Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-06-24
ST. AUGUSTINE FL RIDA
BY JAMES FAuLK.

'Onlteu OtateS-UdS hu Oiu p4te w
the city and new section. The|
new section is that IN which the two
great notes.-the Ponce De Leon and
the Alcaesar. built without stints OF
money bv the Flagner interests
are located, in fact they face .on the
main street of the city down which
The street cars glide coming from
the depot, for while the depot is not
located on thisStreeJ its located near
It's foot on cross section street
which IS passed by the cars as they
make the loop of the city. This
street is heautified by line of shade
trees in the gutter sections of ii to-
wards the depot. On IL is located
10 such quiet zone large hospital
aud also the southern Methodist
church. Two stately churches the
Presbyterian and Northern Method
list are located the one on cross
street and the other on rear street
- the great Ponce De Leon shotel
and we notice that they are Memoir
| al churches built by Mr. Flagner and
are fine piles of massive stone tr-
ished off IN beautiful style of archi-
lecture the reddish coIors OF the fin
fishing stones of which are in harmo-
ny with the color scheme of the great
hotel
AS this street goes farther in to-
wards the river front il is given over
to the great retail and department
stores which are modern ones and d
lcredit to the shopping center OF any
lefty. A cross street bisects such
main street near the post office,
which building is of the old low
built Spanish-style OF architecture
CONSTRUCTED out of dull colored white
stone or stucco with yellow paint
finishing. 1t Is a fairly comforta-
lble building inside for postotfice pur.
poses and is said to be almost I'm.
, changed as it was in the days ol
spanish possession. Near such
building are the park ;one to its rear
which faces the side of Sthe Ponce
De Leon hotel and has nice concrete
walks aud lawns. and trees and
shrubbery- The one across the side
i no al
park from Spanish possession day
and has. some monuments .tsllng, o
the historic changes of the city ano
severa. fountains and shade house:
, besides the usual run of open all
seats round the band-stand. Here
in the evenings the populace gather
for their plaza treat OF music arc
social mingling and to enjoy the sei
t breeze which comes blowing in, cool
i ling them as thev sit or stand while
the bind plays their popular airs
We get to hear the band which is en-
gagged while we are there and II
j draws a vast throng of people anC
| is immensely popular with its selec-
ltions and renditions. Across from
this sq uare on the next street run
ming parel'el with the main street is
, an ancient Catholic church which
$ has the same old bell of Spanish co
> lonial days and up on a cornice-stont
near SUCH bell is chlseled In letter.
plain even TO this late day, the
: latitude and longitude Ofsthe city D
5 St. Augustine. Running across The
main street and past the posi- Office
lis narrow street which grows mar
rover as it is traversed and which
LEADS on past some american shops
! and hotel to the READ OLD CRY, where
! we find the sidewalks so narrow il
places and the houses set SO. irregu
lar in the street that we have tC
walk single file and in places walk il
o the street itself There are lots 0
/ quaint little shops aud dwelling
! houses on this street which runs iol
Iseveral blocks till 1t comes out to tn,
: old city wall. This Street with 1T
} narrowness and uneven house lin
and the houses with their roof
J. breaking short off at the caves, ant
! general style, remind US of the eli
: French portion Of Quebec which th
9 writer visited last summer for th
n second time and found 1t unchang,
a from the dozen years ago condition
i under which we saw it And eve
:, so with this old street. 1t remain
u the same and is kept that, way 0
re purpose and makes one think almos
"A he is IN a portion of old Europe fo
l. here is heard the latin tongue AN
. the signs are. names which indicai
= the French or Spanish races. An
O. the dark ewes, and hair and swarth
of skins of many are also reminders /
( the racial characteristics OF the d
J scendauts of the peoples who. fir
= settled this old city and they hay
N stayed close to the customs Of the
r. nrouenitors There Ia q street ma