Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-05-21
NTEREsr1NG nm S or LiIHEK
N BEAUTIFUL MIAMI FIJI.
Where Good Roads and vehicles De-
pressed Street Car Line ONE
Striking Impressions.
By Noah Ne Hollowell.l

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glimpse inside the pearlg gates be
would no doubt be Impressed vita
golden streets, the musical rustling Of
angels wings and sweet strains 9f
enchanting music, for when the ord
nary person visits city or oon1fnaln-
ity for the first time he gains first i'm
pressions which are usually lasting
When we visit large cities We are
impressed with the pkyscrapers con
gested traffic, etc, and when we acct
#dentaIiy fall into struggling village
we arr impressed and we1l-nigh over
come with an inexp licabIe laziness,
WEAKNESS, sluggishness
When a. visitor by luck first drops
into Hendersonville be is fayoFably
impressed with our wide sidewalks
and streets. almost Immediately
clean: the hnstling, busting life; the.
climate, scenery and numerous other
things of which the city boasts. II Of
which is by way Of explanation Of tia.
fact that new places make new i'm
ipressions, hence this article, which
was inspired by a visit to the beauti-
full hustling city Of Miami, Fla and
which the writer trusts will be of in
terest to large number Of the read
Eers OF the Democrat who have never
decreased the privilege Of visiting this
progressive city in the beautiful semi
tropical cline Of Southern Florida.
In going from Hendersonyille to
Jacksonville, distance of 456 miles, a
little over half way TO Miami one does
mot notice a marked change IN vege7
ltation or temperature, but bearing
Isouthward from the Florida Metropc-
| lis he sees a change by the time he
reaches the historic and progressive
Icity of st. Augustine, 81 miles below,
| for it is here that a little semi-tropi-
cal fruit is. found. Soon the great
irish potato belt, where they dig spuds
early in May, is crossed, and then for
1.-THE greater part the east coast as
? traversed by the Florida East Coasl
railway is a desolate looking country
covered with scrub and cabbage pal
metto, few pines and some grass.
Meanwhile the train passes num-
, her of meautiful little towns composed
mostly of winter tourists or new set
: tiers who are nursing and dreaming
of the happy day in the tat distan1
future when their orchards will grot
them untold riches. For miles am
miles the railroad follows the Indial
. friver on which grow some of the fines
3 fruits in the world, and the breez
from the river, which is cut OF from
5 the ocean by narrow, broken strips 0
$ land, is perfectly delightful in sum
d ner. Here and there can be foun
0 orchards of grape fruit, oranges, etc
t and farther south is the great pineap
d pie belt, showing signs OF neglect j
: latter years. Then come orchards Cd
lore and soon you are in Miami, by tn
Maintains called the Magic City," tn
name being justly deserved, for abou
16 years ago this city was hardly
d 1.-THE map. When the railroad entere
Miami 1876 mills from Key West. tn
southernmost point of Florida, :,
= sprung up like mushroom over nigl
q and the impresstng beauty of the eli
IN kept up its magic growth until toda
le 1.-The Metropolis OF Southeastern Flor
g. da claims population anywhere fro
d, fourteen to eighteen thousand. q
DO number of inhabitants dependi1
II more or less on the loyalty and boos
he Ting spirit of the population make
at The population is there alright al
Id evidently there are few drones infes
he ing the city for every thing works III
g. magic. even the material with wh1'
b. they build their superb roads at
be trifling cost.
IA Aside from the tropical=like ae
To thetic side of the city with its banal
is and cocanut trees shaking themselv
It Justify and threatening to pound Q
or4 on the head as he walks through t
city: the orange. lemon, grape a
!e- numerous other fruits Of which :
fl average Carolinian has never heal
gal Eone is impressed with the unlimit
81 stretch of fine hardsurfaced roa
til heading to every mans pig pen
to The natives evidently believe u
tie, their roads we're not built simply
ter Tournament that beautiful count
ce, therefore comes the mode of1ocon
ace ton with which one is indelibly
ties pressed. Even ina burg OF this 8
ace one is kept constantly lodging iron
ent motor propelled vehicle of some n
will They are there In almost untold NJ
ere bers. Cycle riding isjust as conn
ow among the feminine as masculine
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