The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-02-12
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The Nn-Fcnce' Law is a subject attracting
no small degree OF attention at the present time,
but not more than lis importance demands
The principle il involves is rs Old as humanity
but the application Of The lrinciplc seems to be
new in this section, and gives a cooring to The
statement that in some things al least We are
" fifty years bchiHd he age
In "A recent issue Of the FLORiDIAN your cor
respondent showed how favorAb y The mo- tcnce"
law worked in North Cmolira and Virginia,
Notwithstanding the bitter opposition it al first
encountered This week We interviewed a
prominent resident o. South Car0linn, who is
visiting Tallahassee and who enthusiastically
endorsed the " no-tercc law as he had seen it
practically tried in his own state. He says the
experience was precisely lhc same as have
described in North Carolina. Violently OPP
posed at The commencement, II WAS "iunght OUT
with vigur by a few progressive "rms rs and
legislators, unii at length II trlumphcl And
now lis benefits are SO manifest in many town
ships OF South Carolina, that 10 one would
change 10 The Old pine rootcr" system if they
could. Miles upon miles OF u~cir,, ana cXp'n-
sive fences are abolished and lhr crops grow
uXurianty hv The road side. Tie live stock
of every KIND is confined to pastures prepared
for lhcm securely enclosed and the grade has
greatly improved since the new law was
adopted.
Florida may b. slow IN .ollow ng HE example
o. her sister States on Tie Atlantic sra-bparG.
bit until She durs, Goub the W. ON OF
Inviting honcst ana Industrious imm grants I"
settle IN a State whose present fence law j,
nothing more jhan cgallzcd roi hciy.
W nave tested il and know whcroo, we
speak The county laws and customs vary
somrW hat, ana perhaps ii might Dc wise for each
township 10 regulate lis own rules.
Bul II is only tar play that these local laws
should be made known TO intending purch .scr,
and settlers
rcXrmpr, n certain county in West + or
| ida, where real estate Wa, made to boom
| under the impetus At an annual "Chaut;,aqUt >
POSSESSES a .uW, r. corded in MCCriiun> d.
g-sl, Cont MT recorded in tie d ed OF lots sold }
! making il a criminal off -n,c for any person To
] even punt crop or raise Il truck-garden with
Ont having hi> land leg ally fenced. Fac " lie
! sirlbc immigrant may buy land, but he Is
deprived al the use ri il until ne ha, fulfilled ne
laboliou, task II legally ~ fencing H. Ccyrn 10
ten rails hieh) which freq 4cniiy costs more thtn
! the laud H., II i worth.
Ii Walton county, which is only Tyre -
! many others, Tn" omnlpic~cnl "laz"l Htck p
| rci.ls SUPREME The grun' 81 supreme content
may nightly be heard underneath tn n"l1,:
! RIGS aud building, aGioiuin- Tie Chou u4 a
/ Tabernacle, VII ic DISTINGUISHED lsc'Nc, - .'c
entertained dining The Assembly, lne no-- q!
| he whole region come ur annually 10 Inc least
! and ming,c lEcir meludions >lr1ins with Toe
! -
Lon COUNT also, is not oniy the stronghold
! OF the son OF Has, hu also Of his near ri tive
! The K ,zuI-back llclc the dark = plln>r al
the impending struggle will BE- seen. II IN,
/ Hog and IIominy VIII s'atd n!po-cd - NtGhI,
! Reason and Reform. We have never sect tfc
/ i.aZpr-back 50 AGGRESSIVE on .hc plantations
! as he has been this year. Hundreds n these
! b0ny scavcngcis are noN Roaming ~ lu"c, ana
! deeoaIing every thing IN tue way. lh'N afc
always on a tro' and their powers {" l"c"m"'i ~
are only cXrelI' d by incr appetlc. 1mN VIII
! eat ANYTHING rom h4ir 81 cotton 10 Il tnlk
! buZZaid OnV once hive W. found Group ot
! razor b ok. ou,ci ana cunicuttd. the nfhcl day
we found Tx raz ,r-baoi~ lNug down within rur
! merino sheep lot, with lNo or three ne"
bora amb. itAde of them ih.y lhrn
! looked perfectly Ina. py. With cpnmrnd'h
/ enterprise they ha, broken through weak
/ plank il NE fence, and toasted on choice hmh
! worth fifty Times much as they wclc.
Bat ruriety is " al these iegti i'nc' ere a
turce like hcir mctndtiilg Iabl'~ t,ioi'' ihrih
! ample scope tor all their powers. L'!l. the CO.'S
| lha' entered lady yard as' week NJ 81 Az
CUISINE and ate up one OF ncr expensive S.mh-
| ish lace cuitan>, which was spread upon the
grass, lhcy do no. hesitate 10 appropriate any
! dciicacy, REGARDLESS OF cost. They lct maj IN
INDUCING these Slight ccccnircl'ies for slain
lambs and lace curtains they are backed up by
| the laws OF The Safe
We venture HE statement that the present
fence law " of Florida does more to keep pro-
| pie out OF the Sra'e, and discourage those who
are in il, Ihan All the imported yellow jack ever
brought to Florida The fever is local, while
the "tencc law" is universal Ohe lrighlens
immigration, the other r0bs inc immigrant One
| decmates the cities, the other impoverlshes all
the agricultural interest OF the country
ERNEST efforts are being made in some quar-
tiers To induce The Legislature to pass measures
! favorable to immigration.
But what folly to invite farmers TO come here
| from Northern and Southern States, where 'hey
have been accustomed to have their crops and
lands protected by law, and ask them TO settle
upon and cultivate lands where the local (tlor-
| ida) :" fence laws" do not protect them, and ac-
tually aid the scrub stock in Systematically raw
aging the lands they are invited to purchase and
cultivate. 49,
All schemes for inducing immigration will be
, n failure until the unjust "icnce laws" OF the
! State are changed. We know from experience