u.i Iron Fage One)
ever, never, Had I imagined
was so much moss in. the world
saw on-thia,-eompwatively
; trips' ; We flaw treat forests and
ve down long avenues with the
a on each aide, ' their branches
.etingto form an arch overhead,
1 draped with gray mpsa.
t Yellow jessamines in- full Woom be
in to appear in Georgia,' and there
res such profusion of these flow
rs as I had never aeen before,
j wasn't prepared for the beauty
f Savannah, Georgia. ', It is indes
. Mbl&t -Keturning by way of Char
ston, we were told that the azaleas
in' the famous 'Magnolia gardens of
Charleston were not yet in bloom.
They were, however, in Savannah.
W hadn't time to take in this city,
sut fortunate Hoots 17 which -we
were following,1 led' through most
attractive section of this old city; On
aeh aide of the streets were tau
Soha trees and live oaks.' and bloom-
in in the greatest profusion
between Sidewalks and streets were
the( gorgeous azaleas. Some half a
Amea large squares, each with an
Inposing atone monument in the
inter, contained palms, evergreens
af various types and azaleas and
roses.:';
' We saw our first oranges growing
just below Savannah, and also saw
peach trees in bloom.
. Prom this point on there was so
much of beauty that at times even
I was speechless.
tX Wide open 'spaces everywhere, in
nil the cites and towns, was a very
striking feature of the places, we
visited. Nowhere were the buildings
crowded together. Small cottages
and large imposing residences, in
manv cases ereat Hotels, all were
set in wide grounds, and the beauty
of the grass, tne patms ana we now
m It Indescribable,' - -
Psf&ing through the city of Jack
sonville, Florida, we saw the first
hl trailer enmns. and then I began
to realise the objective of some of
the outfHa we have seen passing
through Hertford this fall. Many of
them were parked in the trailer
camps at Jacksonville, but not all.
' by any means. We saw others later
' on, and at Clearwater Beach, on the
. Gulf of Mexico, was a very large
camp.
The odor of orange blossoms as we
drove for miles with groves on both
sides of he road was delightful,
though I was told by a woman who
lives in the midst of one of the
(vroves that this scent becomes too
:. sweet at times and is sickening.
At Crescent City, which is very
beautiful, we had our first glimpse
i.hmi. iifr which we were
Srften throughout
e flame vine. The
;,vine, which are
trumpet or ooi-
ejnfre very small
it masses, en-
hae, and houses, :!hot unlike their
name in appearance.
'After passing through many pic
t turesque towns and cities, Palatki,
. Delandr Sanford, Lakeland, Plant
New; VUnAMinit . ami) AfliAva uta ew.
. rived at Tampa at night, when the
city was gaily decorated for an ela
rato carnival or v winter festival,
sJtd crossed GandV-Briderfc said to
be one , of the longest automobile
bridges in the world, to St Peters
' ' bnnr. Km m staved for two diva.
' It is W ataWy,-StCPeterBburg
V Mfx . - , . fn
: dvuaiea on a pewmsum -. on tamp
- Say, ' the aetOng is -picturesque' in its
location, and ii ha the advantage of
every Improvement which nature and
' man could devise.' As in many other
. places, there are numerous taxes
within th- cftv th shores af which
. are lined with palm -trees and dotted
wka bed or. sowers., au over tne
city are the beautiful .and stately
pahna,' the vftowera; Turks caps,
oleanders, azaleas, hibiscus, poinset-f-,
roses, petunias,' others of which
I ti not know the name, and ahravi
frofjsion of the glowing flame
-. , asrell aa otter pretty uower-
V vinei.; .
