The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-03-26

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N The STATE
TELLS Of MS TIP THROUGH
FLORIDA N MS home PAPER
SAYS He NET JOHN D. At DAY.
IONA AND SAW CANALS DUG ~
WHITE SLAVE WOMEN IN the
NTH CENTURY.
The following story which appeared
in recent issue of the Schenectady
UnionlStar. win be Of interest to
Daytona people:
The Hon Henry S. DeForest has
just returned to his home in this city
from 15-day trip through Florida
IN company with his friend the Hon.
James s. Simmons, who for several
terms represented Niagara Falls in
the national congress. Both Mr.. De-
Forests and Mr.. Simmons terms ex-
PRED on March 4. and they at once
set out for tour Of the principal
points of interest in Florida, which in
Guided both coasts of the peninsular
state and ended at Passe-a-Grille, an
Island off the west coast in the Gulf
of Mexico where Mr.. Simmons win
ter home is located.
The tourists were particularly inter
ested in the industrial expansion of
Florida and they also enjoyed the
scenic beauty of the state. The first
place they visited was Jacksonville,
on the east coast. In commenting on
this city, Mr.. DeForest said:
Jacksonville is having a phenom-
inal growth. According to the 1910
census the population was $4,000, but
today it has grown to $4,000 and the
residents talk of 200,0 900 population
I by 1920. The city has many beauti
1 full hotels, the latest being the Sem
mole, named in honor of the Florida
Indian tribe. A dry goods house
which covers a whole city block is
being constructed, the largest in the
state. A new bank, 10 stories high
is being built of marble.
"One section of the city is divided
off for the colored population. Tht
negro colony is Independent in tina
the colored residents conduct thei
} own business enterprises. A larg.
hotel for colored people alone is be
! ing built now.
"On the outskirts of the city W,
: visited a cucumber farm, two acre
of cucumbers under cultivation il
hot houses. Last year the net re
: turns were over $4,000 The noYelt
! of the farm is that at first the owne
: was unable to get results His vine
. flourished. but no cucumbers gre,
thereon. He visited the state e.
perimental station, but the agricul
ural expert could offer no explans
ton. Then he tried an experimen
of his own, working on the theor
that all vegetables have male and 1
t male varieties, he decided that b
: could make his cucumbers fertile b
. introducing bees into the dollhouse
: to spread the pollen. To his gratif
:. cation, immense quantities of prim
cucumbers were the result.
j, ''Daytona was the next coast cit
b visited by US. 1t is small tow
:, but one of the prettiest in Florid
and one of the prettiest in the coul
: try. The streets are beautifully orn
n mented with palms and oaks wit
hanging moss. Daytona has MAJ
beautiful hotels. While here / W;
4 introduced to John d. RockefelIe
4 Standard Oil Magnate. Mr. Rockefe
d Ter was stopping at the ClarendC
n hotel.
i Refused Aeroplane Trip
ut was at Seabreeze that Miss Ru
Law, a beautiful girl of 20, tax
passengers up in her aeroplane, Il
? cost of the trip being SIS or 5
G graded according to the length of t
= flight. declined an invitation
i. ascend, preferring to remain on tt
"a firma.
in the vicinity of Daytona we So
= many mounds of oyster shells, viii
had been thrown up there by the
dams several centuries ago. In 9th
~ places we saw these high mount
which we heard were at last bel
|p put to practical use-the state
~ using them in making roads.
Here we also heard another
ed teresting story. Running across t
town is a drainage canal built ira