The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-23

figures let us see what single Madison
dealer IS doing in that line Mr. FL V.
Morrow has Sipped during the past year
20,SU0 dozen, or ~ 6uN eggs. and an avgre-
gate Of 10000 chlcRe9s. Aud vet IN every
store big boxes ot eggs are to lie Seen.
Among the recent I'M rpvements notice
able were the new family and grocery store
OF H. c. Henderson aud the grist mill,
steam gin and undertakers esta blshment
OF j. w. Williams. The old Recorder is
still published by J. f. Pound, editor and
proprietor.
Madison contains many handsome resi-
dences, and ought to be filled with winter
visitors.
GREENvILLE.
Continuing west on the line Of the Florida
Railway and Navigation Company, my
next stopping place was Greenville. This
village IS charminglv located in a rich and
beautiful region, (which was once dotted
with the palatial homes of opulent planters,
and the center of dense slave population.
Now, however, thousands of fertile acres
liz vacant, the colored labor having
been seduced away by numerous railway
agents, the women refusing to work In the
| field, and the boys and girls, once capital
plow hands, going to school, where, sad to
relate, they usually imbibe a diStaste for
manual labor. All wish to become teachers,
preachers, store clerks or anything else
than tillers of the soil When the remedy
comes in the form of stalwart German,
Swiss and Irish eInigrants, perhaps it may
he too late for them TO retrieve the situa-
ton, and they must either go elsewhere or
starve
Greenville is not Incorporated. The town
site and adjacent lands are all owned by the
three principal merchants, Messrs. J. H.
Redding, c. S. Hardy and +. J. Hays.
These gentlemen all run large general stores,
| and the aggregate of their sales and bust
ness transactions is immense. Only recently
the village has been mapped and laid off in
town lots. Those measuring 90x35 feet in
dimensions are worth from $500 to $500
| each, according to location. The proprie
tors will sell to none but reputable and
worthy settlers. The village contains five
business places, one church, one school, one
physician, but no lawyer. The inhabitants
have not commenced to quarrel yet. The
| receipts of cotton are 1,S00 bales Mr.. j.
| w. Hammerly is ticket. express and depot
agent, telegraph operator aud man of all
| work. Who envies hims The writer is in
| debted to
GEN. C. s. HARDY,
for delightful ride into the surrounding
country. The lands are rolling and very
fertile. Indeed they cannot be surpassed
i'll any portion of Florida. Returning. we
paid brief visit to the hoSpitable home of
the General, and received warm greeting
from his excellent wife and lovely daugh-
ter. They are true types of Southern gem
tility.
Mr.. I. N Drew, merchant here, is also
| a successful farmer, and shows his good
sense by diversifying his crops and raising
| more meat and provisions than he can con-
sumo. He has also a near orchard
Mr.. j. II. Redding, one of the trio of
proprietors, sells $40, 900 worth of goods an
nually, and is also an extensive planter
E. j. Hays, also part owner of the town,
| is a self-made man, and withal very modest
| but by honest dealing and close attention
| to business has accumulated a handsome
fortune since the war. So much for Green
vile.
Next in order comes
AUCILLA.
the last station before reaching Monticello
The village is most unfortunately situated
on knoll between two ponds or swamps.
| This detracts very much from the looks of
| the place and must affect its salubrity to a
| greater or less degree. But still it is a busy
, little town, and receives nearly a Thousand
| bales of cotton annually. 1t is also sur
rounded by very rich farming district
Maj. B. W. Bellamy raises 900 to 800 bales
OF cOLUOl, ana Is Cne largest planter In MID
die Florida,
| s. j. Turnbull also, who farms in the
vicinity, markets 800 bales
TIE following are the names of all save
one of the merchants acutually engaged in
business at Aucilla, viz: J. l. Braswell, j.
w. Walker, w. L. Emery, general mer-
chadise, and j. G. Smythe, druggist. A.
w. Mason is postmaster and railroad agent.
They all read the NEWS.
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nature when the writer left the train at
Monticello and here, weary and hungry, he
makes his bow to the patient reader.
H. II. J.