-k, Petersburg is called "Sunshine
City," and every day when the sun
does not shine at all before A in the
'afternoon the evening paper is given
way.' . They say -' there are few
papers given, at that Every op
portunity is given the visitors to en
joy the sunshine. ' " Between sidewalk
" ' .ict are placed jcoiv-" , , ,,,
i, hundreds of them, where one may
V i down to rest a bit And what
x I f they are. Outside the open air
office we sat down for a while
f -1 wrote a line to the folks at home.
ey call vit fThe ; Millioni Dollar
' '," the municipally owned recrea
pier, which; extends a mile out
Tsnpa :U3ay.4'Th drive is broad
Jiere is ample parking space- on
r:.' b, and H tea delightto
; r -i the walled balcony, and
v. r At the end. of the
ici the casino, ball room,
card rooms, the ' balconies for
and '' '-sere - and the
"U broadcasting e-tion..- ,
' r t s'ands ort Li -y memory
j f.e lovllost tm i I r w in
"l:re is a ca - -7 ,t1
-"dv-g Clearwater
I . h. On one uiia t
D t ' s of the Gu".f
" i 1 1 Hue as t
way, with beds . of bright ; colored
flowers : blooming between; and on
each side, rising from dipped green
grass, are tall palm trees. .
'I saw many lovely spots, many
beautiful lakes and streams, many
palm" trees, many flower-bordered
drives and walks, all beyond des-:
cription. But I can recall nothing
quite so exquisite as that spot.
In the Gulf were bathers, and little
children played on the whitest sand
I have ever seen. It looks so differ
ent from our yellow sands. And I
never saw so many sea shells. I
picked up, among the great mass of
them on the shore, several very love
ly ones. On Tampa Bay, however,
I found the tiniest I ever saw. I
found some minute little shells, un
believably small, and tiny eonch shells
no larger than a,pea.
Leaving the West Coast, we set out
for Daytona. Beach, across the stats,
and stopped for the -night t Orlando,
"The City Beautiful," and very aptly
named. Immediately after breakfast
we went to, call upon some .Hertford
friends. Mrs. .George Harrell, a
former Hertford girl,.has a very at
tractive home in Orlando. Visiting
her just now are her mother, Mrs,
C. W. Morgan, and her aunt, Mrs.
G. E. Newby, both of Hertford. We
were delightfully entertained there
and enjoyed spending a few hours
with them, visiting numerous beauti
ful spots which they wished to show
us in that truly magnificant city.
Exclaiming at the beauty of the
lakes in Orlando surrounding which
are palms and live oaks, with gor
geous flowers of almost every kind,
bordering the paved drives, where
are located beautiful homes, we were
told that there are 82 of these lakes
in the city.
Joe Towe fed bread crumbs to the
ducks, sea gulls and swan, the fowls
on the lakes being so tame as to
come up on the shore and feed from
his hands.
Our next stop was at Daytona
Beach, on the East coast, where we
caught our first glimpse of the At
lantic, and where there were many
pretentious houses, with the most
gorgeously beautiful grounds imagi
nable.
Then to Ormond Beach, where we
saw ithe home of Mr. John D. Rocke
feller and other beautiful places, and
where the flowers, the grass, the
palms, the streams, everything, was
perfect
Taking the drive down the Atlan
tic Coast, we visited next St. Augus
tine. And right here the scene
changes, or rather appears to take
on a dignity nowhere else encounter
ed.
Founded by the Spaniards in 1565,
smiles,
Here dwells eternal spring,
drove most of those twenty-two nun- days with
dred miles, is due much.- The rest' Joe. Perry.
Mrs. Lane's sister, Mrs.
And warms from hone's eternal isles of us just enjoyed it all.
The winds their "perfume bring.'',' See the snow on your house, Mat
v We enjoyed the interesting things tie White dr all on your house,"
in the museum. - Outside were two j exclaimed Joe. Towe, as we reached
huge earthen water pots, which would .our journeys end
vu 1 ov in.. t . nr. XiaA left- Fl
used by the old settlers in which to
store water, we were told.
There is a bronze marker record
ing the landing .of . Ponce de Leon.
There is also a very old tablet on
which it is stated that archeologiste
believe Indians lived on the site be
fore the coming of Ponce de Leon in
1513.
