Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-15
A VISIT TO THE SUNNY SOUTH.
A wheeling Physicians Trip Throusn
the south and His Impressions Of the
Craving States

the south and His Impressions Of the
Growing states
DIR. James E. Reeves of this city has Just
returned from a trip to Savannah, VA.
whittier he went to attend the meeting Oh
.ba American Public Health Association,
,h;cL heoan its sessions in that city on the
Doth OF November and adjourned December
I'd.
Our reporter found him at his house on
Chapline street, last night, and busily en-
gagged in making his report to the Gov
ernor as Secretary OF the state
Board of Health which the law
requires to be made on or before
the first day of January, 1882. He was not
in a very good humor on account OF rheu-
matic grip, which almost entirely incapaci-
tated him from work, and hence it required
some strategy to secure the object OF our
visit.
The Doctor informed US that he left home
with his wife who accompanied him on the
trip on the 26th of November, and travelled
by way of Washington, Danyille, Charlotte,
n c., Columbia, S. c., and Augusta, Ga;
thence by way OF the Port Royal line,
into Beaufort county, s. e., where, says
the Doctor, ARE 4l2 white voters and ,o6o
negro voters" From Beaufort they went
10 Savannah, the beautiful city OF parks.
found thirty-one States represented, many
of the members having their wives and
daughters with them. The meeting was one
OF the most successful in the history
OF the association. the papers end
discussions all being of the most
interesting character. The Savannah morn
ing Ncrs, edited by Capt. Waller formerly
of this city, displayed great deal OF en-
terprise by publishing daily the entire pro-
IL for which the -
ISOLATION returned formal and sincere
thanks. The citizens of Savannah welcomed
the association in spirit of the largest lib
erality, and the Mayor of the city furnish
ed an excursion on a magnificent steamer
down the Savannah river around Iybee Is
land and out into the ocean. On board
splendid collation. was served, and taking II
all in all the occasion was most enjoyable
one.
At the sessions OF the Associations great
number of addresses were made by some OF
the most prominent sanitarlanS OF the
country.
Captain Reilly, an old and respected citI-
zen Of Savannah, and who is well known
to many of our people, was most asSlduouS
in his attentions to the guests from Wheel
ing, and the same can be said OF Captain
Waller, who was untiring in his efforts TO
make their brief stay in the South the
most pleasurable imaginable.
DR.. Reeves also informed us that among
other pleasant acquaintance he made while
in Savannah was that of Mr.. Butler,
wealthy druggist of that city and a cousin
of Adiutant General Butler OF this State:
His impressions of the South and OF its
peOple, the Doctor says, are OF the most
favorable nature; and his ideas in that
direction were shared by all the Northern
and Western physicians who were present
After the adjournment OF the AssOcia-
ton, a select party of physicians and their
wives extended their visit to Jacksonville,
Fla. where they executed an entire day
among the orange groves and through the
strawberry farms that fringe the banks
OF the beautiful St. Johns river. The
strawberry vines are now in full bloom,
and the fruit will mature about Christmas.
Jacksonville is q fOurishing town, and
presents the appearance Ot thriving
Western city. The hotels are after the
style of the Fifth Avenue in New York,
and are the homes of thousands OF valetu-
dinarians, and also of those whose senSi-
tive organizations cannot endure the I'M
gentle breeZcs of a colder CLINE.
The Doctor assured US that with his
present ideas of the resources and POSSIBLE
ities of the South, he would reverse Gree
ley's pointer to young men and say,
young man, go South" Every oppOrtu-
nifty is afforded for making fortunes and
10 Young man who has any inherent
virtues no better field is open. All
that is required to make the Southern peO-
pie great and prosperous is that they shall
learn the value of dollar and the value
of an hour, rs these important lessons
seemingly have formed no part of their
education In regard to things political
they have no care. and many of them fatty
declared that it did not matter 10 them who
was President. Nothing could provoke
them to repeat the history Of the first half
of the sixties, and all they desire is good
local government, which they have i'll
nearly every locality.
At Augusta Ga, DR.. Reeves was male
the recipient OF many kindncsSeS at the
hands of DR.. Henry Frazier Campbell, whose
professional status is well known to many
of our physicians. At Charlotte, \. c., he
had the pleasure of meeting Judge Schenk.
late of the higher court of his State, and
from him he learned that 100000 spindles
had been added to the cotton manufacturing
interests of that county in ISL, and also
that the gold mines OF North Carolina were
being worked most prOftahly. In North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia lands
sell from five dollars to fifty dollars an
acre. Grape culture in Georgia and Ala
lama in the hill lands could be most sue
cessfully carried on, and fortunes are open
to any Germans who will engage in that
business One example, of the resources
OF the South, a gentleman gave his servant
patch of ground to cultivate, and thus
produced two bales of cotton which yield
ed $l2O. Mechanics work the entire year,
as the weather in no wise interfercs with
their labOrs Sunstroke does not occur
there. and the temperature is uniform.
In the rce-growing districts malaria, and a
form of fever which is very fatal, are COM
mon to the whites, but the negroes as
rule 60 unScathed.
DR.. Reeves says that the members of the
Association admitted that our State Board
of Health law was one of the best in the
Union. Governor Jackson was elected q
member Of the Association.