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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-24
DELAND. THE ATHENS OF FLORIDA
DELAND,
the county seat Of
Volusia County.

Volusia County.
is situated . miles southwest Of
Daytona and is reached from the lat-
ter city by an excellent hard-surface
road recently constructed
At DeLand is located the John n
Stetson University. one of the lead
ing educational institutions Of the
South Because of the interest in
matters educational DeLand is known
as The Athens of Florida"
Stetson University has faculty Of
so professors and instructors There
are over $500. 600 in buildings and
equipment; nearly $500. 900 endow-
ment; Carnegie Library alone rep
resenting an investment in building,
endowment and books, of more than
$40, 1000. The library is the United
States Government depository for the
State of Florida, and contains over
IS, 1000 volumes. Science Hall. one
of the newest of Is buildings. with
its furnishings. represents an outlay
of $50, 900. Elizabeth Hall is one of
the most beautiful college buildings
in the South.
The city has population of about
$500, with thickly settled country
adjacent. DeLand proper is 1--WE
miles east of the ST. Johns River.aon
the high, rolling pine land of the
great Orange Ridge" of Florida.
The predominating products are
oranges and grapefruit. the estimated
crop from this vicinity being over
100000 boxes this year. Grapes,
peaches. pears. Japan persimmons,
plums, pecans, suavas, strawberries
and other fruits are grown in plenty.
In the way of public improvements
are many miles Of fine shell roads, an
excellent high school, electric lights
a system of waterworks that is owned
and operated by the city, supplying
the purest water at little cost.
Nine houses of worship testify thai
DeLand is church-going commu
nifty. Baptists, Episcopalians, Meth
odists Northern and Southern). Pres
byterians, Christians and Catholics
besides colored Baptists and Metho,
dists, are represented.
The graded school offers q ter
years course, and the building which
it occupies is newly furnished
throughout, and is one of the most
commodious and best equipped pub
lie schools in the State.
The trip from Daytona to DeLand
is made by automobile in a little
over an hour, and there are many
pretty drives in the vicinity of the
county site A good road leads t.
DeLeon Springs, FIVE miles, a histori.
spot, where $4,000 gallons of water
bubble from the earth every minute
From DeLand automobiles 60 souti
to Osteen, IS miles, on shell ane
mari roads; the ST. Johns is crossed b,
ferry near Osteen and cars can thel
continue to Sanford and Orlando b,
hard road. There is a she'll roas
from DeLand to Orange City, fiv
miles, and good road from DeLans
to Lake Helen, a like distance.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-24
PICTURESQUE PORT ORANGE

PORT ORANGE is a pretty little
village situated five miles south Of
Daytona on the Daytona-New Smyrna
hard-surface road, the scenic highway
of the East Coast. The town is To-
Gated on the Halifax River, over
which spans bridge from the town
to the peninsula opposite
The town is we'll laid out and has
many pretty homes owned and occu-
pied by residents and winter tourists.
1t has several churches, one OF the
best graded schools in Volusla
county, two general stores, real
estate agency and two or three hotels.
A large number of tourists and
winter residents make Port Orange
| winter headquarters, one of the sew
eral attractions being the excellent
fishing. Port Orange is in the orange
belt and number of very fine citrus
groves are nearby, where oranges,
tanserines and grapefruit hang in
1
profusion. Some of the best trucking
| land in the State is to be found
thereabout and excellent crops are
raised.
West of Port Orange short dis
lance are the remains of the old
Dunlawton sugar mill, spot that is
visited every year by hundreds OF
tourists. At one time all the coun-
try west of Port Orange, surrounding
the old mill, was a vast sugar-cane
and indigo plantation. The mill wa:
operated extensively in those day:
but has been in disuse for thirty o.
forty years.
A pretty automobile or carriag'
drive from Daytona is via the oceaI
beach to the approach OF the Por
Orange bridge across the bridge an'
then passing through Port Orange t
the ruins Of the celebrated old suga
mill, returning to Daytona by tn
road on the mainland. This driv
affords very pleasing variety c
scenery.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-24

oNTTIpCC AND ROOMS TO LET
I'LL IHUT\ Furnished; Modern Inn
WI iHVHO proyements: on River
Front or Side Streets. Rents ReaSOna BILE.
Write to w. r. COLBY at Ormond.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-24
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA


