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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-12-05
Thomasville Times, December ~
Railroad NIeeeinw.

meeting OF the persons named as incorp0ra-
tors in the act incorporating the Thomasville
Railroad Company" and the subscribers TO the
capital stock of said company. was held on the
28th ult., at the Office of A. P. Wright & Co. in
the City of Thumasvlle, Georgia, persuant 10
notice
At this meeting there were present Arthur
P. Wright, Augustin Fl. Hansell, Thomas C.
Mitchell, John Bradford. John E. Page and j.
Edmond Page.
On motion Of John E. Page, which mo,lon
was duly seconded, Colonel A. p Wright was
elected chairman at the meeting, and, on motion
of John Bradford, which motion was duly se-
conded, J. Edmond Page was elected secretary
of the meeting.
Moved and seconded that the meeting proceed
to choose nine Directors Of the Townsville
Railroad Company, who shall continue to act as
such for the period of one year, and until their
successors are chosen; which motion was duly
carried. ss avs
The following persons were then nominated
for such sIlrcctDn: Chas Fl. Adams. of,New
York, N K; John e Page, Of Alhasy, II. Y;
Edward Danf,rtb. Of Emira, N. Y; William ".
Pagesnf Albany. n. Z; Edward Lewis, "a Tai
lahassee, Florida; a r. Wright. OF Townsville,
Georgia; CT McDougall, of Auburn, N. Y: Jno
Bradford, II Bradiordyle, Florida; ]. Edmond
Page, OF Albany, N r.
The chairman hen appointed John Bradford
and j. Edmond Page telers. Ballots were duly
Cast, and upon Q canvass Of the same il was
found that the persons nominated had received
800 votes. and thercupon the chairman declared
them elected.
These minutes were then read and approved,
after which The meeting adjourned.
A.P. WRIaHT. President.
j. EDAoND PACE, Secretary.
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At a meeting of the Directors of the Middle
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Associa-
ton, held in the city yesterday, it was deter
mined to enlarge the fair grounds, remove the
grand stand and seats TO the west side of the
track, and make other general Improvements on
the grounds, buildings, &c, for the Fifth Annual
Fair, which commences ON the 10Th day of JAN
uary, 1888, and continues through the week.
The premiums offered are numerous and very
liberal and if the people, upon whom the success
of The fair depends, properly second the efforts
of the Directors, our next fair will be the best
ever held under the auspices of the Association,
and result in great good to our section.
Middle Floridians, don't neglect your fair
don't let this opportunity pass TO show what you
are doing and what your section of the State is
capable of doing. Exhibit the products of your
SOIL the fruits of your skill and industry, your
manufactures, handiwork, &c, and thus adver-
tise your country and it's resources, and you will
in the end derive both pleasure and profit from
the effort
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Waycross Reporter November 25
The CassaVa and Its HistOry-Its
Uses-HOw to Plant 1t,
and When.

We proceed, in compliance with prom
Uses made to goodly number of friends,
both in Florida and Southern Georgia, to
introduce the subject of the cassava, by
first giving brief history of it. 1t will
be well for our people to examine closely
into the many advantages claimed for
this plant in order that they may learn of
it's Importance 1t was first discovered
in South America, and is a native of that
country and the West Indies, and is
known as the mdndi0cd or tOpiocG of
Brazil. 1t is a shrub that grows from
four to eight feet high, with very large,
white, fleshy, tuberous roots, which often
weigh from twenty-five to fifty pounds.
1--WE saw a root the past winter, in San
ford, Florida, grown by Governor st.
Clair, whose place is at Wilcox, on the
South Florida Railroad, that weighed
over seventy pounds.) The stem is round,
jointed, and furnished at its upper part
with alternate petiolate leaves, deeply d.
vided into three, FIVE, or seven oval lance
oIate, very acute lobes, which are some
what wavy upon their borders, deepgreen
upon their upper surface, glancous and
whitish beneath. A considerable quantity
of land is being devoted to its cultivation
in South Florida, which will doubtless
be largely augmented year by year, as
its values are made known, and is appre-
ciated as an article of food. 1t is of quick
growth, and the root arrives at perfection
in about six months from the time it il
planted. The kind grown in this country
is known as the Sweet Cassava-there
being in South America and the West
Indies two kinds, the bitter and the sweet.
