Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-03-21
Los Angeles 100 % 81
San Diego llO 25 S.

Sn Tie temperature is hardly ever
below IS and never above 96, the
average being about 65 with very
LITTLE rain il winter Sometime be-
for, W. Flagler died he was in
New York talking to a man about
Miami: "Where the deuce is Mi
ami, asked the New Yorker" In
Florida, said Mr.. Flagler.
But where is Florida, he asked?"
Mr.. Flagler replied: You go to
lax and follow the crowdn'
Last year Miami lad 10000 visi-
tors, this season she has over one
hundred thousand. Her streets are
clean aud wide. Her buildings
white and attractive and the roads
the best in the world. 1t is easy to
make gooi roads, as it is a level
country with little grading. They
dig up the rock ready at hand along
the side of the road and crush and
make a foundation, then smear a
tar mixture on that and then pour
oil over this and make ii soft,
smooth and water proof.
In consequence of their good
roads. not only in Miami but all
over the State, you see swarms of
costly automobiles. and very few
horses or mules. The visitors bring
their automobiles along with them.
In fact, in the river just back of
the Royal Palms Hotel is long
line of private yachts, and many out
in the harbor; some costing half
million dollars, and on these yachts
they bring automobiles galore, and
roll them off the yacht ready for
travel; them many tourists come
down from the great North-middle-
west in their automobiles. We saw
a party of big.framed canadian
women in Miami who came all the
way in an auto, and wandered
about and stopped wherever night
caught them. Besides the Deering
Estate and William Jenning Bryan's 8
home, Miami abounds in magnifi-
cent homes of millionaires, who
like birds of a feather flock together.
There are several large banks in
Miami and to show the strength of
them, take the First National. 1t
has as handsome building as you
will find in any large city with paid
up capital sl5o,OOO, surplus and
profits $4,000, and resources
amounting to s3,5oo,ooo. There
are several as large department
stores there as are in Augusta, Ga,
with Kress and other ten cent stores.
There is a curtis flying machine
government station here, and you
can look up any time of the day and
see these aviators sailing up in the
air, and we noticed several buzzards
flying around these air ships, as if
they wondered what business these
machines had up in their territory =
alas! the buzzard only feeds upon
the dead, but the chief purpose of
these human birds of prey is to des-
troy human life, as the present Yep
pelins are teaching women and
children. They will allow visitors
to ride up in these airships and take
birds eye view of the country, for
fifteen minutes at sl.O0 a minute.
| did not care to spend SIS that
way. Tho many people, even la
dies go up. Biscayne Bay, between
Miami and Miami Beach, 80 miles
in length and . miles wide, is one
of the best land.locked harbors in
the South. Here every year is a
mid-winter regatta, where the finest
boats compete in the boat. racing
attended by thousands of people.
But the chief charm of Miami is
the numerous places to go. Bis
cayne Heights, 5 miles north, car
leaves every two hours, round trip
40 cents; Cocoanut Grove. miles
south, Bus leaves every little while,
25 cents each way; Ocoll Park,
north west, fare 10 cents. A de-
lightful trip is up the Miami river
in boat, to Musa Island and the
Everglades. The scenery up the
river is grand, and at Musa Island
we land amid groves of cocoanuts,
palmetto's, bananas, orange groves
and grape fruit orchards. There is
refreshment room where you are
served with a punch made of the
pieces of seven different kinds of
fruit; the lemon, lime, orange, grape
fruit, cum quart, pineapple and al
Iigator pear.
Then a trip to Marine gardens
out in the sea. You go in a boat
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