The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-30

tohh|s lions With each Otiifr and the "a
vannah. Florida s. Wes,.rn. the time i..-
tween intsrlsohsn and Springfield is Una.
terially shortened. and bsit little over %
hdurs Is Necessary 10 connect the tao
places, saving Il four AMI half ,iay :
travel in favor II Florida over a trip tn
California, with the advantages II a let.
ter climate and uniform rains and sun.
shine In the former.
IL was our e's-i fortune 10 get lower
h"r,h IN state room Of Mann bou,ioir
car leaving Jacksonville. and to retire
anil get fast asleep before the occuyan,
Of the upper isrth put ia An appearance.
Before daylight, from the upper berth I
VA. aeco~ted:
KERNEL, will YOU have some GIN
am. never learned To- use it,"
Il learned in the " an.
FROM what .tate diI on 90 intD the
var"
"fluridy. Ny father came here forty.
tao years ago " hen was a little xiii.
After few moment 5 silence from the
upirr berth;
Kernel, do yod smoke
"No. have M use for the weed.
'''ot some mighty g'--l cigars here.
Another silence Ia the upper birth and
then.
KERNEL. II YOU will show inc how To-
light this gas, ] believe will get up.
We lit the ga- AMI returned 10 our
irrth. and our companion OPENED his VA.
liz. a'i taking out quart bottle:
'''ot some mighty nae cLirct here T.
anyiTiy that taksr it,"
but Your r'aresphdes had no rs. for
clare,.
Have you ever been north" We in.
quired.
mo further north than Columby.
South Carllny. After the var We was
farmers, and wanted to make cotton, hut
hal M niggers. ~ ] went up n Column.
by AMI got three hundred myers 10 make
cotton. My thoagh. wasn't them times
We got dollar u pound for cotton then.
We're growing oranges now"
The Orlando car, festoOned with tropi.
cal folisg. and surnount.d with stuffed
alligators, was curiosity all along the
line, and the small saurians distributed
at III" several railway offices will make
On effective Advertisement for Orlando.
This city has nearly recovered the
shock into which it was thrown by the
lockout VI the Knights Of Labor from
the great Champion Reaper, Mower and
Binder works, which manufactures about
one.third Of the reaping and moving
machines Of tn. world. For time ner.
chants. manufacturers, mechanics, Ial,nr.
ers- the whole townspeople, in fact,
were paraly zai. Business came 10 a
stand STILL The attention ~ the whole
country was attracted to this city. A
six hundred foot sign was displayed on
the great Fast street shops
, SoNE BrT FREE ASD INDEPENDENT
WORKINGS EMPLOYED HERE.
The master spirit in the Champion
Reaper Mandatory, William Whitley,
proclaimed the prerogativs Of managing
his own business. and the lockout was
the only course le could pursue AMI
maintain his position. 1t was his priv.
lege 10 select his wofkmen, and the
workmens privilege 10 say who they
would work for, Independent of labor
unions. and only such would be EN-.
pioyed. The local press and business
men generally took sides with the work.
men; chaos reigned. The April election
resulted in q Republican majority of a
thousand. and a largely Republican coun.
Gil in place Of a Democratic council,
some eight or ten members Of which pay
no taxes. The complexion of the school
hoard IA Of the same character men ut
terly unfit for the position. The "old
reliable" Republic. that hal worked for
interests for sixty or seveny
wears denounced the lock out M arbi.
trary and uncallcd for. The result was
"A new local daily, backed 10y a hundred
thousand dollars, Ia crush "thd old relia.
be-" The new paper puts on mctrolri-
tan airs. illustrates equal to the New
York Herald. and seIls for one cent, five
cents week, ~ cents yer month Il send
you copy. The business men, how.
ever, are afraid Of il. Their customers
are the tailors, AMI tho tailors quietly
boycott, or ref,ise to trade with the pa.
irons Of the new daiiy. The "oll rplia-
ble" maintains it, 3 cents per copy and
10 cents yer week. and has the sympathy
of the b,iiness men.
Notwithstanding the lock out and the
boycott, the output OF the Champion
including reamrs. mowers
and binders exceeds fifty thousand, and
Whiteley's profits for the year are csti-
mated mt n million If dollars.
The present population Of the little
town on the stage line from Cincinnati
to Columbus In Your bovhood DAYS, in
the former city, Mr.. Editor. il now
thirty five thousand, and ranks as before
stated as the largest manufacturer Of
agricultural implements in the world.
and Is better advertised than its name
sake Of the old Ray State. II seems to
have nearly recovered from the labor
trouble, the tenant houses are again
filled nnd general prosperity rigns.
Prosperity in the North means increased
winter travel in Florida, and it, act'essi-
biIity AMI uneNcelled winter climate will
bring its tens Of thousands of well.to do
people to escape the cold. and among
them numerous permanent settlers tho
coming fall and winter, among whom
will In Yours truly, -
=
II the Chicago Anarchists are not
hung. it will not be because there is not
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