Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-12
FLORIDA ON EXHIBITION.
START OF THE EXCURSIONISTS
FOR LOUISVILLE.

FOR LOUISVILLE.
The News" Prestige in the Sister
State-A Telegraph Operator Wanted
The Fall Term in the SchOOIs-The
Temperance Cause.-The Sale of the
st. Marks Branch
Correspondence Of tie lforning Yeles.
TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 9.-To-day week
quite number of Fl0ridians will leave
Ior Louisville, to be present on Florida's
day at the Exposition. Not only from this
section will there be visitors. but all
parts of the State will be represented. The
unprecedented low rates Of travel will
induce great many to go. The press, of
course, will be largely represented. The
centennial drew thousands from our state.
but Louisville will draw even more. The
Ft0Ud(dH, EcOHOmiSt and Ldnd Of Fl0,gers.
OF this place, will all be represented
by their respective editors. Although
the Florida department is already huge
afalr, agents are still actively at work i'm
different parts of the State to still further
increase the exhibit, especially in the
tropical and semi-tropical fruits, and as
IT Is thought that tasting as well as SeeiRq
would contribute much towards adyertiS-
there should be no niggard display in this
line, but enough to give away some sam.
pies OF our luscious oranges. The dis
play of Florida at Atlanta was GOOD.
that ut Louisville is better, and ii is hoped
that ut every subsequent exposition it
may be better still. 1t was by such eX-
hibitiOns that the State of Kansas won
for herself such a reputation that immi-
grafton liocked thither and thereby in
a. fhp f.,,s 1.
thousands of dollars. May not Florida
do likewise?
ALREADY OUR MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY
has attracted so much attention, that let
ters pour in upon us, making injuries:
and the number of immigrants the com
ing fall and winter will be Unprecedented.
OF this influx, Middle Florida will re-
celVe her share. a gentleman just arrived
from Wisconsin informs me that large
number of his acquaintances design visit
ing this section very shortly with a view
to locating. From Michigan a colony of
five or six families are now on their way
hither, intending to make Middle Florida
their home. Next to Texas, there is more
immigration to our State than to any
other in the South.
The failure of the Western Union Tee-
graph Company to have an operator i'm
the Tallahassee office is a serious incOn-
Yenlence to our business community. At
present one operator attends to two
of1ces-the one in the city and the other
at the railroad depot. If it becomes nee
essary to send of day dispatch there is
no way OF getting it off but by riding or
walking to the railroad depot, about a
mile from the business portion of the
city. AS the operator is at the city Office
from p. m. to p. m, night dispatches
can be very easily sent. | have heard a
number Of complaints about this matter.
The mammoth edition of the MORNING
NEWS of the 4th instant, filled as it was
with interesting matter. was greeted by
its many patrons as an evidence of the
prosperity of Savannah and the spirit of
progress manifested by the proprietor
Particularly was interested in the article
on the climate, soil and products of
Florida, containing, as it did, so much |
valuable information, and it was a /
pleasure to know that while the editor set |
forth She advantages of his own State he |
was not unmindfu of the claims of the /
little sister over the way. Though pub /
lished in Georgia, yet SO many are its /
patrons in this State, so much space is
given to Florida affairs that we regard |!
the News as one of our own, and its in |
fuence is accordingly felt.
One week has elapsed since our public /
schools commenced, and though they /
opened with larger number 0Lpupils I
than they did last year, yet there ~ daily /
new accessiOns. In the West Florida /
Seminary the number of admissions have /
increased to such an extent that
the indefatigable President, Mai. +. II. !
Rivers, says he must have more room,
and in consequence the Board of Educa-
tiOn are seriously debating the necessity
of erecting additional buildings. State
students in this institution not only re-
ceive free tuition, but through the cOur-
tesy of Maj. w. NJ. Davidson, the efficient
Manager Of the Florida Central and West !
ern Railroad, free passes over his road TO !
Tallahassee. These privileges, together
with the character of the institution, has
attracted hither quite a number .of
students from adjoining counties.
THE LONG HOT SPELL
that we have been suffering from. that
was so trying to the invalid, and caused
some Of our returned wanderers to wish
they had remained away little longer. is
now thought to be over. yesterday the
wind shifted to the northeast, and this
morning 1t was quite cool. The heat was
Unprecedented for this season OF the year,
and some Northern visitors who had left |
snow and ice behind them were perfectly !
astOunded at the intensity of old Sol's |
rays in the second fall month. 1t still |
continues dry, however, and truckers who !
have set out cabbage plants are loud i'm !
their complaint of the lOng-continued |
drought. On the other hand the planter
who has his cotton to pick and corn to |
gather in is very well satisfied with the |
present state Of the weather. On ac-
count of the raVages of the caterpiller. |
however, nearly all of the cotton crop has |
been gathered in. Indeed, hear Of sew
eral who have finished picking.
Temperance meetings have been held |
here lately and addresses delivered. No |
society, or formal organization has been |
formed, the design of the Originators of |
the movement being to obtain an express /
sion of public sentiment against the sale |
of Intoxicating liquors. As several |
licenses of those who deal in such expire |
very soon, both parties are exerting |
themselves; the advocates of the local |
option law seeking to mould public Opin- |
ion in favor of repressing what they deem !
to be dangerous traffic, while the friends |
of the liquor sellers are equally as earnest
in their efforts. The recent decision of
Judge Baker, OF jacksonville, in affirm
ing the legality Of the local option law,
has strengthened the hopes of the temper !
ance advocates no little, and although his !
decision Will be appealed from to the Su- /
preme Court, it is thought that as in a
former case involving the unconstitution- |
ity of the law, the decision Of the court |
below will he sustained.
The st. Marks branch of the old Jack |
sOnville, Pensacola and Mobile Railroad.
after having been repeatedly advertised !
and the sale postponed, was at last sold |
to-day for $4,000 TO Col, John G, Hen
dersOn, agent. Colonel Henderson was |
the only bidder. and he is supposed to be |
the agent Of new syndicate, who have |
purchased the road for speculation. This |
road is one of the oldest in the South, /
haying been built in 1884. In those days |
distance was no inconsiderable item in |
building a road. The shortest route was
the most desirable, no matter how insult |
able the terminus for a harbor; and as st. !
Marks was the nearest Gulf port. it was
accordingly selected as the terminUe. II
the proposed road. But though ENJOYING
the prestige of an old Spanish settlement,
subsequent events showed that it was ut
terlY unfit for railroad terminus.
LEON.
RAILROAD RUMBLINGS.