The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-18
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA

NEW SMYRNA is situated fifteen
niles south Of Daytona and is an
deal spot n ached from Daytona by
! hard surface road winding through
,ne OF the most picturesque paris Of
Florida.
With its ancient ruins dating back
to 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 erterprising, and all unite
in extending the welcome hand of |
hospitality to strangers. There are
FIVE church edifces 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 to meet your requirements
Adjoining New Smyrna is as fine
section of vegetable land as can be
found anywhere. This land has
been divid ed 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 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
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 Gag 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
can put aside your conventions
earb, breathe in large and deep tn
salty tonic of the sea and enjoy youl
| self to your hearts content with 70
| and reel in row or sail boat or in tn
| ocean surf a short half-mile AVA
| The great varieties of fish inhabitin
| the river and lagoon pass through til
| channel from the sea beneath ID
| | DT1QpS, NSIdAd6SS aPPSA ~
| comics and windows you behold tt
! magnificent river, the distant lagoon
I and islands, the forest-covered PEI
insula and the vast reaches OF II
Atlantic Ocean.
| HAWKS PARK
| A pretty village located along II
: ridge above the Indian River ts
and one-half miles south OF Ne
J Smyrna and connected with fine she
- roads. There is the appearance
)l newness, comfort and ssclusion aoo
the place which stamps it as the aoo'
of people who come here to. enJ'
the blessings of outdoor lie a"
from places where crowds are apt
gather.