The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-23
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA
NEW sM'FRNA is situated fifteen

NEW SMYRNA is situated fifteen
miles south of Daytona and is an i
ideal spot reached from Daytona by
a hard surface road winding through
one OF the most picturesque parts of
With its ancient ruins dating back
to a time when the history of man
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
ly 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 enterprising, and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of
hospitality to strangers. There are
five church edi6ces 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 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 tc 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 pr ces
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 to 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 o.
pilgrimage for the pious; this rem
devious for the picnicker. The ruin:
are extensive, and while there is nc
authentic history of their origin, i
is presumed that the Mission wa.
built by the Franciscans in the day
when the once powerful Kingdom 0
Spain first planted its flag upon wha
is now American soil. 1t was bull
of coquina, the roof being of tn
same material, cut into thin slab
and covered with cement plaster
Extensive gardens surrounded il
which we're enclosed by ston
wall, portions of which still remain
Visitors usually come in partie
merry and curious but the spell Q
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
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
can put aside your convention;
| sarb, breathe in large and deep tt
| salty tonic of the sea and enjoy you
| self to YOUR hearts content with re
| and reel in row or sail boat or in II
| ocean surf a short half-mlle ava
The great varieties of fish inhabitlI
the river and lagoon pass through Il
channel from the sea beneath u
l / OT1QQR. FROM NCIdnoooi hRR@A ~
comics and windows you behold Il
) magnificent river, the distant lasoo
! and islands, the forest-covered Pc
insula and the vast reaches OF 4
Atlantic Ocean.
HAWKS PARK
A pretty village located along t
y ridge above the Indian River u
and one-half miles south OF NJ
J Smyrna and connected with hns sh
- roads. There is the appearance
0l newness, comfort and seclusion aoc
the place which stamps it as the aoo
of people who come here to EN-
the blessings of outdoor lite a"
from places where crowds are APT
gather.