Jacksonville is the largest town with 65,000. The merchants are all getters and there is almost no manufacturing of any kind. Saw a friendly hot or flour mill. Lots of automobiles here that will take you for the railway to the hotel for 2 or done Main street for 5 cents a piece. I see nothing original among the people, the land is too new for this. They are in the first stages, building an empire, homes and factories, polite to a degree, but apparently not workers. They like to stand around, talk smoke n' chew, talk of what is coming but in general the negro cannot do the real work. The farming consists only of stable things but rather fruits and garden truck that is sold north. I understand they grow them so with regular stuff lettuce, tomatoes, cucum- bars, strawberries, potatoes etc. Apparently little green n hay is raised but is bought in here and sold in very small lots in a green condition. Not like my mother's day. Again all afternoon. The city water supply of Jacksonville is artesian and comes from a depth of about 100 feet. As