Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-09

Jacksonville formerly editor of the Cen.
trail Christian Advocate. The Baptist
church South is here too. We were
glad To find our own Methodist Episco-
pal church. We received cordial re-
ception from the people, most of them
being from the North. Des Moines,
Council Bluffs and other places in Iowa
beng represented here Monday we Sc
cured and moved into cottage and are
now lat home" to our Iowa friends.
A week later we made two days trip
to Jacksonville, Florida, % miles dis
tant 1t is beautiful city of $4,000
and growing rapidly. The palms and
other tropical trees, shrubs, vines and
flowers etc. all growing luxuriantly,
There are many places of interest to
visit, The ostrich and alligator farms
beautiful parks, especially Riverside
park, Excursions TO lslaud parks, also
along the river front to view the city, u
trip 10 the beach Il miles east and the
magnificent St Johns river. Within a
week we crossed the Missouri Mississip-
pi, Ohio, Cumberland Tennessee and
some other rivers but none of them
equal the beautiful st. Johns river. Ii
is very wide, really chain of lakes,
always bank full, never overflows; the
most popular and costly locations are
on the river front. Jacksonville is q
good market, pays the highest price for
all kinds of produce, fresh eggs are Is
cents dozen, butter is 40 cents a pound
and scarce ut that. They ship i'm what
is called Western Butter" chiefly from
Elgin Illinois. Then il is in close com
munication with the large eastern cities
both by rail and ocean steamer line.
st. George, which is less than five
years old is nearly II mile from st. Mary s
river which forms the boundary line be-
tween Georgia and Florida, if the bound.
AIRY line was straight we would be a
long way in Florida. Though in some
respects Georgia is preferable for when
the Prohibitory law went into effect,
hOrdeS of saloon-keepers with their ne
farious business moved into Florida.
jacksonville is cursed with saloons.
Being on the main line of the Georgia
and Florida Southern we have good
railroad facilities with four passenger
trains daily, one each way both morning
| evening, besides several freight trains
| This is n very large county, - miles in
length and % miles in width. Folkston
| the county seat is located i'm the extreme
north and st. George Is in the extreme
south, the latter is the larger and more
up-tod 1t is thought they will soon
make new county and st. George will
be the county seat In the way of in
dustries we have cotton gin and saw
mill, lumber is very cheap. There are
also several turpentiLe stillsin this vi,
cinity.
The climate is delightful. The sun
has shone every day since we came, only
Il few days partially cloudy and Il few
light showers This has been dry fall
though the general rainfall is between
35 and 10 inches, Such beautiful, warm,
bright fall days that up north every one
enjoys so much and which are so few
and far between, we have had down
here all the time until last night the
thermometer registered 40; it seemed
pretty cold but today, Nov. 10. it is nice
and warm again, really hot in the sun.
This is the first that we have felt the
need of fire. This is indeed the Sunny
South. 3" Many of the natives Crackers
have never seen snow. Ii seems to me
if people knew just how fine, il is down
here, they would not he contented tC
stay where it is so cold it, they could
help it, The soil is mostly white sand