The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1921-04-07
FLORIDA WELCOMES NATIONS
EDITORS
EDITOR WRITES AGAIN OF TOUR OF STATE
Enroute to Cuba via Key West
Dear Democrat.

LII Oubt W NeptD 800 AANJ - ~'1e
Dear Democrat.
So many excitingly wonderful
things have happened since ! wrote
you week ago that it will take
months for me to crystalline my I'm
pressions into print. Every where we
have been royalty entertained. At
Lakeland quarter OF one mill tax
levy had been struck by the Board
OF Supervisors to use for our enter
tainment. / should hate to publish
what Wallace Cox might say should
such a motion be made In our own
county court, and our next regular
mass meeting would be well attend
ed You see it Is all different here.
Every man and woman In Florida
is promoting a greater state, and
the spirit of the whole people is to
advertise what they have to offer In
the most attractive way. Florida
has been a revelation to me. Every
where nature has been assisted by
man and money In making thecoun
try more beautiful. 1t looks like a
vast fairyIand just unfolding. 1t is
all new and clean and fresh. Every.
where lands are being cleared and
homes being builded. Work and play
are combined here as have never
seen them elsewhere.
We covered Orange County thor
oughly last Saturday. A banquet
had been spread in our honor the
evening before at the Country Club
Our motorcade started early Sat-
urday for a tour through the citrus
groves We were met at Winter Park
by the reception committee from San
ford. Winter Park is a beautiful lit
tie city. 1t is the home OF Irving
BGcheller. He addressed US at the
banquet the evening before. The
Sanford people took us thru their
Me- sys,s, 9hese,
is Il black rich muck koverlying a hard
pan. This hard pan serves as a basin
and holds the moisture. Artesian
wells abound and Irrigation here. as
In many other places in Florida, goes
hand in hand with drainage. | state
that the soil is black and rich, yet
as much as IA tons OF fertilizer Is used
to the acre, and yet $1,000 per acre is
the average value sof such land.
Truck farming is developed highly
in the vicinity of Sanford. Cucum-
bers, stra wberries and the like are
grown by train loads. We met our
train at Sanford and proceeded to
De Land. Our entertainment at De
Land took the form of barbecue
dinner and an entertainment at the
Commercial Club. We left Volusia
County for the East coast arriving
at Daytona during the night. We
had Il dip in the sea. You who read
the Commercial Appeal may have
read an account OF Jack Senter OF
Columbus rescuing one OF our party
at the Beach. Jack Senter was In
with me at the time. The boy
was being,carried away by the under
tow with his father, and while
Jack Senter went out to the parties
we went for life preservers. After our
swim we Were the guests at the Ho-
tel Ormond for dinner. The dinner
was preceded and followed by a.
boat trip up the Halifax River. The
following morning we assembled at
the Casino and heard two OF the best
addresses OF the "trip. DR.. Goss,
Presby terian Minister, and editor OF
the Cincinnatti Enquirer and Mr.
Edmonds editor of the Manufac-.
turer's Record, were the two distin-
guished speakers OF the occasion. II
our trip had afforaed nothing but
these two addresses,an seeing Mia
mi, the time and money would
have been well spent. Daytona also
Favored us with a buffet lunch at the
Casino.
From Daytona we caught our
train for Fort Lauderdale. We ar
rived in time for breakfast at the
hotel. We were driven out to the
beach for an hours surf-bathing and
with sharpened appetites we ate a
few wash-tubs-full Of fish. The fish
had been prepared in the open. Fish
andfruit make good dinner.
In the afternoon Miami citizens
met us with d hundred automobiles
at Fort Lauderdale. We drove thru
a beautiful stretch OF country. The
foliage seems to change with each
move southwark. The Australian
Pine, the Royal Palm, Royal Ponci-
ana and Crotan add signal beauty
to the already prolific foliage Of the
seIni-tFopics The Australian Pine IL
a rapid grower; 1t has a smooth