The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-09


I % warm. damp weather. has caused the
( oranges 10 drop from the trees By the
thousand and soon not an orange viii be
I LEFT on a tree
il Is a sad sight. indeed, 10 see the trees
now turned yellow az II burned over by
IRE, and the ground literally covered
with oranges The suggestion that they
might be used for wine, vinegar. etc,
are TOO late as the only use 10 which
they can now be put is 20 fertilize the
I groves. The experiment station Of Cali
f0ruia has given the result Of its expert
meut in the use OF fallen oranges as
fertilizer, and recommends the practice
as the best and most profitable plan for
getting rid OF drops. culls, etc. feW
barrels of lime at the Present TIM
sprlnkled through thu groves where these
frozen oranges may be buried in trenches
I viii produce good results
OF course the sudden thaw and whole
sale dropping of oranges has caused the
suspension Of work in the packing houses.
Not few packers made a Jealous squirt
of shipments. In iced refrigerator cars.
but the general impression Is that the re-
turns from these shipments viii be less
than the cost Of packing.
The damage to trees has not been as
severe as was at first reported, except in
certain exposed Sec Ions. where the bark
Of the trees has bursted from excessive
cold The leaves will fall from all the
trees ana the young growth die, but the
healthy trees will pushed ahead and again
be fruitful. Under the best conditions,
however. the crop OF oranges next year
viii be light. The editorial in the Morn
ing News on the situation In Florida has
had a cheering effect upon our people and
VIII do us great good here at home, as
well as in the north and west. We are
cast down, but not in any sense discour-
aged.
The suspension of Mr.. John E. Pace,
one of SANFORD $ most prominent business
men and popular citizens, causes deep re-
gret in all this community. but it cannot
be regarded in the ordinary light of
commercial failure. BY marriage with
Mrs. Speer he became proprietor with her
of the famous Speer grove at Fort Reed,
one Of the largest, Oldest and most val
liable in the state. Being man or gen
erous and helpful impulses, he had sought
10 aid many enterprises until he had too
many irons in the fire" 1t is hoped that
his creditors will arrange with him to
keep his big dry goods store open and give
him a chance to get on his feet again in
good shape.
quite a number of Georglans. non-resi-
dents in Florida. have suffered heavily by
the recent freeze. Probably the heaviest
sufferers are Marcellus O. Markham and
the estate Of the late Judge julius A.
Hayden of Atlanta, who have very large
and valuable groves near Sanford. Col.
Robert Il. Park Of Macon, Prof. W. 4.
Scomp late Of Emory College; Superin-
tendent Charles X. Maddox Of the Atlanta
postoffice, II. b. Phillips, James Banks
and Bud" kernoodle of that city. quite
a colony Of Atlanta people have gone
down to Clearwater Harbor, on the San
ford and st. Petersburg railway, and es-
tablished winter homes there. At the
head Of the colony is the well-known
Ia
and family, Mrs. Henry W. Grady and
her daughter. Miss Gussie Grady, and
Mrs. Dora Adams Hopkins. "Bul Arp"
has son here in Sanford. DR.. Ralph e.
Smith who has been assistant surgeon
at the South Florida railroad hospital,
which has been much enlarged and greatly
improved, until It ranks among the best
institutions of the kind in the south. The
sign reads, IS. f. r. r." which your
correspondent translates as Suffering for
Ready Relief" which is the case with
most Of the injured patients.
The wisdom of Bishop +. G. Weed in Sc
curing a division Of the Episcopal diocese
OF Florida is made more apparent every
month. The missionary diocese of South
ern Florida, which takes in all the terri
tory south of Ocala and Sanford, has
given Bishop w. c. Gray all he can do to
meet its demands, and he Is able to give
his family at Orlando but little of his time,
He recently held a consultation with his
clergy in this city, and they made very
gratifying reports of the good results of
his Jealous efforts. Into every part Of
the missionary diocese he has gone with
an earnest, hopeful spirit that inspired
the feeble mission station workers to re-
newed and more successful labors.
Col. 3. w. Wrenn's appointment as pas
senger traffic manager of the Plant sys-
tenn has been received here with general
satisfaction.