The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-01-15


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Che numheF of poanas Tor pFlEc ,ss
as a prerequisite a. secnre same.
The growing was successfully done
bat troable was experienced Ia lts
curing and. many farmers were dis
eouaged In consequence.
Ia 1891 Col. Chipley again made the
experiment in behalf Of the Atlantic
Ss Pensacola r. r., Of which he was
yiee-president, offering 10 acres of
land as prize for the best lot of to-
bacco grown; 40 acres Of land for the
best tobacco grown in each county
and 40acres of land for the best lot of
all the prizes, and in this connection
a fair was held in Pensacola at which
these tobac COS were exhibited and
was 8 wonderful success and enlisted
great interest but the trouble of cur
ing again presented itself and hence
the growing Of the crop was in many
instances abandoned, but with better
understood methods and appliances
believed it would shortly become the
great Industrial crep of the state.
The speaker referred to Prof. Noodle
as the pioneer tobacco grower of the
state and to President Duval, of the Z.
c. & p. II. r., as the man who brought
skilled instructions into the state 10
teach the natives how to plant and
cure il and with it had come success,
for in 1886 she tobacco crop of Gads-
den county had sel4 for over S5e0, ,000=
more money by zepar cent thsn Ma
rion had ever resaived fer her oranges
in any one year
He hoped suea > spirit would be in
fused among Ms-ionss farmers that In
case of another disastrous freeze. She
would have a staple to fail back on
that would withstand frost and not be
as perishahle as oranges.
He wanted an exhaustive geologi-
cal survey of the state TO ascertain the
hidden wealth of its soil and related
an incident of his experience, when
in 1882 he travelled horseback over
the almost uninhabited country of
Open Pond, now known as DeFuniak
and asking man if corn would grow
there, said, corn, eorn why you
couldn't grow enough on this soil to
winter wood-pecker" But. since
then in cereals and fruits the soil had
surprised thousands.
Mr.. ID. s. Williams was made secre-
tary and y. G. Chamblis, assistant
secretary.
Delegates to the convention from
Sumter county were Major Wright,
Captain Baker, Major Heming and
Messrs. Council, Bogne and Flaunery.
Those from Polk were r.J, Miner, AI.
A. Abolo, Recordo Peloto,. .Elango Cor
dery and w. II. Johnson.
Pasco in the persons of II. W. Cole
man and w. Ii. Collins, successful to-
bacco growers.
The finest exhibit was made by the
Ft. Mead Tobacco Company, in the
shape OF cigars made from tobacco
grown by them and cured leaf. Also
cured leaf from Quincy.
Live plants were exhibited by DR..
]. F. Corrigan, of Dade City, brother
to the famous New York Archbishop.
Major Healy, of Volusia county,
was conspicuous figure in the con-
vention.
Captain Johnson, OF Pasco, and
Henry Curtis, Mir. Gee, Mr.. Corey, of
Quincy and Mr., A. Cohen, one of the
largest importers and packers of leaf
tobacco in this country and who is
cultivati1g 500 acres in tobacco be-
tween Quincy and Balnbridge, also
lent his presence.
L. r. Gunby, of Tampa and j. NJ.
Cheeny, of Orlando, were also in at
tendance.
4F,l4s Fll4s meeting opened with fully 125
delegates present,
La the afternoon sessf5in~ she laeee,-eellllsaArI
appointed the following committee on
the order of business: +. A. league,
d. $. Williams, VIM. Corey, Quincy;
Il. r. Helms, Tenn; o. L. Joyner, n.
G., and Prof. Melton Whitney, of
Washington, ID. G.
Judge Bullock, as mayor, then eX-
tended words of welcome to the con-
ventior!, to which DR.. e. Fl. Jenkins,
of Connecticut, happily responded.
Speaking of the size of Florida, he
said YOUR could take his little state
and drop 1t Into our clear water lakes
or cypress swamps and it would be
gone and all you could see would be
wooden nutmegs tioating on the sur
face.
He said lie never passed through.
sstretch OF country, from Va'10ss.. - -
O,,aIa. in which he sa'T a. es .s..l''0 =
sraye rave Yards D. ,.~ineteries. Asking
sassa,,as. The cause of this non-mor-
f~ary evidence he laconically replied,
all owing to climate, which the
genial Doctor duly appreciated.
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