The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-01
SNAP SHOTS FROM SANFORD.
End of the Fight over the Proposed
Division OF the County.


/ Sanford Fla, May 3l.-The contest is
ended and Sanford plucky fight for new
county has ended in defeat But the vic
torious Orlandoites are seemingly, if not
really magnauimous in their hour Of
triumph. So the best thing for us to do Is
TO gracefully submit TO the unexpected
result of our laDoTs, and grid up our
loins anew for some other scheme 10 in
crease our population and cnliYen our bus
mess interests. The Gate City of South
Florida" has too many desirable advant-
ages that will be available in the future
growth OF this section Of Florida 70 be dis
couraged even for a brief season by the
failure to make this the county seat of
Seminole county.
Our Methodist brethren are making
great preparations for entertaining the
Jacksonville district conference on We'd
nesday and the sessions promise TO be
quite interesting TO Christians of all de-
nominations. The pastor. Rev. 1. S. Pat
tersOn, has taken a deep interest in church
matters ana Will make an excellent show
ing at the conference Sanford IS a
church-gOing and church-suppOrting COM
munity ana the Presbyterians, Congrega-
tionalists, Baptist, Roman Catholics, Epls-
copalians and Methodist have neat and
comfortable houses Of worship.
Everybody, who has ever Travelled much
in Southeastern Georgia knows the
Barnes family Of Albany. famous hotel
Keepers in years past. Mr.. Cruise Barnes
has been with the Plant system here for
many years. filling various positions, to
which he has been promoted, until now he
has charge Of all the freight traffic of
lines centerinS here. His many friends in
Georgia will be glad to learn that he is
to wed Miss Maggie Fits, charming
young lady Of this city, on Wednesday of
next week, at the Church of the Holy
Mill lo
The river steamer Welaka, long out of
service In these waters, after several
changes in owners and considerable re-
construction, is again on the run between
Jacksonville and Sanford, under charter
to the Clydes. In the temporary absence
Of capt Billy Shaw she came in about
midnight under command of the veteran
Capt Charley Brock, heavily laden with
freight, an indication that the dull season
mas not yet fully set in. And this water
transportation is one of the substantial
resources Of Sanford that will always
keep her well to the front
Just now our railway employees. and We
nave a small army of them, are somewhat
disturbed over the reductions being made
and TO be made in order to put the Plant
system roads as near as possible to
paying basis during the duh summer
months. Then the proposed sale Of the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail-
way heop9 d large NUMBER or employees
mere In an uncertain state of mind as to
how long they will keep their present DO
sitions Llready Sanford has lost several
excellent families by transfers to other
points, and it is not unlikely that we shall
see other similar transfers before the sum
mer basis is reached.
Great sympathy is felt here for our ven
cradle and distinguished fellow citizen.
Col Walter Gwinn. i'm the death of his
beloved wife a Jacksonville on Saturday.
where her fatal Illness had kept her for a
year or more under medical treatment.
The deceased was a Miss Lawton of South
Carolina, but had resided in Florida many
years. In the Baptist church and the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union she
was prominent and jealous worker and
her loss will be severely felt in these as
in other worthy organizations Her re-
mains will be inferred at Tallahassee her
old home, when Col. Gwynn was state
treasurer and commissioner of agricuIt-
ure. One of her daughters Is the wife of
Mr.. George Fox, of this city, chief clerk
in charge of the land department of the
Plant system, and she died at the home
of another daughter, Mrs. T. S. Mathews,
in Jacksonville.