The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-21
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA


miles south. of Daytona and is an
ideal spot reched from Daytona by
a hard surface road winding throush
one OF the most picturesque parts Of
Florida.
With its an cient ruins dating back
to time when the history of man
runneth not, interlaced with wires of
the modern telegraph and telephone,
its miles of shell streets as hard and
smooth as floor and over-arched by
hoary forest giants that grew in state
~ grandeur during the lapse of by-
gone centuries, New Smyrna is truly
a place of romance and rest.
All nature here is very inviting to
the tourist and pleasure-seeker. Here
too is to be found the best fishing and
hunting in the State of Florida.
The people are thrifty, the bust
ness men enferprising. and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of |
hospitality to strangers. There are
Eve church ediices for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population; the town has an excellent
high school, splendid public lib
rary, and up -to-date business houses.
There are any number of pretty
homes for tie permanent population.
which numbers close to 1000, and
some very fine winter residences.
There are good hotels and boarding
houses where you can find accomo-
dations to meet your requirements.
Adjoining New Smyrna is as fine a
section of vegetable land as can be
found anywhere. This land has
been divided into small farms which
can be bou Chit at reasonable prices
Some of the finest celery grown in
the State is raised on this land All
other vegetables grow in abundance,
and here, too, is the home of the fam
GUS Indian River oranges.
/ New Smyrna has no bonded in
debtedness and the tax levy is low.
A point that no tourist should fail
to visit is the ruins of the Old Span
ish Mission which stand somber and
alone about one and a quarter miles
southwest Of New Smyrna. A good
road leads 10 the place and the trip
can be easily made by an automobile.
Silent, in the great pine fats by the
margin of the forest, is this place of
pilgrimage for the pious; this rem
devious for. the picnicker. The ruins
are extensive, and while there is no
authentic history of their origin, it
is presumed that the Mission was
built by the Franciscans in the days
when the once powerful Kingdom OF
Spain first planted its flag upon what
is now American soil. 1t was built
of coquina, the roof being of the
same material, cut into thin slabs
and covered with cement plaster
Extensive gardens surrounded it
which were enclosed by a stone
wall, portions of which still remain
Visitors usually come in partie:
merry and curious but the spell o
the place soon falls upon them ane
they separate to sit alone, silent ane
| meditative, under the arches or be
| side the ancient we'll
CORONADO
| Is situated on the peninsula opposit
| New Smyrna and is connected by
| good road and bridge over the dee
| current OF Indian River. Here yo
i can put aside your conventions
/ sarb, breathe in large and deep tn
salty tonic of the sea and enjoy your
| self to your hearts content with 70
and reel j row or sail boat or In til
ocean surf short half-mile ava,
The great varieties of fish inhabitir
the river and lagoon pass through Il
channel from the sea beneath tt
bridge. From verandas, upper ba
comics and windows you behold II
J maenifice Mt river, the distant lagoon
ana lSlaD as, TIC r.
II insula and the vast reaches OF II
Atlantic Ocean.
HAWKS PARK
A pretty village located along Il
81 ridge above the Indian River ~
and ne.half miles south OF Nc
j Smyrna and connected with fine sh'
roads. There is the appearance
nj newness, comfort and seclusion aoo
the place which stamps 1t as the 400
of people who come here 10 enJ
the blessings of outdoor LIE a"
. from places where crowds are APT
gather.