80 MA - situated fifteen
miles south Of Daytona and i. an /
ideal spot reached from Daytona bv
hard surface road winding through
one OF the riost picturesque parts of
Florida.
With its ancient 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 bv
hoary forest giants that grew in state
ly grandeur during the lapse of by-
gone centuries, New Smyrna is truly
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 eaterprising. and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of
hospitality to STRANGERS. There are
FIVE church edifices for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population the town has an excellent
high school, a splendid public lib
rary, and up-to-date business houses.
There are any number of pretty
homes for The 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 bought 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, 100, 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 quarter miles
southwest of New Smyrna. A good
road leads to the place and the triI
can be easily made by an automobile
Silent, in the great pine fats by tn.
margin of the forest, is this place o
pilgrimage for the pious; this rem
devious for the picnicker. The ruin
are extensive, and while there is NJ
authentic history of their origin, i
is presumed that the Mission wa
built by the Franciscans in the day
when the once powerful Kingdom .
Spain first planted its flag upon wha
is now American soil. It was bull
of coquina, the roof being of tn
same material, cut into thin slab
and covered with cement plaste,
] Extensive gardens surrounded il
which were enclosed by a ston
| wall, portions of which still remain
! Visitors usually come in partie
| merry and curious but the spell c
| the place soon falls upon them an
| they separate to sit alone, silent an
| meditative, under the arches or be
| side the ancient we'll.
CORONADO
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-24
HAWKS PARK

A pretty village located along the
ridge ABOVE the Indian River two
and one-half miles south OF New
Smyrna and connected with fine she'll
roads. There is the appearance OF
newnesa. comfort and seclusion about
the place which stamps it as the abode
of people who come here TO ENJOY
the blessings of outdoor lie away
from places where crowds are APT 10
! gather.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-24
CORONADO

Is situated on the peninsula opposite
New Smyrna and is connected by
good road and bridge over the deep
current Of Indian River. Here you
can put aside your conventional
sarb, breathe in large and deep the
salty tonic of the sea and enjoy your
self to your hearts content with rod
and reel in row or sail boat or in the
ocean surf a short half-mile away.
The great varieties of fish inhabitins
the river and lagoon pass through the
channel from the sea beneath the
bridge. From verandas, upper bal
comics aud windows you behold the
maanific emit river the distant lasoons
and islands, the forest-covered pen
insula and the vast reaches OF the
| Atlantic Ocean.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

Baraka, Tartar girl, became enamored
OF a golden bearded stranger who was
prospecting and studying herbs in the
vicinity of her home in central Asia, ana
of rubies hoping that the stranger would
love her in return for her disclosure
They We're followed to the cave by the
girls relatives, who blocked up the en-
trance, and drew off the water supply,
leaving the couple to die. Baraka's cousin
Saad, her betrothed. attempted to climb
down cliff overlooking the nine: put
the traveller shot him. The stranger was
revived from water gourd Saad car,
ried, dug his way out of the tunnel, ana
departed, deserving the girl and carrying
a bag of rubies Baraka gathered all the
gems she could carry, and started IN pur-
suit. Margaret Dome (Margarita da
Cordova), famous prima donna, became
engaged in London to Konstantin Lo-
known as Lady Maud, whose husband
had been killed by bomb in st. Peters
burg, and Lady Maud's most intimate
friend was Rufus Van Torp. an Amerl.
can, who had become one of the richest
men in the world. Van Torp was in love
with Margaret, and rushed to LONDON as
soon as he heard of her betrothal. ne
offered Lady Maud $5,00O,00O for her pet
charity If she would aid him in winning
the singer, from Logotheti. Baraka ap-
preached Logotheti at Versailles with
rubies to sell. He presented ruby to
sent 1t to Venice He was visited by
Baraka in male attire. She gave him a
ruby after the American had told her OF
having seen in the United States man
answering the description of the one she
loved The American followed Margaret
to the Bayreuth "Parsifar' festival. Mar
garet took liking to Van Torp, who pre-
scented her with the ruby Baraka had
given him. Count Kralinsky, a Russian;
arrived at Bayreuth Van Torp believed
him to be the one Baraka was pursuing.
Baraka was arrested in London on the
charge of stealing from Pinney, a jew
eler, the ruby she had sold to Logotheti.
Two strangers were the thieves. Lady
Maud believed that Logotheti's associa-
tons with Baraka were open to suspi-
cion, and so informed Margaret. Van
Torp believed that Krainsky was the
cowboy he had known in his young man
hood Logothei secured Baraka's re-
lease, and then, with her as his guest,
went to sea on his yacht Erinna. Baraka
explains her plans for revenge on the
man who had deserted her and left her
to die Logotheti succeeds in moderating
her rage Lady Maud arrived in Bay
reuth Margaret and Van Torp entered
into an agreement to build tremendous
opera house in New York. The thief VINO
stole the ruby from Mr. Pinney was ar
rested in New York and the stone recov-
cred. Lady Maud confided to Van Torp
that she believed Kralinsky to be the
husband she had believed dead. Van
Torp promised his help to unravel the
mystery. The party gathered on Van
Torp's yacht and Lady Maud discovered
that Kralinsky is her husband. He Of
fered to rejoin and be true to her. She
refused. Logotheti took Baraka ashore
at Naples to procure her proper OUTFIT
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-04-08
CHAPTER XlV.-Continued.

