Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-28
TALLAHAssEE,s HEGIRA.
Where the People Are Flocking, an
Other Notes of Interest.

eHOugH accommodations Tor visitors. one
| great objection to this famous summer re-
sort is its Inconvenience and difficulty of
/ access. Once there it is a most delightful
! place to spend the summer. In the woods
can be found plenty of game; from the
( waters of the Gulf can be obtain
ed the finest fish, while the
/ almost steady sea breeze mode
\ rates the -temperatuEo, and the excellent
/ salt bathing it affords is good tonic to
/ the system. Malarial feyers are unknown
there, and for this and other reasons it
! has long been known as favored summer
! resort. But to get there and then get
| away-that is its great drawback. AT
| present there are two routes, neither of
which is the most pleasant. One is by
/ rail te st. Marks, and thence by some
! fishing smack to st. Teresa; the other
/ by land route of some forty or fifty
miles. BY the former the traveller
may be long delayed by capriciOus
winds and adverse tides. BY the latter
he is subjected to the usual jolting over
! rough and unfrequented road. Efforts
were made last summer to secure steam
! connection between st. Marks and st.
Teresa, but the vessel that was chartered
| failed to put in an appearance. A steamer
making tri-weeklv trips between. st.
Marks and Apalachicola during the sum-
mer months and touching at CaIabelle
| anu pOs lcI6Sd WOuIu uO Il gOUu BUSINESS
Hundreds who now go elsewhere would
in this event, make their summer home at
st. Teresa.
The exodus of our people last year,
though large, will be still greater the
present season. This is a sure sign of the
increasing prosperity of this section. 1t
is not so much for health that many go
away, but for ease, comfort and pleasure.
No matter how healthy the locality a per-
son may live in, if the denizen has the
means 1t is but natural that he or she
should seek recreation and pleasure
i'll travel None of our species
Cor very few if any possessed
of intelligence and competency can be
satlS1ed with remaining the entire year
in one locality. The human mind Graves
variety in everything; whether it be
scenery, food or clothing, whether it be
physical or mental wants-a change is de-
sired. Hence this increasing exodus
from year to year is not solely because of
dread of miasmatic influences, but for
this craving for change of scene, and is in
itself an evidence of the growing pros
perity of our late poverty stricken sec
ton. Ten years ago nearly
the entire community here be-
lOnged to the ''Cant-Get-Away Club"
Now, there are but few who do not get
off at some time during the summer. So
far we have not had very hot season
indeed, not so much SO as UP to this time
last year, Last week we experienced the
hottest weather, the thermometer in some
exposed localities being up to "a degrees.
We never have it as high as 100 degrees,
and Northern persons who come here in
mid summer express their surprise
at the absence of tOrrid heats, 1t
is not the intensity of the heat that ener-
Yates one in our Land of Flowers, but it's
long continuance. From day to day from
the middle of June to first of September
there is hardly change over fifteen de-
grees in the temperature, and there is
probably not more equable climate in
the United States than that of our Land
of Flowers,
A rumOr among us that the Thomas
vile, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad will
commence the work of location on the
Sth prOX., and sub-cOntracts for it's con-
struction will be let out on the 1st OF
August, gains considerable credence.
Some assert that the Plant syndicate have
now controlling influence in the affairs
of the company, and the work by them
Will be vigorously prosecuted to COM
pletiOn. 1t is also asserted that the COM
pany promises TO have trains running be-
tween here and ThOmasville by first of
January next. As community we care
not who builds the road, or who owns it
after it is built. A direct connection with
have. 1t is said that the line be-
tween here and Thomasville has
already been determined on, but as the
directory is close corporation and for
purposes of its own, sees fit to shroud
their plans in mystery, we must wait pa
tiently the developments. From the first
/ have never doubted that this road would
be built, because it is a necessity. AL
ready the daily line of hacks between here
and Our sister cifV across tho limo ic bainor
well patronized, and considerable travel
and light freight reaches us by that route.
With the shortening of the southern route
from Wilson, North Carolina, ON the Will
mingtOn and Weldon Railroad, by the
proposed new route from that point, and
the completion of the road from here to
Thomasville, we will be able to get our
Northern mail and the Savannah MORN
ING NEWS at ) p. m. instead of a. M, as
at present. And here ! would say that
our people are very well pleased with the
present schedule, as we get two Northern
mails daily-at a. m. and Z p, M, the
one coming by Climax and Chattahoochee,
the other by Jacksonville. But Talla-
hassee will not be left out in the cold much
longer, and then we will be still more
highly favored. Savannah will then be
twelve hours nearer to us, while at present
she is equi-distant from us, in point of
time, with New Orleans.
As the dull season has set in certain
light-fingered specimens of humanity in
our midst are exercising their calling in
stealing chickens. Thefts of this nature
are more frequent now than usual. The
hennery that is not well secured bv lock
and key is almost sure to be robbed by
these depredatOrs. Too lazy to work, |
and utterly regardless of neane and tau7n.
the summer seems to be their harvest
time, Occasionally they are caught, and
a month or two of hard labor in the con-
vict gang is attended with wholesome re-
suits. 1t is a matter of cOngratulation,
however, that instances of petit larceny |
are not as common as formerly. The |
prompt retributiOn meted to offenders by
the courts, and the exodus of many to |
other parts of the State, has left us COM |
parative law-abiding community.
The heat of the summer does not deter |
those from more northern climates from |
coming hither at this season of the year. |
On looking over the registers of the St. |
James and the City Hotels, find arrivals |
from almost every Northern State, These, |
unlike the majority of winter visitors, are |
not pleasure tourists, but they mean busi- |
ness. Some come here for the purpose of |
investing, saying they wish to see how |
Florida appears in the summer, so that |
they may better judge. Others are COM
mercial travellers or drummerss who fear
get orders for their respective houses.
Hardly week passes now without proD- |
erty changing hands. One gentleman who /
was very anxious to dispose of portion |
OF his city property last winter informed /
me this morning that he would not sell |
now at any price, doubtless reasoning
that it would yield q larger per cent, by
improving and renting than by converting
into cash and otherwise investing. AS a
further sign of prosperity have noticed
the erection of number Of new buildings
and the renOvating of others. EX-GoVer~
nor ID. S. Walker is having erected a
handsome twO-stOry brick structure, the
second story of which will be used for a
public library. Nor are some of our
Israelitish fellow citizens behind in en-
terprises of this. character. 1t is
seldom that one of this race invests
to any extent in real estate. But Robert
S. Williams is notable exception. for a
more public spirited individual does not
exist. He was a large stockhOlder in the
company that built the Leon Hotel, and
there has hardly been a railroad COMPANY
chartered, on any sfllifal. corporation, but /
what he has 'been interested. Lately he
has purchased valuable piece of city
property which he is improving. Besides /
this he is the owner of a large amount of |
real estate, both in the city and country. /
Such men, whether Jew or Gentle. are /
an acquisition to any community. = !
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Survivors of Wreck.
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