The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-30


State or country.
The real climax came following the
big freeze, when the citrus fruit trees
were reduced to decaying vegetation
and the abandoning of the stage coach
line.
Now, after all these year. of
slew and steady retro7i - son,
Grange Springs rapidlyls taE!og
On new life md is dest'l'i &c
soon be more prosperous and ilole
important than in the fourislng days
of the early half of the nineteenth
century. -.
Twas here amid tall unturpentined
mines and great widespread ding OK
trees, draped fantastically with |
GY2nish moss, tina; the old-tiTo slave
owners. their families and friends,
lived a life of comfort, ease and indie
nendence. In the fields hundreds OF
slaves toiled from morn till night, at
ter which they made merry singing
yfuff1ing their feet and plaVln% or
a,ringed instruments.
There are traces of the old-tlme
importance of the town and sur,
rounding country in the dilapidated
and decaving buildings and fences:
Foe and there ere seen unc'l5lvat.9e,%
sprigs of various myrtle plants with
their beautiful red and white. ana
Purple flowers. Occasionally IN a
tangled mass of underbrush, or about
The ruins of a cn2e pretty ant! nan
nv home. one stumbles across the
wonderful Datura plant with its eX-
ceedinglv delicate and fragrant now
ers. This plant grows remarkable
large and blossoms ten out of the
twelve months of the year, and when
in its fullness of beauty and perfume
has more flowers than leaves
Again one finds the Arabian Jasa-
mine growing up and up, and twining
itself about any suitable support
within reach, and exuding a perfume
as of the altar of roses. One can
also find that strangest of flowers,
the Night Blooming jasmine, the
rnfume of winch is disenrna'de
. onlv when the mantle of night has
fallen upon the earth.
There is food for thought When
. wandering about this famous old town
. and in the fields that are agMn ht
. ing cleared and replanted. =.
. Three distinct features assisted IN
. making Orange Springs OF note:
. The wonderfully pretty and hea!th
. restoring sulphur spring; the ladies
. seminary, and the invention of the
!. cotton ginning machine.
!. The sulphur spring has a flow OF
!. about $500 gallons of water per
!. minute. 1t was Mecca for the sick
] and convalescing, and for others who
|. delighted to disport, winter and sum
!. mer, in clear, cool ana lhVlgoraIlhE
!. waters.
!. For a number of years tne semi
!. nary was attended by d2ughterE OF
: leading families of the South. INT;
!. old building stands in a deIapldateec
: condition. vet it eXemplifies the sub.
: startial method of construction ana
:, odditv of architecture of the days be-
:. fore the Civil War.
]. Here was one of the rev m ilI4
:. shops in the State. In 1t was lhNeUI
:. ed. and for a long time afterwards
:. manufactured, the famous cotton GIN
:. ming machine which today IS used II
|, most every country where cotton Il
= pinned,
!. The Howery was the largest Of
: the hotels. but the Globe and th'
: Nunroe we're also commodious hos
= ferries, Then, too. there were sew
+ eral private boarding and roomins
!. houses. Of number OF stores thet'
! was one of which rose to the prom
: hence of Distressing Intoxicating Il
+ nnors The Pearson bank. solid ant
: substantial. was the only institution
+ of +be Kind In it during war time
i 10 o. and so cent "shinplasters
+ were manufactured.
+ For miles around the town ,prope
+ were splendid. thriving plantations o
+ cotton corn and sugar cane, with veg
\ etabIps for home use only. Their
!. wore some fine citrus fruit trees wit
= ORANGES matchmaking, the fruit o
i which was pIucked fresh from tn
j. branrbes in the fullness of its goI
+ den bpautv and flavor. The pomelC
:. ~. crronefr1iit in those days was con
4 SidereJ orIv as an ornamental, it
i rooi yaIne being discovered later an
=. froIlv for the first time introduce
+ in the hotels as a table delicacy, l
+ tbe old Ocala House, at Ocala, te'
- ,,, ' south of Orange Springs.
+ TRANSFORMATION was by stage coacl
+ the town being located on the diret
+ ,n,+e between TAMPA and jackson
j. lila Here the drivers of these We
= binIos stonped for refreshments an
: 70 cban0e horses.
= Orange SPRINGS has great opportr
,i+,, for advancement. not so muc
bec,rse Of the real medicinal quail