Outside the Fountain of Youth
Park, we were guided by a Negro
ruide, ' who carried us - through the
city in a horse-drawn carriage, much
to Joe's delight, and showed us me
interesting points, like the remnants
of the' old city wall and gate-way,
built In 1620.x th oldest school house,
built just inside the city gates, built
to shelter the city guards, and later
used as an English school. And then
down to AvHes street in the Old
Spanish Quarter, where there os so
much of the old world atmosphere,
the old house of Don Toledo, built
in 1686,' and further down, on St
Francis street, to the oldest house,
which has been under four flags,
Spanish, British, American and Con
federate. We saw the narrowest
street, 6 feet and 1 inch wide.
There was also the old cathedral,
and the old Episcopal church, and
the postoffice, which was once tne
Spanish Governor's mansion. There
was the old house with the sun dial
high above the doorway, and an old
Spanish Inn, once .the property ol
the granddaughter of Sir Walter
Scott, the soldiers barracks and
other ancient places.
The oldest house is built partially
of wood, the lower story being of
coquino ' stone, the stone so much
used in the old Spanish buildings and
walls. It is partially vine covered,
and there is an enormous brass
knocker, brightly polished, which
weighs I have forgotten how much.
The houses have balconies over
hanging the streets. There were no
sidewalks in the narrow streets of
the old Spanish town. And there are
walled gardens, with locked gates.
Fort Marion, formerly Fort San
Marco, is the oldest fortification in
America. The Spaniards began it in
1672, and it required 84 years for
the slaves to finish it.
There is so much more in St. Au
gustine than could be seen for many
days, but in the half day which our
party spent there we took in all that
we could.
As a business place, St. Augustine
i 1 j 1 r t. v.t.l nM
c a ; 41 ji -.i 1 seems 10 ue ueuu. urei uuroo ic
the United States. That's all I knewf1"8"1' have for 11
We had left Florida and warmjth
and sunshine and come home to find
snow ' on the) ground and below
freezing temperatures, the perfect
climax! . ,
CENTER HILL
Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Wlaltson spent
last week-end at Conetoe with his
relatives.
" Mrs. W. H. Lane spent Sunday in
Edenton with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse
AsbelL '
Mr. and Mrs. William Lane and
baby, of Norfolk, Va., visited rela
tives faera Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Emttett Parker, of Sunbury,
spent . Tuesday and Wednesday with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Boyce.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McNider, of
Hertford, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. McNider.
Miss Elizabeth White was in Eden
ton shopping Saturday afternoon.
RYLAND
Mrs. Ida Jordan is on the sick list
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Lane and little
daughter, from near Hertford; Mr.
and Mrs. Nereus Chappell and chil
dren, from near Belvkiere, were the
guests of Mrs. Louisa Ward Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Penina Ward and Miss Ger
trude Jackson visited Mrs. Walter
Byrum Monday afternoon.
Roy Parks made a business trip
to Baltimore, Md., last week.
Mrs. C. W. Ward and sons, from
near Sign Pine, visited Mrs. Roy
Parks Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Winslow, of
Belvidere, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. George byrum.
MISS ROBERSON RETURNS
Miss Spivey 'Roberson, who has
spent the past six months in Cali
fornia, returned home on Monday.
Miss Roberson went to San Francis
co via the southern route, stopping
for a visit to the Texas Centennial, in
August, and returned by way of
Chicago. She was met in Norfolk
on Monday by her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. G. Roberson, and her sister,
Miss Alice Roberson.
RETURN FROM FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Towe and their
little son, Joe, and Mr. and Mrs. W.
E. White have returned from a trip
to St Petersburg and other points in
Florida.
about it before this visit.
The spot was the site of the Indian
village Seloy, and in the Fountain of
Youth Park, where is located a mus
eum containing a library, maps, old
documents, paintings, arms and In
dian and early European relics, are
markers which unfold the story of
the coming of Ponce de Leon to this
spot, seeking the fabled fountain of
youth, m the year 1513, and of the
founding of the first permanent
European settlement in America by
the Spaniards in 1565.
They have restored and preserved
many ancient things. The enclosure
where we found the "Fountain 'of
Youth," from which the entire party
took, a drink, was quaint and beauti
fill.
"Hie font j the Spaniard sought in
,; vain .
