The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-26
Miami. Feb. is. 1903

In my last letter | did not finish tell
ing about the churches. 1 have attended
them all, excepting the Catholic and
| Christian Science and l expect to attend
them before I leave.
The South is far ahead OF the North in
religion, prohibition, and hospitality.
The ministers do not have to preach to
empty pews. People come for three
miles OH their wheels, men, women and
children. They don't stop for sun nor
| rain, for when it rains here it will fairly
pour for about twenty-five minutes and
in less time the sun is shining. There is
no twilight here. AS soon as the sun
sinks in the west it is dark.
They have been having a re-
vival at the North Methodist church.
An evangelist by the anne OF Harris has
been conducting the service and there
has been $50 conversions. He told them
last evening he was going to name all the
states in the union and when they we're
| represented to hold up their hand and
every state was represented but three,
He said; II don't suppose it is worth
while to mention the countries" an old
| gentleman arose and said; Eyes I am from
Scotland and the same Saviour you are
telling about is there too" You ought to
have heard the amens and hallalujahs.
The women pray in public just the same
as the men and in protracted meetings
they don't wait to be called on. Just one
prays after another and the same way in
their experience meetings.
Since / have been here l haven't seen
but two pennies in the collection plates.
There are nickles, dimes, quarters and |
have seen as high as SOC. They certainly
believe in giving one tenth to the Lord.
Most of the Southern states have banished
the saloons but / am sorry to say Florida
hasn't but l haven't seen but one intox-
icated man since l have been here and
that was an Indian. They still love the
fire water. They tell me all the minis
tiers here voted for prohibition. Pm
sorry We can't say that of the North.
AS for hospitality. l never me, such
clever people. We haven't bought any
fruit OF vegetables and my dining room is
stocked up all the time with all kinds.
My table is never without a bouquet.
The flowers are something grand here,
especially the roses. They seemed to be
much more brilliant in color and more
fragrant. l guess it must be the salt air
from the bay. They grow to he trees in
stead of bushes and the royal palms and
ocoanut trees, poinsetta and live oaks
that the moss hangs from SO beautifully
you can't describe their beauty. The
rubber plants we have in pots grow to be
trees here and roots grow down from
where they branch out and Irvine around
the body of the tree and take root in the
ground.
The water is hard and no one drinks
it. If they do they have kidney trouble.
They say there is SO much lime in it,
but they use it for cooking purposes.
There is an ice plant and all drink ice
water. l think the lime in the rock is
what makes the oranges and grape fruit
and vegetables grow.
Everything is very high here. White
potatoes are 60c a peck, sweets 35c half
peck or Sc per ID, beans 12c per Id, peas
20cts per quart in the pods, beets ten
cents for a bunch of six, cabbage l0c per
head, lettuce &c, butter 40 to SOC, eggs
SOC per dozen, milk 123cts to l5cts per
qt. elephants SC to 10c a piece. Groceries
and meats are the same as with US but
we don't need much meat. There is
such nice fish in the bay. They catch
Spanish mackerel, ring fish, trout, jew
fish, porgies, grunts, groupes, founders,
and several others.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Sack, Jr., call OH
us often. They said, tell you they were
having a good time fishing. They are
going to leave here the-frst of March;
going to st. Augustine and Savannah and
Norfolk before they come home.
MRS. GEO. r. PEDRICK.