a diminutive child, years
old. Green's case was one of the brief
est on the records of the Circuit Court
He was arraigned. tried, convicted and
sentenced in one hour and thirty minutes,
by the watch. The case was taken up at
p. m, and the lad was doomed to life
Imprisonment at $780,