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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
Rebate on Fertilizer Freight on tn,
Carolina Central

Rebate on Fertilizer Freight on the
Carolina Central
Recently Judge Simonton, of the
United States Circuit court, affirmed
the finding of Eugene S. Martin, Esq,
who was appointed spec1a master to
take testimony in the case of Mrs. Vir-
gfnia Matthews VS.. the North Carolina
corporation commission.
The commission reduced the freight
rate On fertilizers 80 per sent and fixed
a minimum car load rate as ten tons,
whereas the railroad adhered arbitrar-
lily to Is tons. Mrs. Matthews, being a
stakeholder of the Carolina Central,
brought suit to enioin h commission
from enforcing its order. alleging that
the reduction would iniure the holdings
Of the stockholders.
Special Master Martin took evidence
and made a report sustaining the COM
mission, so under the order OF Judge
Sfmonton there will be about $1,000 to
be refunded to all who have paid the
Carolina CentraIs regular rate since
the commissions rate vas ordered to
go into effect. May 18th. 1899. The
will be disbursed through the
state treasurer.
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Kind Deeds.

Mr.. s. II. Fishblate. who is known for
the proper time. on yesterday present.
ed the street car motormen and con-
ductors with comfortable fur caps. 1t
was a timely gift but it is just like NJ.
Fishblate, as he has often done such
sionS heretofore.
Another noble deed yesterday was
done by Mr.. w. M. Cumming. He re-
membered The Messenger carrier boys,
who in rain, hail. sleet or snow, deliver
their papers throughout the city. IL
the kindness of his heart, he presented
each of the boys with a pair of rubber
Shoes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
Rev. DIR. Wells Arrived

The Rev. ]. NJ. Wells, Phi. D., the new
pastoSof the First Presbyterian church,
arrived nere Yesterday On the Seaboard
Air Line with his family. consisting Of
his wife and three children. They were
met at the depot by a half dozen Of
ficers Of the church who most cordially
received and escorted them to the Or
tor At the hotel a number of ladies
received the party. and had made their
rooms as cheerful as possible. consider
ing the fearful n storm
Today Mr.. Wells will preach at II a.
m. and 7:45 D. m. at his church.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Brunswick, Ca. February at II re-
ported here today that negotiations are
pending for the purchase of the Tai
lulah Falls railroad by the seaboard All
Line. n eventually resulting in a lire
from Athens. Ga. to Knoxville. Tenn.
The purpose OF the new line. it y
saad, - to bring In reach the undeveS-
oped mineral and timber and OF North
Carolina. South Carolina and East Ten-
nessee.
George Prentiss. OF New York. whe b
considered a leading promoter Of the
undertaking. was here today. but woufd
neither deny nor affirm the rumor.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
ST. Louis steady ct sakc: net reeeipk
$50 bales
rur Nrw yoRg mAKKET.

