The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-02
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA
NEW SMYRNA is situated fifteen

miles south OF Daytona and is an
ideal spot reached from Daytona by
a hard surface road winding through
one OF the most picturesque parts of
Florida.
With its ancient ruins dating back
to time when he history of man
runneth not, inter laced 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 pl easnre-seeker. Here
too is to be found he 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
Ave church edifces for white people
and an equal number for the colored
population; the town has an excellent
high school, splendid public lib
rafy and up-to-d ate 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 divided into small farms which
can be bought ut 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 quarter miles
southwest of New SmE-na. 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 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 parties
merry and curious but the spell OF
the place soon falls upon them and
they separate to sit alone, silent and
meditative, under the arches or be-
side the ancient we'll.
CORONADO
Is situated on the peninsula opposite
New Smyrna and is connected by
good road and bridge over the deeI
current Of Indian River. Here yol
can put aside your conventiona
garb, breathe in large and deep tn
| salty tonic of the sea and enjoy your
self to your hearts content with ro'
| and reel in row or sail boat or IN tn
/ ocean surf a short half-mile away
| The great vari cites of fish inhabitin
| the. river and lagoon pass through tn
channel from the sea beneath IN
| bridge. From verandas, upper oal
| comics and windows you behold tn
ma2n1nCent river, tnS oASeoAs
! and islands, the forest-covered PEI
/ insula and the vast reaches OF IN
Atlantic Ocean.
I HAWKS PARK
III A pretty village located along III
4 ridge above the Indian River t"
and one-hali miles south OF Ne
J Smyrna and connected with fine she
= roads. There is the appearance I
)i newness, comfort and seclusion aoo'
the place which stamps it as the aooe
of people who come here to enje
the blessings of outdoor life ava
from places where crowds are apt
gather.