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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
ORMOND-ON-THE-HALIFAx

ORMOND is FIVE miles north Of
Daytona, located on the western
bank of the Halifax River. The 10.
cation of the town permits of good
drainage and perfect sanitation; the
elevation is superb and ideal for
winter homes. A wide bridge con-
meets Ormond with Ormond Beach.
Many fine residences are main
tanned on either side of the river.
most Of them embellished with sub
tropical fora and shrubbery, besides
thrifty orange and other citrus fruit
trees.
The town is very cosmopolitan,
has an excellent graded school, sew
eral churches, a fine public library,
up-to-date places of business and
comfortable and convenient hotels
nd boarding houses.
Ornond has many of the Florida
attn = :tions-hne fruit, good fishing,
excellent automobiling, safe boating,
salubrious climate and pleasant
walks and drives.
AT Ormond Beach is located the
large Hotel Ormond, and its lesser
sister, Breton Inn. The former &C.
cupies a position overlooking the
Halifax River, while the latter has as
its outlook the magnificent beach and
the broad Atlantic.
The walks in all directions are
particularly attractive, and the ar
bors, shady and inviting spots and
romantic hooks are crowded with
rustic seats which are mute invita-
tons to enter into the enjoyment
thereof.
Besides the broad, smooth ocean
beach there are many drives for car
riage or automobile-loned drives and
short drives; drives through groves
of golden oranges; drives through
dense tropical forests to Spanish
ruins; drives to the ancient Cause
way built by the slaves of planters
Of long ago, and drives to the planta-
tons of hospitable settlers, whose
places are replete with the interest
of Southern fruits aud flowers.
One of these interesting planta-
tons is Number Nine, located on the
peninsula, FIVE miles north of the
Hotel Or1nond. Here you see a fine
orange grove, together with great va
rieties of other sub-tropical fruits
and flowers.
Five miles further on you come to
MOundgrOve, one of the finest orange
groves in this section of Florida.
Moundsrove is on the headwaters of
the Halifax River and is amid pretty
surroundings. The place is reached
by a good road lpassing Number
Ninel and is drive all tourists may
enjoy.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
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 a 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.
Il has several churches, one of the
best graded schools in Volusia
county, two general stores, a 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
cral attractions being the excellent
fishing. Port Orange is in the orange
belt and a number OF very fine citrus
groves are nearby, where oranges,
tanaerines and grapefruit hang in
profusion. Some Of the best trucking
land in the State is to be found
thereabout and excellent crops are
raised.
West Of Port Orange a short dis
lance are the remains of the old
Dunlawton sugar mill, a 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 was
operated extensively in those days
but has been in disuse for thirty or
forty years.
A pretty automobile or carriage
drive from DaytOna is via the ocean
beach to the approach of the Port
Orange bridge, across the bridge and
then passing through Port Orange to
the ruins of the celebrated old sugar
mill, returning to Daytona by the
road on the mainland. This drive
affords a very pleasing variety of
scenery.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
DELAND. THE ATHENS OF FLORIDA
IDELAND, the county seat of
-A Volusia County,

4 u
is situated q 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 B.
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
arc over $500, 900 in buildings and
equipment; nearly 100000 endow-
ment; Carnegie Library alone rep
resenting an investment in building,
endowment and books, of more than
$4,000 The library is the United
States Government depository for the
State of Florida, and contains over
$4,000 volumes. Science Hall, one
Of the newest of Is buildings, with
its furnishings, represents an outlay
of $60,O 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 FIVE
miles east of the St. Johns River,son
the high rolling pine land of the
great Orange Ridge" of Florida.
The predominatins products are
oranges and grapefruit, the estimated
crop from this vicinity being over
100000 boxes this year. Grapes,
peaches, pears, Japan persimmons,
plums, pecans, guavas, 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 that
DeLand is a 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 a ten
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 to
DeLeon Springs, five miles, a historic
spot, where $4,000 gallons of water
bubble from the earth every minute.
From DeLand automobiles 60 south
to Osteen, 10 miles, on shell and
mari roads; the ST. Johns is crossed by
ferry near Osteen and cars can then
continue to Sanford and Orlando by
hard road. There is a shell road
from DeLand to Orange City, FIVE
miles, and good road from DeLand
to Lake Helen, like distance.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
LAKE HELEN