Gales
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York. February z5.-The fol-
lowing are the total net receipts Of cot
ton al all ports since September I. l9se.
Galveston 1.sSs. se4 bales. New 0rled1o
1.Sso. SIS. Mobile l1s.sos. Savannah sS1.-
SO Charleston 3eo.077. Wilmington 10
S7s. Norfolk 312.s47. Baltimore 4e.el<s
New York I1s.3Ss. Boston ie4.sse. &eU-
port News 1918. Philadelphia ls.so5s
Brunswick 5s.ss4. Port Arthur 5.be5.
Pensacola sS.sSS-total s.s2s. 81 bales
New York. February 2-Cett0n
steady at sac: net receipts SIS bales.
gross receipts s.ss5 bales: sales 2.19o
bales: stock ia. ose bales: exports 9
Great Britain 1897 bales: continens -
bales
Total today and Consolidated-Net
receipts 1s. $50 bales: xpor TO Great
bales; stock SIS. SIS bales.
Total since September met re-
ceipts s.74o.ei7 bales: exports to Great
Britain 2.1a.lss bales. France 5A.ess
bales; continent f.e43.4sS bales
Spot cotton closed steady i-lec h1gh-
er; middling upiands s&c: middling
gull CSC: sales Also bales.
Futures closed barely steady: Feb
ruary sol: March 9.o2: April sos: Nay
sos: June 500. July sill: August KS;
September $50: October sos. November
7.99; December 7.95.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS MARKET
Chicago. February 23.-The leading
future ranged as follows:
Omen High Low tlax
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Recent experiments show that ALI
classes Of foods may be completely Ill
gested by a preparation called Kodoi
Dyspepsia Cure, which absolutely d.
gests what you eat. As IL Is the onky
combination Of all the natural digest
ants yer devised the demand for it hss
become enormous. r r. Beuamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet; winte patents ss.soa3.se
straights s3-9o9s.eo clears $2.eo03.se:
spring specials $4.20G4.S0: patents $3.5e
63.T0; straights $3.00a3. 80: bakers sac
Q2.50; No. 8 spring wheat 67hgs2ne:
No. 2 red 75lxc: No. 2 corn f0c; Nc. q
yellow 40c; No. 2 oats .5A G26hc: No. 2
white 2SA G29c: No. 3 white 27A92sxc;
No. 2 rye SIC; mess pork per barrel
Sl4.00@1405: lard per 100 pounds $7.47k
@7.50; short ribs sides (loose) $1,000
7.25; dry sailed shoulders (boxed) 3s.2s
Q6.50; short clear sides tboxed) $7.4s6
7.60; whiskey $1.27.
New York. February z3.-FLOUR-
steady; Minnesota patent s4.oOt
winter patents S3.65G4.00.
WHEATISpot. market dull but hrn:
No. 2 red S11sc; options opened Arm.
but quiet n ruled slow with only Ie-
cal trading in the absence of new fea-
lures beyond the small Argentine ship
ments n the light run Of northwest
receipts. Prices rallied slightly on 10
cal covering with the close steady at a
net of hQAc. March closed
$3.50; May closed S0Ac: July closed
1880.
CORN-Spot quiet and steady; No. 2
49c; options were dull and a shade
steadier on continued poor grade Of re-
ceipts and covering. Notwithstanding
poor cables. Closed steaoy Il to &c net
higher. March closed 4s%c: July 45Mc.
OATS-Spot dull; No. z Sic. Options
dull.
LARD-Steady; western steamed
$3.50. Refined quiet: continent s7.s5;
South American $3.50: compound $500
5.e2A.
PORK-Steady: family s15.O0915.5o
short clear $14.75616.50: mess $4,000
14.75.
BUTTER-Ffrm: fresh 1sG
%; state dairy 13021c.
CHEESESQuiet: fancy large coIer-
ed and white 1Oh@11hc: fancy email
colored 12kc; fancy white l2c.
EGGS-Steady: state and Pennsyiva-
MIA at mark 19c: southern at mark 1sc.
POTATOES-Steady. Jersey $I2s6
LIS; New York s1.50@1.75: Long Island
$1.50@I.S7k: Jersey sweets 81. 756sM.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: refined New
York s7.s5; Philadelphia and Bafimsre
$3.50; do in bulk $5.35.
R~ICE-Quiet: domestic fair to extra
3M@6Ac; Japan 4A04Ac.
PEANUTS-Steady: fancy h~andp5ek-
ed 4%G5c: other domestic SC.
SUGAR-Raw steady but quiet; fair
refining 3&c; centrifugal 90 test lKc:
molasses sugar 3kc: refined quiet;
standard A $3.50: confectioners A $3.50:
mould A $5.S5: cut loaf 800; crushed
$500: powdered $3.50: granufated $s.Se;
cubes s5.75.
COTTON SEED o1L-DulI bat
steady at former prices. Prime crude
barrels &c. Prime summe, yellow
29kc. On summer yellow 2sk629c.
Prime white 33634c. Prime minter vel
low 35Q35c. Prime meal 328.0e.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Spirits t~urpentine steady
at 4k@42c. Rosin quiet: stratned
common to good $1.e5.
CharlestonISirfts ~turpentine dull.
nothing doing, 35h to Csc. Rosin Arm
n unchanged.
SavannahVSpirits ~turpetine firm at
SIC; receipts $50 casks: sales 275 casks:
xport 397 casks. Rosin firm: receipts
1925 barrels; sales 4.1S3 barrels Export
Z.SS9 barrels. Quote: A B c $1.16; d
$l.20; E $1.25: r $1.35: G $1.35: II 81 RI.
I $1.65; K $1.7g: III s1.ss; " s1se.
w. G. $500: w. w. s2.25.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill Is a sugar
coated gfobule of health, that changes
weakness into strength. hs~tlessnees
into energy, brain-fag into mental
W They're wonderful in building
up the health Only Is cents per box.
Sold by r. R Bellamy.
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Insurance. Companies Return