Through all the land of flowers '
Leaps. gUttedng, from ithe sandy plain
Our classic grove embowers.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parks were in
Edenton on business Tuesday morning.
Mrs. C. A. Spivey, Miss Rella
Spivey and Mrs. Penina Ward visited
Mrs. Annie Twine and Mrs. Tempie
Eason Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Harriett Parks spent Sunday
with Mrs. John Hendron at Chappell
Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Phthisic and
son, Melton, spent Sunday near Bel
videre with Mrs. Phthisic's parents.
William Ward spent the week-end
in Edenton with George Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Jordan and
family spent Sunday with Mrs. Jor
dan sparente, Mr. and Mrs. John
Goodwin, near Smithfield, Va. Mr.
Jordan returned home Sunday night
but Mrs. Jordan and two children
are spending the week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Ward and two
children visited Mrs. Ward's mother,
Mrs. Mary Chappell, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Copeland and
sons spent Sunday near Sandy Cross
as guests of Mrs. Copeland's broth
er, Herbert Chappell, and Mrs.
Chappell.
Mrs. Herbert Lane and son, Her
bert Raye, have returned from. Nor
folk, Va., where they spent 3everal
Doctors Recommend It!
WHAT?
GOO LIVER OIL
Yes, we carry a full line of Cod Liver Oil
and Cod Liver Oil products, also Cod Liver
Oil for Poultry.
Roberson's Drug Store
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST
"On The Corner"
HERTFORD NORTH CAROLINA
as the lower section of the state has
been developed and the tourists have
gone farther south. But the great
Ponce de Leon Hotel, which cost
$2,000,000 when it was built in 1885,
and which has 5 acres of roof, to say
nothing of the rarely beautiful
grounds, is still being operated. I
saw masses of cala lilies blooming in
the pools in the grounds of this hotel.
Our party "stopped" at this hotel,
but we didn't register.
Prone to rhapsodise over anything
beautiful, I was perhaps a trifle more
articulate in my appreciation of the
beauties of Florida, but allowing for
the difference in temperaments, I
believe every one .in the party was
as enthusiastic as L
To Mrs. Towe, who mapped our
routes so as to take in the most
joints of interest, is due the credit
for much of the success of our trip,
and to Mr. Towe, who helped plan
the route and who took so much pains
to make the trio pleasant and in-
Her youth unchanging blooms and teresting for every one, and who
ra ViOU TA T BE
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Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 15-16
" The story the- nation whispered
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Wednesday, Feb, J7
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THE 25-MILLIONTII
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UAS JUST BEEN BUILT
It has never occurred before in auto
mobile history that 25 million cars of
one make, bearing one name, have
been manufactured under one man
agement The 25,000,000th Ford car
rolled off the Ford Rouge Plant pro
duction line on January 18, 1937.
25 million cars since 1903 . . . more
than one-third of all the cars ever
built . . . enough cars to transport the
entire population of the United States.
The figures represent a remarkable
contribution to the social welfare, the
industrial stability and the general
progress of our country.
People respect Ford efficiency. They
know Ford Uses fine materials, the
best workmanship at good wages, the
most exact precision measurements.
They know these things are passed
along to purchasers in the form of
extra value.' Naturally, they like to
do business with such a company.
That is the only reason it has been
required to produce 25 million cars.
Naturally, too, they expect
more of a Ford ear, more this
' year Uian last year more
each year than the year before. They
have every right to. The experience
gained in building 25,000,000 cars en
ables Ford to produce today a really
superb motor car at a really low price
with the Beauty, Comfort, Safety
and Performance of much more ex
pensive cars.
The 1937 Ford V-8 combines ad
vanced design, all-steel construction,
extra body room, and brilliant brakes
with a choice of two V-type 8-cy Un
der engines the most modern type
of power-plant on land, sea, or in
the-afc, , .
The 85-hor6e.0Jver engine provides
top performance with unusually good
economy for its high power.
The 60-horsepower engine gives
good performance with the greatest
gasoline mileage ever built into a Ford
car and wears the lowest Ford price
tag in years.
People expect more of a Ford car
because it's a Ford"-and they get
more, for the tame reason. It
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