"He was alive this morning" Logo
theft answered, "and he is strong
man. But the strong die sometimes
suddenly, by accident if not of a
fever"
at is emptiness" said Baraka, still
looking at him. "He will not die be-
fore l see him"
Allah forbid! But if such thing
happened, should you wish to go back
to your own people? Or would you
learn to speak the Frank and live in
Europe?"
"If he were dead, which may Allah
avert" Baraka answered calmly Il
think I would ask you to find me
husband"
"Ah!" Logotheti could not repress
the little exclamation of surprise.
Eyes. 1t is a shame for woman
not to be married. Am l an evil sight,
or poor, that I should go down to the
grave childless? Or is there any re-
proach upon me? Therefore l would
ask you for a husband, because l
have no other friend but only you
among the Feringhis. But If you
would not, would go to CONSTANT
nople again, and to the Persian mer-
chants house, and would say to his
wife: Get me a husband, for | am
not a cripple, nor a monster, nor is
there any reproach upon me, and why
should l be childless?' Moreover l
would say to the merchants wife:
Behold, l have great wealth, and l
will have a rich husband, and one who
is young and pleasing to me, and who
will not take another wife; and if you
bring me such a man, for whatsoever
his riches may be, will pay you five
per cent"
Having made this remarkable state
ment of her intentions, Baraka was
silent, expecting Logotheti to say
something. What struck him was not
the concluding sentence, for Asiatic
match-makers and peace-makers are
generally paid on some such basis,
and the slim Tartar, girl had proved
long ago that she was a woman of
business. What impressed Logotheti
much more was what seemed the cool
cynicism of her point of view. 1t was
evidently not a romantic passion for
Kralinsky that had brought her from
beyond Turkestan to London and
Paris; her view had been simpler and
more practical; she had seen the man
who suited her, she had told him so,
and had given him the secret of great
wealth. and in return she expected
him to marry her, if she found him
alive. But If not, she would imme-
diately take steps to obtain another to
fill his place and be her husband, and
she was willing to pay high price to
any one who could find one for her.
Logotheti had half expected some
such thing, but was not prepared for
her extreme directness; still less had
he thought of becoming the matri-
monial agent who was to find match
worthy of her hand and fortune. She
vas sitting beside him in a little
ready-made French dress, open at the
throat, and only a bit of veil twisted
round her hair, as any European
woman might wear it; possibly it vas
her dress that made what she said
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-04-08

