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THE I AWKEnJ^Ev"LEE NEWS, * C0DS0li(l(it6(l Jill, 1, 1898.
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W. B. DEXTER.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER,
JLawrenceville. Ga.
M. A. Born Jos. Woodward.
BORN & WOODWARD,
Physicians and Surgeons,
Lawrenceville, Ga.
in Cain building. Calls answered
•lay or night.
DR. f. 11. CONWAyT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Will attend all calls.
Office: Lawrenceville Hotel.
J. A. PERRY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Lawrenceville, : : Ga.
Office over G. W. & A. P. Cain’s StorJ.
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ceive prompt attention.
OSCAR BROWN, JNO. R. COOl'KliT.
Lawrenceville. Ga. Macon, Ga.
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ATTOUNK YS-AT-I.AW.
Criminal Law A Specialty.
Office up stairs in the old Winn drug store.
DR. A. M. WINN,
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.
Attends calls day or night.
O. A. NIX,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office in Cain Building.
Lawrenceville, Ga.
Will practice in all the courts, Careful at
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JOHN M. JACOBS,
DENTIST,
Lawrenceville, - - Ga.
Office over G. W. A A. P. Cain’s store.
V. G. HOPKINS,
DENTAL SURGEON,
Office over Winn’s old drug store.
Office hours—9a. in. to 4p. m.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.
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86 Grant Building, Atlanta, Ga.
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PHYSICIAN AND SUREEON,
Dacula,
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Dacula, - - - - Ga.
Office near the depot. Chronic diseases a spe
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Dacula, - - Ga.
Located at the late Dr. S. H. Freeman old
stand, and any of his former customers will
find me ready to serve them.
Chronic Disease* » Specialty.
All calls promptly attended to. day or night
DR. O. B. TUCKER,
Physician aud surgeon,
Suwanee, : : Ga.
All calls promptly attended to.
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THE NEWS-HERALD.
Address of Mr. James M. Mitchell.
Following is the speech delivered
by Mr J. M. Mitchell, Orator of
the Day at the Memorial exercises
of the Daughters of the Confeder
acy held here on the 26fh ult:
Ladies and Gentlemen —lt is
with pleasure that I have the priv
ilege today of lifting mv voice in
behalf of the women of the Old
South and the daughters of the
New. In looking backward over
the panorama of the past we find
in these southern states prior to
1861 a civilization, the stability
and splendor of which, meets with
no parallel in human history. We
possessed the elegance and art of
Greece, coupled with the nobilitv
and grandeur of Rome. The seed
of Feudalism and chivalry sown
in the middle ages, attained its
most perfect flower and fruit in
the middle of the 19th century,
in our own Sunuy South,
With slaves in our cotton fields
and castles in our groves, we pro
duced a manhood and womanhood
whose 'nobility of character aud
genuine chivalry stand without a
peer. Every Southern man was
literally lord of all he surveyed.
He was an owner of men. His
commanding appearance and lord
ly bearing were visible wherever
he went. Whether in New York
to purchase goods or inSaratoga to
find pleasure, he was pointed out
as an Aristooratfrom the South.
Dressed in immaculate broad
cloth, with his silk beaver, large
black tie and calf-skin boots, his
golden fob dangling, and support
ing a go d-headed cane, he would
have been taken for a high-born
gentleman, even among an assem
blage of kings.
While his less fortunate North
ern brother envied his wealth and
commanding position, his opinions
were always respected when he vis
ited the hot beds of abolition.
The term Southern womanhood
has become symbolic the world
over, for all that is high, enno
bling and elevating in feminine
character.
The matrons of the Old South
presided over our castles aud cot
tages with a grace and beauty be
fitting of queen*. Their lords aud
lieges supplied them with every
comfort aud luxury that humaD
ingenuity could devise. Servants
were always in waiting, to antici
pate every desire of their lady. In
the ante-bellum Southern home
we actually had paradise regained.
It was a kind of patriarchal
democracy, in which the master
ruled with a mild yet firm haud.
The boys and girls were educated
in the best schools and colleges the
country afforded, Music aud lit
erature in the home was the rule
and not the exception.
