The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-06
PROSPEROUS FLORIDA.
Plenty of Rain Make Farmers and
Fruit Growers Happy

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/ spell has been succeeded by a second rainy
! season, and the showers come later in
the day and stay longer This gives veg
citation a grand forward movement and
makes the farmers and fruit growers
happy
4 Strange as IL may seem, not few or
ange growers are putting N irrigation
plants during this prolonged rainy sea-
son The fact Is, a wise man here in
Florida provides for the dry season with
out regard TO the usual wet spell, as irri-
CATION has been found TO be a necessity for
successful cultivation the year round
Plenty water and abundant fertilization
/ are necessary to our sandy soil, and with
them the grower IS sure to have fine crops
Vice President {. II. Letter of the San
ford Loan and Trust Company, with
other prominent citizens, Is actively at
work seeking 70 organize a board of trade
Being at the head of river navigation this
city has become an important wholesale
center ana enjoys steadily growing
trade, ana this fact has led to the desire
on the part of our leading business men
TO have a board of trade. The success of
the movement is already assured, as it is
IN the hands of men who seldom fail a
anything they undertake.
As an indication CT the growth of trade
here it may be stated that Capt Billy
Shaw Of the steamer Everglade brought
up on his last trip over l,500 pieces of
freight for Sanford alone Another
straw is the fact that where one steamer
used to do the upper-river business to
Lakes JeSup and Harvey, we now have
twO-the Belle and the Jennie. With
five railroads centering here we are,
with our fine river facilities, capitally
htted for wholesale distributing center.
EOON IN BruDING
This has been a lively summer for
building in Sanford, despite the fact that
the consolidation of most of the depart
ments of the South Florida railroad with
the Plant system departments in Savan-
nah was considered "a black eye" for our
city On the contrary, there seems to be
new growth of most encouraging char
acter. Handsome and substantial resi-
dences have been erected and yet the
demand for houses is not supplied This
demand will be met in part by the early
putting up of several brick blocks in the
business part of the city, the second aud
third floors Of which will be arranged for
families.
The city council declined to reduce
the fire limits, and this action will give
US several very desirable brick buildings
in the near future. There are also many
signs of growth and Improvement to be
seen in the suburbs, and Sanford's future
seems to be growing every day.
THE FLORIDA GRAND ARMY.
The headquarters of the Grand Army
of the Republic for the department of
Florida, are in this city, Capt D. L.
Way, teller of the Sanford Loan and
Trust bank being the commander, and
Capt. f. j. Blinn, the assistant adjutant
general. Both are now busy arranging
for the headquarters train" which
leaves here Friday at midnight From
jacksonville it goes via the Atlantic
Coast Line through Savannah in charge
Of Mr.. G. Demlng. Unfortunately there
will not be a large crowd go by any route
and the department will not be very
conspicuous in the grand parade at Pitts
burg. Some delegates go by the Clyde
Steamship Line, and others by the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular railroad and
Southern railway, both of which are
making strong pull to divide the bust
ness with the Atlantic Coast Line, the
Official route
THE NATIONAL FARMERS CONGRESS-
Col. Thomas J. Appleyard of the Gate
City Chronicle, who is assistant secretary
Of that organization, has Just been no.
| titled by Secretary J. M. Stahl of the
! Farmers Call, at Quincy, Ill, that he
| has been appointed to take charge of the
| press reports to be sent out from the
next meeting of the congress, in October,
at Parkersburg, W. Va. AS Col. Apple
| yard is lifelong newspaper man, as we'll
| as secretary of the Florida Press Associ-
alton, he will prove to be the ri ght man
| in the right place The progra mme for
! the meeting has been completed and Col.
| Appleyard appears on it for an address on
success in Florida! How to Achieve
| It. The Breakers How to Avoid
Them The colonel is the Florida vice
! president of the Young Farmers Club of
the Southern States. was formerly pub
! been an active official of the farmers al
| lance. All of which ought to quality
| him to prepare and deliver an address on
! Florida worthy of the occasion.
! City Marshal J. E. Killebren, who has
made such fine record during several
! terms as marshal of Sanford, is being
! highly recommended for appointment as
/ deputy United States marshal of the new
| district, and while Sanford is not anxious
/ to lose his services, his friends feel de
| slrOuS to see him successful in securing
the desired promotion.
Tourists who come to this section OF
/ Florida via the Clyde Line of river steam
ers from jacksonville will be glad Ia
know that the South Florida railroad
/ has rebuilt the long treste running TO the
wharf ana made it much more convenient
aswell as great deal safer. The whole
structure IS made enduring by the use OF
| carbolinum, which this road is now using
| extensively on all its new platforms
switch timbers, trestles, etc.
The Gate City Rifles feel highly hon
Ored that their surgeon. DR. Ira Porter,
was made battalion surgeon at St. Angus
tine. Although young man he has won
| quite a reputation here and on the recent
death of the venerable and beloved DR.
A. c. Caldwell, he was elected city physi-
clan.
At last we are to have a new post
master Mr. John Smith, formerly of
| Savannah. then of Atlanta and lastly of
Sanford, has been appointed after a pro
longed and somewhat bitter contest. the
Womans Christian Temperance Union
and its supporters objected to him be-
cause he was saloonkeeper, but ne
finally won the fight Mr. and Mrs
Dolph Edwards have given us a mode
postottce and il win be hard to improve
on 1t, but John Smith is energetic and
public spirited and may keep up the good
/ record
DOUBLE MURDER.