1t has principally been grown for the pur-
pose of making starch only in this country.
More recently its values have been made
known as a food crop for man, all kinds
of domestic animals, and poultry. 1t is
easy of digestion and destitute of irrita-
ting properties. II is perfectly innocent.
The roots will remain all the winter in
the ground in perfect state of preserva-
ton, or may be banked away, the same
as potatoes or sngarcane. They may be
preserved for years by being simply
cleaned, sliced, and dried. From the
dried slices inanioca Or cassava meal, used
for cakes, pies, and buildings or bread,
is prepared by grating or rasping.
The above we. trust win serve as IN
introduction to those unacquaintsd with
this, to become, when properly known
and undeFstood, perhsps the most certain,
most valuable, most important, and hence
most profitable crop that csns BE- grown
ii southern Gsosgia, Middle and South
EIoridk ssslss 's ~
M eass.ss Nm ii time solte the din.
eplt pFobaes 81 hos u procure cheap
suppl psep ~ vseyil a othsr insect
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W. H. B., the Jacksonville correspondent of
Savannah Nesos, in q recent letter says
know Of no safer investment, or one that pro-
misses earlier and more profitable returns than
Florida lands, selected judiciously, with an eye
10 transportation and other important requisites
/ do not cOnfne these remarks 10 East Florida
They apply equally, and With as much force, to
Middle and West Florida. The soil in these
portions of the State. generally speaking, IS natu
rally richer and more productive than in this
section. The early completion of the Pensacola
and Atlantic Railroad, promised by the first of
February, will throw open that desirable region
to settlers. While Middle and West Florida
may not be as well adapted TO the cultivation of
several varieties of the semitropcal fruits a. the
lands comprised within the peninsula, they are
especially valuable for the peach, LeCnnte pear,
the fig, grape, melons, and more particularly for
the growth of early vegetables. In the produc-
ton of these articles Middle Florida Is destined
to recover her lost wealth and importance. The
great West will naturally be her best customer
for all the truck she can raise, and will consume
an immense quantity of potatoes and cabbages
The profit made on the cotton Of jackson, Gads-
den, Leon, Jefferson and Madison counties will
be dwarfed into utter insignifcance with that
derived from the production and sale of vegeta-
bles. The splendid lands OF the counties above
named. already cleared and fenced, and offered
at price far below those ON the ST. Johns river.
must and will sooon attract purchasers. In five
years from to-day there will be marked change
in the condition Of that section. There will lie
greater demand for vegetable crates. and n less
want of cotton ties and bagging. Men will have
some money 10 jingle IN their pockets in April
and May, and will be more int. esied in the mar.
kets Of Chicago, Louisville. Cincinnati and ST.
Louis, than in those of Savannah, Charleston
and Liverpool. The man who raises potatoes
to feed the hungry is equally aswor,hy Of honor
as he who produces cotton to clothe the naked.
There is bright future for that portion OF The
State west of the Suwannee, and il is not very
distant either.
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IN ~ sSSsSks 6; s|sksf q q Skr6b 6r'
root; hence Il h always seedy, gpod,
street. and nutritious.
ms USES on mn 1AxA,
The raw roesy in fktte1 horssss unlsas
cattle. hogs. chiDksns ducln and. snrtpys,
- . less expense than any Sop hat aan
Be grown. On Land which viii grow ten
bushels of corn PER acre, can be raised
from IS to IS tons Of the sweet cassava
roots. which are equal in nutriment 70
500 bushels of corn for the lowest esti-
mate and 1900 bushels for the hieasst
estimate.
These facts have been arrived at by act-
ual production and scientific analysis.
Nor is this all that can be claimed for
this valuable crop. Scientists say it
is equal in starch product to about one
half the same proportionate number of
bushels of corn as in the above estimate.
1t does not lose its nutritious properties
by remaining in the ground all winter,
or by being banked as potatoes, or by be-
ing sliced and dried.
HOW TO PLANT, AND WHEN.