Even the negro slaves were
forced to work only so much as
was necessary to supply their own
knd their master’s wants. With
out the care of management, sure
of raiment and food, they were
happy in their lot. Their master
was to them a kind father, and
they were considered by him as a
part of his family.
Prior to the ’6o’s, the cold com
mercialism of the present had no
place in Southern life. Beauty
and duty were the watchwords of
every Southern home. This bright
dream of Southern life was too
good to last. In New England
and the Great Lake States, a storm
was brewing for years before it
burst in all its fury against the
institutions of the best governed
aud most stable part of this Re
public.
Under the guis l of philanthropy
and in the name of religion, & par
ty was organized in the North
known as the abolition party. It
had as its object the destruction
of the institutions of the South.
When in the fall of 1860 Abra
ham Lincoln was elected to the
Presidency on an Abolition plat
form! with the express purpose of
violating the constitution of the
United States as to the institution
of slavery, eleven Southern States
decided to withdraw from the com
pact formed by the original thir
teen colonies and set up a govern
ment of their own.
According to the opinien of the
best constitutional lawyers of Eu
rope and America, the Btates were
not a product of the Union, but
the Union was formed by a com
pact of Sovereign States.
The Southern people did notask
a dollar of their common fuuds in
the national treasury, nor did they
ask one cent for their interest in
the public buildings of Washing-
I ton City, which their mooey had
i helped to construct. All they
! asked was to be let alone. But
. yen this privilege, commonly ac-
corded those who simply desire to
attend to their own business, was
! not allowed the people of the
|South.
Hostile armies gathered upon
our borders, a blockading navy
'menaced our coasts. From the
Potomac to the Rio Grande men
rushed to Richmond to repel the
invader.
For four long years we waged
the bloodiest war, in defense of
home and fireside, that has been
fought on this planet in two thou
sand years. While our cause went
down in defeat, we won a place in
history which will ever remain as
the wonder aud admiration of the
world.
So loDg as Stonewall Jackson’s
campaign in the valley of the She
nandoah is read, so long as the
gallant charge of Pickett’s Divis
ion at Gettysburg is told, so long
as the bloodv carnage of Malven
Hill is repeated, so long will man
kind honor the valor of the Con
federate soldier.
There was an invisible power
which sustained every man who
wore the grey. Unlike the hireling
soldiery of Europe or the mercena
ry foceigner of the North, the Con
federate soldier fought for home,
for fireside, for wife, for children.
Around the camp fires in old
Virginia many a wearer of the
grey could see in the sparks and
embers the happy smiling face of
a loved wife, mother or child,back
in the Carolinas, Georgia, Ala
bama, or perhaps on the plains of
Texas^
The half the women of the South
bore in that struggle will never be
told. Many a Southern soldier
alive today can testify to the sus
taining power of a wife or mother.
The good wife was never tardy in
writing. How often would she
close by saying, “All are well at
home. Baby and I are praying
for you and cur cause.”
More than half of the battles of
the Confederacy were won in the
lonely homes of our Southland.
On many a Southern plantation
a frail woman was the only direct
ing brain for a great army of
bLu ks.
While the negro deserves and
receives lasting credit for protect
ing the women and children of the
South, aud raising the bread and
meat and clothing for our South
ern armies, no pen has ever paint
ed, and no tongue has ever told,
the stupendous sacrifice of the
women of the South in cheerfully
urging the men to the front while
facing a possible black menace at
home.
Our wealthy women gave their
jewels and gold freely to replenish
the Confederate treasury. Our
commissary was wonderfully aid
ed by devoted wives and mothers
sending boxes of food and clothing
to their loved ones at the front.
Some of our most daring spies
were Southern girls. No South
ern hospital ever lacked for the
delicate touch of a woman’s hand.
Sewing societies were organized in
almost every community to help
our poor boys who were struggling
for the rights of the south.
Whenever a letter was received
from a soldier the women for miles
around would flock to the post of*
fice to hear the latest news from
the seat of war.
No cause, backed by its noble
women, such as the lost cause was,
can possibly fail, except through
overpowering numbers.
