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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28

time in Atlanta the guest of Mrs r. 7.
Hitch
Mrs. Duncan Wright and little son are
visiting Mrs. ]. B. Wright on ST. Simon's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mason entertained a
number of friends at a card party on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. r. r. Hopkins returned some days
ago from a pleasant visit to friends in
Macon.
Mrs. II. r. duBignon, Mrs. ]. c. Stiles
and Mrs. w. f. Parker have returned
from pleasant visit to st. Simon's.
Mrs. Allen Mcdonald is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. Steven Way, in Darien.
A number of young people danced
german at the Oglethorpe Hotel few
evenings ago. The german was rendered
to the young men by their lady friends,
and was one of the most enjoyable events
of the season. Those present were: Mr..
and Mrs. p. M. Nightingale, Mr. and Mrs.
r. B. Upper, Mr. and Mrs. j. +. duBig
non, Mrs. w. M. Upper, Mrs. Hugh Por-
ter, Mrs. j. X. Nightingale, Mrs. G. z.
Smith, Misses Mary Blanton, Gertrude
Allen, Reta McKinnon, Mamie Waff, Ma
RE Moynelo. Laura Winn, Alexine Hall.
Johnnie Cay, Fannie Nightengale Retta
Mccullough. Mary Mccullough, Juliette
Coleman, Alice Preioleau, Ethel Conoley,
MessrS. Is. j. Butts, b. T.. Coleman, G. e.
Cosby, II. w. Gale, Fl. Waff, f. j. Allen,
NJ Mccullough. T. Q. Fleming, j. H.
Smith, w. J. Butts, II. +. duBignon, c.
c. Fleming, r. D. Meader, John Pace, b.
Banks, J. P. Davenport, Frank Stacy, F.
d. NJ. Strachan, ]. w. Griffith.
Mrs. j. H. Hunter and Miss Hattie
Peake leave shortly for a visit to Savan-
NAH
Miss Josie Nussbaum is visiting friends
I'm Albany.
The strawberry festival given by the
ladies of st. Marks Church on Wednes-
day evening was a financial success.
Mrs. j. B. Wright will spend some time
here.
Mrs. r. L. Williams is seriously i'll at
her home on st. Simon.
The exercises on Memorial Day were I'M
usually interesting and appropriate. Ven.
Cassel, archdeacon of the Episcopal do
cese, and a veteran of the Confederacy.
delivered an eloquent address, bringing
tears to the eyes of many as he dwelt on
the pathetic memories of the cruelest of
wars, the war between brother ana
brother.
Mrs. J. r. Morton and Mrs. L. A. Rob
inson will spend next week in Savannah.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28
ANOTHER BRANCH BREWERY.
The /schiltz Company VIII Open Its
Place Next Week,

The Schlitz Brewing Company OF Mil
waukee will open a branch establishment
in this city on May 6, and Mr.. Sigmond
Zuawsl1y will be in charge of the place.
A cold storage and bottling plant has al
ready been erected in the Plant System
yards and a car of the Milwaukee beer
has already been shipped to Savannah.
Mr.. A. M. Hoffstadt of the brewing com
pany has been in the city for several
days making arrangements for the open
ing, and stated yesterday that his com
pany is now ready to do business in Sa-
vannah. The house built in the railroad
yards will hold two and half cars OF beer
and the bottlng capacity will be iWo
casks day. If that amount is required
Savannah viii be used as "A distributing
point and the beer viii be shipped TO
points in the interior. Arrangements nave
already been made with the saloon men 10
handle the Milwaukee brand. The com
pany's stables will be located in Brough-
ton street lane, near Lincoln street, ana
four wagons will be put In service at tHe
start.
Mr.. Hoffstadt says that several men
will be employed at the Savannah branch
and that his company intends TO add 10
its plant in this city II the patronage wa
rants. The Schlitz people only make one
brand OF beer, and Mr.. Hoffstadt SAP
that no matter what the other comphnlss
do in the way OF cutting prices his CON
pany will hold 20 their Old figures. NhAo
ne does not apprehend "a beer war he say
that II ono comes his firm viii take "
part Ia IL. Mr. Zulawsky, the local reg"
sentative, 81 quite we'd known.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28
BARBECUE AT POOLER.
County Commissioners to he Guests
of Honor on NAV T.

