The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1901-08-01


her death shot during the war, and has
never recovered, Sntil now a ray of
light is beginning DO peep, which indi-
Gates that ere lOIg she will feel the
full sunshine Of Prosperity again.
She now has e comfortable hotel.
and many visitors ARE beginning to be
attracted to this ar old town. Three
miles east of NEWPORT stands a pros
porous little village of one hundred
or more people, sDOd and well-tO-dO
citizens, whose pr4 4lcipal occupation is
sock raising, and Farming called Wa
kulla. This is situated on the old st.
Marks Railroad, tEk first railroad built
in the State-the Third in the United
States now belonging to the Sea-
board Air Line.
One of the mOsx prosperous of the
towns of this coulkty, and likely in
very short time t8 become city, is
now the village ofkPanacea, whose ia
nous medicinal SErings have already
widespread repu fatiOn. These springs
are situated on thu Gulf coast, where
now upwards OfS $4,000 have been
porous Upwards d $4,000 have been
invested by northern capitalists with
in three years on he Panacea Mineral
Springs property, (which lies in the
Southeastern pOrt Jon of this county,
and extends along Hhe sLOreS of Dick
ensOn's Bay. ThAse mineral waters
have been found By chemical analy
sis to possess medicinal properties sim
liar to those of tt celebrated Carls-
bad Springs, Of G6fmany, and the at
testations of thoset suffering from dis
eases of the kidne3s and digestive Or
gans, who have US d these waters, go
to prove that FloriS "a has here if prop
erly brought to n4tice, feature Of
national importance.
The hotel prOpf consists of two
large and two maSer buildings, fitted
with modern cOnveSiences, and accom-
mOdating in the Vicinity of 125 guests.
These are situatedkin the pine grove,
about 500 feet backfrOm the bay. There
are also cottages connected with the
| hotel system, and ssme very attractive
private cottages.
There are two mineral water swim
ming pools, one os them the largest
natatOrium in thisFpart of the South,
and there are also al the requisites for
salt water bathings boating and fish
ing.
This place is beilsg sought by North
ern sportsmen during the game sea-
son, as the country abounds in quail
and wild turkey, arr the small islands
in the bay afford $le best stands for
shooting duck and SgeeSe. The island
lakes afford fresh swater fishing and
with the climatic and medicinal ad-
vantages this placS seems to have
every qualification SOr becoming pop
ular winter resort f Sr Northern people,
as well as a summS resort for South
ern people.
A tram road hal been constructed
recently, covering She six miles be-
tween the railroaN station at Sop
chOppy and the E3prings, and many
other improvemenk are negotiated
for.
About three fouiHhs of a mile from
the springs a site &as been set apart
for the location of a fine, new, entirely
modern hotel for he accommodation
of winter tourists SpOrtsmen and
health seekers. TSis site commands
a fine view of the G0ening to the Gull
and the wooded isl Ands between, and
is one of the mOstf beautiful and de-
Sirable on the Guls shores. The es-
tabliShing of Sanigarium here is also
being cOntemplated&
The success of ttis enterprise, al
though seemingly q a private signifi-
canoe, will have a decided influence on
the welfare of the County, and incl
dentally on that of fhe State in open
ing up industries 4; various char
acters, increasing TIE value Of lands
and giving employment to many, as
well as calling att6btiOn to this part
i of the country and bringing among us
business men with tie capital and en-
terpriSe to assist usS in turning to pc
cuniary value the SprOmissOry notes
written here in our ESOuthern country
! by the hand of NatAre herself, which
have lain uncancellsd in our treasury
4 too long.
The school systenS in this county is
i good. Each school, adistrict has COM
Portable school hOuaes, and fair sal
aries are paid to tekchers.
/! No better school, Z perhaps, can be
found for a cOmmOrs school education
and the adVancemefE of students de-
string a collegiate 4cOurse than at
CrawfOrdVille. The sShOOl board keeps
constantly a corpss of professional
teachers employed al it's principal and
assistants. The but Hiding, which has
many rooms, is largesand cOmmOdiOus,
and well supplied with all the neces-
sary appurtenances.
Taking it 'all in Sall," Wakulla is
slowly but surely co3ning to the front
as one of the leadingscOunties, socially
and financially. 'OLD NAT"