ma and show him to that Tartar girl.
She'd know in minute. He can't be
her man and Leven, too. There's only
one thing to be done that l can see"
"What?" asked Lady Maud sadly
and incredulously.
Tell him you'll take him back on
condition that he'll shave"
Mr.. Van Torp, who was in dead
earnest, had just given his best friend
this piece of sound practical advice
when the door opened, though he had
not rung, and the steward announced
that the second mate had message
for Mr.. Van Torp. He was admitted,
and he delivered it.
The owner sprang to his feet.
"By thunder, we've caught 'em!" he
cried, as he rushed out of the deck sa-
loon.
Lady Maud leaned back and stared
at his empty chair, wondering what
was going to happen next.
This was what happened. The Ian
cashire Lass reversed her starboard
engine with full speed astern, put her
helm hard over to port, and turned
back towards the straits in the small
est space possible for her, passing
less than cables length from the
Scylla rock, and nearly running down
half a dozen fishing boats that pulled
like mad to get out of her way; for
they supposed that the steering gear
had broken down, unless her captain
had gone raving mad.
While this was going on, Capt.
Brown himself, with the international
signal code in his hand, was calling
out letters of the alphabet to a quar-
termaster, and before his ship had
made half circle the flags ran up the
single stick the yacht carried
my owner has urgent business with
your owner" was what the flags
meant in plain English.
The Erinna was going slow, for Ba-
raka was only just ready to come on
deck. haste being in her opinion, an
invention of Shaitan's. Logotheti,
who wished her to see the straits, was
just inside the door of the deck sa-
loon, waiting for her to come out of
her cabin. The officer of the watch
read off the signals of the other yacht,
ran up the answering pennant, and
sent for the sailing-master, but could
of course do nothing else without or
ders. So the Erinna continued to go
slow All this took some minutes, for
the officer had naturally been obliged
to look up the signal in the code be-
fore answering that he understood it,
and in that time Van Torp's yacht had
completed her turn and was nearly
alongside. The Lancashire Lass
slowed down to the Erinna's speed,
and the two captains aimed their meg
aphones accurately at each other from
their respective bridges for a little
pleasant conversation. Capt. Brown,
instructed by Mr.. Van Torp at his
elbow, repeated what his signals had
meant. The other sailing-master an
swered that he had already informed
his owner, who was coming to the
bridge directly.
At that moment Logotheti appeared.
There was not much more than a
cables length between the two yachts,
which in .and-talk means 200 yards.
Van Torp also saw slim young lady
in blue serge, with a veil tied over
her hair, leaning on the rail of the
promenade deck and looking towards
him. With his glasses he recognized
the features of Baraka.
Got emil" he calculated in a low
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-04-08

Choir out in the middle of the harbor
to wait while Capt. Brown got infor-
nation about the Erinna, If there were
any to be had at the harbor-master's
office. 1t would have been folly to
run out of the straits without at least
looking in to see if she were there, ly-
ing quietly moored behind the fortress
of San Salvatore and the very high
MOLE
She was not there, and had not
been heard of, but Paris Herald was
procured in which it was stated that
the Erinna had arrived in Naples,
owner and party on board"
WELL" said Mr.. Van Torp, Tets
get to Naples, quick. How long will it
take captain?"
about eight hours, sir, counting
our getting under weigh and out of
this crowded water, which won't take
long, for the tide will soon turn"
60 ahead" said Mr.. Van Torp.
Capt Brown prepared to get under
weigh again as quickly as possible.
The entrance to Messina harbor is
narrow, and it was natural that, as he
was in a hurry, huge Italian man-of
war should enter the harbor at that
very moment, with the solemn and
safe elaboration which the move
ments of line-ofbattle ships require
when going in and out of port. There
was nothing to be done but to wait
patiently till the fairway was clear.
1t was not more than quarter of an
hour, but Capt. Brown was in hur-
ry, and as there was a fresh morning
breeze blowing across the harbor he
could not even get his anchor up with
safety before he was ready to start.
The result of all these delays was
that at about nine o'clock he saw the
Erinna right ahead, bows on and only
half a mile away, just between Scylla
and Faro, where the whirlpool is still
a danger to sailing vessels and slow
steamers, and just as the tide was
turning against her and in his own
favor. He did not like to leave the
bridge, even for a moment, and sent
the second mate with an urgent mes
sage requesting Mr.. Van Torp to come
up as soon as he could.
Five minutes earlier the owner had
sat down to breakfast opposite Lady
Maud, who was very pale and had
dark shadows under her eyes for the
first time since he had known her. AS
soon as the steward left them alone,
she spoke.
1T is Leven." she said, land he
wants me to take him back"
Mr.. Van Torp set down his tea I'M
tasted and stared at her. He was not
often completely taken by surprise,
but for once he was almost speech
less. His lips did not even move ST.
lently.
81 was sure it was he," Lady Maud
said, "but 1 did not expect that"
WELL" said Mr.. Van Torp, finding
his voice, "he shan't. That's ALL"
mo. 1 told him so. If 1 had been
dressed would have asked you to put
me ashore at Messina. 1 thought you
were going to stop there-the stew
ardess told me where we were, but
she knew nothing else-and now we're
off again"
81 can't help it, Maud" said Van
Torp, almost in a whisper. 81 don't be-
lieve it 1 don't believe in impossi-
bilities like that beard of his. 1t may
sound ridiculous in the face of your
recognizing your own husband, but
it's a solid fact, and you can't get
over it. wish could catch the Erin
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-04-08
CTo BE coNTINUED)
Rlnht In Pana,s Line.

