The Republican journal., 1902-03-27
TOWNSVILLE, GEORGIA.
A Delightful Winter Resort Among the
Pines.
CORRESPONDENCE of The journal.

one. to a description of the lclty OF
brownsville, where | am making my
winter headquarters. Thomasyllle is
very progressive southern city and IS
the headquarters for great many
northern visitors 1t is but twelve miles
from the Florida line and fifty three
miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and
is one of the leading winter resorts of
the South The city is some $50 feet
above the sea level, on level tract, but
about two miles out one encounters
beautiful rolling section, giving beauty
and picturesqueness. The city is lad
out on plan very similar to the spokes
of wheel, and whichever way you 60
you find beautiful pine forests and tine
driving roads. One great feature tor
strangers is that ''all roads lead to
town" so that it is practically lmpossl-
bic to get lost under any condition.
Tie majority of the roads differ very
mach from those elsewhere i'll the
south, having an asphalt appearance,
and atfOrding good wheeling, driving
and walking Two miles from the court
house in every direction is beautiful
boulevard enclrchng the city. The city
IS supplied with artesian wells, and the
water supply ton house and street u.s.
IS clear pure. and hand to equal III The
south. The supply IS unlimited, and
has specially good qualities, In several
reported cases the water has proved
a benefit in cases of sickness. 'The
CITY of Flowers is tenn we'll put,
there being gardens of flowers iii bloom
all the year, each day seeing the open
ing of some new flower, While the
woodlands are fragrant with the rich
pertume OF the Wild flowers, of which |
hope TO write more fully later
Tile streets and roads are wide, and &
a rule Well kept, and the town is ma
1raIlv drained, the water running off
I'M MANY directions Like most cities
m the south this is we'll supplied with
.nulclps and at the present writing
rive school system is very good. The
p,cLooIs are Of very recent date. of
..ol,rs,. here in the schools the color line
is drawn as IN everything else. The
leading hotels. Piney Woods, MaSulN
Mitchell and stuart, are III many ways
paoa) to northern fashionable resort
hotels. The dry healthy climate and
the richness Of the pine forests are the
great drawing cards of ThomaSVlIIe'
There is no standing water within
eighteen miles of the city, except some
small ponds.
There is an absence Of the maarai
conditions so common in the south. Fogs
and sudden changes i'll the tempera-
ture are very rare. The sufferer from
bronchial troubles nearly always finds
relief here. brownsville has popula-
tion rising seven thousand, While the
tav rate is but seven dollars on thous-
and the city charter VIII not admit OF
an increase. The city has as beautiful
A mark in it's natural condition as can
he found amy where, composed OF sew
a,al acres of gigantic Georgia pines,
bpneath which are daily found hundreds
of pleasure seekers and winter visitors.
drinking in The rich aroma and health
giving fragrance. Its genuine forest,
brt centrally located i'll the city,
townsville has very good railroad
connections, the Plant System and the
Triton railroad giving the best OF ser
wee from all points, The mean aver
ace temperature for each month III
tine wear is as follows: January 32:15;
February $500; March 61;33; April
d7:-4: May 7.:1i: June 1868; July S2::@@5:
August 1850: September 7G::'3: Octo-
ber ea:l,: November 5S:56; December
80.
ThomasyiIle has some Of the best
winter homes to be found in the South,
and many beautiful cottages grace its
streets and suburbs Among the most
beautiful ones may be mentioned those
OF Hon. Mark 4. Hanna of Cleveland,
Ohio; ~Susiana," country residence of
4. II. Mason of Philadelphia; Green
wood country residence of Oliver
Hazard Paine of New York; residence
of s. r. Van Duser of New York; resi-
dence of Q. II. Keep Of New York;
"Esoma.' country home OF }. Wyrlan
Jones of New Jersey; O. {. Ewart
and DR.. F. Humfreys of New \ DIRK;
Cleveland Park, country residence of
the late John Masury of New York; H.
Thomson of St Paul, Mimi: c. S.
IIehald Of Philadelphia: J. W. Paxton,
Wheeling, West Virginia: Jason S.
Bailey of Boston, Mass: George ).
Dana. tea, \. y: G. b. Parsons,
Bonnie Terre, Mo; Charles Hebard,
Peduaming, Mich: y. Mccartney, Fort
Howard. Wis. Ex Governor William
r. Merriam. of Mimi: George II. Stone,
Cleveland, Ohio: Mrs Harriet Larcom
of Cincinatt, Ohio; DR.. T. }. Metcalf
of New York, and many others OF
prominence.
There wanderers come from regions of
snow.