The citizens of Pooler, who will give a
barbecue, in honor of the County Com
missioneTs, on May /, have invited to at
tend the festivities on that occasion a
number of other prominent citizens of the
county. Superintendent of Schools Otis
Ashmore received an invitation yesterday
and will probably attend, if the duties Of
his office and the business demands upon
his time will permit
The paving OF the Louisville road to
Pooler has been of material advantage
and assistance to the people of that town
and the surrounding country, and they
desire to testify to the County Commits
sioners their appreciation of the good that
has thus been wrought The barbecue is
designed to give expression to this feel
ing of appreciation. There will be an in
teresting programme, some Informal
speeches, probably, and a thoroughly en-
joyable time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28

Bertha Simmons and Mr.. Charles Cow
art were married at Simmons, in CHnch
county.
A double wedding occurred last Sunday
at the home of Mr.. Hurst in Pierce cOun-
ty. His daughters, Miss Lula Hurst and
Mr. Lonnie Griffin. and Miss Mary Hurst
and Mr. Joseph Howard were married, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. j. I.
MincheW.
The marriage of Miss Lily Thigpen and
Mr.. ]. @. Doris is announced 20 occur
a Trinity Church on Wednesday evening,
May o. 1t will be one of the most brill
liant social events of the year There will
be eight or ten attendants. Miss Lily is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c.. l.. This-
pen of this city, and Mr.. Doris is
prominent merchant of Birmingham, Ala.
Miss Marie Wester is visiting relatives
al Ashburn
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28

-Railrosd bridge builders are ad'pH't
the ar timber o. the North Pacific o"ss'
FOR bridge building because - ne IT.
mBrkable strength.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-28

ladies'. Misses and Children's Sun Bon
nets, plain, pink, light blue. navy blue,
cardinal, garnet percale; also plain white
Lawn and Fancy Colored Striped Lawns,
az ............ 19c, 2lc, 2Sc, 25c. SIC and 39c
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
THE SUGAR FLEET.

SAN FRANCISCO, July, l5.-AmOng
the arrivals yesterday was the bark
Kaiulani, Captain Dabel twenty-four
days from Honolulu, with 44,1S4 bags
Of sugar and 100 bags of coffee, and the
barkentine Acher, Captain Hardwick,
twenty-One days from Honolulu, with
$4,000 bags of sugar. A large fleet of
sugar vessels is now due from the ISL
ands and may arrive at any time. The
list includes the schooner &ailua, TWEEN
ty days out from Eleele the schooner
Dora Bluhm, eighteen days from Ha-
namaulu; the bark st. Katherine, TWEEN
ty-nine days, the bark Santiago, nine
teen days, and the bark Amy Turner
fifteen days, all from Hilo; the schooner
Vine, tWenty-four days, the barkentine
j. G. Phuger, nineteen days, the ship
George Curtis, nineteen days the ship
Marion Chilcott, nineteen days, the
bark Diamond Head, eighteen days, the
schooner G.. w. Watson, eighteen days
and the bark Olympic, seventeen days
from Honolulu the barkentine NJ. Wink
Gilman, thirty-one days, the schooner $.
7. Alexander, twenty-five days, the
schooner Transit, seventeen days, from
Kahului, the schooner Ottillie Fjord,
thirty and the schooner Mary
Dodge, twenty three days, from MANU-
kona.
The bark Albert sailed Yesterday for
Honolulu with numerous passengers
and the usual fun cargo Of general
merchandise.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
PASSENGERS.