Whatever became of that young
sport who used to call on your"
well. you see. papa is great on out
door sports, so ore night he threw
him out"-Kankas City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-04-08
CHAPTER XIV.

1t was eight o'clock in the morning
when the Lancashire Lass steamed
slowly into Messina and dropped an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-13
Holds Annual Meeting and
Elects Officers.
Treasurer Gould Resigns Ed
WING. Dudley Succeeds Him.
Annua! Reports Are Submitted
And Accepted.

The annual meeting of the Augusta
General hospital was held in the al
dermen's room at the City building
Monday evening, Jan. 10, with a good
attendance of the members of the cor
pOratiOn. The reports of the directors,
visiting committee, treasurer, super
intendent, superintendent of nurses,
district nursing department and treas
urer Of the Ladies' Hospital Aid So
ciety were submitted, accepted and or
dered printed. The following officers
We're elected:
President-C. B. Burleigh.
Secretary-Norman l.. Bassett.
Directors for three years-E. C. Dud-
ley, II. Nj. Heath, George f. Macombcr,
F. w. Plaisted; for years Oo fill va
cancy due to death of Samuel w
Lance, John r. Gould.
Members of Hospital advisory COM
mittee for three years-O. c. S. Davies
and George K. Campbell.
Committee on Membership-John F
Hill, John r. Gould, r. E. Goodwin
s. S. Patten, John V. Lane.
Committee to Solicit Funds-W. H
Harris, 0. c. S. Davies, ]. e. Tuell. H
J. Frederick w. Johnson, B. p. Hope
Byron Boyd.
On recommendation of the commit
tee on membership the following new
members OF the corporation were elect
ed: Albert w Brooks, Guy P. Gan
nett, Blaine Owen, Arthur F. Parrot
Or. Karl G.. Hedin, DR.. Carl E. Stur
gis, F. w. Plaisted, w. B. Sanborn
Walter NJ. Sanborn.
The directors were requested to con-
slider the matter of internes and of ar
exchange of nurses with the Maine In
sane hospital. The following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
"Resolved. That the corporation
place upon its records its appreciation
of the services of Samuel w. Lane as
a director First elected in 1898 at the
organization of the corporation. he re-
manned in Office Is years until his
death Feb. 6, 1909. just after his re-
election for further term. Constant
in attendance at the meetings of the
board and of the corporation, contrib
uting his time ard thought to the in
stitution, keenly interested in its
growth and success, he was helpful to
his associates and an efficient factor
in the management of the corporation.
His loyalty and ability will long bf
remembered.
At meeting of the directors held
after the adjournment of the meeting
of the corporation John r. Gould was
elected treasurer but as he stated that
he would be unable to longer act il
that capacity his resignation was ac-
cepted and Edwin c. Dudley was elect
ed to the office. Mr.. Gould had acted
as treasurer since the organization Of
The corporation and devoted much time
to the office His service has been o.
the greatest help in the growth and
success of the corporation.