Surrounded by several pretty lakes
and guarded by lofty pine trees is
Lake Helen, a winter resort Of no
little Importance. Camp Cassadaga,
a sPiritualistic camp-ground is stu
ated near Lake Helen and at this
place several hundred people make
winter headquarters. A large lumber
mill and the largest brick plant in
the South are located at Lake Helen.
ORANGE CITY
The principal attraction around
Orange City is the many handsome
golden orange groves. The town is
supplied with water said to be the
purest in the world, another attrac-
ton to visitors. It is at Orange City
that passengers over the Florida East
Coast Ry. transfer to CARRIAGES and
drive TO Deland. The town is sur
rounded By land peculiarly adapted
to the cultivation OF citrus fruits.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
CORONADO

Is situated on the peninsula opposite
New Smyrna and is connected by a
good road and bridge over the deep
current OF Indian River. Here you
can put aside your conventional
garb, 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 O. sail boat or IN tbs
ocean surf a short hslf-mile away.
The great varieties OF fish inhabiting
the river and lagoon pass through the
channel from the sea beneath the
bridge. From verandaS, upper bal
comics and windows you behold the
magnificent river, the distant lagoOns
and islands, the forest-covered pen
Ursula and the vast reaches Of the
Atlantic Ocean.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA,


NEW SMYRNA Is Situated fftee1
niles south Of D1ytona and Is al
IDEAL spot reached from Daytona BY
q bard surface road winding through
one OF the most picturesque parts o.
Florida
With its ancient ruins dating bach
10 a time when the history of mar
rnnnsth not, interlaeed with wires Of
the modern telegraph and telephone
It's miles Of shell streets as hard and
smooth as q floor and over-arched by
bozry forest giants that grew in state.
" grandeur during the lapse of by.
gone centuries, New Smyrna is truly
4 place Of romance and rest.
Ali nature here is very inviting to
The tourist and pleasure-seeker. Here
too is TO be found the best fishing and
hnnting 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
Eve church edihces for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population; the town has an excellent
high school, a splendid public lib
rzry, 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 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
10 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 of
pilgrimage for the pious; this rem
dezvous 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. II was built
Of coqaiAa, the roof being of the
same material, cut into thin slabs
and covered with cement plaster.
kxtensive gardens surrounded it.
which were enclosed by a stone
wall, portions Of which still remain.
Visitors usually come in parties
merry and curious but the spell Of
the place soon falls upon them and
they separate TO sit alone, silent and
under the arches or be-
side the ancient we'll.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
BOND SANDSTONE BRICK co.
Manufacturers
manufacturers
Light Granite, Buff, Red and
Drab Brick

Large Capacity InSures Prompt ship
mcuts. Write for Booklet and Prices.
LAKE HELEN. FLA.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-14
HAWKS PARK

4 pretty village located along the
ridge above the Indian River two
and one-haH miles south Of New
Smyrna and connected with fine shell
roads. There is the appearance OF
newness, comfort and seclusion about
the place which stamps it as the abode
OF people who come here to enjoy
the blessings Of outdoor life away
from places where crowds are apt to
gather.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

gers are not cramped and she does not
switch her tail right across the face of
the nilkeI, the man viii be good natured
generous. honest man. but il the COW is
one Of those anarchists who have 10 be
tied 70 The manger. and you have to held
one leg 10 keep her from kicking over the
pail. and she tries 20 run horn into you
the man whose duty it is 70 draw milk
from he. uGder will become harsh. sus-
picious, cruel, tricky and mean, and he
will grind the face Of the poor.
We trust Mr.. Eliot will not ate ,pt 20
buy a COW of a Democrat. There are
many good COWS owned by Democrats. but
they are not for sale, and a Democrat
would sell him a Kicking COW that was
farrow. just to injure his reputation. He
should go to some friend in his own party,
state his case, and if possible get COW
Oh trial.
Another thing-ve would advise Mr.. Eliot
not 20 use one-legsed milking stool. bot
10 &c, one with three legs. is undignIfied
in any man, especially q president emerl-
tus, 10 stretch Out on "a barn floor graspinn-
wildly a nothing with one hand while he
digs the milk Out of his eyes and ears
Wlth the other, with frightened cow
ua ched ip II stan threatening to hook
ms daylight out Get a three legged stool
o. an old soap box Il all this unsolici+.d
out "eH meant advice is taken. the coun-
try VIII be IN no danger from Nr Fuot.s
Ge-4slon 10 keep a COW. and We nope that
many will see him on fine summer morn
ings. as t5e suns golden beams tjnrs ,ba
horizon, driving his COW to pasture sine
Ing merliIy as he slaps her on the nm,
with barrel stave-Calais NE, .d,,ar
tiser
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
Customs Men
ScOrn All
Dictionaries
THEIR ART OF NAMES
Classifying Imports Is a Science
Designed Primarily for
Revenue.

