The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-13

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/ negroes study the market. Lailes discuss
! the c op prospects, with view u invest
meIts in winter gowns ami bOnnets. be
most enterprisIng citizens are the brothers
Bruce. These ScOtchmen own a gre It dea
/ f land and raise tobacco and manufactu re
/ cigars Their public spirit is universally
recognized. Every body seems 70 regret
/ tn {, while doing 50 IN Ich t. increase the
wealth and prosperity of Quincy, they are
! rot contributing their quo to its popula-
ii N. All the brothers are bachelors.
! The Nogt plantation lies west Of the Bruce
tract. II is owned by Carl Vogt * Sons
| New Y rk city. I ey nave planted seed
! from the prize dis riots of Cuba, and are
growing tobacco reese. NIB ing Havana leaf of
a superior quality. W Ell rolled into
cigars and lighted, the aroma i, delicious.
THESE gentlemen prepare their tobacco
with great Gaze fey cultivated over
100 acres last year, d ID tue crop
at very satisfactory price. This year
! tley nave larger tract under cJltlvati "a.
The field looks well and the Weld promises
to be a5u dant. Adjoining the NOgt tract
is the plantat on Of schroeder I so They
a leading G. baccl merchants in New
Yoi X, and nave just turned their attentio
toward Florida. Their PLANTATION is u re-
cent pure Iase. Tpba go will be sown there
next year Nearer the town the firm has
under tue supervision of Hans Con D. who
has grown the weed Sumatra. Schros-
der q Sol have cree ed large warehouse
and will probably begin driving work mex,
spring.
Not far away there is a syndicate planta-
tiol. The Straiton Il Stor II lands are
designated as syud cate lands. The syudi-
clte is g largest culJivator of tobacco in
the Peninsular safe. tbs plantation is
Of many. Il is k lown thou sh)ut Flor
ida as La Corona. Mr. McDougaH, a
Sc lehman, is its superintendent. He en-
ploys a large number of negroes The
fields are covered with thrivI plants,
grown from Cuba and Sunatran seed.
I ere are great tobacco fields west Of
gu ncy, but none that equal the syndic to
pa ltauo 5 on the east. All are under
Systematic cultu g. Mr. Med lugall rides
over the Fl lids Ii true plantation Style. lie
appears among the ha DIS mounted upon a
mustang. With sombrero, Mexican saddle
and rowels, he is picture of tue old-time
Oversser, minus the whip.
The mogul of the syndicate here, how
eve is William NJ. Cory. He has On
office in Quincy, and is It's &c .eral manager
In Florida. He was bora in New York,
and has been in he service of Stralon 81
Storm ever since he VAS a b y. Mr.. Cory
was one of the experts who demonstrated
the value of the Fl )ride tobacco planta-
lions. he has lived in Quincy for the past
two years. He says that he finds the heat
Mt so great as in New York, and the nj hts
far more cool An lvitation to inspect the
Santa Clara, one OF the largest syndl cate
plantatl)ns, was &C eptei. 1t embraces
1000 acres bordering the town on the east
and southwest. The working superln-
tendents are w. B. Smith and j. G.. Curry.
The country is fine d roll g, with
abund ant supply of water. You hardly
believe that you are in Florida Plac d
C. eeks water the base of plateaus vast
and fertile. The Santa Clara plan ati)n
covers one of these plateaus. immense barns
Tor the curing and storing of the tobacco
come into view.
Ascending a hill near. the house of the
superintendent you stand in a sea OF to-
bacco pa is. They line the 70 al as far as
the eye can reach. The plants are in vari-
Gus stages of development Some are ripe
for cutting; Others are a fortnight behind
them. Here are plants just set out; there
are others awaiting the first hoeing. A /
army OF blacks is at work plowin1, hoeing,
and lopp NJ 10 tops of the stalks, 80 as to
lmpart strengtl to the leaves Swarms of
wenches girls are picking worms from
the stems. Everyb dy, fr IN superintendent
down, seems TO be dol & his level best
AhO Bihulo ~ Dduld OluTd are CUBA.
Pennsylvania aud 5umatra tobacco Of the
sec)ld year. So thick AMI luxurious are
Jhey that 1t Is difficult to move through the
fields. There are from sixteen to twenty
leaves on each pla whe the field is
ready for cut ing. All tle leaves are valu-
able. Ihoss directly in front are grown
from Pennsylvania plants. The SUP ri l.
tehdent ella ms that this part of the planta-
tlon, W.T. hrst and second crops, will cut
FRO n SUI to LODI p funds to tAe acre. When
plant IS first cut what is known as a
sucker pu out al the root of stalk. 1t
develops into a second great bunch OF
leaves, which are aiterwarl added to the
harvest. This l. called the second cutting.
A visit to tob icco barn is " r.h noting.
The stalks are hun, atnwart laths,
the leaves dropping downward. They are
as fine as silk. The barus here hold a crop
grown upon about fifteen acres. They are
enormous. AS the tobacco Wits it is re.
moved, and fresh leaves are strung ovet
the iaths. The syndicate owns over 100
barn, all told, and with all these finds i
dllhcult to house its crops.
Inquiry concerning the onto )ms of Su ma
ira Sc ID was stimulated by lowledge of
It's value. Seventy acres were vared
with the plants They were growing luxu-
riantly. 1t was asserted that there were
$500 to the acre. This made an ag gregate
OF 100000 to the Seveaty acres. They prom
lse great results. The leaf is not so larg,
as the leaf of the Pennsylvani plant. L
| Is neither so long nor so wide, but it is of ;
! deeper green in hue, and is more free fir on
worms The Cuban plants are still smaller
| The leaf is thicker. 1t is preferable FOL
| cigar filters.
The next visit was made to the colony q
| AlSatlans, who arrived here last February
| They encountered considerable trouble a
| Castle Garden. Mr. Storm is an Alsatia,
| by birth, and he knsw tleir value a, agri
culturists. They are located upon 1,5OI
acre, gracirg Il stairway of rolling hill
overlooking the village of Quincy. The OLE
plantation was rmerly tie properly OF
| Judge Dupont His ma lsion occupie
| ground above the fields. 1t has been thor
oughiy overhauled, and is now winter re
treat for the membe Of the sy dictate
| Upon entering it you cross q bridge span
Ming deep creek. 1t runs through so
! acres OF land set aside as pasture r th
cattle OF the colonlsts. "A compete It herds
man has ch irge of the past ire. The COW,
are driv en- to the various farms at night
| and are returned 10 the reservation in tn,
morning, the sane as in Alsace There is
| brickya d near by, where building materia
is made. The place was i'd out like an Ole
| German village. Old roads were obliteratsd
An inner and a circular road was made. 81
feet wide and two miles and half long
! This ROAD was fenced and the plot divi le
into little farms. Commodious residence
and barns we built. A scIool house wa
erected upon a slightly knoll. 1t is at
! tended y Alsatian children. Each farm i.
well equipped. Each has a tobaccJ she'd tina
| Will mold the Or duct q. from r,Valva 1,