When at last the resources of
the South were exhausted; when
the cradle aud the grave were lit
erally robbed to supply soldiers
for our depleted ranks; when Hood
evacuated Atlanta and Lee was fi
nally surrounded at Appomattox,
all was lost —save honor. Then
the pure gold in the character of
Southern womanhood shown with
such brilliance as to dazzle the
world. These sweet women who
had furnished the sinews of war
were ready to scatter the flowers
of peace
The results of the war were stu
pendous. Four million slaves, who
had never been trained to think,
were liberated. Eight million
white women, who had never been
trained to manual labor, were
forced to do some kind of work.
Women who had been roared in
luxury and affluence, went to the
kitchen. Men who had been gen
tlemen of leisure, went to the plow
handles, the counting rooms or in
to the professions.
The work of the Confederate
soldier did not end with the dis
bandment of the Confederate]
army. He had the social system j
|of the South to reconstruct. He
j bad to re-establish Anglo-Saxon
supremacy. He had to rid the
| South of bayouet aud carpet-bag
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY,MAY 10. 1900.
rule aud establish responsible state
government.
The deeds of the Confederate
soldier were glorious in war and
splendid in peace.
The impartial historian of the I
future will point back to the men j
who followed Stonewall Jackson
and General Lee as that noble race
who saved the Southern half of i
this Union from African domina
tion, planned by a victorious, tho’
vindictive foe.
The men aud women of ’6l have
left us a noble heritage. The in
dustrial prosperity of the New I
South is an eloquent tribute to
their lives. The changing scenes]
of time bring forth strange apara
tions.
The war between the States,
while saving the Union, left a gulf
of hate between the contending
sections.
In the mysterious providence of
God this Republic has had to fight
a foreign foe before the men who
fought the civil war passed from
the stage of action.
The results of the civil war gave
us a union of states; the results
of the war with Spain has given
us a union of hearts. It makes
every old Confederate soldier feel
like sayiug, “This is my country,
the Star Spangled Banner is my
flag,” when he hears the whole na
tion speak of the gallant Joe
Wheeler as the hero of Santiago,
the Alabama boy, Hobson, as the
hero of the second Merrimack, our
own lamented Turn Brumby as the
friend and Lieutenant of Dewey,
who hoisted the stars and stripes
over the Spanish fort at Cavite.
God is ringing the curtains of the
19th century down upon a happy
and united America.
Young ladies aud young gentle
men, we have a splendid heritage,
but an.awful responsibility. Wo
know not what the future may
have in store for us. Though if
we will only be true to the memo
ries of the past, the 20th century
will be as glorious to us as the 19th
has been to our fathers and moth
ers. 1 would not have any love
our common country less, though
I would have all to cherish the
memory of our Southern Confed
eracy more.
I hope the Confederate bill will
ever remain in our Southland as a
memento of the Lost Cause:
“Representing nothing on God’s earth no*v,
And naught in the waters below it,
As a pledge of a nation that’s dead and gone.
Keep it, dear friends, and show it.
“Show it to those who will lend an ear
To the tale this paper can tell.
Of liberty born, ©f the patriots dream.
Of the storm-cradled nation that fell.
“Too poor to possess the precious ore,
And too much of a stranger to borrow.
We issued today our ‘promise to pay,’
And hoped to redeem it on the morrow.
“Days passed by, and weeks became years.
But our coffers were empty still;
Coin was so rare that the treasurer quaked
If a dollar should drop in the till.
“But the faith that was in us was strong indeed
And-our poverty was well discerned,
And these little checks represented tho pay
That our suffering volunteers earned.
“We knew it had hardly a value in gold.
Yet as gold our soldiers received it;
It gazed in our eyes with a promise to pay.
And each patriot soldier believed it.
“But our boys thought little of price or pay,
Or of bills that were over due:
We knew if it bought us bread today
’Twas tho best our poor country could do.
“Keep it! It tells our history over,
From the birth of the dream to the last;
Modest, and born of the angel Hope,
Like our hope of sucoess it passed.”
Southern Baptist Convention, Hot Springe,
Ark., May 10th to I7th, 1900.
For the above occasion The
Southern Railway will sell tickets
from all principal points to Hot
Springs, Ark., aud return at rate
of one first class fare for the round
trip; tickets to he sold May 7th
to 10th, inclusive, final limit May
24th, 1900.
