The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-01-10

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I be equivalent of carrying Goals to
New Castle
| The world likes cucumbers, espec-
tally when they are high-priced, and
| it pays fancy price for them in the
Fearly spring. The growers around
Williston have a congenial soil and a
favorable climate for raising cucum-
bers in quantities-hence it is that
the demand in the Northern market
finds supply in Levy County. and
while the gales of March are sweep
ing over the barren fields of the
North. the Williston trucker is imita-
ting the busy little bee from early
morn till dewy eve, and with jealous
care, coaxing his coming crop.
In April and May the Grating and
shipping begin, and buyers throng the
local depot platform. Fifty-seven
thousand crates of "cukes" have left
this one station in a single season.
Small wonder, then that King "Cuke"
! is held in great reverence.
This anne table delicacy is grown
successfully in hundred other Flor
ida sections, but certain points be-
come known transcendently for one
thing. Williston's fame rests with
the cucumber, and Williston is con-
tent to let it goat that
| The Western Panhandle of Florida
, is. in dimensions, almost an empire
| by itself, it being nearly four hundred
miles from Jacksonville to Pensacola.
Tallahassee, the quiet, dignified,
easy-going old capital. is hospitable
and pleasing city to be in, and is not
only the comfortable abode of those
connected with the State government
and the seat Of two colleges. but at
tracts large numbers of visitors who
are drawn by the complacent and rest
full air, and by the social and intel
lectual environment of tht capital city.
| Two important points lie West of
the neutrality-suspicious. and Pen
sacola The former is port Of entry.
has direct steamer connection with
Mobile and New Orleans. and ships
large quantities of oysters and lum-
lber It's maritime trade is of growing
importance and is destined to make
this one of the principal ports on the
Gulf Coast.
Pensacola is strategically located
IGulf Port city at the extreme western
end of the State. and fully nine hun
dred miles from Key West, the other
extreme. 1t was settled by the Span
iards in 1855 and is admired for its
broad and densely shaded streets and
handsome homes. The fishing indus
TRY is the most extensive on the en-
tire gulf. and the lumber industry is
enormous, employing thousands Of
men.
The Spanish conquerors who first
subdued the Indians and established
colonies have left their impress on the
names of streets, and Spanish deriva
ltives show color in the naming of
Istreams and natural phenomena just
as the Indian occupancy Of Florida
through past centuries has left its
mark in the naming of rivers and bays
land inlets and lakes. Where else in
the world are there names more in
ldicative of the noble red man than
iare to be found in the "Caloosahat-
lchie" River, Lake "Tohopekaliga,"
Lake "Palatlakaha," the "Suanee"
River, Lake "Okechobee," the "Kis-
simmee" River, Lake "Minnehaha,"
the "Oklawaha" River, and down on
the Gulf Coast ten miles from Tarpon
Springs. close to Anclote Harbor a
little river exists with the charming
name of the "Pithlachacootee." Still,
this is more pleasing than one of the
points near known on the may as Hog
Island.
A MIGHTY CONCERTED