Per Nippon Maru, July %, from San
Francisco to lay over at Honolulu
w. f. Draper Jr., a. l.. Young, j. =.
Thompson, Mrs. Larwill, w. j. Rich
ards, f.. G. Kimball, Mrs. Richards; for
Yokohama, j. Togo, George Bednger,
S. Gorota, Iven Hohmeyer, j. II. King
man, Leon Brock, Mrs. j. II. kingmau
for Kobe, J. G. Smith, Mrs. Smith and
two servants; for Shanghai, Minister
Conger, Miss NJ. S. Reeves, G. W. Drol-
lette, Mrs Ida Baker; for Hong Kong.
II. j. Gosliner, DR.. l.. H. Tales Mrs.
Grace Cohen, Mrs. L. H. Tales, Mrs.
Daisy Wilson, DR.. j. J.Kinyoun; steer
age, j. Osawa, G. f. Heisinger, w. Bal
lard, f. r. Russ, b. G. Gleason, Fung
Kang, A. GRADER, G.. a. Owen, Jose. h
Perry.
Per stmr. Mikahala, July "a from
Kauai ports.-Mrs f.. Gallon, Miss A.
Blackstad, f. X. Bull, Rev. Massie, NJ.
a. Rego, e. Cropp, f. Loehr, Young
Hung and II deck.
Per U. S. r. Grant. July %, from San
Francisco, passengers for Honolulu and
Manila-Mrs. L. c. Bailey, General NJ.
|. Ludington and wife, Colonel c. S.
Roberts, wife and daughter, Colonel c.
a. II. McCauley, Major j. Il. Sawyer,
Major E. Davis wife and daughter,
Captain j. Baxter, Captain b. b. Ray,
wife and clerk. Captain Murray Bald
II. Conrad, Captain Carl Reichmann,
Lieutenant w. W. Fiscus Jr., Second
Lieutenant e. *. Sterlin, Second Lieu
tenant Guy Kent Second Lieutenant
Copley EnOs, Major l.. Grandy, wife and
child, Major G. w. Adair, Major, George
p. Reed, Major James S. Wilson, Cap
tain Albert H. Eber Captain Ira \.
Allen, Captain Charles II. Andrews,
wife and child. Captain r. f. Williams,
Lieutenant w. Hartsock, Clara Hatcher
J. Mary Weir, Mary b. Talcott, Mary U.
Layton, John d. Beuret, Edward NJ.
Ship, DR.. w. 5. Washburn, Arson H.
Higley, Mrs. Mary d. Smith and child,
Mrs c. o. Hedokin and child, Mrs. Te-
tamore, son and daughter, r. S. Wright
G. w. Cowgirl, Harry l.. Olmsted G. a.
CourtWright, Mrs. Cowles, Polly Patton
Mrs ID. j. O'Connell, Francis H. Evans
Samuel Beattie, Edgar NJ. Brown, John
l. Peterson Robert Braden f.. j. Hac-
kett Miss DuSenburg.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
AT SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.-The
Hawaiian Company's steam
er Oregonian. on her maiden trip from
New York to this port arrived at Coro-
mel, Chile, on July 18th.
An arrival yesterday was the schoon-
er 5. r. Alexander, twenty-five days
from Kahului with a cargo of sugar.
The steamer Carlisle City, detained
at Angel Island, is discharging her
cargo of freight upon LIGHTERS.
The Zealandia is scheduled to sail
Saturday, July 90 on her regular trip
to Honolulu.
The Commissioner of Navigation has
granted John ID. SpreCkels Brothers x
Co. permission to change the name of
the bark j. c. Phuger to the Coronado,
the necessary authorization reaching
here yesterday.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
NEW HoNOLULU LINE.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-THE
steamer Meteor, Eureka and Tampico
all en- route to this port from the East
ern coast with cargoes of coal, are said
to be intended for a new line to be es-
tablished between Seattle and Homo
lulu by the Globe Navigation Com
pany. The Meteor is to be specially fit
Ted up for the transportation of fruit
on return trips from the islands, and
for this purpose will have q cold storage
plant installed upon her arrival here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
A DAYS SUGAR RECEIPTS.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 14.-Eighty
five thousand and eghty-one bags Of
sugar have. arrived from Hawaii in the
ship Emily f. Whitney, the bark &C.
raid c. Tobey and the schooner II. d.
BendiXsen The Whitney is twenty
four days from Kahului and brings 3d.
2O7 bags; the Tobey, twenty-nine days
from Honolulu brings 49, POI bags and
the BendiXsen, twenty-five days from
Honolulu has 1858 bags.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
Occidental & Oriental S. S. Co
and Togo Kisen Kaisha.