The Southern Railway offers to
those desiring to attend this Con
vention the quickest, best and
most direct route, hawing two reg
ular daily trains in each direction,
between Atlanta and Hot Springs.
These trains will carry through
vestibuled coaches and Pullman
sleeping cars for organized parties.
A SPECIAL TRAIN
Known as “The Southern Baptist
Special” will be operated from At
lanta, leaving at 4, p. no., arriving
at Hot Springs 12, noon, the fol
lowing day.
For full information as to de
tails of the trip, rates, reserva
tions, etc., address any of the un
dersigned, who will be pleased to
write or call on you.
H F Cary, Traveling PasseDger
Agent, Macon, Ga. A A Vernoy,
Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. C
C Johnston, Traveling Passenger
Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Brooks Mor
gan, District Passenger Agent, At
lanta, Ga.
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PER ?
From The Far Off Philippines,
Written for The News-lleraUl.
Pasig, P. 1.. March 28, 1960.
Mk. J. G. Vose,
Lawrencevill6, Ga.
Deak Sir: This is the day for
much rejoicing among the boys.
Over here, we, of the army, cele
brate two great occasions, name
ly, pay day and mail day. This
is mail day and brimgs to me from
you that which I appreciate above
all—a letter from the dear old
states and home, so far away,
In the army, promptness is a
main factor and is ever before us
in all branches of the service, day
by day. That I am an apt pupil
you must admit, when I say, your
letter just received I am answer
ing
It pleases me to learn that my
letter proved somewhat, interest
ing to you, and assure you that I
will, to the best of my ability,
keep you posted as to the doings
in this far away land.
Tis true that the backbone of
the insurrection is broken, yet
our forces need only to advance a
few miles into the mountains
there to find all kinds of trouble,
not only from Aggie’s dusky
braves but from fierce bands of
Ladrones (robbers.)
It might not bo amiss if 1 relate
my experiences since writing to
you. I wrote to you from our
first camp, which was La Loma,
on the line of defense some miles
from Manila. We were just be
coming settled when Bix compa
nies, including my own, received
orders to ration for a two days’
march. Well, wo each drew our
chunk, of bacon aud allowance of
hardtack, stuffed the same in our
haversacks, filled the canteens
with fresh water, and withiu half
an hour we started on what proved
to be the quickest and hardest
march made by any regimeut in
the Philippines, and which gave
us the name as the “hikeing 42nd.”
We expected to return to La Loma
within two days, but we never re
turned. We started our march
ou two days’ ration, but for four
days we were forced to make it
last. Soon it was gone ;we were
dow in the high hills, far from
any place to secure supplies, weary
and foot sore from the long, rough
tramp under a maddening hot suu,
but still forced onward, hungry
and sullen. For two more days
our food consisted of cocoanuts
and its milk and wild mangoes.
Weak, dirty, our clothes almost in
rags, half starved, we were indeed
in a miserable condition to enter
the engagement which soon came.
Our companies were marching
along at route step, in fact, strung
out in a loDg, straggling line, and
bravely keeping upon feet covered
with blisters. Our advance guard
had entered and passed through a
defile with high hills on right and
left, and half of our company had
passed when, without warning, our
foes opened a heavy fire upon our
flank, and the fun had started.
The commands at once deployed
into line of skirmishers, at the
same time dropping behind trees
and rocks for protection. It is
needless for me to state that we
worked our Kraigs for all they
were worth, and am confident with
much success. It was a case of
give and take for some time, with
the “give” part mostly on our
side. Our steady fire soon grew
too warm for the gugus, whose
fire grew less and less and soon
ceased. From information given
by a captive, it was ascertained [
that we killed twelve and wounded
some twenty.
After a short rest, our march
was continued, and soon we en
tered the town of Maroug. Here
we found three companies of the
27th Keg’t. stationed. We soon
found ourselves on the out side of
a good meal. After a refreshing
dip in Lugna Bay the boys turned
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countries with success in severe
throat and lung troubles, “Bos
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Sample bottles at Bagwell’s Drug
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in to secure sweet rest, for we all
knew that the worst was to come, j
Long before the sun arose the !
trumpet sounded revellio, and our;
day’s work had begun A hasty)
breakfast, a slinging of haversacks
and canteens, a few sharp com
mands and our march was re
sumed. Our destination now was
l’aete,(Pie-eata)thirty miles away.
