The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1915-11-05
Louis Newsome's Success.

L. L. Newsome, son of the late
DR.. L. L. Newsom, and brother of Mrs.
| S. L. Benham and Ed. Newsome, is
at present in Mariana, Fla. The Ma
rianna Times-H Herald of last Thurs
day, in speaking of his presence there
says:
Mr. L. L. Newsome, of La Gloria,
Cuba, arrived in the city last week
and is spending some days here a
guest of his sister, Mrs. A. A. Cal
houn, Jr. Long years ago Mr.. New
some was jackson County boy, liv-
ing at Campbellton where his father,
DR.. Newsome, practiced medicine with
DR.. Holden of our city. From here
Mr.. Newsome went to South Florida
and engaged in the citrus fruit indus
try. The freezes of 'S4 and '85 put
him out of business down there so he
decided to try Cuba. The following
extracts from the Cuba News, an
American newspaper published at Ha-
vana will give his friends some idea
of the success he has attained since
going there:
mi. l.. L. Newsome, one of the
pioneers of La Gloria colony, is in
Havana this week on his way to the
United States, where he will make ar
engagements to send his son to college.
Mr.. Newsome has recently completed
the packing and shipping of little
over 1000 boxes of Cubitas Valley
grapefruit, which, as announced in
last weeks issue of The Cuba News
struck the market just at the right
time, and naturally with the right
kind of fruit, and the result was, he
made killing"
CAS- stated, the last shipment met
a ready sale at little over $500 per
box. net, and he made a good profit on
each shipment he made. While he
was fortunate in striking the market
at the right time, Mr.. Newsome's sue
cess lay largely in the fact of his ex
perience in the citrus fruit business,
not only since his residence in Cuba,
but his experience in Florida before
he came to Cuba fifteen years ago..
at might be added in connection
with Mr.. Newsome's shipments that
of his best returns were included those
which he received through the medi-
UNI of the Cuba Fruit Exchange.
knowing fruit, is half the battle.
Also knowing how to pack and the
proper grading and selecting in or
der that the fruit reach its destina-
ton in the right shape. La Gloria
fruit is now so well known on the
northern market that it is safe to say
that it will always command the high
est prices. ..
"Landing in La Gloria about fif-
teen Years ago with about thirty cents
in his pocket, but with an energy
which never failed him, faith in the
colony which never wavered and
public spirit which never faltered,
Mr.. NewsOme is the answer to the
question, "Does Grapefruit Pay?"
Going to the colony when it was but
a trackless forest, he knows that it is
the paradise of the world. There is
no need to explain how he has always
been at the forefront of every public
spirited enterprise which would tend
to better the condition of the colony,
as well as improve the interests gen
erallv of all the colonists of the island.
His success at eXpositions of citrus
fruit given in Havana, his success in
raising citrus groves for himself and
for others who left their properties
in his charge has given him the rank
of practical expert.
But after all is said of his success
in fruit growing, in specializing, in
his travelling around on vanished cars
and on upholstered cushions, he has
never shed the high water marks on
his shins formed while picking buck
leberries in Florida in his boyhood
days"