The inane query that a celebrated drama
tist once made in one Of his leading plays
10 the effect, Whats in q name?" insinu-
ating, forsooth, that there was nothing in
it, is nowhere better answered than in the
United States customs appraising offices
here every day in the week. Perhaps il is
true that q rose by any other name would
smell sweet. but ii would not have to
pay the same duty when it makes it's per
fuued passage into the United States from
abroad, as the sorrowful importers learn to
their cost. Whether it comes in as a rose"
and thus an agricultural product, or
whether rs a crude vegetable substance" >"
or in the case of q rose destined 20 adorn
a lady's bonnet, it is listed as "a manufact-
ure of cotton makes all the difference be-
tween . and Is per cent in the payment OF
duty.
Yet all are roses to the dictionary and to
the common parlance Of people who do not
make a business Of classifying things or of
paying money on them after they have
been named
Sir, under what heading have come TO
our shores your imported suspenders?
They are manufactures Of wool" In view
OF which il is no wonder they are hot on
a summers day. is it? And more interest
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
LIQUID LIGHTING GAS.

BIau gas, named for its German inventor
has come into remarkable prominence late
ly because of the uses to which II can lie
put The gas lquefies under pressure
shrinking 10 1-4e0th of its normal volume
at atmosp spheric pressure 1t is therefore
transportable IN steel bottles IS easily as
oil or alcohol, and is disable in places where
gas could not otherwise be readily siu-
piled For ca heating and lighting. In
Welding ana metal cutting tools. far high
speed soldering. it is invaluable. - COZ
tai1s most of the same elements, although
in different proportions. as ordinary Illurnf-
mating gas ana is similarly made hut i
without carbon monoXid, and therefore *
non-poisonous- Also, its chemical inertia *
80 great a. TO make it practically money!
plosive. Its range OF explosion is one
twelfth or acetyiene and one-tnird that -
ordinarT coal gas. II is cheaper 10 produce
than acetylere.-Yout Companion
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
PRESIDENT ELIOT'S cow.

1t is announced that ex-President Eliot
of Harvard will buy and keep q COW this
summer to furnish milk for the family
rather than be obliged to depend on a
milkman who is in the habit Of selling
mixed drink. though the customers prefer
to take il straight.
There is nothing that viii do more to
convince people of the true simplicity Of
a college ex-president than for him TO
keep a COW. No man who habituaIly as
sociates with a COW and stirs up 4 bran
mash and watches her plough her nose
down to the bottom Of the pail in search
OF a potato pairing can be wholly had
If Mr.. Eliot selects q good. honest COW
we have no fear that he viii be a tyrant
in any walk of life. a man is very apt
to absorb many of the characteristics and
traits OF the COW that he miIks If she IS
a good honest. lawabiding COW that
'hoists' et the word Of command, stands
firm and immovable while being MIXED.
and gives down freely. so that the I'm
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