Of
"a or about
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
DEPARTING.

Wednesday, July "a
Nippon Maru, Greene, for the Orient
at IL a. m.
Stmr. Claudine, Parker, for Lahaina
kahului Keanae, Nahiku, Hama, Ha-
moa, and Kipahulu at p. m.
Stmr. Maui, Bennett, for Mahukona
Paauhau, Kukaiau, Ookala, Laupahoe-
hoe and Papaalo at p. m.
Schr. Kawailani, for Koolau ports at
2 p. m.
Stmr. Mokolii, Napala, for Lahaina.
Kaanapali. Pukoo. Kamalo, at p. n
Stmr. Niihau, w. Thompson, for
AnahOla at p. m.
Stmr. Mikahala, Gregory, from Ko-
arriving
loa, Eleele, Makaweli and Waimea at
6:10 a. m. with 1900 bags sugar.
Friday, July &c.
America Maru, Going, for San Fran
cisco probably sail p. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
THE ZEALANDIA.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 14.-The
steamer Zealandia was taken to the
Risdon Iron Works yesterday to be re-
paired. The vessel viii be laid up for
some time.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
CanadiaD-AuStraIiaD Royal Mail
STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Steamers Of the line running in connection with the CANADIAN
a W. calling Victoria, c. Honolulu and Brisbane O.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
THE kASH" Co.. LTD
TWO STORES, TWO STOCKS.
P. o. Box 55S.
TWO TELEPHONES.
Main SO and
Main 367.
3 and II Hotel Street and
Corner of Fort and Hotel Streets.
GTOCers Shown Up
Office of CARROLL WHITAKER,
Attorney, Hilo, Hawaii.


Attorney, Hilo, Hawaii.
Hilo, Hawaii, June 7, 1901.
Dear s. : In my innocence 1 pur-
chased here in Hilo a jar of your PIN
MONEY PICKLES (put up by Mrs. E.
G.. Kidd, Richmond, Va.) 1t brought
me great trouble, and one of three
things must occur:
1. You must stop making them; or,
2. L must get them at less expense;
or
3. I'm ruined man.
Since my first venture I've had many
Jars" My family from early morn
cry Pickles." neighbors ring the door
bell and shout pickles." relatives
visit me in expectation of pickles"
Your pickles are my Nemesis. Please,
Dear Sirs, quote them by the Keg,
Barrel, Hogshead, Ton or Shipload, and
preserve" me.
Yours very truly,
CARROLL WHITAKER.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVING.

TINNTs
Tuesday July %.
L. S. A. T. Grant, Brugurre from
San Francisco at 4 p. m.
Nippon Maru, Greene, from San
Francisco at 4 p. m.
Thursday, July %.
American Maru, Going, from the
Orient due.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24
TtE KASH Co.. LID.
Suits that Suit

We have just received fine line of
White Flannel and Serges, Tennis and
Outing Suits. Look in at either of our
Stores they will make your mouth wa
ter.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-24

Fine Book ana Commercial Printing
at the Star Office.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25
MARY's LAMB
ineIdsni. Connected with the wrHsr
Of wen-known Verses.

