Milford chronicle., 1930-01-31
FREEMAN BENNETT HAS
FINE TRIP TO FLORIDA

The. following letter from Free
man Bennett was received this
week:
Mania, Florida
January 21, 1880
G.. M. Townsend,
Milford Chronicle.
Dear Mart:-I will tell you about
our trip down. We J5ft home We'd
nesday, January Is, at IL o'clock a.
m. Arrived at Cape Charles, Va, at
$3.50 p. m. and boarded the new
steamer, Virginia Lee, and started
for Norfolk at 4:30. 1t was a very
pretty sight to see all the lights as
we entered the harbor at Norfolk.
On the boat we met Mr.. and Mrs. c..
H. Abbott, so we had company. We
arrived at Norfolk at 1880 p. m. in
the rain and stored our cars until
Thursday morning. Went to the
Fairfax Hotel for the night. Started
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, still
raining. Out of Norfolk it showed,
hailed and rained very hard, but we
drove just the same. Cloudy and
rainy all day. We made about 25O
miles to Fayetteville, N. c., which is
a very pretty city; stopped at the
Fayetteville Hotel for the night. At
ter supper we went out for a walk,
met a gentleman and asked him II
he knew the Isaacs. You will re-
member they are from Milford also.
So we went to see them. After a
short visit Miss Isaacs drove us
around to see some of the city IN
her new La Sale. After viewing the
city we drove to the hotel to rest
our weary bones.
Friday morning we started on
275 mile ride to WATERFORD, 5. Z.
This was a cool and clear morning,
the first one we had, and the roads
we're wonderful-all hard surfaced.
Between Lotta and Florence we had
z miles of dirt road, but we led Mr.
and Mrs. Abbott right through at 30
miles Der hour. Mr.. Abbott said you
could tell I was born on the farm
the way I drove over that road. On
each side of the road you could see
some fine plantations. Everywhere
you could see where they had cotton
planted.
At Charlestown, S. c., we passed
close to the Magnolia Gardes, which,
when in bloom is a wonderful sight
to see, they say.
Just out of Charleston we saw
man with an L. hitched to a wagon
coming down lne street in a trot.
Looked very funny. The roads are
very easy to travel as they are all
marked very plain. From Charles
ton We went to Walterboro, 81 miles
where we stayed at Blacks Tour
ist home for the night. We left
Walterboro Saturday morning. 1t
was raining again very hard. Mr..
and Mrs. Abbott said they were go
ing to wait until it. cleared away, so
we left them behind and started our
$50 mile ride to Ormond, Fla. 1t
stopped raining at Jacksonville. We
made Ormond in IL hours, so you
see we had to keep going, as is was
pouring rain all the way to jack
sonville, then it was very cloudy.
Ormond is a very pretty little city
on the Halifax River, west of Or
mond Beach where John D. Rock
fellow spends his winters. We stop
ped along the shore of the Halifax
River, at Mildred Lodge, a tourist
home, run by Connecticut people.
The towns streets are lined with
palm trees and shrubbery of all
kinds. 1 haven't seen John 3. Truitt
vet supposed we would see him
all over Florida.
We left Ormond Sunday for Miami
this is about 300 miles, so we took
our time and viewed the country.
Still cloudy but no rain. The roads
have been changed since we were
here four years ago, and now 1t
leads along the ocean for miles.
You can see trees where the storm
snapped them off on the road tor
miles. Everywhere you can see
green grass and groVes-great helds
of beans.
At Sebastian we were stopped by
men who inspect your baggage Tor
the fly, but we only had one apple;
so we gave that to them, but they
said they were not allowed to eat 1t,
SO we came on to Hollywood where
we drove to the hotel on the beach'
looks very pretty.
We arrived in Miami at 1880 p. m.
on the new Biscayne Boulevard
which is a wonderful piece of work.
Sears. Roebuck have large store
located on it. The city has made
wonderful improvements since we
last saw it. We haven't seen very
much of the city as yet; just getting
rested so we can start out