Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-09
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COLD WEATHER IN FLORIDA.


1 came to the land of flowers to avoid
bad weather in my part of the coun-
try, but the cold weather has come to
meet me in Tampa, and there is not 4
fire place in this large hosiery, only
a big heater i'm the Office where l am
now writing. Unless all signs fail the
vegetables and tender fruit trees are
going to suffer. Wednesday and Thurs
day were so very hot that it made me
feel weak and debilitated. The trains
were all ventilated and the passengers
were wishing for cooler weather. | had
been in the hotel about an hour when
a furious rain storm broke over this
town of Tampa About midnight the
winds began to blow,and during Friday
they almost took one off their feet
when you ventured on the street. Sat
urday morning it was blizzard weather
sure enough-when L woke up. The
truck farmers have reason to dread the
next twenty-fOur hours
l have just now read the morning
papers and it looks like this country is
approaching sure enough crisis in ma
tional affairs. l have been looking for
a crisis ever since the election in No
vember.
But God reigns! Let the nations of
the earth remember that the
Lord our God is clothed with might,
'Ihe winds OBEY HIS WILL
"He speaks, and in the heavenly height
The rolling sun stands STILL
His voice sublime is heard afar,
"In distant peals it dies;
HE yokes the whirlwinds to his car,
And soaks the bowling skies"
If l did not believe with all my heart
that the Almighty is watching over
this country and over the warning ma
tions of Europe, in this crisis, | would
be almost in despair of what is now
facing us, but l do not believe that
God will bring order out of chaos, and
that the helpless and innocent will in
some way be protected from the ar
rogant and blood thirsty.
Another word as to the future of
Florida. There are millions of acres
of land waiting to be drained and dredged
and then Florida will be as far before
California as a winter resort, as Florida
oranges are sweeter and nicer than CAL
ifornia oranges. Whether the govern
ment will do the dredging and draining
this deponent saith not, but the time
will come and the fertile soil will bring
forth millions of profit for those who
will tickle the land and make it laugh
in fairness.
Florida in this Tampa region is crowd
ed with northern and western pleasure
seekers as we'll as with health seekers.
In this great caravansa of hotel, with
it's very plain. furnishings, there is not
a single vacant room today. Every
pleasure boat is crowded on a warm day.
Almost every state is represented. |
sat near a man from the Black Hills
last night and also a woman from Ala
bama. One or two Englishmen and
some German folks, and everybody was
very good natured and not anxious to
take sides in war talk. The women are
anxious to crochet and the men to smoke.
But this cold morning everybody is
very friendly to the great big black heat
er down in the office. 1t smokes very
badly when it first begins TO throw out
heat, nevertheless we all are willing TO
put up with discomforts for the sake Of
the warmth. l intended to go fishing
for Spanish mackerel, nevertheless l am
in love also with the big, old black heat
er, and willing to put off the fishing
to a better or a warmer day. i am
sorry 1 struck this cold spell, but 1
find the people from Nebraska and Hill
nois are also shivering down in the land
of flowers Will write again.
MRS. FELTON,.