The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-01-12
COLEMAN AND
SUMTER COUNTY
ONE OF THE FINEST COUNTRIES IN
THE WORLD
and Fruit Growers and a Paradise
for Tourists and Sporfsmen

Last week Mr. and Mrs r. X. Car
roll and their little daughter, Merris.
went down to Coleman, 81 miles south
of Ocala. in their automobile and spent
two days most delightfully."- as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles VI.
Watson, paying also short visits to Mr..
and Mrs. George r. Watson and Mes
It. III. and ". J. Wicker and we can
not remember ever having spent a
more enjoyable time than the two days
spent at Coleman with these kind and
hospitable families
The road from OcaIa to Coleman,
while only hard to Belleview on this
end, is fairly good though at times the
sand is pretty heavy. On the other
end the road Is clay and when not too
wet is a good road for about eight
miles. Almost the entire distance the
country is delightfully."- changing and
pretty with hundreds of farms and
settlements. Indeed, one is scarcely
out of sight of house and clearing on
the entire route and we were impress
ed with the many new houses and
newly cleared tracts Of land and 9th
ers just being made ready for the plow
Thursday morning, an ideal day for
dog and gun. the men folks in two
four dogs drove out south of Coleman
about four miles and spent the day
after quail, and the newspaper man
had the best days sport he has ever
enjoyed. The woods were high, dry
and open and the buggies were driv-
en- right along after the hunters all
day. so that after the long circle tina,
we made the hunt was finished in the
late afternoon within a mile of town
without tiring the hunters to any ap-
preciable extent.
The country is full Of birds, though
the gentlemen told US that a little
farther down there were many more
TO be found. The dogs of the Wicker
brothers We're bought in Georgia, full
blooded pointers, with one setter. al,
most a puppy yet, but with the nose Of
a veteran. These dogs would range
all around through the open wood:
and IL was never many minutes til
they would come to a point. and there
was always something there, either
single bird, if we had just been intt
them, or a new covey. All through tn.
day the dogs never flushed a bird o1
failed to bring in a dead one Tht
Wicker brothers always insisted on ths
Star man having the first and bes
fun and used more shells. even if HI
did not bring down the greatest mum
ber of birds.
AT noon we stopped beneath the huge
live oaks and pine trees on the bank!
of Warm Springs and had a splendiC
lunch, prepared by the ladies' accom-
panied by the clear, pure water from
the spring, which rises right in tn.
edge Of the high pine woods 1t il
high and dry on three sides. covers {;
quarter Of an acre, is clear as crysta
and would supply a city with water
From this spring a large creek flow
and increases in size as other spring
add their overflow to it's waters and
mile below the road crosses on a sub
stantial bridge and bath houses hav'
been constructed. where the people o
Coleman on warm summer days e.
and take a plunge in the cool waters
The hammock along the banks o
the creek widens out and crook
around, following the stream, an,
forms what is known as Warm Spring
Hammock, a tract of land that is IA
nous and of which we shall have NOR
to say later.
number of the birds were prepared 70
supper by Miss Cornelia Wicker, at tn
home of her father, Mr.. T. II. Wicker
where the three families took supper