The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-20
WINTER PARK POINTERS.
Rainy Season Inaugurated ana
Orange Groves Booming.

orange Groves hoom1uE.
Winter Park. Fla. June l9.-The rainy
| season has opened AZ last in full force,
with daily and nightly showers Of the
most refreshing character Our drought
stricken fields and gardens and groves
are taking on a vigorous growth. but in
some cases too late to be profitable. Many
4 wonderful growth. and the present out
look is very encouraging.
owing TO the long dry spell preceding
the rainy season, our watermelon crop
has proved almost a failure financially. A
few growers. however, have succeeded in
putting some good melons into markets
near home 10 a small profit The same
class or fruit growers have also been sell
lnS me peaches and plums at good
pront. In fact, thrifty diversified far
mers and fruit growers always have some
lh-ng good 10 sell at profit at this season
Of the year.
In the death of Hon. Henry Hunting
ton, city clerk and treasurer Of Rollins
college Winter Park has lost one of her
best and most respected citizens and the
US most distinguished members- his
grand father, Gen Jedediah Huntington.
served on Gen. George Washlngton's staff
ana was held in high esteem by that great
commander. In one sense the deceased
was newspaper man. having been for
over fifteen years cashier OF the Chicago
Evening Journal previous TO his removal
10 hlollda, some dozen years ago, lie
was also a brother of Mrs. Emily Hunt
lngton Miller. the well known writer. and
hlmseI cultivated nne literary taste.
His life, however. was as useful as IL was
quiet ana unassuming, and he viii be
greatly missed from our church, social
and business circles. in all of which his
good practical sense and generous i'm
pulses We're so long felt and appreciated.
The freight business on the Plant sys-
TEN between sanford and Lakeland IS
quite dull at present, the freight train
this morning going south with only one
car. All the through freight now goes
rrfn f--Ha fr4ar
we have only one local freight train daily,
each way. The summer passenger sched-
ule is convenient one and gives pretty
general satisfaction. The new schedule OF
the Florida Central and pennsular Rail-
way went into effect this week, and COW
ers the branch line from Orlando through
Winter Park TO OVeidO. The Plant system
pay train came along yesterday and made
everybody feel happy. Much surprise was
teH at the retirement of our old citizen,
Col. ID. II. Elliott from the land DEPART
ment of the Plant system with which he
mad been so long connected. HIS successor.
Mr. George Fox had for yearsApast been
the Office man and transacted most of the
business as Col Elliot was detailed to get
up and arrange exhibits for the various eX-
positions in which the Plant system made
extensive displays. He had become quite
noted in connection with this work espe-
cla4ly the late Atlanta exposition
Fhe year book of the department of ag
riculture at Washington, ID. c., for 1895.
Just issued, Will be found very valuable
TO the farmers and fruit growers of Flori-
da. Prof. II. j. Weber. who represents
the department in this state. contribute
valuable chapter on THE Two Freezes
Of le9l-95 in Florida and What They
Teach profusely illustrated. He also
contributes an illustrated chapter on
The Pineapple Industry in the United
States" in which Florida plays an i'm
portant part Prof Gilbert II. Hicks, OF
the botany division. contributes a timely
and interesting chapter on "Ol Produc-
ing Seeds including the castor oil bean,
which is being introduced into Florida
as a money crop. Prof. William A Tay-
lor of the division of promology, contrib
utes a much needed chapter on Small
Fruit Culture for Market" These are
only a few Of the chapters in this valu-
able book, and our farmers and fruit
growers should send to the Secretary of
Agriculture at Washington, d. c., for a
copy at once.
Winter Park has quite a large negro
settlement across the railroad, some mile
away, which supports the only newspaper
in the city the Winter Park Advertiser
edited and published and printed by ne
groes. As this community does not claim
to be "a negro city" from which white
settlers are excluded IL does not under
claiming to be an exclusively negro city
can take IN a tramp white printer and
his wife, make them residents and assist
them TO start paper called the Negroes
Friend, although the paper advocates So
cial equality so far as color is concerned.
BY this strange action Eatonville not only
loses the honor of being the only purely
but will also lose many hitherto good
friends and supporters among the white
people who Will not in any way counte-
nance these social equality ideas.