The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-07-21
THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA
XIV.

XIV.
fort Pierce is a live and growing
Town. the capital of live and grow
ing county. Owing to big fire a
ie" years ago, the gaps made by
"nlcn are not yet filled, it looked
rather IN the rough, but this in time
ana not long time, will be repaired
In front of it's fine courthouse is a
beautiful memorial of white marble
ON which are engraved the names OF
OF. Lucle county's heroes, who laid
ooWn their lives in the late war-an
example our county should follow. ST.
Lucle is young county; it was cut
OUT OF Brevard only few years ago
fort Pierce is a young town-it
doesn't appear on maps of Florida
printed thirty years ago.
We found one complaint against
FORT P1erce-our jinx took us by the
hand and led US into an exceedingly
bum hotel. 1t looked good on the
outside; the Office was in, good shape
and the prices were high grade. But
the rooms were small, hot as ante
rooms to purgatory, swarming with
mosquitoes and infested with reaches
L lay awake until 3 a. M, or later,
tanning our engineer-he had to drive
the car all next day, and thought it
would not be healthy for him to GO
to sleep at the wheel. About 3 a. M,
little breeze came in the window;
by that time all the mosquitoes in
that section of the hotel had broken
their bills on my tough hide, and !
gathered in three hours of sleep. ]
will not give the name of this hotel
for there is fierce libel law in
Florida, and the more truth you tell
the sitter the Judge makes the fine
However, if you expect to pass the
night at Fort Pierce, come to me and
/ will tell you how not to find said
caravansary. Otherwise the town is
much to the merry.
1t is not out of place to say that
with the exception of this one joint,
we found accommodations good and
prices moderate all along the East
Coast We had supposed the opposite
and were agreeably surprised. PRICES
in fact compared rather to the disad-
vantage of those in the interior. One
thing was specially noticeable and
that was the abundance of fresh milk.
We had baby in the party, and his
majesty had to have new tactical fluid
morning and evening. We never fail
ed to find it for him, proving there
was an abundance of dairies all along
the line. Not many years ago there
was but little milk except what came
out of cans, and many crackers of
today tell that they were Eagle Brand
babies.
At Fort Pierce, we found an old
friend-John Long, formerly night
engineer of the Ocala electric light
plant: later superintendent of the
Gainesville plant. He is now super
intendent of the Fort Pierce plant,
which is being greatly improved. He
and his good-looking wife and two
pretty children have nice little home
and are doing well.
There are several other ex-Ocalans
IN Fort Pierce, but we had no chance
10 look them up.
We rolled out of Fort Pierce bright
and early, for Ocala was 22S miles
away. and we figured on eating sup
uer at Shorty Davidson's restaurant.
wa didn't that night, but will some
other time. Four miles out OF town.
va came to a pineapple plantation,
and orr Young folks decided they
must add some pines to the commls-
sarv The fruit was small but wen
Favored and if we had had the room
we conId have bought the carfuli for
what some Yankee, and, alas! some
cracker would pay for dozen In bos-
ton a. Ocala. We bought too many
as Il was for most of them were
stored in my corner of the car ana
Occasionally one would stab me Vnru
the pants leg. o.;o
After overcoming this temptation
by yielding to it. we scooted on north
We sadfullv babe goodbye to that hne
road score of miles north or fort
Pierce and hit the firm but unelastlc
pike. We stopped for a re" MINUTES, Ta
at Vero which Is growing fast. There
we met panl Nisle, formerly editor
Of the Dunnellon Advocate. he mas
evoluted into a real estate Dealer is
getting fat and stacking up money
He is a clever little man and l am
glad to see him doing well.
AT Melbourne, we took on supplies