The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-17
TOURIST SEASON OVER.
Attention Now Turned to Politics In
Florida.

Florida.
Winter Park. April 16.-There are prayers
for rain. our sandy soil is parched from
prolonged drought. Frequent showers
are Of vast importance to the farmers and
fruit growers who have budded their trees
or fertilized their groves.
Delicious Strawberries and fine early veg
etables are as plenty as they are cheap.
and nrewood is only needed for cooking.
so that living rs not a burden. even to
the poor. our Winter Park Horticultural
Society meets weekly. and Secretary r.
W. Given Is making Il a great helper TO
our farmers and fruit growers The pa
pers read and the discussions that follow
are tull OF practical suggestions. the most
OF them based on experience. one man
tells OF his success with a certain kind OF
fruit or vegetable, and in his experience
some other man, who has failed. discov-
ers wherein he made fatal mistakes in his
methods OF planting, fertilizing or cult
waiting Before the freeze we could buy
fruits and vegetables cheaper than we
could raise them We thought, but now
we ind that we made a great mistake In
not having our own little orchards and
gardens.
President Plants assurance that the
Seminole hotel Is a fixture here. and Man
ager Dicks wide-awake public
spirit in regard 70 our city
affairs, have inspired both the
winter residents and aii-the-year-round
citizens to renewed zeal in making Inn
provements in our streets, sidewalks, pub
lie buildings. etc. The dedication OF our
handsome gothic Methodist church edi-
fee was an evidence OF this fact. The cor
ner stone was laid without dollar OF in
debtedness IN sight, and the recent dedi-
cation found the building entirely free
from debt.
The closing Of the Rogers house this
month will leave US without a flrst-class
hotel until the winter season opens again.
But Rollins college closes a week later
this year, and our dull season will then
begin in earnest.
Florida Central and Peninsular railway
branch road from Orlando TO
Oviedo gives our people fire.
quent communication with the for
mer city, in connection with the regular
through trains on the Plant system, but
we are now after good clay roads to Or
lando and AltamOnte Springs. Already a
telephone line Is being constructed be-
tween these places, and good clay roads
will result In a steady travel OF guests
from the AltamOnte Springs hotel, the
Park house at Maitland and the Seminole
hotel and Rogers house here, between Or
lando and Altamonte Springs. II will be
a lovely and attractive carriage drive, and
for bicycles II Will be just the thing. No
winter resort in Florida can now prosper
without clay or shell roads Tor bicycles.
Daytona,. with her shell roads and walks,
has 600 bicycles every winter rolling from
there 10 Ormand. New Smyrna and other
attractive points.
II is pretty well understood that Gov.
number OF active workers IN this state for
his presidential boom, one OF whom Is a
prominent and active political worker IN
Orange county. Rumor says a Florida del
egation is soon to visit Indiana TO join
with other delegations Of a similar char
acter in giving the Matthews boom a
big send of There Is. however. no dan
ger that the movement will assume any
formidable proportions, or that Florida
can in any way be counted on to send a
delegation to the national democratic con-
ventlon favorable to the nomination of
Gov. Matthews.
Boss Platt has been down here from
New York-"for his health" and he and
Senator Quay met by chance" simply,
OF course. in a social way. But it Is also
strange what unheard of health re-
sorts' Plat visited and how briefly he
tested their health restoring properties.
His course lay in the direction Of leading
negro communities where there was a
hope of crushing out the Mckinley boom
and giving Reed and Morton showing.
Editor DolDh Edwards Of Sanford. is
preparing to launch his republican cam
paign paper, the Protectionist, next week,
and as ne is an original Mckinley man his
paper will no doubt be run In that direc-
tim