The Bolivar County Democrat., 1921-02-05

they spend in entertainment. Most of these peo-
Pile do not go to the hotels; they have their own
homes, winter palaces by the summer sea-
These varying pocketbooks have caused great
variety in the decoration and cost of the hostei-
ries, which seem to spring up all over Florlu''
There are places for the rich man. the poor man
and even for the man who has large family, Dut
has the money and disposition to give them Il
good time. There are places where one can speho
$40 day land up" also modest little ho'e's,
where So and $4 day is charged for room anu
meals. In nearly all of them the American plan
prevails. fair average charge is sS a day
Even this amounts to an enormous sum- For
if each of the 100000 persons stays on an average
of weeks, that brings the total or hotei
charges to $44,SOOOO0.
Homes Owned by Northerners.
The homes also not all of magnificent pre-
tension. There are thousands of others. Around
St Petersburg has grown up a large colony or
reasonably priced homes, and at west Palm Beach
is another group of homes owned by persons OF
unassuming prosperity. In Miami, which in the
last ten years has grown faster than any other
city in the country, and is now busting place Of
$4,000, are still other houses which are not neigh
borhood show places. 1t is estimated that lo per
cent of the people who go to Florida own their
homes, and that the average valuation is
about $1,000. But 10 per cent of 100000 is 49,
900, which gives real estate valuation of $32O,-
100000 owned by Northerners. The tax from this
is source of profit TO the state
The cost of travel alone is tremendous. An av-
erage round trip fare including Pullman, would
be about $780,. and when 100000 persons spend
that it means a revenue tosthe roads Of $20OOO,-
600. And there's the gasoline!
What is spent for amusement only be
guessed at, for it is a sum that varies according
to the and habits of the individual. Some
of those who own beautiful homes and entertain
lavishly spend sums that make the ordinary trav
elers expenses seem picayune, and the people
Ubn a at tbp hOta ole narf
with considerable amounts for ordinary diversion.
This is outside the large sums which dropped
in of the gambling places that may make
the Southern tour exciting.
But 1t would probably not be wide of the mark
to say that an amount equal to the average living
cost of So day is spent by every visitor to the
Carolnas and Florida, which would amount to
more than $40,O00OOO. This would include golf
fishing, autoing boating and all the diverting
sports that offered by the ingenuity of the
promoting population
Golf Is Popular.
Golf is perhaps the favorite diversion of those
who go South. There are no better courses in the
country. From the time the first visitors to Ashe
Vile and Aiken tee up early in November until
the returning throng from Florida again invades
the Carolina and West Virginia hills there is a
constant procession of the best golfers in the
country over the magnificent courses. Many of
the clubhouses are huge and costly affairs and
membership ices are |Sufnciently large to appall
the average individual. But there are smaller
and less expensive links which crowded with
just as enthusiastic stick swngers as play the
more exclusive links.
Pinehurst always opens the golf season with
tournament early in November Southern Pines
takes care of many golfers, Asheve, Aiken and
Augusta all have good links, but when one reaches
Florida the number of courses almost would en-
able one to play across courses from Jacksonville
to Key West. One of the most famous is the ST.
Augustine golf course, one of the oldest golfng
clubs in the South. There are two big courses at