(Speclal TO Inc Messenger
Raleigh, N. c.. February 23.-The
Massachusetts, Mutual aud the Mutual
Benefit Insurance Companies, which
withdrew from the state after the en-
actment of the Craig demonstration"
law, returned today.
The agricultural department bill,
which has been reported. makes the
commissioner of agriculture ex-officio
chairman Of the board Of agriculture.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

The greatest danger from colds and
la grippe is their resulting in pneumo-
MIA. If reasonable care is Used, how
ever, and Chamberlain's Cough Rene
dy taken, all danger will be avoided. 1t
will cure a colo or an attack of la
grippe in less time than any other
treatment. 1t is pleasant and safe to
take. For sale by R.. R. Bellamy, drug
giSt-
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26
\. Negro Cremated In Jail

Triton. Ga. February 23.-New:
reached here today hat the Jail al
Ala paha was burned Wednesday night
and a negro prisoner was cremated il
it. The negro had been arrested fol
fighting with another Sawmiu and and
opinion is divided as to whether friends
Of the negro with whom he had quar-.
relied fired the structure or whether the
prisoner himself turned incendiary in
an effort to escape.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

For the weakness and prostratior
following grippe there is nothing sc
prompt and effective as One Minute
Cough Cure. This preparation is highly
endorsed as an unfailing remedy fol
all throat and lung troubles and Its
early use prevents consumption. II
was made to cure quickly. R.. r.. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Millions of people are familiar with
DeWitt's Little Early Risers n those
little liver pills. Never grippe. r. r.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Scrofula in the blood shows itself
sooner or later in swellings, sores, erup-
lions. But Hoods Sarsaparilla COM
pletely cures it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-26

