The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-07
A TRIP SOUTH.
canadians Impressions of Savannah
and This Section.


1.-Two two ply SAINT recollections connec-
- u,i+h savannah. One is that of the ex-
-. meals that we're furnished me at the
..iI,yav station there. On my southwark
.~;n 7 breakfasted there. On my return
,a,,,.,ev | took dinner at the same place
III station building was rather old and
.,s+v and its exterior gave no promise OF
ituooyood things that awaited the hungry
traveller within, but better cookedF and pet,
Wv served repasts than we're furnished
Nt Of the Savannah station of the
ne Line Is. F. and W. railway
E !, has not been my good fortune to meet
~ +raveling for many day. The other
Inioosino, remembrance that have in con-
Pnction with Savannah is the newspaper
nnblished there, Il copy OF which read both
On nv downward and upward journey so
for as | have had an opportunity Of Judg-
inc Southern newspapers are not model
ms The general tone and temper of their
Iaadinp articles on controverted questions
aa-1aciaIlv these affecting the relations eX-
Zinc between the North and South-is
aottbinr than amiable, while, as a rule, the
.+,.le of the Southern writer of newspaper
ocntroversal articles, is extravaganza and
infated In these matters the Savannah
DAILY MORNING NEWS is the two
numbers of the paper that |
irg and pleasing contrast TO such of the
Loading organs of public opinion of the
south as have had an opportunity of see
mo OF. reading selections from of late years
IL loading articles We're well written, were
moderate sensible and logical, and the tone
and spirit of the one of them which treated
Of the causes of difference which still exist
between the North and the South were adj
nirohle. The selected matter i'll it was in
10 nf
norton of the contents Of the news
ppapers of the day, was not
aaJanted to please a taste for the dis
gusting and the horrible. The paper and
Typography were excellent. Savannah has
rras0n certainly to congratulate herself that
she has. for her leading morning paper, a
sheet which, Judging from the two copies |
saw, must exert an excellent influence IN the
community in which it mainly circuiates.
Asone passes to the southwark of the hOun-
diary between the States of Virginia and
south Carolina, he will notice striking
change in the trees, both of the primitive
forest and of the second growth of the i'm
nroved country After crossing the south
ern border of Virginia, scarcely any de
ciduous trees are visible from the
railway line. Here and there,
in the valleys Of the streams
and inlets elms, cottonwoods and other
portion of the territory traversed by the
railway between the northern boundary o.
North Carolina and that portion of South
Florida which was the limit of my journey
southwark, is covered with a growth of
pine. As rule this pine is scrubby and
unfit for manufacture into plank or boards.
In many places in North Carolina, noticed
that the trees had been ''gashed" for the
purpose of collecting turpentine from
I a
full and destructive process, the cash
made being much larger than
that which the early settlers in this part of
tbecountry, before they were better taught,
used to cut in the maple trees in order to
get their sap 1 was not surprised, there
fore, to learn, i'll conversation with resi-
dent of Wilmington, n. c., city that is
the centre Of the turpentine, rosin and pitch
trade of that region of country, that the
wasteful methods pursued in collecting the
tnpentine, had resulted in the destruction
of large numbers of trees and that the pro-
duction of the commodities mentioned
above, had greatly fallen off of late
years. Wilmington seems a thriving
town still, however 1t is the seat
of a considerable trade in cotton as
well as in the products that | have men
toned. 1t was, during the war, a place
of great resort for blockade runners and
not suffer from the calamities incident to
that terrible struggle. The resident of the
place with whom | had some conversation,
told me that decided majoriAF of its popu-
lation were colored. and tha5 this class
while, as rule p>Ac 'ful and law-abiding
we're not at ali VI Uprising and not over in
dustrious They were content, generally
speaking, to live ''hand to mouth" life,
satisfied if they had aday's provision ahead,
will n oh ba
actual pressure of want. My informant
gave it as his opinion that Wilmington
would not, because of this large and slug
gish element in its population, prosper in a
way commensurate with its natural and
acquired advantages. The railway leading
to jacksonville, Fla, branches off from the
main line leading from Charleston to New
Orleans at a place in Northern Florida,
called Waycross. From this
place to Jacksonville, the country
is one continuous pine plain,
composed of sand so white and so volatile
that, III dry time, travelling by rail over
II must be exceedingly trying on account of
the glare and dust. Fortunately Tor my
comfort, some showers had visited that part
OF the country the day before passed over
1t and had had some effect in settling the
dust, but so great are the absorbent powers
Of the sand and so powerful the effect of
reached jacksonville, the train was almost
hidden by the cloud of dust accom-
panylng it. 1t would have been diff
cult on my arrival at Jacksonville,
70 pronounce an intelligent opinion
as to the garments that ] wore, though the
faithful railway porter busted me down at
intervals of fifteen minutes or whereabouts.
saw very little cleared country between
savannah and Waycross; less still between
the latter place and Jacksonville. There
are small clearances around the stations as
rule, upon which were patches of sweet
potatoes and sugar cane Except a few
heds of rice and cotton in Geor
gia-looking, by the way, vigor
GUS and promising Il noticed
no crop but sweet potatoes and
sugar cane, between Savannah and Jack
sonvllle. The latter is the principal and the
only place of any considerable size in Flor
ia Its growth has been comparatively re-
cent and rapid, and has been owing largely
10 Che stay i'll 1t, during the winter months,
OF large numbers of Northern people 1t is
sne starting point, too, for visitors from the
North to places of resort in South Florida.
rs, therefore, largely town of hotels and
BOARDING houses. Some of the former are
very spacious and handsome, comparing
IaVorably, in external appearance, at least,
with similar establishments in Northern
cities. u
BEGINNING A NEW LIFE.