The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-07-18


rigger thai has been to our city dock in
twenty years."
Green Cove Spring: As is well known
the financial affairs of Clay county are in
a prosperous condition. A surplus of
ss4o72 for general purposes, and sur
plus of 81, l64.95 for the school fund is in
the treasury, and also 1920 as the first
Of a building fund.
The Madison Recorder issued an ex-
ira last Saturday, containing the proceed
ings of Democratic Mass-meeting held
at Ellaville, on the 10th, at which it was
unanimously resolved that our delegates
of the Congressional Convention be in
structed to use every honorable means to
secure the denomination Of General Jesse
J. Finley"
Madison Recorder: "Jethro Robin
son, the negro who has been confined in
Jail for over a year, awaiting his trial be-
fore the Hamilton county Circuit Court
for fogery, obtained bail on Wednesday
and was set at liberty. Jethro has been
passing the hours of his weary confne-
ment in studying law, having during the
time worn out a copy of Bush's Digest"
Pensacola AdUance- Gazette, July
l2th The Tallapoosa" left section of
the dry dock at the navy yard yesterday
afternoon, and proceeded to the quaran-
tine station. The "Powhatan is ex-
pected here this afternoon. She, too, has
a section of the dock, and will follow suit
to the "Tallapoosa's" lead On board
she brings five recruits for the marine
corps at Pensacola navy yard.
The Commissioners of Jefferson coun-
ty have levied the following taxes for the
current year; County tax proper, 81 mills;
bond tax, u mills; bridges, ] mill The
Constitution says: "To this is to be
added the school tax, which will probably
be the same as last year-24 mills; and
this will make the aggregate county tax
ii mills, or $l4.OO on every one thousand
dollars worth of property. The State tax
of 500 on the one thousand dollars of
property will make the total tax SOL"
-Palatka Herald: "Gov. Bloxham is
in dead earnest when he speaks of the
healthful financial condition of the State,
and feels assured that by next year the
taxes will be considerably reduced. The
main difficulty in this taxation matter
which seems to disturb so many is the
fact that property is not equalized If
every county in the State adopted the
plan of assessing property at its value,
the burden would be less, and the finan-
cial condition of each county would be i'm
proved thereby"
New \ ork orange GrOre:: In all our
Northern, Eastern, Western and Middle
States, the farmer and all his helpmates
work hard one half of the year to lay in
sufficient for man and beast to live on and
bridge over till next season, raising of
course but one crop in the year. Then if
that crop, from any cause fails, there is
distress. Not so in Florida There IS no
dead season there. Work goes right on,
vegetation tlourishes, and crop succeeds
crop all the year round. There one can
gather fresh fruits and vegetables euery
month IN tie year. What a contrast with
the cold North!
- Gainesville (Ala.) Reporter: Mr..
James Cunningham left Pickens county,
Alabama, eight years ago, to seek a soft
place in Florida. The first two years of
his stay there he taught school at a salary
of 500 per year he invested what money
he had saved from this amount in land,
and started an orange grove. lie then
came back to his former home in Pickens
county, Alabama, married and went back
to Florida. Last summer he paid visit
to his friends in Alabama. While here he
got returns from New York for the sale
of that years crop of oranges, which net
ted him $4,000. We give this on the
authority of a gentleman who has known
MIR. Cunningham for years.
LAM my AIcPOICcT IL lS cSIdD- |
lished that the interior counties comprise |
the agricultural section of the State. The
Atlantic and Gulf bordered counties are
devoted almost exclusively to the cultiva-
ton of the citrus family and semi tropical
fruits, many of which are grown in the
agricultural section with the same ease
and profit. 1t has been suggested that
the interior counties hold a fair of their
own. This is a good move and should
be carried out Let the organization be
at once started. The only thing our coun-
ties have needed is advertisement-there
can be no better way than this fair to
advertise us. We have issued our pamph-
lets describing our advantages, now let
us hold fair and demonstrate the truth
fulness of the descriptive pamphlets we
have sown broadcast"
The Jacksonville Union, in speaking
of the next State Fair, says: eve are
informed by Major Russell that the pre-
MUM list will be even more liberal this
year than ever before, and especial atten-
ton will be given to the display of live
stock. AS no very great efforts have
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