fnrIdsnis Connected with the Wrunr
of Weil-known Verses.
The poem entitled Mary Had a lit
ue Lamb IS founded on facts The in-
cidents which suggested the verses
are as follows when Mary E Saw
yer. the heroine of the poem. was
little girl ia Stirling. near Worcester.
Mass where she was born she found
a newborn lamb almost dead with
cold She nursed il 30 life. and il be-
came very much attached to her t.
was her constant playmate. and one
day her brother suggested taking It to
school Arriving before the opening.
it eas put under the seat. where ID las
contenfediy Mary being called to a
recitation. the lamb ran down the aisle
after hef 20 the great surprise ef the
teacher. Ii was pui out OF doors.
but waited until Mary came ont Of
school. on her way home. A young
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25
A Great Lover
Of Children

Gov Marmadnke was a single
man. said Uncle Jose Fuller. an old
time resident OF jefferson City. who
was telling the other day of some Of
The characteristics Of Missourfs gov
ernors. "He was a graduate oi West
Point stood six feet three. and had
fire Confederate record as a soldier
Gov. Marmadukc didn't mix none in
society 10 speak Of and there were
mighty feN shindigs for grown-up
folks at the mansion during his time
bat ii was lively around there just the.
same. The governor was simply crazy
aboul children lie loved EN- an until
they got into long dresses and trous-
ers. and the children had the run Of
the house while he was IN Office. On
festival occasions like lackson's birth-
day. which Is always celebrated in Miz-
zoura. the governor gave a childrens
party. al which he was the only adult
present The children about ruined
me billiard table and the carpets in
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25

some sell for More Than Their weight
in Gold.
Tho price Of many drugs used in
medicines is astonishing to those who
are not acquainted with the subject.
remarked a druggist according to the
Boston Herald. There are several that
are worth their weight in gold Cabout
$40 an ouncel while s.. So and IS an
ounce are quite common prices in the
pharmacy. ! filcd q prescription the
other day that cost SIS. But there is
one drug that can recall which is
worth much more than its weight in
gold. That is pseudo physosligmine.
don't think thar il has a popular
name. il IS too rich for that In the
pharmacists list it is quoted at 81
grain. or S437.50 an ounce The seed
from which the drug is made grows In
India and Brazil as well as 10 parts
81 South Africa This seed. tradition
says. was once used by native African
chiefs as an ordeal The ordeal gem
orally resulted in the death Of the man
upon whom it was tried. and so was
considered as d great truth-fnder The
prepared drug is sometimes used now
in prescriptions for the treatment Of
heart disease. Another drug which
takes the palm for costliness is. curl
ously enough. the one which Is per-
haps the most widely known by name
0f them al 10 the general pub.ic.
NAMELY. musk. It's retail price at the
present moment is about $50 an ounce.
$500 a pound apothecary. or two and
half times the value Of pure gold. "a
carats fine It IS obtained from the
musk deer. a very rare animal. and is
contained in a follicle Of which there
is only one in each animal SO that an
ounce Of the drug represents apFrox-
mately one Of these predoss animals
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25
Vas Gen. MsrmsdUke. Tor
Four Years Governor Of
Missouri

some OF the rooms. and PLAYED hob
with the furniture. but they were the
governors friends. and that settled IL.
Il remember once meeting Gov. Mar
maduke on his return from a trip to
New York he told me ne had bought
a magnificent picture TO hang in the
mansion: said the place needed a little
artistic toning up. Then he showed me
the picture and what do sou think il
was? Gen Washington No Iubat
Early2 No. Col Mosby? / reckon not
by a jugful. Il was copy Of that
familiar painting Of a couple of little
children wearing paper soldier hats.
one playing q trumpet and the other
beating q drum. The governor thought
Il was one Of the finest scenes ever de-
picted by an artist Ii went right to
his great big heart 10 see those chill
dren playing at being soldiers. an in
nocent Of the horrors Of battle. snch as
he bad witnessed during his stormy
career in the civil war.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25
HADN'T
&c A NICKEL