ness The emotion is too great for the stern
old noblernan He turns pallid- Clasps,
spasms and suffocation ensue. Even the
direful death rattle is heard The count
falls dead. locked in Roberts arms.
This denouement differs from that Of the
novel Thus. even the clinical psychologist.
NJ Paul Bourget. makes concession to the
popular wish for happy ending.
I'm Cas- de Conscience" is played ad-
mirably. NJ. Paul Bourget as the Conte
de Rocaueville gives a superb portrait of
the type of the old French nobleman. NJ.
Alexandra. a young ''pensionnaire," acts
with absolute truthfulness and masterful
simplicity the part of the Partisan physi-
clan, Dr. Odru. Seldom has such bleed
ing slice Of realism been seen at the
Theatre Francais. The trend of criticism
is that this stirring. shivering family
tragedy would have found a more suit
able setting ar the Grand Guignol, rather
than IN the classical House of Moliere." ="
r
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
BENEFIT FOR POOR CHILDREN

vaudeville performance in aid Of The
sallator2um for Poor Children. which Is
located Al Rockaway Park. viii be given
a tne Arverne Pier Theatre on Sunda y
nlslt, July p under the direction OF Lew
f1eios and the NessTs. Shubert Among
these who have volunteered to assist are
Blanche Ring. Louis Mann Sam Bernard
Irene Franklin, Eddie Foy, Lew Fields.
Stella MaThe7- Emma Carus Al Leech
Wills s"-sat1an, Fritz Williams. Nat
Fle-cs, Willie Archie. Billy TayIor Burt
Green. The Eight Berlin Madcaps. the Fyde
troupe q Russian Dancers and the Hess
Sisters The surf scene from The Sum
---e- "idowers VII be feature of the
Entertainment
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

ing still is the fact that they are classified
with ribbons and Brussels carpets-alI nm
der the same heading.
But every exact science has 2 no-nen.
clature of its own. and we are not 10 ne
surprised IL taritoiogy" is no exception
TO the rule. How else could we accent the
fact that horses. eggs cows. barley. beans
cider, f1sh, hay and orchids all come vitbfn
the same classification, TO wit, .aEric,,l,-
ural products?
n fact. AL kinds OF cattle. livestock and
Other animals are taxed ev "agriculfura,
PRODUCTS" unless they are trained animals
IN which case they are seized bodily from
their stalls and LED out TO take their place
among the screwdrivers and dentist sum
plies as tools OF trade"
That monographs and graphophonas or.
not musical instruments but, .'rnanufsc,
ures of wax" is a source of gIee m The
music lover and to the tortured flat d1.-a11,-
who IS kept awake nights hearinr !.
canned voice somewhere down the afrsb.r,
asking for the fftieth time Has Apvbod,
Here Seen Kelly" or calling with rim
coquetry upon some one known 70 tbos.
who love him as Billy, Billy b" yas
manufactures Of wax will do as lone
as official language must avoid the greater
pictuvesqueness OF profanity.
Bur here is an item that creates uneasi-
ness Listen 70 this. quoted from the n,
fetal pamphlet that customs appraisers
carry:
"ColorJnG for brandy. wine. beer or otbar
liquors 90 per centum ad vaiorem. Ane
this item comes under the general head;nr
chemicals. oils ana paints" Gastri.
qualns assan the one whose nose is wine
tnged. that his flush may he due TO red
paint instead. rs ne fondly hoped. To tha
ruddy. sun kissed grape, In the same con.
rlvction the perfumed thing who drifts into
the ear in dreary iangGor. leaving a heavy
trail Of musk in the air behind her. would
be brought up with cruel jerk IL she
earned that her poetic odor is listed bv
lie importers a. manufacture Of coal
ar under chemicals oils and paints.
S efe also come court plaster and -ponres
Auors sundr! olbsr surprises OF a similar
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
MUSICAL PLAYS.

