The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-18
A FEW SANFORD FACTS.
HOW THE ST. JOHNS RIVER COULD
he CLEARED OF HYACINTHS.


The School Book observation-disclosures
Reading neutrality-suspicious. Get
ting Ready to Select New POST
master.
Sanford, Fla, Feb. T-To-day the new
public library and reading room is fairly
open to visitors and promises to become
popular and useful Institution.
Another step In the direction of better
educational and literary influences has
been made by Prof. s. NJ Tucker. assis-
tant principal of tho Sanford high school.
He has adorned the walls of his school
room with fine pictures Of Washington,
Jefferson, Gladstone. Longfellow Elmer
son, etc, and seeks to cultivate a closer
relationship with his pupils. He visits
them and they visit him and by his new
ideas of interesting them in manly habits
and higher aspirations he has already
done them much good as we'll as attach
ed them. to him by strong ties of affec-
tionate regard.
On Thursday the republican committee
OF Orange county is to meet In Orlando
to pass upon the claims of the numerous
candidates for the postoffices of this
county. Hon. Henry S. Chubb of Winter
Park is the chairman and ex-Congres-
slonal Candidate H. q. Garrett of Orlando
IS secretary, and all applications for en-
dofsement must be placed in his hands
AS quite number of females, young and
oid, married and single, are after post
onceS, II is safe to believe that the com
mlttee viii find ii hard to be gallant to
these Understanding ladies and a the same
time be true to their convictions that to
the men whose votes and influence won
office.
While have, great respect for the opin-
ions OF my old friend, Capt. William A.
SHAW, the veteran commander of the st.
JOINS river, l must beg to differ with
him as to the origin of fhe now pestifer-
GUS water hyacinth in our Lake Monroe
ana up and down the river. They must
have originated far up the river and
worked their way with the currents and
tides to the ocean, and any plan that
looks to their determination must begin
operations at the source of the Upper st.
Johns river and make a clean sweep OF
the various tributaries, as well as. the
main river. They are a Dubious plant,
covered with mass of matter that makes
II impossible TO dump them in large guam
titles on the banks of the river Cattle
ana poultry readily eat the tops and
they make good food, but the
Shiny, unpleasant Dubious part is
only fit for fertilizer when properly ma
how to dispose of the pest a serious and
Vexed one even to the war department,
with It's vast resources. The most reason
able plan seems to be that of beginning at
the source of the upper ST. Johns river
and forcing the masses of hyacinths down
across the lakes, through the river bridges
and out into the ocean, where the salt wa
ter will speedily do the rest" OF course
. this means long and laborious job as we'll
as an expensive one, but whoever stands
on our Sanford railroad or steamboat
wharf and views the rapid and alarming
increase of these hyacinths around the
shores OF Lake Monroe, will heartily ap-
prove the most liberal appropriation that
congress may make for this purpose
The position taken by the Morning News
on the secondhand school book movement
has been heartily endorsed by the papers
of Orange county and the school officers
generally. AS the editor of the Sanford
Chronicle is supervisor of the city schools,
his prompt endorsement of your views
carries double weight. The editor of the
Orlando Reporter says: THE Morning
News very wisely opposes the movement
to suppress the sale of secondhand school
books, not only on the ground of expense
to parents and a monopoly to book pub
lishers,. but for the reason that any danger
of infection can be easily remedied by flu
migation, and that with only trifiing cost
In large cities thousands of poor children
depend upon secondhand school books for
their EDUCATION, they not being able to
purchase new books at full price. 1t is
evident already, that this movement, so
unwise and burdensome, Will find general
opposition on the part of all right think
ing people not interested in the sale of or
profits from new school books If we
wish to decrease the illiteracy in the
south We cannot afford to increase the
cost of education for the children of the
poor and OF those in moderate circum-
stances by cutting off their supply of cheap
secondhand school books"