The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-04-15
"A JAUNT TO FLORIDA.
Visiting Newspaper Men Made Much
OF ut Jacksonville, and Elsewhere
Tho WOndrOus Progress OF
the Land OF Flowers.

The WOndrOus Progress OF
the Land OF Flowers.
CHARLESTON, S. c., April 1.-The
Southern Press Association met at Jack
sonville, Florida, last Wednesday,. MS
has been telcgraphcd to the Nems and
Courier, Business of Importance was
carefully considered, and there was no
disposition on the part Of any Of the
members to subordinate business to.
pleasure, manifold as the Temptations
were. Indeed, the only fault that can be
found with our loridu friends lis that
they were so lavish in their hospitality
that comparatively few Of the Associa-
ton were able to take part in all the
different entertainments provided, for
them.
On the day Of the meeting the men,
bcrs IF the Association were driven
about the city and suburbs. and at night
a formal reception. WIS given the Asso-
F~ciatioh ut the cosy and tasteful club
house Of the Jacksonville Club. The
next day there was an excursion down
the st. Joints River to the %jctties. On
Friday the members Of the Association
went to St. Augustine, where they were
handsomely entertained by the city au-
thorities and the proprietor of the San
Marco HOTEL. On Saturday n trip to
Southern Florida began. The cxcur-
sionists went from Jacksonville to San
ford, and thence to Kissimec and Lake
Tohopekaliga, returning to Jacksonville
yesterday morning. The members Of
the Association, therefore, had a full op-
%portunity to sec q considerable part Of
Florida, and were impressed everywhere
by tho evidences Of growth and pros
perity.
Jacksonville, itself, is a wonderful
place. Less than twenty years ago there
, were only two or three brick houses in
the city. Now the handsome brick
!, buildings arc almost as thick rs the or
angc trees. The electric light CLEANS
in every direction, and the sound of the
!, hammer and the clink of the trowel are
heard in all quarters of the city. The
trade Of Jacksonville has doubled in
amount in the last two or three years,
and in the same period Of time the value
Of property has more than doubled.
& Choice lots in the principal streets sell
at 800 n front foot. But the advance
in he price. Of real estate is not 10 as
tsnishingi in Jacksonville, perhaps, 8 u
the Sntlfiax distrirfss rnasSss.msE.c
sSfJ es.alte. who may have, one o
e1at9ess afaAAys, t give way to a good Dem.
ocrst wilIsolace himself, no doubt. with
: the refisetsOn tkdt the land which he
J, bought at $l.25 an acre he has cut up in
r to town lots which he sells at 500 each
The story goes that he told an inquisi.
! tive purchaser that the lots which he
sold at 800 cost him about five cents
each. Jacksonville il n monument &c
Southern activity and Northern capital.
| 1t is a cosmopolitan place in many re.
@ spects. There is a happy blending Of
Southern kindness and Northern shrcwd.
8 ness. The city which was looked upon
= few years ago rs merely a convenient
H. die in, for those who were af-
p."oe pulmonary complaints, is
h'ctco villa delightful place to
now regarded as W. IN ho.;d,.
live in and to make mon.. ~, 49,"
Well may it be, admired! At ~ ~,
son of the year the streets, lined VII.
their fringe Of orange trees, laden with
golden. fruit and the arches of water
oaks. covered with their foliage Of ten
dor green, are as charming a picture as
one would care to see even in this South
ern CLINE. . ~
Tho bushes of Jacksonville ia, i'm
proving rapidly, az ] have said. One Of
the firms which has met with, wcll-de-
served success is that OF Kohn, Furch-
sott& Benedict, of Charleston and jack
sonvillc. The Jacksonville house does
an enormous business in. n series of
handsome stores, which are filed from
top to bottom with dry goods. clothing
andcSery conceivable article Of, equip
ment for men, women and children, Mr..
i, William Byrne, formerly Of the firm Of
!. Byrnc & Fogartie, OF, Charleston, is also
rooted deep in jacksonville, and pros
; porting exceedingly, as he deserves
There are many fine hotels, in the city
aads.he Everett house, in, which the
} members ofa.he Association were quar-.
e tered IL admirably managed. Not the
least Of its good points is tho critical
\ tasted Of the heal cook, and the good
D management sin the dining-room. Bes
! OF all, however, is the un failing courtc
Y ~ of the proprietor and his assistants
The 'hotel clerk" has no tcrrors to Wis.
+ itors at the Everett House.
Mr.. G. H. Jones, the editor and pro
h prict0r Of the Jacksonville Iimes-y I'm