The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-10-18
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1894
A pERILous TRIP.
Charles Cho1lar has One From #.
Meade to Avon Park.

Charles Chollar has One From TT.
Meade to Avon Park.
The experience of Charles G. Chol-
lar and his charming wife in travers-
ing the distance from Fort Meade to
Avon Park, Florida, was not the most
pleasant the world affords. Avon Park
has no railroad connections, and the
nearest station is Fort Meade, twenty
miles away. From the Fort they were
obliged to take a carriage to Avon
Park. The week before occurred
what is known in that country as the
tropical storm, terrific rain fall, &C
companied by wind travelling at the
rate of As miles per hour, and origin
ating in the West Indies. Streams
we're swollen, bridges we're washed
out, mails we're delayed, and good.
genuine old Minnesota blizzard is said
to be an infant when compared to this
tropical storm. From the Avon Park
Idea, an account is taken of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chollar's trip, which nearly cost
them their lives, as we'll as illusions
made to the opening of the Bank OF
Avon Park, of which Mr.. Chollar is
cashier, and of which one James R.
Skuse, of that town, happened to be
the first depositor. The Ideas idea
follows:
Mr.. G.. G. Chollar, cashier of the
new bank just established here, arrived
at the Park, accompanied by his wife,
on Thursday last. Their trip from
Fort Meade here was an extremely
perilous one, requiring more courage
than is usually met with. They were
the first to reach the Park after the
storm, and the wonder is that they
got through safely. At Bowlegs Creek
they we're compelled to unhitch the
horses, swim them across swollen
stream and draw the carriage through
the water. At another point the car
riage was swept by the current COM
pletely around, but fortunately did not
upset. A greater part of the distance
they we're compelled to stand on the
seats of the carriage on account of the
depth of the water. Wednesday night
was spent at Mrs. Henry Winegord's,
the party pushing on and arriving here
the following morning. !.
Owing to the immediate urgent
need of banking facilities at the Park,
it was decided not to await for the
completion of the new building in
which the bank is to be assigned COM
modious quarters, so temporary quart
ers have been arranged in the Offices
of the Development Company, in Ho-
tel Verona, and the new bank was op-
ened to the public to-day for business.
Mr.. G. G. Chollar, the cashier, arrived
here last week, bringing with him a
full supply of bank stationery and
what is of especial convenience to our
people, plenty of paper convertible
into cash. The convenience of bank
will be appreciated by all, but perhaps
to no greater degree than in the fur
nishing of an abundance of currency
and coin. The bank will prove new
era for both business and business
men that can only be accomplished
by bank. 1t will prove of untold
value in many ways, but none more
important than by putting money in
circulation. Let our people show their
appreciation of the new enterprise by
patronizing it. Deposits, either large
or small, will help accomplish the de-
sired end, at the same time affording
you safety for your money and oon-
venience in the payments of accounts.