The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1886-06-10
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There Is an Old SAYING to the effect that
"there ia nothing now under tln sun
anu yet from the following it would ap
| pear that there Is IN exception, even to
| this rule
AT point six miles west of ST. Aug
ustino, Florida, on the line of the St
Johns Railway, lies be lutirul tract of
land which has recently been laid ont in
u town site called, Vest st. AugnstiYc
81 Augustine proper is the oldest City
IN the United States and ubounds with
lenScnd lore, and historical antiquity,
few If any of the mary thousands. that
visit Florida fail to taie look nj the Sea
Wall, Old Fort, and che many o.har in
tercsting objects. il WAS fonndcI Sep
tembcr oth, 1860, forty two years prcvi-
ouS to the settlement of jamestown Ya.
| and tifty-livc years before the landing of
the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. The
name st. Augustine was given to HE
| place BY the Spaniarls, because they ,Gtn-
| ded upon the day dedicated to that rev
cred aud learned saint. st. Augustine il
growing rapidly, being the terminus of
two railways, and others a.c being cxtcn-
! ded toward it, and it is now known rs the
Hotel City of Florida.
Tho proprioh,rS and owners Of tho IL
Illustrated Southern World, % sixteen page
weekly illustrated paper same size as
Harper's Weekly, noting the great prog
ress being made i'll the Ancient City, pur-
chased a large tract of land near st. AUG
ustine, from Mr. VIM. Astor, of New
York, immediately on tEo line Of the St.
johns Railway, which is also owrod by
| M3. Astor, and i'll tho midst OF This trnct
aid within two hundred feet of the rnil-
road, have planted III plot of 700 acres
tho city of West st Aug 'qtiue.
| From West st. 'AugU 10 there exists
direct daily cprneCtions for tho St. Johns
| River, nine miles distant, with steamboat
connections going north, and south, dai-
| ly. 70 St.Augustine, six miles distant,
10 PAlatka, tho Com City of the south
| by river thirty five miles, or rail, twenty
miles, and Jacksonville by river or rail
thirty eight miles distant
In addition to this, tho tract on which
is located the city of Wost st. Augustine
is much highor in altitude than either st.
Augustine or jacksonville, and is rich,
high, dry, open pine land.
And now comes the strange featuro of
tho YAc!c matter; tho prOpriotcrs Of the
IlluStrNtGISOuthern World c0nCciy0d tbn
plan of giving to each and every yearly
| subscriber to the paper, a deed to y LOT
| III O''' W. VI ''O ~ +luSii iiSIlIlp, ~ ~
100 feet, roo and clean Of all inlumbrnn-
ccs, and parties Docop Jag owners OF these
lots arc not required TO bald, though it
Is confidently expected, because Of the
delightful location that many will do 80.
| Florid& to day is the Mecca to which
thouslniis arc looking with longing owes,
and it IA now made possible through the
enterprise Of the proprietera and owners
OF tho Illustrated Southern World, foralj
to secure HOME in thGt delightful State,
FREE.
Many will 70 doubt wonder how it is
possible for any ono to absolutely give
away lots i'll tho city Of West St. Angus
tine, and yet the reasons, when explained
arc very simple. Adjacent to the lands
upon which is located tho city of West
St. Augustine, the prOprietcrs and own.
crs Of tEc IllnRtratOl Southern World
own Otl,>r lands which thoyno doubt ex
pcct will greatly enhance il value, these
lands wiz be by them divided in plots of
five, ter; and fifteen acres, and sold as
the value .nGrca9es. which as the lots are
| taken viii be very rapid, they also have
i'll view n d sire tc ihJNco Subscribers to
become actual settlers in tlo State, and
lat the same timo secure for Tho paper M
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