The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-18
CATTLE SHIPPED TO CUBA.

AT Newberry, last Saturday, the
Chaires Brothers loaded several cars
with beef and stock cattle for Tampa,
from where they are to be shipped to
the Lykes Brothers at Havana. The
cattle came from the wilds of Lafay-
cite county, and were driven across
the SuWannee river at Fannin on
Thursday While the cattle were in
good condition and made an excellent
appearance, they were extremely wild
and the men in charge of them were
taxed to the utmost to prevent STAN
pedes. In all there were $50 head and
in their wild state it was with great
est difficulty that they were kept UNI
der control. Mr.. Chaires stated that
this would probably be their last ship
ment of cattle to Cuba this year, as
they had received advices to the eff
feet that no more Florida stock would
be in demand there until after the rush
of Columbian cattle had subsidized.
Jacksonville Metropolis: Sam Hen
derson, the colored man who is sus-
pected of being the murderer of Edna
Hurd, the negress who was cut to
death in the rear yard of Hobson's
free and easy" in the Tenderloin
rested Friday afternoon. The arrest
was made just two blocks away from
where the tragedy was enacted. Hen
derson was at Hobson's place on
Thursday night, and a witness has
been found who will testify to seeing
him with the woman few minutes
before she was killed. Lieutenant of
Police Miller suspected Henderson of
committing the crime and tracked him
distance ha niOhf nf no
der, but he succeeded in getting out of
the officers way in time to escape ar
rest His description was given to the
police and an order for his arrest was
issued. There is some doubt as to
Henderson being the right man, but
strong evidence against him is now in
the hands of the authorities. He denies
any connection with the murder, and
refuses to say anything to explain his
sudden departure from the scene aft
er the woman was cut.
THREE UNTOUCHED INDUSTRIES.
st. Augustine Record: There are
three important industries in the Unit
ed States, which until recently have
been almost exclusively carried on In
states north of the Mason and Dixon
line. They are paper making, the
manufacture of furniture and the
building of ships. where timber is the
component part of chief value. BY
reason of the rapid exhaustion of the
forests and from the fact that there
still exists in this section of the coun-
try large quantities of material used
in these industries. the manufacture
of the articles mentioned must even
ually be transferred to the South
Florida of all other states in the South
is an inviting field for all three. For
a century her forests have furnished
the raw material for the shipbulders
and the state has lost the profit in
the finished product. With the rapid
Introduction of fuel oil as a substi-
tute for coal, Florida can compete
with any other section of the country.
1t has the hardwoods necessary for
the making of furniture and building
ships No state in the Union has a
larger or more inexhaustible supply of
paper making fiber. II only needs de-
velopment and that development is
sure TO come in the near future. As
fine roll top desk can be made Of
Florida pine as any wood that grows.
and similar desks and other office
furniture are now being successfully
made IN Marietta, Ga. and other points
IN the South. Paper making is still IN
the experimental stage as Tar as Flor
ida Is concerned, but the fact that we
have the material with which 10 make
IL Is indlsputable