The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-21

suited to citrus culture and the vine
as we'll as other fruits. Almost every
variety Of soil known is found here. II
seems 10 be a sample of soils. The
rad clay suited TO brick is abundant
in the Northern part. while the kaolin
mines Of the South yield the whitest
earth made into buff brick and finest
china, and other tableware. In the
Central part, the phosphate mines are
the greatest in the world. In the flat
woods country there the prairies suited
TO and used for grazing thousands of
cattle
Natures Great Gift.
Underlying a vast portion Of the
state there is a substratum of porous
limestone many feet in thickness. cas-
lily mined and when burned yields the
highest quality of builders lime.
This lime is sent TO all parts Of the
Union and is used for lime plaster or
fertilizer, disinfectant. and cement. The
lime development has scarcely been
touched.
Correlated with this great industry
Is the lumber industrE "-."'1 j the
greatest IN the South. The far-famed
yellow pine used to build and finish
and Is exported by train load and ship
load to every city and every port The
same may be said for cypress lumber
which is manufactured into shingles.
tanks, doors. sash and fine interior fin
sh. The annual value of the cypress
lumber industry is rated at several mil
lions
The naval stores industry is quite as
great as the milling interests Is Flo
rida now ranks first and is destined
to hold first place for many years to
come.
This magical land yields the most
valued species Of cotton, the Sea Island
variety, and throughout the State there
are the factories for its manufacture.
The sweet potato, the velvet bean
and corn culture are increasing yearly
and it has been predicted that these
three products are destined to revolu-
tioniza the general farming of the
state. The potato is to be manufa ctur-
ed into meal similar to the German
potato meal and the velvet bean is to
be made into a food product as valu-
able for man as it is now known to be
for cattle
Sugar VIII be Grown on Gigantic Scale
Again Florida, if planted to sugar
cane, there would be yield enough to
compete with both Cuba and the Philli-
pines. Only lack of laborers has hin
dered the larger development of the
sugar interests.
The educational system of the state
| is excellent. The state and county Of
ficerS directing the aduca tional affairs
| have been very patriotic and each year
! the school system is made stronger.
The plan is to have the school Of eight
| months in every district and the same
| to be in charge of competent instruc-
| tors. There are a dozen schools of
| high order and four maintained by the
state.
| Progressive and Rich in Cities
| One Of FlOrida's features is the oldest
and newest cities St. Augustine. the
oldest city in America Is what the poet
| said about thing of beauty 1t seems
! to be JOY for everybody, as the pou-
lation sWellS from 1000 in the summer
! to siXty-five thousand in the winter
| The palatial hotels known as Ponce de
| Leon, Breakers, Biscayne and Royal
Palm, make the whole of the East
Coast, which has been developed and
| properly dominated by the a Bile capital
| list, Henry NJ. Flagler like a fringe of
|
| Palm Beach and Miami have risen up
as it were in a night. Then on the St
Johns at the gateway of the state lies
| a city, Jacksonville, already the New
York Of the South. 1t has risen, Phoe-
nix like from the dust and ashes, until
| today its growth since the great fire
that Frustrated it. is unparalleled, by
any other city its size This city has
more from n
| more fine homes and sky scra pers for
business purposes, more miles OF paved
streets, a larger volume of shipping
both by rail and stea mship than any
other city its size in the world. Its
growth is estimated to be 100000 in
the year 1850. And judging the future
| by the past it is evident that the fig
ures are not eXtravagant. This city
| Is one of the railroad centers of the
South, center for naval stores bust
ness and boasts of many wholesale
| houses that furnish food and clothing
| to a wide area. Pensac cola, on the land
| locked harbOr Of the same name, is
vigorous city and is a chief shipping
point. Its progress and commerce offer
| openings TO the young men of every
! race. Tampa at the head of Tampa Bay
| controls the shipping of phosphate rock
! and much lumber. It is the cigar cen
ter of the universe. The United States
! internal revenue on cigars alone, is two
million dollars a year. The city is
| growing rapidly and offers rare oppor-
| tunities for the men of muscle, brains
| or money.
| Tallahassee. the capital. St. Peters
| burg the plasure center Of the West
! Coast and Gainesville. are small cities
| that have great promise.
| Ocala, the gem city of the interior
is one Of the most substantial of the
smaller cities 1t is growing in leaps
featuring plants and great stores show
| that It Is a gem in the center of
safe prosperity. Here IS the center OF
phosphate mining, naval stores indus
! try. lime manufacturing and lumber
/ industry
! Florida beckons the wise man to come
and join in its development and points
out railway system unsurpassed also
to a railway built for hundreds Of miles
over the sea and extending to the
island city Of Key West the naval base
Of the South.
Unique and Wonderful Attractions
The natural beauty Of a thousand
lakes. the Hmpid waters Of Silver
Springs. ana just beyond the raging
waters Of the Oklawaha. the waters
as blue a indigo known as blue springs
and n another section waters that are
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