Same day last year-S%c-
SPIRITS TURPENTINE - Firm:
machine barrels 3Slsc: country barrels
Sc.
ROSIN-Ffrm. s1.Io and s1.1s.
TAR-Quiet at s1.20.
CRUDE TURPENTINE - Firm &
$3.50 and $3.50.
Prce saIn. day last yea--spsrst-
turpentine SIC and 53hc: roein S1.45
AMI $lso: tar $1.3o: crude turpentine
hard 50 90: loft 1928
Receipts today-1s asks OF spirits
~turpentine. 791 barrels OF rosin, sSs
barrels OF tar. % barrels OF crude tur-
Receipts same day last year-1T casks
OF spirits turpentine, 167 barrels of
rosin, IS barrels OF Tar. - barrels OF
crude turpentine.
PRODUCE
SALT-1os's 51c: 12s's. SIC: 1908.
Gle: 2oVs, CSC: COOS F. F.. n35; in lese
than cal load lots.
DRY SALTED SIDESL7%c.
BUTTER-e4 to &c.
COFFEE to 11hc.
FLOUR-Straights $500: End patents
4 s5; full s4.75.
MOLASSES-S. House. i5c: New Or
leans Brighes q to sc: Porto BIC
80 to 35c; Cuba, % to Sic.
SUGAR-(New York prices. freight
to be added) granuleted $50 w. X. c.,
No. s $50: No. 9 $3.50: No. IL $40.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina. fancy.
7sc; prime 60 to zoe; Virginia As to Csc:
Spanish 70 to soc.
CORN-56c.
CORN MEAL-55c.
N. c. BACON-Hams. 12hc; shout
ders sac: sides 1oc.
CHICKENs-Dull: spring 8 to 1se:
hens 20 to Csc; ROSTERS 1Sc.
TURKEYs-Qive) dull at ~ to Sc.
EGGS-Dull at IL to 13hc.
SHINGLES-Per LOCO, } inch saps
sI6o: 5 inch hearts. s2.25: 6 inch saps
$3.50: 6 nch hearts $3.50 :
TIMBER
PEI NJ feet-Shipping .......s S.0o9 800
Mil. prime -...-..---...... $500 7.5e
Mill, IalT 1000 900
Common mill .............. 1000 soc
Inferior to ordinary ........ $500 $50
LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
Wilmington. February %.
Quotations On local securities. fur
nished and regularly corrected by
HUGH MacRA E & CO. Bankers:
Bid. Asked.
A c. L. of Conn. so certs.112h 120
A. {. l. of Conn. stock. 1922 124
A. c. L. Common . =. . . Is 76Z
A. G. l. pfd :. IL. l.. ..109 -
w. and w. 7% Certs !. . g.. 144 $50
N. c. Railroad. d. /. ;. :. ..160 1853
viii. Compress Co ;. . . 10 -
Delgado Mills -. -. . . s7k 1Ooh
viii. Cotton Mills, pfd....110 1I5
WI. Gas Light Co ". :. . . 20
Carolina Ins. Company ..107 -
Underwriters Ins. Co . . ..107
Nat. Bank of Wilmingtou..1 2o
Atlantic National Bank ..202 -
Will. Savings & Trust Co. 200 -
Murchison Nat. Bank . ..114 1854
Guardian Security Co q. . ITO
Blue Ridge Nat. Bank. ..11O III
warren Mfg. Co =. .. ..105 10
Abbeville Cotton Mills - SO
Southern Cotton Mills :. 102
Piedmont Mfg. Ca :. ..178 1856
Pacolet Mfg Co :. . . - 215
F. w. Poe Mfg Co . {. ..12o LIS
Anderson Cotton Mills . . .124 125
PelZer Mfg. Co.. . ..1S0 1873
Gaffney Mfg. Co. d. -. Zig 121
Clifton Mfg. Co >. ..1SO 100
Orr Mfg. Co . d. ..1O4 107
Darlington Mfg. Co e.. =. 90 100
McColl Mfg. Co . . Dbl. ..12O 125
Grendal Cotton Mills . . ..101k 102
Bennettsville Mfg. Co -. ..10S no
Odell Mfg. Co.. . . :. -. I10H
BONDS.
North Carolina As :. LOG 1O7
North Carolina 6's ;. . . ..136 139
City Wilmington SIS 1919 =. 95
Masonic Temple LIST 6-s....lOo
Masonic Temple End 6s ....-- 10e1s
viii. Compress Co.. 5's..... IS -
A. c. L. ~ certs.. ). :. -. SO 80
Will. & Weldon SIS .. . . ..12o 12
WI. and New Bern As 100 100
e Hanover Co. SIS gold 100
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WILMINGTON MARKETS

Wilmington. February =.
Receipts of cotton To-Day sS1 bales
Receipts same day last year 2o2 bales
This seasons receipts 20 date-241.l65
baf~S.
Receipts to same late last ear
s.. COZ baleaL
Ths quotations quoted At 1 oicocS
tedss ~ Ne -vehange.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12

