The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-13
months ago and the opposition TO Davis
in the Second has gone gIimmering.

months ago, and the opposition TO Davis
in the Second has gone glimmering
AS an evidence of the interest in the APP
preaching election it is only necessary 10
say that Tuesday more than fifty natural
lzatlon papers We're taken out by Spanish
residents in Tampa. Large numbers have
been going through every week, until the
voting population has been materially in
creased. The larger number of these are
from young men, who have just attained
their majority, and who came to Tampa
before that time. This is a class of citi-
zenship that Tampa appreciates very high
ly.
The Masons of the Nineteenth district,
which includes Hhlsboro, Manatee
and Polk counties, will hold a big meet
ing in Tampa on Tuesday April II. The
convention has been called by Prof L. w
Buchhoiz, district deputy grand master,
and will be attended by representatives of
the lodges in the district. The degree
work will be fully exemplified. and the
convention, in addition to its significance
to the order will be made pleasureable
by number of social features. Silas B.
Wright of DeLand, the grand master for
Florida, has been invited to attend the con-
Vention, and will probably accept.
The Democratic primary at Pensacola
Tuesday demonstrated beyond doubt the
choice of the voters of Escam bia county
for chief executive of Florida. The fiat
tering majorities cast for the D. H. MAYS
delegations in nearly every voting pre-
cinct assures a solid represent ton from
this county for Jeffersons favorite son
at the State Convention to be held at
Jacksonville in June The following ticker
is believed to have been nominal ted at the
primary: For members of Legislature, ].
L Ia
judge, T. R. McCullagh; for clerk Circuit
Court, A NJ. Mcmillan; for tax assessor,
w. W. Richards; for tax collector, A H.
d Alemberte; for county treasurer, j. W.
Frater; for superintendent public instruc-
ton, N. B. Cook; for sheriff. close between
George E. Smith and j. c. Van Pelt with
the chances in favor of Smith; clerk of
Criminal Court, NJ. P Bombay; for Justice
of peace, Second district, j. r. Landrum.
Much has been said and written about
the thrifty village of Hastings, located
eighteen miles south of St. Augustine on
the Florida East Coast Railway, but the
vicinity and the inhabitants deserve all
the credit they receive. The section in
which Hastings is located is, perhaps, the
most fertile in the state, and has the best
class of people 10 push its natural re-
sources. The farmers of Hastings will
soon prepare TO dig and ship their spring
crop OF IrlSn potatoes. A conservative
estimate of the crop this spring is placed
at between fifteen and twenty thousand
barrels, or fully one-third more than last
year. The growers last year realized on
an average of IS a barrel for the crop,
and this year there is every promise of
equally good prices, if not better. Put
ting it at IS a barrel, there will be be-
tween eeventy-five and one hundred thou
sand dollars distributed among the grow
ers of Hastings this spring from the po-
tato crop alone, and there are, perhaps,
not more than fifteen growers in the bust
ness. While the spring Irish potato crop
is the main one upon which the farmers
of this place depend. still they develop
many other crops on smaller scale, yet
they make good profits off of them all.
Their fall crops of Irish potatoes have
been finding a ready market at better
profits during the last few years, and the
farmers are encouraged to go into it on
larger scale.