The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-05
BACK IRON sunny SOUTH
REV. DIR. ANDREWS RETURNS AFT
ER THREE MONTHS VISIT
TO FLORIDA
rs MUCH IMPROVED IN HEALTH
Planters OF State FOrsaI1ing Oranges
for Cotton - Ritter Feeling
Against NOrth-PeOpIe
Are Poor.

After a three months absence in the
south spent principally in Florida with
ms two nieces, Dr. c. d. Andrews re-
turned yesterday to take up his duties
as rector of Christ church DR.. Andrews
Went South for his health and in a talk
With the G 0 e yesterday afternoon. he
stated that this quest had been entirely
satisfactory and he had come home men
tally and physically invigorated.
/ was shocked to learn of the fire IN
Jacksonville in this mornings paper" he
SAD. I'VE spent some time in the CITY
WINE we We're South. In fact, we We're
there all day Wednesday. There were a
number OF new buildings going up, espe-
cIaly IN the burned part of the town
Although I haven't learned anything to
that effect, I fancy shippers will lose a
lou or money by the fire. Fruits, espe-
clalIy Strawberries, and other commodi>
tes were being shipped to different Darts
or the country from jacksonville The
new life that seems to have come to
Florida, and particularly to Jacksonville.
VIII receive a sad setback by this fire.
81 believe, however" continued Dr.
Andrews, that there are good times in
store Tor Florida. One reason for this be-
hef Is that 1t has gone back to it's first
IoVe' cotton raising, On o big scale I'm
less the cotton market becomes coquet-
tIsh and puts down the prices for cotton
ana so discourage planters, Florida win
enjoy In the near future unusual prosper,
lty Tho planters can make money nv
raising cotton If 1t sells for six or eight
cents, but when manipulators put il down
TO Two or three cents it Is no wonder the
planters get discouraged A sale price of
eleven cents would mean prosperity for
them"
DR. Andrews stated that the orange
raising industry about the frost belt in
Florida q rF Will ct
that had lured many to their financial
ruin. Tho rector's brother was one of
those who had the misfortune to see all
their capital vanish In q single night
when the insidious and dreaded frost
brcathed on the orange trees. Thou,
sands have suffered from such an ex,
pericnce as that and the result is that
people are not so ready to invest their
capital In that very fascinating but IN,
remunerative business
PEOPLE ARE sUPERsTITIOUs.
1.-THE Florida people have an odd feel,
ing about the matter that is almost a
superstition" continued the rector.
They claim that It is only at certain In
terVals, thirty and forty years apart, that
the frost comes Tt stays for five or six
years and then things are safe for a long
period. They ascribe what they call tho
frost season to planetary changes
"Hhe first six weeks Of our trip We
Travelled through the state and especially
along the coast, stopping at various
points Of interest. St. Augustine seems
to possess a peculiar fascination for
Northern tourists, and no wonder It is
a bit Of Spain with its quaint buildings,
its plaza and It's old world atmosphere.
I was unpleasantly surprised at one
thing in the South and that was the
feeling Of bitterness that still exists as
J. rFHIk 80 /,
seem that this feeling is lessening at all
While we were in Jacksonville the com.
mander Of the Confederate Soldiers as
ISOLATION, an association similar to our
Cwn G. A. r., in an address to the Sons
Of Veterans. congratulated them on their
loyalty to the old cause and cautioned
them not to let anything weaken that
loyalty. That was putting it rather
strong, I thought, seeing that the cause
has vanished and the war is so many
years away.
Tho poverty in Florida is all pervad,
Ing and disheartenng. EverythinS
seemed down ait the heel In Tampa,
Jacksonville and a few Of the other more
progressive cities there was some evil
depce of wealth, but the smaller places
seem wretShedly poor. The negroes, Of
course, perform mos- Of the hard labor
and they receive usually, fifty cents a
day though some Of them get 81. Ono
meets plenty Of Northern tourists all
over the state, but very few permanent
settlers from this part Of the country
7 found III my Southern travels no ev-
dence Of the agitation that seems to be
stirring into the National Federation of
Woman's clubs, but Southern women,
though they have deep prejudices, do not
get into the papers so frequently as the
women Go up here"
The boys of this vested choir OF tho
church and number of the older people
Of the parish greeted Or, Andrews on
his arrival yesterday at the union sta,
ton. The parsonage was fragrant with.
beautiful roses, tho Gift Of Pensioners
Today the rector will enter upon tho
fifteenth year as pastor of Christ church.
An anniversary sermon viii be preached
at this mornings service
DR.. Andrews was ordained thirty-one
years ago. His first charge was Christ
church, Washington, D. c., the church
in which he had been baptized. He
served there for fourteen years, when he
was removed to Christ church. Of this
cifV