In South Florida, where there is but
little frost, it can be planted at any time
of the year, and the roots dug all the
year round. The plan that we adopted,
when we planted it in Middle Florida,
was to prepare the land in rows, as if for
planting sugar cane, and lay the stems
or stalks down in the bottom OF the fur
rows, and torn the dirt back on them
with large turning pillow. The plan for
planting it in South Florida, we think, is
better, especially if the land is poor. 1t
is thus: they prepare the land by fallow-
ing it broad cast, and then lay it off in
checks sxs feet each way, cut the stems
to 10 inches long, and drop three to
four pieces in each hill, and cover them
with hoe or pillow.
1t is the stem or stalk, and not the
root, as some suppose, that is planted
The time to plant it in South Georgia and
Middle Florida is about the same as corn,
say about the 10th of March.
The plant, though a very vigorous
grower, and requiring but little more at
tention than to prepare the land and plant
it, is very tender and susceptible to frost.
The seed is saved by cutting off the stalks
right at the ground, and banking them in
windrows the same as sugar-cane. Moth
ing could possibly be more simple than
the cultivation of the cassava
In our next article we will discuss its
domestic and commercial values-its con-
| fines or common bounds.
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~ .-az
Sn: Please allow me spaes n yUw pspsfto
l4xs issas Of his wssk cososraiss sIs psss-of.
dee department here. mean not 20 write 10 .
harsh, insulting spirit Of any one but think Il
due ID this department. the community and my
self, that should reply. In the matter Of in
competency charged against Thu once by the
writer Of that article, have this to say. The
ofaciah 10 the Tallahassee post-of1ce are well
acquainted with their duties In the oface and no
one knows this better than the department at
Washington. The daily, weekly, monthly and
quarterly reports Of this once give su1lcent ev-
idence'o Of CIR ability and caresto conduct the
business Of the o1ace. and IN Ol1cjal approval Of
which the community or our unkind writer can
many times have box holders been annoyed with
finding their boxes stuffed with other peoples
mail ?" If understand, Mr.. Editor, in my ignn-
rance the true meaning Of the word Stuffed" Il
means u crowd in full up TO the top. Now,
there 10 no intelligent lady or gentleman owning
fully, that such thing has ever happened TO
them during my administration In the past nine
years.
The Official record of mistakes made In this
Office for the OUTCOME month shows there were
only two made. / challenge Business or any
one else to name an ONCE Of the LEI. I'd and Sd
classes-where less number Of mistakes are
made. When on visit TO Jacksonville some
several years ago I personally witnessed letters
10 mail belonging to two gentlemen then with
me at the post-offce, that belonged TO other par
ties. These gentlemen had boxes, and IN mis-
take those letters had been placed there
There IL no busnese, however successfully con-
Quoted, but has II made its record Of mistakes
The Governments Special Agent for the Post
Office Department at Washington visited this
Office in October last, and critically examined
our books and methods for running the Office
We have bis unqualified declaration Of the fact
that for order, care and efficiency of officials the
Tallahassee post-of1ce ranks with the best offices
in the country, 90 Businesses" charge of gross
carlessness can't lie here-apd herein too do we
demonstrate to the discomforture Of unkind
friends our capability TO run this Office with or
without Mr. Mundee's presence in II.
My record for integrity, both As business man
and a gentleman, is too well known here and
elsewhere in the country for Business or any
one else 10 successfully impress the community
that their letters are intercepted in this Office
have the approval Of the very best citizens in
this community for honesty and carefulness.
Yours, w. g. STEWART, p. III.
TALLAHASSEE, Post-of1ce.
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Florida Southern Railroad.

In our last issue we copied an article
from the Tampa Tribune regarding this
road, in which appeared the following
paragraph:
Some of the officers of this Wildcat COM
pany came through from Gainesville TO Tam
pa in buggy, and filed a plat of the sur
vey SO made and upon this the lands for
six miles on each side of the line located
by this buggy survey were Withdrawn from
market, and bona .tide settlers have not
been able 10 buy, enter or settle upon these
lands, upon any terms whatever.
