The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-12-28
AT
GRAND RIDGE
PROSPEROUS CONDITION or
COMMUNITY DEMoNSTRAT-
Ed BY LARGE BUSINESS
or STORES.


Grand Ridge, Dec. give nave
completed the Christmas season with
out mishap The prosperous cOndi-
demonstrated In the large quantities.
Of toys. and substantial presents that
we're passed during this holiday sea-
son. The four stores each had a larg-
er supply and nearly the whole
amount is sOla. The explosion OF
cannon crackers would have indicat-
ed a considerable skirmish If not an
actual battle and would have been in
fnitely better on fourth of July
The Baptist Sunday school gave an
intellectual entertainment and a tree
on Saturday night all of which was
good and well received. The Presby-
terlan Sunday school had a ship, fun
rigged-A Gospel ship. with profusiOn
of the American colOrs and resplend
ent with most beautiful tinsels in
gol1 and silver; and aside from a full
cargo below deck as gOOdly amounts
on deck and covering the masts and
yard ARMS among which were
many valuable articles never seen in
this section before. as we'll as the
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for each member of the school Many
beautiful and interesting Christmas
exercises have been given by this
school but this last is declared by all
to be unrivalled.
The colored people held their ex-
ercises on Monday night and had a
good time ana good order
The COhassett syrup Company fin
ished up their crop the middle Of last
week realizing over eleven hundred
barrels of fine syrup from about
eighty-five a0res. or over FIVE hundred
gallons per acre. The larger part of
the crop is already shipped in car load
lots and the profits are highly salts
factory.
Farmers in general are through
syrup making and the yield and quality
IS fully up to the average No section
Of the south makes a finer quality of
syrup than this east side of Jackson
county. Judge Porter is doing the
most OF the shipping OutsiCe of the
Cohassette Co. Isaac stone is one of
the best cane growers on a small
scale in the county and makes an ex-
ira fine syrup. The writer measured
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thirty 800 tons per acre and another
field equally as fine gave us a sam
pie Of canes ten feet long to the last
purple joint" w. D. Williams. four
miles south of town makes fine syrup
and brought in last week twenty-five
barrels.
We have had some changes in
business firms in town. Daniel
McCranie succeeds H. H. Baggett
and Johnson & Carpenter succeed
Harris Bros
/ W. J. Singletray has had the inside
of his home beautified by paint and
paper
: Judge Porter is adding TO and great
~ improving his home
The Cohassett Company have built
a new ware room on the side track
near the depot.
W. ]. Moore has bought a lot ad
joining his store with a view to eX-
tending and enlarging his building.
John McLane. Of three miles north
CT town. has made considerable add
tons TO his home In fact a good pOr
ton of the farmers in the vicinity OF
this place have lately added improve.
ments to their homes and still more
of the progress and prosperity Of the
people is seen in the schools and In
the fact that almost every family
through this section now has an or.
gan or piano.