The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-26
SOUTH FLORIDA AND SANFORD.
The New County of SeminOIe-Na-
tiOnaI Editorial Home.


Sanford. Fla. May 4.-The elegant
steamer City Of Jacksonville made her
last trip here this morning, in command
of Capt. Creaser, as Capt Shaw is in
Jacksonville experimenting important
changes in the steamer Welaka, which is
to make the run this summer. The City
Of Jacksonville carried back large num-
Der of passengers as evidence that the
river route is still popular
our people are greatly rejoiced at the
encouraging report from Tallahassee
about the proposed new county of Semi
mole. Everything now indicates success
instead Of failure for the movement. The
contest has been sharp and in some re-
spects bitter, yet the more the subject is
discussed the clearer appears the justice
Of the claims of Sanford to become the
center of new county. Several early OPP
ponents of the measure are now in favor
of its adoption
Rev. f. d. Hunt of this city Is a com
missioner 70 the general assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian church, in session
at Charlotte n c., and his pulpit was to
have been filled yesterday by Rev. DIR,
$. V. McCorkle of Maitland, pastor of the
Oakland and. Maitland churches, but he
was stricken with paralysis during the
week and still lies in a critical condition
at ms liOiie- Ills own pulpit was SupplleQ
yesterday by Prof Ford of Rollins Col
lege, at Winter Park.
Gen. Harvey Post, G. a. r., has con-
solidated its memorial services this year,
and will not join in the observance of
next Saturday, the day selected by the
commander-in-chief instead of Sunday
AS that day is May 30, the post will have
the sermon that should have been preach
ed yesterday next Sunday morning at the
Congregational church, by Rev. J. H.
Martin, tlfe talented young pastor Of the
Winter Park Methodist church. In the
afternoon the comrades of the post will
go quietly to the cemetery and decorate
the graves of the union soldiers buried
there. An adjourned meeting of the post
will be held Saturday night partaking of
a memorial character.
The Plant system pay car came up last
week, and on Saturday the employees were
given holiday for picnic at Orlando.
The train was arranged for the comfort
of all and the handsome locomotive that
drew it was profusely decorated with flags
and bunting. A similar train came up the
road 20 Orlando, and the people of that
city did themselves proud" in the mat
ter of a generous hospitality. The day
was pleasantly spent and all came home
grateful to the Plant system and the Or
landoites for their generous efforts to
make the picnic a great success.
OF course, Sanford feels disappointed
that he committee of the National Edi-
torial Association has not selected enter
prise for the associations national home
for disabled editors. But everybody not
Interested must admit that the selection
of the hotel grounds at Interlachen was
the wisest thing for the committee to do.
NO other offer was as suitable as this,
which gives an elegant hotel building,
handsome grounds, orange groves, some
ready cash to start the ''home" with and
most delightful village with good So
ciety. schools, churches. etc Located on
the Florida Southern division of the Plant
system, it is only about fifteen miles from
Palatka and within easy distance of
Gainesville and Ocala. The committee has
done wen, and is entitled to the heartfelt
thanks of all the old and feeble editors
in the land.
Civil Engineer Du Val is of the opinion
that the rapid increase of water hyacinths
in the st. Johns river is largely due to
the drainage scheme of the Disston pur-
chase Of Lake Okeechobee Before that
work was begun there were strong tides
and currents in the river that carried the
water hyacinths away to the ocean before
they could accumulate, as now, in large
masses and obstruct navigation. l do not
agree with this gentleman, but fear that
the Disston drainage scheme, with that OF
the Russell party on the east coast, and a
party on Lake Apoka, has caused the
steady lowering of the water for several
years past in the river and lake lying
and being in the adjacent territory No
amount of rain has been able to bring
these streams and lakes back anywhere
near the old water marks and there seems
now but little hope that they ever will
be brought back again.