The trail was a rough one, over
mountains, wading rivers, now
into a grove of bannanas, on we
rushed until the sudden crack of
the deadly Mauser and the zip, zip
of the bullets above our heads
warned us that our foe was near
and ready for business. Thißtime
we suffered badly. Capt. Dußois
of Co. F was seriously wounded;
Corporal Graves of Co. C. shot in
the nye, and six privates wounded.
I suppose this is the “two hours
brush” you spoke about.
Well, we soon entered Peatfc.
Here we rested about ten min
utes, aud then took up our weary
tramp, tho next stop to be Santa
Crniz, about fifteen miles to our
front. This place we reached by
evening and here we joined Gen’l.
Sehwan’s column and rested for
three days. Gen. Schwan, now
in command, moved upon Colom
ba, fifty mill s to the south of
Santa Cruiz. This march was
really the toughest of all, and ic
sulted in sending over seventy-five
to tho hospital.
Our return march was about the
same as going, but only once did
we have a fight. When about
half way back we embarked in
boats until Pasig, on the banks of
the swift flowing Pasig river, was
reached, and our great march was
at an end. Right here let me say
that soldier life is not what its
cracked up to be.
Now, as to the natives, I can say
this: The Amigos (Friendlies)
are seemingly bright fellows, and
far above our negro in manners,
habits and love for their familios.
I have never seen one drunk.
They are devoted to their church,
(Catholic), loving to their wives
aud children, and are happy when
toiling in their rice fields. So
much for the men, now for the
women, and little ones: The wo
men are far from good looking,
dress in their own peculiar way,
sell fish and all kinds of fruit, and
will always be seen with an im
mense cigar, puffing away for dear
life. The kids are as bad as th<ur
“mammies” in regard to smoking,
always puffing the native cigarette.
My! what a letter this has be
come. By this time you will liken
your self unto an old time martyr,
undergoing tho horrible tortures
of reading a stupid letter, so think
I had better say “halt.”
Hoping all are well, and with
beit regards to any inquiring
friends, I am always
Very truly yours,
Jas. T. Swords,
Co. D. 42nd Reg’t., Pasig, P. 1.
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Mulberry S 3. Association.
April 28th, 1900.
The third session of the Mul
berry Baptist Sabbath school as
sociation convened with Appa
lachee church.
The body was called to order by
Bro. J. P. Eley.
Ist. Enrolled names of delegates.
2nd. Elected J. P. Eley presi
dent, Rev. G. L. llagwell vice
president, J. W. Morgan secretary.
3rd Had a talk from Prof.
Flanagan on Sabbath school work.
4th. Adjourned one hour and a
half for dinner.
sth. On motion, agreed to ask
all Baptist preachers in the bounds
of the association to preach one
sermon in the interest of the
Sabbath BChool cause. Rev. G.
L Bagwell promptly responded
to the above request, aud gave a
good talk on the Sabbath school
work.
6. Bro. J. 0. Attaway gave a
talk on his work as Sabbath school
agent,
7th, On motion, agreed to con
tinue the work of agent, and to
increase the number from one to
I three. Elected Bro. J. C. Ms-
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8. On motion, agreed to have a
sermon preached on the Sabbath
school cause at the next session of
this body. Bro. S. P. Higgins
was elected to preach the sermon.
9th. On motion agreed to hold
the annual celebration at Appa
lachee church on Thursday before
the fourth Sabbath in July be
ginning at 9:80 A. M. Each
school to be entitled to two repre
sentatives. Representation te
stricted to schools of Baptist
churches.
10th. On motion, agreed to have
an orator of the day, and appoint
ed Prof. J. C. Flanagan, J. W.
Morgan, C. 11. Bailey as a commit
tee to employ some person for
that purpose.
11th. Agreed to hold the next
meeting of this body with the
church at Auburn, ou Seturday
before the second Sabbath in
May, 1901.
12. On motion, agreed to ask
the association to publish the
work of this convention in the
minutes of the association.
18th. Agreed to ask the News-
Herald and Walton News-and-
Messengcr to publish the work of
this meeting.
14th. Adjourned to the tim* l
and place above mentioned.