This is mistake. 1t is due to all par
ties concerned to state, that long since,
the Board of Trustees made an arrange
ment with the Florida Southern to sell to
any and all "Jona tide settlers" any Of
the lands Withdrawn for the benefit of
this road. Many such sales have been
made, and we hope our esteemed cotem-
porary of the Tribune will join with us in
extending the. notice, that any "6ona .1ide
settler" on these lands can purchase the
same upon proper application at the State
land Office
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Tho Art A,xaseuv for. December contains .
vigorous article on Hubert Herkomes, with
numerous illustrations Of his chief pslntingh In
Guiding particularly One fulI-pege drawing Of
his famous Last Muster 2 0reenwich veterans
attending chapel The exhibition Of tho Penn
sylvania Academy Of The Fine Arts iaiilu1trpted
and reviewed It much length. Thess ~ Also
admirable illastrated articles 90 |" rAns and Fan
Painting. = : Haviland Fsisnce,s All n Com
mon Thihss, and Z Curious Bonnsta"s Mis-
Leuiss McI.Aughlin 81 Oiaoinnata begins j sssies
Of pr1cttcelp apsrsoa China dscosAtlon, IA fkere
ore hlssen paess dsvosed q a alnogl eS5lI6se
vasIssy Y psslal snd bsepsiia \ pisps o phtaa
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Editor FlOridian notice an article 10 your
last issue making inquiries with regard to the
discovery Of new cotton plant In Florida This
wonderful plant brings to mind the description
of a variety OF cotton grown on Deer Creek, in
the State of Mississippi, given by one Of the
planters of that section / was then on visit to
Jackson, the Capital of that State in company
with friend, Thomas g. G-s Tom was
man Of small stature, read headed, quick spoken
and as inquisiive rs regular Down Easter,
dressed always as gay as a peacock, with any
amount of jcwelry, naturally smart, but no edu-
cation. At the Mansion House, where we were
stopping, the siting-room was crowded with
planters from almost every part of the State, en-
tering The swamp lands, which were then being
sid ut ffiy cents per acre. Tom was very active,
moving around, and making enquiries of differ
ent parties with regard TO the products Of the
State, and attracted the attention Of almost every
man in the room. He was approached BY gen.
tleman who asked him II be resided 10 the State.
Tom replied, No, Sir, am from Flurada."
do you raise much cotton In your State!"
Yes, Sir" said Tom. "Just before / LEFT
home Lem b. Don't you know Lemt Well,
we went to East Fiurada, and we saw cotton
eighteen feet high. Why. man. they make
fishing poles OF the staiks." The gentleman
turned to friend and said: This (Ail intended
for Toni Is very peculiar cotton We raise ON Deer
Greek: lTnm,. with. mouth open and Wide dis
tended eyes taking in every word) We plant
and three to four feet 10 the drill bat our stalks
DO NOT exceed six feet In height but It branches
cot from the bottom or thu stalk and by the
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saIffgBIs SSsg;oS q Fks q : siSk ga
immigrant should settle i hist particular
seCtion, simply because evewyb 0dy xaoae
want 10 grow oranges. Il thsy I'D
where would our other fIuit come iron
Because orAnges DO better in the appsr
counties on she s. Johns md 0cklewahaI
rivers than father north, does not prove
that oranges cannot be grown anywhere
else, bat that in this particular locality
the climate is better suited to their full
developments one year with another. The
FIRST Southern grown oranges We ever ate
were grown on ST. Helena Island, between
Savannah and Charleston, and if an
orange tree can grow there it can GER
tainly grow in any part of Florida. It
is doubtful if we can grow peaches, pears
and apples as successfully as in the north
ern tier of counties, for the reason that
our climate is not so well suited to their
best development, but we can, and do
grow them, just as these localities grow
oranges. In favored sections like the
Lake Region of the Ocklawaha pine-ap-
Piles do well, but without the water pro-
lection we have here there would not be
the same certainty of success in raising
this delicious fruit that there is farther
South, while in this latitude the cocoanut
has never yet been proftably grown, but
it is successfully raised on the Keys, and
on our more southern confines. We hope
to see the time come when the spirit of
sectionalism shall die out when from the
confines of the OkeefnOkee Swamp, on
the north to where the Gulf and the At
lantic meet on our southern border, there
shall exist the spirit of rivalry to build
up the whole State; and when every Flor
idian, whether from adoption or to the
manor born, shall labor for and glory in
the success of every portion of the State !;
the hearts Of the people as there is not
in the State, and when thousand acres,
whether of LeConte pear trees, oranges
or cocoanuts, shall be hailed as equally
a success for the State, whether grown in
the border counties on the north, the
Lake Region of the central portion, or
the extreme point of land and the Keys
which surround our southern borders
We trust the Madison Ne,o Era is fully
and satisfactorily answered"
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The political future of Malone is not
propitiOns. The Richmond .Statts thus
presents the subject:
We are for Arthur because Arthur Il for us. >
nsyH Malone. But how much 10 Arthusfor Ms
hone DoWs ~Chet" was for the petis boss, it
II frue, when be had some hope Of SECURING tho
nomination for the Presidency in 1879. Eat
since the overthrow Of the Stalwari fsachine
and boes rule last Tuesday, Arthurs chslsces are
less Than nothing. and his executive ofke frssas
now until the expiration of his term will hayt'
very little 10 do with machine politics silis dt
fies win be only perfupctory be can tass no ils
fere1t In the Affairs OF the nation, his liie H. 4
blank. Defeated and broken In spirit tbe Gat-
tenu President win help Dobody, and tslhe esd
q his accidental term win 90 into fessseries!