~ u ~
of coarse string about six feet in length.
In, stringfng them an: effort is made. to
have sponges of similar size on the
same string, They are then ready to be
sold. Peg
After a cargo has been secured, or pro-
visions are running low, the vessel makes
for what the captain considers the best
selling port. All sponges are now sold at
either Key West or Tsrpon Springs. The
method followed in disposing of the
sponges is probably the most peculiar
business process in the country. During
the morning each captain lands his
sponges on the sponge wharf. The buy
ers. who represent large Wholesale houses
in New York. Philadelphia and St. Louis,
are permitted to look over and handle
the punches as they lie, at any time be-
fore or during the sale, but are not al
lowed to weigh them. At 8 o'clock the
sale begins. The auctioneer, taking his
place beside the first pile, announces
the number of punches in 1t and the
variety. Each buyer then writes
on a slip of paper the amount
he is willing to give for the pile and
hands it to the aucuoneer who lays ii
face downward in the palm of his hand.
There is no continuous competition, as
each buyer is allowed but one bid. When
all bids are in the auctioneer reverses
them and reads off the amounts of the
highest and second highest bids. The
highest bid Is then returned to the buyer
and he writes across the face of 1t his
name and the date and gives 1t to the
owner of the pile If the slip is accepted,
that constitutes a. sale, but should the
owner think the price too small, he can
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12

Oh Anclote, after reaching the sponge
srpuius, discovered that he had foryot.-
zen MS OIL. While he was debating Withio
lilhseh what to do, he happened to pick
W ms pinnacle cover, a square box with
WOODEN sides and glass top which is
pIaceu over the compass TO protect il
rom harm. 1t accidentally slipped from
MS hdhd and fell overheard with the glass
Top down.. AS he reached down to get II
ne was surprised to noticed that he could
Slearly see the bottom through the glass.
- old not require much thought for him
20 determine what do do, and on his re-
turn nome he bought an ordinary water
bucket, replaced the wooden bottom with
d g4ass one, which he had cut to fit. and
secured 1t with beeswax. This device
proved such a success that 1t very soon
came into universal use. As Mr.. Baker
old not appreciate the money value OF
nus dscoVery, he failed to secure a pat
eht upon it, and as result never re-
'ceiVed one penny for it. ~
Inc ordinary depths in which sponefnr
IS carried on are from fifteen to thirty
leet OF water. When ready for work the
hooker ties the water glass to A hook
on the side of the, boat. Then. leaning
over the side of the boat and placing the
glass on the surface, he Inserts his head
III IT, and If the water is clear, he can
see the bottom very distinctly for a con-
siderable distance on ali sides When a
good sponge appears in sight a quick com
mand is given, and the "sculler" sends
the boat in the desired direction. The
hooker meanwhile has plunged his
nook into the water, and as soon as he is
WITHIN reach he skiMully inserts the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12
OF THE SPONGE.
- DRAG UP FROM THE OCEAN
noTrOM QUEER GROWTHS.

