The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-31
INTERESTING VISIT TO
EAST COAST CITIES.

Editor Telegram: WIFE and re-
turned from our first visit to the
east coast Monday evening. We GER
tainly had IA most delightful trip.
We not only toasted our eyes on new
and strange scenes. but enjoyed a
delightful feast of soul at the Jack
sonyille district convention of the
Methodist Episcopal church. which
was held at st. Augustine Oct. 21-23,
in our beautiful church at that place.
Rev. ]. II. Martin, d. D., pastor OF
the church, proved himself a fire
host, and the members of the con-
yention were heartily welcomed and
entertained in the Methodist homes
81 the town.
The papers read and addresses dc
.iycrcd were of an exceptionally high
order; as good as it has ever been
my privilege to listen to on similar
Occasion. The address Of Bishop F.
ID. Leete, of Atlanta, Ca, on the
PHILOSOPHY OF Happy Life was
/ par excellence.
In the line OF sightseeing We wer'.
greatly delighted. St. Augustine is
supposed to be the Oldest town in the
United States and was settled by the
Spaniards in September, 1866, ami
remained under their control for
arout two centuries. 1t was our priv
! ilcse to see an old house built about
$40 years ago. 1t is made Of coquina
rock, and is in good state of pre-
Isrryalion. Old Fort Marion. built OF
the same material and which was
about 100 years in building by the
Sraniards, is in good condition and
looks like it might be in just as good
sLape Il THOUSAND years hence. The
I'D city gate through which all COM
crs and soers had 70 pass centuries
aso. still stands; the walls and piers
either side the gate are also made
o. coquina rock The streets are
quaint st. & or2c street, the maii
business street running north and
south, is only seventeen feet wide
The east end Ct Treasury street Is
only seven feet wide.
There arc sonle very fine mcdcrl
buildings in the city, amor g WHICH
are the Ponce dc Leon and Alcazar
hotels built and furnished at cost
OF more than three million dollars,
the property of Henry NJ. F'lagler,
the owner Of the Florida East Coast
railroad, which now extends from
Jacksonville to Key West, a distance
Of some 800 miles. Then there arc
several fine churches, among which
is our own The church and parson-
age We're butt at cost Of more than
100000
Here We { our first sight of the
ocean. aud to us il WAS a grand sigh
We next visited our old friend, tne
Rev H. II. Bowen, of Daytona Beacl.
who came south for his health abotl;
two years ago. and, thanks to The
EcOd Father. he now claims to 10
well. Here is ono of the finest. T.
not the finest, beaches in the world
We made an auto trip for twentv
miles up and down the beach on tn.
finest road | ever rode over. and i,ls,
a few hours before it had been undc,,
water.
Daytona, Il city of about 10000
i divided from Daytona beach by til,
tirlitaN river. more than one-haI:
mile wide at this point We had a
delightful auto trip over her streets
ana drives. The city seems to b.
very much alive.
On Monday morning we made tn.
trip via auto to DeLand, distance
o: twenty-six miles. in one and one
quarter hours. Here we found a fine
town. the Stetson university, etc.
But We saw nothing in all our trio
to equal Lakeland