The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1907-02-22

" IOlI, Dan NldICOs SIlll |
stands to-day as one of the most in
teresting features of the town, and the
old gate built of great stones over
three centuries ago with the motto en-
graved on its pillows, There is no
Conqueror but God" The Plaza is a
pleasing park of palmetto, orange, CO.
coanut, fig, palm, oak and many other
native trees. With the shrubbery and
shade trees, with monuments and foun-
dations, make up the most beautiful
/ spot on earth. Here you can look over
the bay, river and sea at the many
sails on small and large boats; here
you can meet nature in its full strength
: and display of comfort and beauty, and
I ones eyes can drink in, too, his fullest
delight of Gods handiwork, and to
: have a glimpse of a part of the pleas
3 ant things of life the tourist must by
8 ali means see Florida. Here you see
y a goodly number of men and women of
{ our race employed as statesmen in the
. stores; they are the most reliable
Z guides and the best-informed people
8 on most subjects as to the old land.
y marks. Here is a great opening for
8 our people, for much of the land is I'M
occupied; but this section of the coun-
try does not want the shiftless man,
3 but to the industrious and courageous
man there waits a fortune for him.
Daytona holds the just title of hav-
Jig the most beautiful sea beach in
y the world. 1t is here the famous auto
mobile races are held every year, and
we saw the machine in practice that
y holds the record of the fastest time
4 ever made-a mile in % 35 seconds.
9 This is a town of automobiles and
= wheels; everybody who is able to W
s a machine rides in it; then comes the
= bicycle with the child, woman and
q man, everybody is mounted-theS wash
IS erwoman carries her clothes on a
= wheel, the plumber his tools, the car
4 penter his plank, the porter delivers
g his merchandise on a wheel, and with
= what delight they go over the lovely
4 driveways with high speed. Here they
q have flowing wells; they drive down
= through the sand for about one hun
II dred feet and the water flows out con
y tinually. Mr.. f. b. Watkins and the
4 writer accompanied Rev. j. G. M
IS Combs to his home in Daytona, where
y he has lived for twenty-one years. He
IL bought a block in Daytona when h
Is first went there at a cost of fifteeI
= hundred dollars, and refused ten thou
IL sand dollars for it while we were il
g his city. He also took up q govern
= ment reservation of 107 acres, which
& can be easily converted into a valuable
y orange, banana or pineapple grove
e Many of our people are among the old
Is est settlers and have come in posses
N | Of0n nF rNNN1oIx- ~ IhA F... - Al.
= property; not a few own magnificen
g homes in Daytona, and through tn,
country some own fine orange groves
& We saw hundreds of trees owned b,
g u people laden with the preciou
fruit grown in that country. They shi,
& all over the country by carload lot
9 and 10 doubt you have eaten many a.
orange, pineapple, %cOcoanut, banana o
& some other kind of fruit from a CO
9 ored mans farm. Daytona is a grea
q oyster and fish port; they sell oyster
g by the bu'shel, fresh from the waite
y and fish by the wagon loads. Then tn
alligator is found here in the creates
abundance; the turtle of immense siz
q is here taken from the sea, and tn
s woods abound with all kind Of game
y The deer, bear, buffalo, wild turkey
and ducks are among the eatable.
8 The largest retail grocery store i
Daytona is owned by Mr.. Duncan,
3 man that can pass for either Africa
9 or Caucasian. He does a business {
y fifty thousand dollars per year, whic
8 he has built up from a very small b.
9 ginning in the last few years. Most
Z the public c~onveyances are owned an
S managed by our people. We did not sc
y | policeman while in Daytona. Som
one said they had two, n on dut
in the day and one for night, but the
seldom make an arrest. They hay
ter no saloons, and this may account fl
lay it. What a heaven on earth to liz
an in such a country like this! Don
rds you want to go there?
mo- PRESTON TAYLOR.
IA Ito be continued next week.