Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-02-17
Hoxseys Return
From Trip To
South In Motor

the beach, swim a little, and take a
few sun baths in the sand. Then be-
gin to look up old friends and acquain
tances. We had a nice little visit
with Nh. and Mrs. A. P. Green. We
expected to see DR.. Wallace and Col.
R. M. White there but they had left
a day or so ahead of us. I saw their
tracks in the sand, they had left not
very far from Mr.. Mac Sennett's
folks playground. We met up and
got very well acquainted with Mr..
v. R. Irwin and wife, Ex-Mayor of
st. Paul. We shared our car and gas
oline with them the last week or
more. They are very fine people; as
congenial as you will find anywhere.
On driving about Miami, we saw
a very dirty little poodle dog. Mrs.
Hoxsey said Come here you little
dirty dog" A small boy stepped
around the corner that seemer to own
the dog, and called to the dog "Come
here tourist, where are you stop
oin?" You can easily see what some
Florida Crackers call us tourists. I
like Miami. 1t is a hourishing pleas
ure resort, and it's future seems to be
the best in Florida.
Jacksonville is the commercial city
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Hoxsey return
RI Sunday from a delightful outing
in Florida. The trip was made in
their motor car. The following letter
written the Ledger by Mr.. Hoxsey
arrived in this city almost on the
same day he did.
DAYTONA, Florida.
Feb. 8, 1921,
Mexico Ledger,
Dear MITCHELL
If this Letter escapes your waste
basket, correct my mistakes and re.
write to our friends, that they may
know that a very beautiful red bird
awoke me early this morning anG
thinking Of home and the pretty
winter weather you seem to be hav.
ing, hence my attempt to start home
this week.
On arriving in Miami, we, like
many other tourists, start out to d.
of this State on the East Coast. Las
Thursday our friends, MI. and Mrs
Irwin, with us, motored to Fl. Laun
derdale; stayed all night there and
part of next day. The surrounding
country seems to be very tropical ant
vegetables grow in abundance. Thu
vegetables are brought in to thi.
shipping point by one horse wagon
drawn by mules or horses; thes'
wagons have very wide tires to keel
them from going down in the sand
Trucks. seem to gather up these veg
etables along the hard roads, an,
small boats gather them up aloni
the Indian River. New York, Oh
cago, and st. Louis buyers r see
on this market early every morning
A commission man, who had ben 10
Gated at TT. Lauderdale about ST
years, told me they were not CROWN
half as much as they were two 0
three years ago; told me prices wer
not good enough. I believe he is mis-
taken. The growers, / think are to
lazy to work. I saw the new pea
sell for $3.50 to $500 per hamper
green beans $500 per hamper; rip
tomatoes $500 to $500 per case
beets, bell peppers, green onions an
radishes look fine and bring goo
prices.
Friday we motored to TT. Pierre
When darkness overlook us about 8
miles out, we ran out Of gasolin'
! Mr.. Irwin suggested he would sto
a tourist and ride to the next tow
, which was four or five miles ahea,
After getting the gasoline in a fly
, gallon can with no top or spout 0
it, he had some trouble in getting
, way to ride back. One man in
. Ford car proposed to take him baci
The gasoline man told him not |
: start with this fellow, as he was
j bad man. He said, only a week ae
he was in a small boad loaded wit
! whisky; he held up the crew, mao
! them get off on an island and lie.
them there in the night and process
ed to this coast with his cargo. I
q passed that man up. Called on al
other, he having a very large gu
buckled around his waist, said yes,
would take him. Mr.. Irwin got in /
the back seat Of the car and tht
stopped and picked up another ma
g and two women, all seemed to ha7
!. guns on them. They drove to with
9 a quarter Of a mile Of us. MI. Irwi
very nervous trying to get his mon'
q in his shoe and keeping both han
at the sane time on the gasoline ca
He noticed two green lights and
g said: 4Shall / get out?" they So
! mo" in 4 very crouch way. AT Z
same time they all got out, but O
+ woman. She had the largest gun q,
had the steering wheel in her han
She delivered Mr.. Irwin in a *