The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-13
4 TRIP ACROSS FLORIDA.
rpoM THE ATLANTIC TO THE GULF
COAST.


Old Noblesse-The Growth of Mari
orna--Marianna Personals "A Pro-
,Ac Pecan Tree-A Black Prince
rhs Chipola Hotel-Milton House
ci+uation and Statistics-A Splendid
rarnng Section-The Ravages of
+ba War 49, The Long Moss Spring
Made Famous by Caroline Lee
Hentz.
Vour correspondent would invite the
-o.der to don his ''seven league boots" and
leaving beautiful Daytona, hurry over with
him TO the ancient town of Mariana,
aoross the Chattahoochee in West Florida
II Is the seat of justice for Jackson, one of
,ba richest counties not only in Florida, but
;n+ha entire South. The soil has large adj
mixture of lime with clay cropping out to
The surface, and is peculiarly adapted to the
crowth Of cotton, corn, rice, oats and sugar
cane. lie Conte pears, figs, peaches, grapes,
If every description, melons and vegetables
also flourish with wonderful luxuriance 1t
i indeed only a question of time and
;ndicious advertising before this region will
he in greater request by truck farmers than
env other portion of the Southern States
The writer has ever visited.
The surface of the country is rolling, we'll
vatered and covered with great variety
Of the finest timber, embracing all of the
hard woods, such as oak, hickory,
cedar, ash, walnut, cypress, dogwood and
cherry. This was once the abode of the
OLD NoBLEssE
Of Florida, and dense slave population
n irhl pItlt faI
chiyalrous gentlemen, who kept "open
house" and lived in baronial style. Field
sports. intellectual pursuits, the general
supervisiOn of their plantations Some of
them almost the rivals in extent of a Ger
man principality) and travel, during the
last of the summer months furnished the
round of their avocations Their daughters
were usually educated at the best institu-
+ions in the Union, and no more
refined and elegant maidens and
1natrons were to be found on the .,lobe.
II was in the homes of these wealthy pro-
prietors of the soil, that the highest and
tr1Iest types of Southern civilization ex-
listed. OF late Mariana, which, like the
majority of our Old towns after the war
came to a dead stand, has shown decided
symptoms of Identification and progress. At
present, by the authority of one of its
Journals, the sprightly Times Courier, the
pnlOrNO Guy COuUAlIio liluo E,ciI5ld Ill oOOI6S,
some of them carrying stocks of Sl2,O to
$4,000; three drug stores, three saloons, one
family grocery store, one large buggy,
wagon and carriage repository, two fur
niture dealers, two undertakerS, sub
stantial banking office, two shoe shops
three blacksmith shops, two newspapers,
two livery stables, millinery store and
four boarding houses. There are also three
fourishing white schools. The names of the
Al No.,
Florida Farmers Alliance. The latter is
tae organ of the State Farmers Alliance,
whose headquarters are established here.
This association is very similar to the
movement by the grangers for
COOPERATIVE STORES.
which from some cause fell through. 1t
brings in direct antagonism all the mer-
chants of the community with the tillers of
the soil. Of course every farmer has per-
feet right to trade with whom he pleases. or
to set up his own store. But there is an old
proverb that the
SHOEMAKER SHOULD STICK TO HIS LAST. y"
and experience has shown that trained mer
chants, whose profits are regulated by legit-
innate competition and the supply and de-
mand, are the most competent to conduct
the trade and commerce of any community
The main difficulty in the way of the sue
farmers, as a general rule, to purchase their
supplies for cash. Failing to do this, there
is great danger that the scheme will col
lapse. Those who have the means at COM
mand can always make excellent terms with
wholesale dealers, without the intervention
of middlemen The fact that so many fail
ureS of country merchants are reported
daily would seem to indicate that their vo-
cation is by no means a sinecure or bonanza.
anti Nv
disinterested standpoint. The writer is a
farmer himself, and of course is in sympathy
with the objects of the Alliance, but wishes
the facts on both sides to be candidly pre-
sented. No doubt there are numerous in
stances of exUortion on the part of local
merchants which should be reprobated, but
on the other hand how many Of our agri-
cultural friends fail to come to time at the
end of every year, thus necessitating the
downfall and ruin of those who stood for
them" and coming to the rescue in their
utmost time of need, enabled them to make
crop and tide over the vicissitudes of the
year. In this, as in all cases, there is
JUsTE MILIEU
or happy middle ground which should not
be lost sight Of Let the agriculturist and
merchant who supplies his wants deal fairly
and squarely with each other in their bust
ness transactions and annual settlements.
Then there would be no need of a Farmers
Alliance" or any mercantile combinations
ia ess ssremises
LIVE AND LET LIVE
SHOULD be the golden maxim on both sides.
The above is not intended to tread upon the
foes of merchant or planter, but is written
solely in the interest of peace and harmony
and the public veal.
MARIANNA PERSONALS.
Hon. Henry Brash was elected a few
weeks since without opposition as his own
successor to the office of Mayor Though
quite a young chief magistrate, he is de-
servedly popular and well known as the
head of the extensive general merchandise
m'm Of S. Brash 81 Son
Mr.. j. H. McKinne is leading member
Of the bar in Mariana.
i, Mr.. I. l.. Langley, recently admitted to
Ihe bar, after creditable examination, will
begin the practice of law in his native city
under bright auspices.
j. E. Hearn, Esq, the courteous Post
master was one of the first of Mr.. Cleve-
lands appointments, receiving his commits
sion Oct |, 1885.
A. Merritt, one of the oldest and most in
nuentlal merchants of the city, is constant
reader and subscriber to the MORNING
NEWS.
j.. D. Smith continues to run, what he
claims, TO he tha laroeSt carriaQa buggy