work Is Done by Two Men in n
Ill Boat, One of Whom Spies
49, the Prey While the Other
.dIes the Boat-If the "Hookero
a,.,odGes the Sponge but Fails to
,-i,e II to the Surface, 1t Becomes
.RoIling John" and Cannot Be
~.,ebt-one Eight Weeks Spong-
Trip That brought IN $4,000 in
.onees-Curious Auctions at
,rhicb the bidder Writes His Of
and Is Held to 1t, Though the
s.,,cr May Accent or Reject as He
go. Fit-Growing Scarcity of the
,.acle Has ImpeIIed the U. s. Fish
c.u,r,tssion to Plant Several Hun
Tod Thousand Sponge Clippings
an Experiment.. -, Ia
~ West, Fla. May s.-F'or number
.. .,sars Key West. the most southerly
...+,on Of the United States until Porto
o,., was annexed, has enjoyed virtual
.r,,orv of the sponge business in the
.--l+o5 states. A considerable part of the
-.a,fa.ion Of the island is composed of
,l.,n.1s.o i. e., natives of the Bahama
Islands or their descendants, and they
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12
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form about four-ffths of the vessel
crews. About three-fourths of them are
negroes In 1900 the sponge fleet Of Flor
ida consisted of 1856 vessels of over five
tons and 22S small sloops ranging from
two to five tons, giving employment to
2245 persons. The total value of invest
ment-in the business amounted to 1884 5sS,
while the value to the spongers of the
sponges secured in the same year amount
ed to $50. Ss5 Four-hfths of the men,
vessels, boats and catch belonged to Key
West -H So
Some of the trips Of these sponge YES
sels have proven very profitable. Prob
sbv the best trip ever made was that
Of the schooner Competitor of Key West,
carrying about eighteen men, during the
winter Of 1880, when she made trip
Of eight weeks and stocked 1920.
Each spongng vessel carries an odd
number Of men, from three to thirteen,
the odd man, who is usually the cook.
being left on board to work the vessel
while the others are sponging. AS soon
as the vessel reaches the sponge grounds
the small boats are run overheard and
two men take their places in each boat.
One who is called the hooker" is in
charge of the boat and is supposed to dis
cover and hook the sponges, while the
other man, who is called the 'sculler,
maneuvers the boat according to, the d.
rections of the hooker" These boats are
made as light as possible, so that they
may be easily and quickly launched from
the vessel and hauled in again.
The apparatus in use by the spongers
IS very simple, consisting of a water glass
and pole with a tfIree-toothed hook at
one end The water glass IS merely an
ordinary water bucket, the wooden. bot
tom of which has been replaced with
glass. Previous to its discovery the
spongers experienced considerable diff
Guilty when a breeze rippled the surface
Of the water. Each boat carried a bottle
o. OIL and when it reached what the
hooker considered good ground he
would shake a few drops of the oil ON
small stone and throw this a short dis
lance from the boat. The oil would spread
out on the surface, making a smooth spot
several feet in diameter The boat-woudd
De sculed to this, and the hooker" en-
soled to see the bottom clearly enough
70 distinguish the good sponges from the
poor ones. One day Mr.. Samuel Baker,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-05-12

decline to receive it. The buyer cannot
reoede from his bid, however. Under
these circumstances the pile cannot be put
Up again until the next sale day. The
bids sometimes vary greatly on the same
pile. In January, 1896, cargo consisting
of 402 punches of Rock Island sheepswool
OF an inferior grade was put up and the
bids of six buyers were $411, $427, $469, 1912,
$40 and $S57. This variation is some
times caused by the fact that a buyer
is anxious to obtain certain quantity
of one particular grade to fill an order
and he bids high in order to be sure Of
getting them -i f
In the trade, the sponges of Florida are
classified as follows: Sheepswool, velvet,
yellow, grass and glove. Sheepswool, vel
low and grass are the most abundant,
while the velvet is quite rare, being usual
y found in one place, near the Matecumbe
Keys on the east coast of Florida. The
glove sponge is very common, but owing
to it's small value very few are brought
in by the spongers. The sheepswool
brought an average price to the spongers
last year of 50 IS per pound; the velvet, -
cents; the yellow, 60 cents; the grass, 70
cents and the glove, Is cents per pound.
Owing to the growing scarcity OF
sponges in the shallower waters, and the
difficulty of sponging in depths greater
than fifty feet, an effort was made in
1884 to Introduce the Mediterranean meth
cd Of securing sponges by means of divers.
A thorough test of this was made and 1t
proved failure for several reasons, the
principal ones being the expense for. the
divers, $50 per month, and the uneven
character of the bottom, which made 1t
difficult for the diver to move around.
1t was also found that in walking over
the grounds he destroyed many of the
young sponges. In 1889 law was pa ssed
by the Legislature forbdding the taking
of sponges by divers, either with or with
out diving suits. 80 .,t ti-
AS the spongers have been unable to
keep UP with the constantly increasing
demand for sponges, numerous efforts
have been made to grow sponges from
clippings aa The United States Fish Com
mission has planted several hundred thou
sand of these clippings at various fav-
orable spots during the present year, AS
the, state of Florida permits the private
ownership of water adjacent to the shore