When Chauney Mitchell Depew finds
a man who is unable to pay his street
car fare be does not look upon him as
a pauper. for he knows how it Is him
self" 1t is recorded. on no less au-
thority than the senator himself. that
he recently found himself on a street
car in New Yorh without as much as a
nickel with which 70 satisfy the de-
mands of the conductor In the midst
Of other business ne had remembered
that there was to be an important
meeting in another city Of a board OF
directors, OF which he was a member,
and there was barely time 10 catch
train. He ran for street car swung
onto il with coz tails flying and was
anxiously studying his watch when the
conductor tapped him on the arm The
senator thrust his thumb and fore
finger into one waislcoat pocket and
then into another. He plunged his
hands into his trousers pockets. A
blank look came into his face. He ex-
plored fob pistol. inside overc0at pock-
cts, then In a dazed way explained 10
the conductor that be must have
rushed away without his pocket-book
"Youll have to get OF the car, then.
growled the conductor. grasping the
bell rope.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25
AMERICAN ORATORS.
SOME siLvER-T0NCUED MEN
OF OUR NATION.
John P. Irish RiAs. Through reaching
and Jcarnaiism-Thrse bishops. One
a Catholic and Two Methodists. ii the
Llat-Two Easlish Orators.


Bourke Cochran. w. C. p Breekin-
ridge. John F. Irish. Senator Dolliyer.
Of Iowa: Bishops Fowler and Foss. Of
the Methodist Episcopal church. and
Archbishop Ireland. Of the Roman
Catholic church. are notably good
speakers. Mr.. Cochran was born in
ireland about ifty-three years ago. his
parents intended him for the church.
but at seventeen he decided he was
not suited Tor it, When ne came to
this country be had barely enough
money to pay his first weeks board
He taught school ana studied law dur
ing free hours. was admitted to the
bar in 1876; became prominent as a
lawyer and a speaker; married Miss
Rhoda Mack. daughter Of a mipionaire
physician; is heavily buili with dark
brown eyes. deep-set and curly brown
hair William Cabell Preston Breck-
inridge vas born near Baltimore in
August. 1897, was educated az Center
College. DanYille. KY inherited his
gift Of oratory from his father and
practiced debating constantly IN col
lege; studied law in Louisville and was
admitted to the bar; was made a cap
tain in the Confederate war and rose
70 the command Of cavalry brigade.
since the war lawyer and politician,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-25

lands may be bought for from Sc 70
$40 per acre The soil is an alluvial
deposit and ike the famous black
lands of Texas. which now briug from
$50 to $50 per acre. these lands can Be
worked for years without using any
fertilizers. The idle timber lands of
this section alone offer opportunities
for almost illimitable profitable opera
tiOns. The distance between the devei-
opment OF any Of these southwestern
states and the conditions which pre-
vain in Massachusetts. for instance. re-
veals the reason Why the south is to-
day pointed out as the section above
all others where the young men seek
ing a location VIII ind more opportu-
mites than IN any other part OF the
nation There is SO much 70 do down
here and the rewards are SO certain and
SO rich that there is q disposition %
wonder why any ambitions young man
will remain in the overcrowded east
and north. where conditions are fixed
and opportunities for original individ-
ual effort grow less every year. while
ia many parts Of this country almost
primitive conditions prevail. and a de-
Veiopment work remains 10 De done
which it viii take generations to ac-
complish In timber lands an aston
ishing change has occurred within the
last FIVE years. Five years ago timber
lands were almost a drug in the real
estate market and any amount Of good
lands could be bought for somewhere
around S2 an acre Now one has 70
hunt for bargains at anything less
than IS an acre Lumbermen from
Michigan and Wisconsin have come in
and bought up tracts by the tens Of
thousands OF acres good yellow pine
lands are being but infrequently Of
fered and prices have jumped up 20 at
least 100 per cent all round Five
years ago the red cypress men who
were then feeling blue over the dun
condition Of trade. agreed with a pro-
moter to sell out their holdings. plants
and all. for $1,000 900. Today these
same people who compose about 80
per cent OF those engaged IN the red
cypress industry and own at least that
proportion Of the available, merchant
able red cypress timber standing
would hardly sell ior $25.000,00o, and
red cypress timber lands which could
be bought for So on less then are
snapped up now at Sl2 per acre"