never 20 disgr.ce party sgain. Z
On the other hand, the New York
Times breads another Senatorial sstuggie
that involves Malone, RiddleberGer and
George e. Gorbam, As the essential ete-
nsuts 70 Republican success in ceptiCil-
ing patronage. Il says SIN sach q
trads the Republicans could lose murh
and could gain nothing. 1t would be far
bs.ser % lst the Virginia Senator'S vote
viii Democrats If they 90 chose, and if
u sE5s 20 Say that the latter wou.6 ;proas
no nors by the accession than the Re.
publiosns would BY trying 70 prevent It.
So ar - ibs future Of the Repuplirsn
psrty = oo1osrnsd, Il vould be a gooa
rs1d1noes
This stseunpt - shove Mahope and
Rl5zlsbsrrw ovsr into he Deuioprstie
psrsy. ~ ~ Noble Rsofsf~s viii
nsiw d We rsfhss y tsLe sbsra
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A. 1mRertant middle Florida
g., IS Enterprise.

Jacksoyxae p4ons November al
Mr.. mi 8. Johns, representing a Richmond,
Virginia Iron and Machine Company, fingered
q day #fs nut Scity en- route 10 Middle Florida,
where NxrgOet, according 10 contract to put up
for MrsSS. LII Bond, at L1oyds Station, on the
FloridxEentts.l, near Tallahassee, cotton seed
oil miltg Mr. Bond is an enterprising merchant
ments. Ma a6ready has on hand some valuable
machiffsy to5facilitate the packing and ginning
OF his tApon,s etc. The completion of this cot
ton see&nil mill, which Mr.. Johns 60 8 to build.
win mfkS Nh Bond. h all probability, the best
equipps sfaEMsr In The State. The machinery
TOR thesssfroposed mill will consist of, first, .
" hulleEn hail the raw cotton seed, extract the
kernalss.ae. Then crushing machine or heavy
rollers AHsten ahe .huiled seed into thin cakes;
then a.Esachine where the cakes, after being
"jackesk" III 4 covered oven, are steamed, after
which my ara put under an hydraulic pressure
Of oueshundssd tons aud left for fifteen or
twentysAnuteA
ton seeaojt ID its crude FORM and leaves the COT
ton seeAakeX which, ground up, makes the cot
ton seed smeaa of commerce. Of great value for
feeding HHrp0Ses aud for fertilization. This ma
chineIys Epsls % 600. II has q CAPACITY Of ue-
Ing fivEfssus a cotton seed per day. Any Ave
horsepdstsr engine and boiler will run it with
ease In 8sphectaon with steam gin or other ma
Now NAn 4 xon Of cotton seed you obtain BY
this presa u ~ Pounds OF meal. S07 pounds o.
hulls. aHs: 30 gallons Of crude oil. The crude
oil sellSa fk0lus TO cents gallon, and when
reined 1s1A p is cents Q gallon Both the on
and theaAsal ~ every day advancingin yalus.
- evef& DAY demonstrates new and vsiuaoas
po re- ~ ssy ss r. h PIT sop., 5. 81
lowed b$ Shs {lectlon Of othofs h the cotton re
zion of DIX Stxte il incfeaees the .vslue at 0ar