J. P. Elev, Pros.
J . W. Morgan, Sec.
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and all feel the results in loss of
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i like that. Listen to J. W. Gard
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’ for a man when he is all run down
’ and don’t care whether he lives or
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strength and good appetite than
• anything I could take. I can now
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on life.” Only 50 cents, at A. M.
Winn & Son’s Drug Ltore. Every
bottle guaranteed.
A Letter From Florida.
Gainesville, Fla., May 2, 1900.
Editor News-Herald: As I
have an hour of leisure, I will
give you a brief description of our
city and surrounding country.
Gainesville has a population of
over 5000 inhabitants. Situated
as it is, in Central Esst Florida,
about midway between the Gulf
of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean,
on an eminence of over 800 feet
above ocean level, we are contin
ually and caressingly fanned by
bracing breezes from the Gulf and
the Atlantic, passing through pine
and palm forests, laden with
aroma—“heaveu’s elixir of life.”
Such things as chills and fever
are unknown here. Our winters
are mild —with nine days out of
ten of clear, bright sunshine, while
iu summer the temperature is cool
and bracing, the thermometer
rarely ever reaching above 90 or
95 degrees, and even this is not
uncomfortable, fanned as we are
by continual salt-water breezes.
Our nights are always delightfully
cool, requiring some cover before
day.
Our lands are very productive
and produce not ODly tropical and
semi-tropical fruits, bnt melons
and vegetables of every variety
grow to perfection, while the more
staple crops of corn, cane, pota
toes, rice, sea island cotton are
raised in abundance. This is truly
a self-supporting country. Our
many clear brooks and crystal
lakes abound iu fresh-water fish
of every variety, and there is no
day in the year but fishing with
reel and rod is charming sport.
Such game as quail, ducks, doves,
squirrel, turkey, deer, aud near
the coast, bear, can be had in
great numbers. Around our lakes
and meadows thousands of fine
fat cattle and horses are raised
successfully.
Many of our citizens and epi
cures prefer our home raised beef,
mutton and pork to Chicago or
northern raised meats. We have
four or five well supplied markets
in the city, where can be tad the
best of beef, mutton and pork, to
say nothing of snap-beans, peas,
beets, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage,
celery, Irish potatoes, aud in fact
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any vegetable grown in any coun
try.
Our city has a $100,(XX) water
plant, and is said by an eminent
chemist to be the very purest in
tho United States.
Our educational advantages
cannot be surpassed in the south.
The “East Florida Seminary,” a
military college, is taught by
West Point graduates of eminent
ability, and is patronized by §tu- .
dents from almost every state in
the union; while our public schools
run away up into the hundreds.
The students, large and small, are
robust, red-faced specimens of
health, and can’t be surpassed in
the mountains.
The court house, which stands
proudly and splendidly in tho
central business square, cost over
SIOO,OOO.
The business houses are all two
and three story brick buildings,
while the side walks are universal
ly paved with vitrified brick.
The churches, of all denomina
tions, are fine brick structures.
Our streets are broad and airy,
and almost completely shaded
with live oak, red bay, magnolias ]
and evergreens, while the flower j
gardens cannot be surpassed in
beauty and fragrance.
Two large ice factories, several
plaining mills and varidty works,
one large sea island cotton facto
ry, employing 100 hands or more,
guano factories, etc., four and five
railroads, with fifteen or twenty
daily mails, go to make up our
enterprises. jJ
There are three immense livery
and sale stables, and it is said;
that no city can produce more
elegant traps, phaetons, and fine;
horses.
Our people, white and colored,;
are law-abiding, and the best of j
feeling exists between the races.l
We have one daily, two weekly f
aud tri-weeklv papers, each a I
credit to any city. ;
The residences are of a beautiful F
modern type, aud are built with a *
view of summer comfort, while
the air is kept cool by the spray*
ing of hundreds of flower gardens
by beautiful aud refreshing water
fountains.
As my “time is up” I will desist
for the present, with a promise of
another letter in the future, as I
would like for my friends around
my old home to know of the ad-/
vantages of fair, flowery Florida-
Respectfully, !’/
R. W. Bailey.
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One application relieves the pain
and this quick relief which it af- '
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Choice of routes via Birmins
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