Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-01
LIFE IN TALLAHASSEE.
The Pretty FlOridian City Following III,
Even Tenor of its Way.


t at MIccosukie, pleasant little VILLAGE i,
the northern part of this county. FleveI
clerical and twenty-four Law delegate,
were In attendance. Two topics came il
for large share of consideration. and
ELECTED considerable debate - Sunday
schools and temperance. The action
taken by the late General Conference on
the former has stirred the entire church.
and is in accordance with the progressive
spirit of the age; while in the latter this
denomination in Florida has never given
forth an uncertain sound. Indeed the So
called local option law passed by our last
Legislature is due in great measure to
the earnest efforts of the respectable body
of Christians in our State. The Confer
ence, after harmonious session of three
days, adjourned on Saturday, 26th instant.
Messrs. q. W. Taylor, Jesse Wood. TheO.
Trumbull and b. S. Meginniss were elect
ed delegates to the annual conference
which will meet in Madison in January
! neXt.
find that the Bermuda onion is more
generally praised in this county than |
had thought. Besides Mr.. John {. Craig.
whom | mentioned in my last as a sue
cessful grower, Mr.. Henry S. Elliott and
several others have succeeded admirably.
| The seed, however, are necessarily OBJ
! tanned through a London house. Even in
Bermuda, they procure all their seed from
! the Mediterranean Isles, where it is indi-
/ genous. Like the Irish potato, which,
though native of this country, thriyes
better in the country that gives TO
IT its name, so it is with
this onion in the Isle of Ber-
muda, and so it may be here. So profit
able mas 1t proved this spring that arrange
ments are already being made for large
! supply of seed for next falPs planting.
Wagons are coming in every day now
loaded with truck. Thomas p. Roberts
Esq, an old planter but new trucker.
has some twenty acres in Irish potatoes
this year. He ships from 20 to 100 barrels
daily. 1t is quite sight to see his pro-
ceSSt0R OF SeceR wagons as they come in
day after day. He says that the Irish
potato crop is the easiest made, requiring
less plOwing than any other root crop.
Last year he made his first essay i'm truck
farming on small scale; was so success
ful that he this year increased his area of
tillage, and next year he will doubtless
engage in it on a still more extensive
scale.
In shipping garden truck speedy transit
is desirable. A bale of cotton IS not in
jured by long passage and numerous
detentlOns en- route. On the other hand
rise in the price of the staple in the
meantime benefits the shipper. Not so
with truck products. 1t is vitallv neces-
sary That they reach their destination in a
few days-the sooner the better. If they
are delayed the shipper suffers loss. Hence
rapid transit and sure and close cOnnec-
tions are desirable. To the shipper in
Florida there are two routes to New York
Open-one by steamer from Savannah. the
other by steamer from Fernandina. What
is savannah doing to secure her share of
these shipments? Are close con-
nectiOnS and reasonable freight en-
sured? Considering the large amount
OF truck products now being shiDped
to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston, there should be a raDid and
close connection between here and Sa-
vannah. AS there is none, many of orr
truckers are compelled to pay extra and
ship by express. One freight train leaves
here at 5:15 p. m, lies over at Live Oak
several hours, and reaches Savannah next
day, long after the steamer has sailed. Is
1t to be wondered at that many of our
truckers now prefer the Mallory line from
Fernandina? That line has offered TO
put on as many steamers as are needed
by arrangements made with the T. C..
~ w. X. r., a close connection is made
with the Transit Road. The press of the
to inspect the steamers of this line, and
handsomely entertained as their guests.
Furthermore this company offers TO take |
out IN their steamers ON every trim when
there is a large shipment of truck. one |
trucker to he selected by his fellows. so |
that he may report as to handling, ETC.
he is not only to receive free passage. but |
his expenses while in New York |
will be paid by the company. In |
&c
cradle as shipping point, because there |
are steamers leaving for Northern ports |
every day in the week, except Sunday and |
Monday, so that for five DAYS in the week !
the trucker can make shipments. Will |
not Savannah initiate Fernandina and af- |
ford equal facilities? Why cannot freight
shippers from here at 5:15 D. m reach Sa- |
vannah in time for the steamer that sails !
the next day? In three or four days, at |
most, our shipments should reach New |
York, but it has recently happened that |
nine days have elapsed before the con-
signment was received. OF course, after |
such lapse of time, the shipper suffers |
loss, for his vegetables do not bring enough |
to pay freights.
Another of our old citizens has passed
away. Mr.. Richard II. Bradford, who !
migrated here from North Carolina i'm 1896, |
died at his residence i'll this county last |
night at 10 O'Clock in his eighty-fOurth |
year. He was one of our most substan-
tial citizens, and in former years was act !
lively identified in various matters per- |
tanning to the public veal. Though edu- |
Gated for the bar, and admitted |
to practice in his native State, he |
confined himself exclusively to plant |
ing after his removal here. OF a |
modest and retiring disposition he never |
sought office, but the office sought the |
man. During the late war he represented |
f1no / oil
and his superior intelligence, and plain, |
practical common sense, was of infinite |
service during that trying ordeal, when |
passion more than reason prevailed. |
With collegiate education and mind |
enlarged by extensive and varied read |
ing, he was an interesting CONVEX |
sationalist with kindred spirits and |
charmed them by his pleasant discourse.
Tallahassee is gradually emerging from
the condition in which the late war left |
her, and is slowly and steadily advancing |
in her onward march to prosperity. One |
after another element is developed. bring |
ing money to the protector and con-
tributing to the prosperity of the country. |
Particularly is this illustrated in the sue |
cess of Mr.. II. q. Willis, senior member of |
the firm of Willis & Demitt, tobacco |
manufacturers. Mr.. Wits had observed |
that the area of tobacco culture in Cuba |
was very limited, and becoming less and |
less every year. Why, he reasoned. could |
not equally as good tobacco be raised in |
Florida? He observed the method of cul- |
tivatiOn in Cuba, purchased some seed, |
and planted in Gadsden county. From |
this tobacco he made cigars equal to the |
very best Havanas. He obtained more |
seed, distributed them, Offering to pur- |
chase all the tobacco raised, and giving |
the necessary directions as to its culture |
He located here about two years ago. At |
first his means were so limited that he |
could hire no hands, but gradually his |
business increased, his brand became /
known, and now the firm advertise /
for one hundred thousand pounds |
of Florida tobacco, will soon have |
in their employ twenty hands, and con- /
template putting up a warehouse in the |
fall. The great difficulty with them is the |
supply. They say that they purchase all |
the tobacco raised in their immediate sec |
ton, or most of it, But there is not enough /
raised for their demand Mr.. Willis. who |
is close observer, says that Florida is |
the only State where Cuba tobacco can be /
raised successfully, Peculiar grades re-
quire peculiar soils, and FlOrida's is the !
only soil, except a limited area in Cuba,
adapted to this particular grade,
1t is hoped that our mails will settle
down into regularity after awhile. | /
asked one of our post office officials the
other day if he would tell me which wav
mails by the Savannah 1890 a. IN. trains /
came? He said they came nO1r from al |
directions. Last week, for several davs |
we had no Northern mail by the 7 a. m.
train from ChatahoOchee. This tues /
day. morning l received the FRIDAYS Sa |
yannah NEWS and a New York paper |
that should have reached here Satur, |