The NeSsrs Shubert viii introduce a
the Casino Theatre tomorrow night Eddie
Toy and Emma Carus in Up and Dowr
Broadwsy.-' a summer review by Edgar
Smith. with lyrics and music by jerome
and Schwartz
The piece is frankly described as "a
more or less incoherent resume Of recent
events" with numerous comedy scenes,
burlesoues. new songs and travesties of
PLAYS with twenty-five musical numbers
and sixteen changes Of scenes Besides
Air. Foy and Miss Carus the cast includes
VIDA Whitmore. Phyllis Gordon. La Petite
Adelaide, Ricca Allen, Eva Williams. May
Donough. Anna Wheaton, MAY Dealy. Jes-
sica Worth. Marguerite St Claire, sylvia
Clark. Peggy Merritt, Gloris Pierce, Marie
FLOOD. Mfliicent Ten Eyke, George Ander-
son. Martin Brown. Hans Roberts, Fred
sr;ck Powell, James B Carson, Harry Mac
Donough, il. Ernest Hare, Jack Diamond,
Bobs-t Milliken. Henry Holt. George Ly
man. Harold Rcbe and Ray Dodge.
BROADWAY-Lew Fields ard his large
company in The Summer WiGowers"
JARDIN De PARASITIC Follies of
$500 with Bert Williams Lillian Lcr-
,aIne, Fanny Brice, Julian Mitchell. Bickei
End Watson and chorus OF pretty girls
NEW AMSTERDAN-Fre Thomp-
sons ~Girhes" still fascinates.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
THE IDEAL PRAYER MEETING,

Il . church which could De named the
pastor Vas desirous OF bringing about in =
tsctflI way some fn1DroF ernents IN The mid
HteE service and announced for 2 slyhieo.
''Ths Ideal PRAYER Meeting : rtrobe- of
EelpfEi suggestions had been, made uher
cne protker- known 20 be harmless as q
dove y not as wise as e serpent zot IN
ard SAID
] tnlnk every BODY should come prepared
60 say something, so that no time sho,,i5
be lost except that which is taken by the
pastor"
As he was known 70 he q great admirer
q the pastor. the grzvitV OF the r1aa+snz
Sas somewhat distUrbeG--Toath-s Con-,
snion-
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
PAINS FIREWORKS

Pans fireworks viii again be feature
&C sU-ner amusement in front Of tFe
Manhattan Beach EoteI. where for thirty
yeas they made their home. Exhibitions
ot aquatic fireworks and startling novelties
n Set pieces and aerial displays vii he
given in what is now called the Music
Park
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
VARIETY HOUSES.

AMERICAN ROOF GARDEN Miss
Nina Payne, in La Dsnse de Ia Robe de
Nuit''; James J. Corbett. villa Holt Wake
field CONWAY and Leland and The Barn
Ez--d Romeo" make up an excellent bill
which IS 70 be offered here this week
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
SERIOUS BUSINESS {

Where's yoLr father?" asked the man
On horseback iS man
Up the river fishin" answered f5s ,,.,.
" here's $ your big brother?"
Down the river fishin'"
What are you DOING
'BiEgin' bat"
Hasn't {our @ family anything 20 do but
Mister il on think we're dom tnis r,-
IN Fou Natf HH aear -wAat NAV ~ ?
"e oeste a@.ar without az! fish ~ ASH,
lRgt2n : @taI.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-Laura
Burt and Henry B. Stanford are 10 be the
chief entertainers in The Order of the
Bath. Also Avery and Hart, black-faced
comedians; Valerie Bergere, in What
Happened in Room 44'; the Melnotte
Twins and Clay Smith in q hodge-podge
of singing, dancing and patter, and Irene
Romaine
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
JEWELRY GALORE.

Hrz- Hoz Ie-cosered with levels. isn't
she@
ks Do, ie-Yes. n - 1srd to trIl - first
xlsooe Efeifrr S{2e hei0nES Il lie mineral
- animal kIns DOM Ldfe.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

COLCMBIA-The CoUrtenay sisters. vo-
calists: Gensvieye Warner, harpist. and
Lon Hascan IN Edmond DAYS one-acr
sketch called Pals" VIII be new features
Of the Behman show
New-York tribune., 1910-07-17

- The f0loEiEs artists who VIII be heard
81 recitals and concert. n New York next
eesson are under the exclusive direction ~
Marc L@Een, OF No. ssz Fifth avenue.
Fiorence Austin. the American vioIinie-
Estelle Burns-Roure dramatic sop-ano
clifford Cairns. basso-cantanre. Viola
Naterho0se. lyric soprano. Harriet Foster
American n1ezzo-soprsno-contra F~fos
Ttndolph. coioratura soprano: Alexand.r
Sebaio. Hungarian v.cllnist. and Il. Evan
Williams tenor