The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-11
LIFE AT WINTER PARK.
Gifts to DIR. Hooker-Freight Traffic
Reavier-Oranges Dropping.

Aeav1er-OranRes Dropping.
Winter Park, Fla, Oct. 9-The past
few days have witnessed a most remarka-
BILE revival of freight traffic on the South
Florida railroad, indicating an early open
ing up of business all over this section of
the state.
The orange packers seem to anticipate
a big crop and many new packing houses
will start up this season. At Maitland
there will be four lively concerns run
ming, and this will make competition
sharp.
Mr.. Robert w. Given of Philadelphia,
who represents the Chase packing house
one of a series-will arrive with his sis
ter tomorrow night, and then business
will start up here with rush.
HOTELS AND RAILROADS.
President H. B. Plants elegant hotel,
the Seminole, is being put in good shape
for an early rush of tourists, and will
badly nave a fine season. Manager
Hathaway was extremely popular last
winter and kept the house full. The
Rogers house was slso crowded and will
hold it's own this season. Guests coming
to these hotels will now have a choice of
two elegant fast routes from the north
and the west. The Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad will put on a fast
through train and make competition
sharp between it and the Plant system.
BY a lease the Florida Central and
Peninsular Railroad runs from Orlando
through Winter Park very near the Sem
inole) to Oviedo, and through fine orange
. country.
ROLLINS COLLEGE.
Winter Park may be said to depend al
most wholly upon the elegant Seminole
hotel and Rollins College for its promi-
tad mol
attractive lakes, its natural scenery is
quite attractive, Nand many handsome
residences have been erected here, The
college is largely supported by the Con
gregat ionalists, as Stetson University, at
DeLand, is by the Baptists. Rollins Col
lege and Knowles Hall are named in honor
of generous benefactors, Prof Ford,
who was on the wrecked steamship City
of Savannah, is now acting president, and
has opened the fall term with very good
prospects of prosperous year.
REV. DIR. HOORER's PRESENTS.
1t will be remembered that one of the
most unfortunate Of the fated steamship
City of SaVannah's passengers was the
venerab bic Rev. DIR. e. p Hooker, late
president Of Rollins College in this city,
and pastor of the Congregational church
here. During his absence north the Or
landO Bank failed and shut up for an in
| Then came his shipWrecl1, in which he
and his family lost everything in the
shape of clothing, ETC., that they did not
have on at the time In the midst of
these losses his old church at Medford.
Mass, made up a handsome donation of
cash, clothing, etc, and sent to their
former beloyedlpastor. Mrs. e. Boynton,
who has a handsome winter home at
Maitland, near here, was Jealous
in 1n
TRANSATLANTIC PECAN TREES.
Somebody who has pecan nuts to sell
for seed, but no young trees to dispose Of,
is trying to create the impression through
the MORNING News and other papers,
that the pecan tree cannot be transplanted
without destroying its nut-bearing quail
ties. That is all nonsense. / have sue
cessfully transplanted them without in
jury to the tap root or the bearing quail
ty. 1t is not an easy or desirable Job, and
should not be undertaken when it can be
avoided. But the same is true of all fruit
trees; it is better not to transplant them.
The transplanting of any delicate tree
requires great care and caution as well in
taking up as in setting out, and it does
not pay TO be careless in any part of the
work. This is my varied experience.
ORANGES STILL DROPPING.
For several days past we have been
having high winds and showers, indi-
eating a severe storm somewhere on the
coast. AS a result the orange trees have
been well shaken and much fruit thorned.
Oranges are still dropping freely and the
big crop that doomed up early in the season
grows smaller day by day on many groves.
While many shipments have been made,
they were of green oranges, mostly, unfit
for market, and their advent has called
forth earnest protests from various mar
kets The middle of November is about
as early as good shipments can safely be
made.
PRACTICAL DOG LAW.
Here in Florida, as up in Georgia, no
legislature or constitutional convention
has been found brave enough to enact a
dog law of any kind for the protection Of
sheep breeders Year after year vain
appeals have been made, aud still the cur
dog and his owner remain unmolested
But down in Maine the legislature finally
tackled this alarming evil, and put "A tax
or license on dogs. Already $500 have
come INTO the treasury, with a prospect
of nearly as much more, while the claims
for sheep killed by dogs have as yet only
reached $50, which leaves a handsome
reserve fund Such a law as this ought
TO greatly encourage sheep breeding, and
Georgia and Florida would do well to try
the experiment.