The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-04
BEAUTIFUL GRENADA A
 BLACK GARDEN OF EDEN

37,179 in 1S9O ,3SS in 1900 and 67,225 last year. The value of the cocoa exported last year was $1, ,154 7S5, as compared with $l57 920 worth of spices, $2i, 025 worth of cot
 ton, and only $Si0 worth of sugar. With
 the development of the cocoa industry
 the value of the land has increased enor-
 mously. Good arabic lands sells for $50 an
 acre and full-bearing cocoa land sells
 readily for $500 an acre, and even more.
 A cocoa plantation begins to bear in from four to seven years, and continues indefn-
 itely. bag of cocoa beans. weighing
 from 1S0 to 200 pounds, brings $25 It costs
 about S10 to produce bag of the beans
 on a small plantation, and the cost of production decreases as the size of the
 estate increases. With full-grown trees
 on very rich soil eight and ten bags of
 beans are produced to the acre. but the average yield is from three to six bags. It has been found that the natural rich
 ness of the soll which produces two crops
 year, is greatly increased with fertllza-
 tion, but no attention has been paid to the | improvement Of the ground until within the past two years.
 | The establishment of a direct line of steamers from New York to Grenada and l on to Trinidad has been built up an ex- [ tensive trade both ways. Grenada imports practically all of It's foodstuffs from the | United States and it's dry goods from Great Britain. It's total exports last year ! were valued at $l, l,420OO0, and It's imports | at $1, ITS, ,000 Of the imports, $560,00O were 1 from Great Britain and s395,0O0 worth were from the United States, while of the ex- | ports $1 ,O10.00 worth went to London and $260, GOO worth to New York. Out of aO.72j barrels of flour imported during the year, 1 % 512 were from the United States anu
 the proportion in meal meat and oats
 were about the same.
 The town of St. George. which is the capital of the Wndward Islands, IS ouaintly built on the summit and both sides of the steep hill overlooking the beautiful littlt harbor and has about bOOO | inhabitants The few wealthy people live on the higher hills farther back from the
 sea. There are four large churches in St.
 George-Anglcan. Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic.
 | short tunnel has been built through the hill to connect t'he two sections Of the city. It is well lighted, but there are few negroes who are brave enough to go | through 1t alone after dark, for fear Of the bad man" They will wait for a | white man and follow him through or
 walt until a small party has congregated
 and then go through 1t together, all sing ing or whstling to the full power Of their lungs.
 The doors and windows of every negro's home are tightly closed at night to keep
 out "da debbil" and "dafevah," though fever Is unknown on the island. Many of the negro huts are old ramshaekles but they all have strong doors and windows Al of the houses are built without chim- l neys, as the cooking Is done with char coal in odd pots or small stoves.
 One of the curiositles of the island is the uniquely carved stone which was
 worshiped by the Carlos. Sauteurs, the
 chief town on the north of the island. derives it's name from massacre of the | Carlos by the French during their occu- patton of Grenada, from IT'D to 17sS One
 hundred Carlos, the last of the aborrignes who had escaped the indiscrminate mas- sacre, assembled here on high promon- tory and dashed themselves to pieces on
 the rocks below rather than submit 10 the French who had secured from them the cession of the island through fraud The
 precipice has since been known as Morne des Sauteurs--the Hill of the Leapers.