Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1912 — Burial of Noble Peacock Made Saturday Evening. [ARTICLE]

Burial of Noble Peacock Made Saturday Evening.

Owing to his train being late, Erastus Peacock of Tarpon Springs, Fla., did not reach here Saturday until after -four o’clock in the afternoon, and only brief Tuneral services were held at the house before the burial of his son Noble Peacock, who was killed with William Washburn by the Hoosier Limited last Tuesday night. Mr. Peacock was greatly shocked on learning of his son’s tragic death, and made all haste to reach here, but was delayed a long time in Jacksonville before he could get a train north. He is still here at this writing, but expects to return home as soon as he can get a few business matters attended to. Mr. Peacock is located on an orange and grapefruit farm five miles from Tarpon Springs, which he says is a beautiful little city of 3,500 population. It is two or three miles to the coast proper from Tarpon Springs, but an inlet from the ocean comes right up in the center of the town, and they have fine mineral springs there. In -fact Tarpon Springs, he says, is one of the most beautiful and healthful resorts in the state, but has not, of course, been advertised like the larger places. For one desiring a healthful sea air and quietude, there is no place like Tarpon Springs, and there are scores of fine winter homes there of wealthy easterners who have recognized the homelike advantages of the place has over Jacksonville and the larger resorts. Since going there a railroad has been built alongside his fruit farm and a fine stone road is now being built right along in front of It. Mr. Peacock says there is more money in growing grapefruit than oranges, and many are turning their attention to the former, for which there is a great demand. Most of the grapefruit we get here, he says, is picked too green to be real good. But this fault will soon be remedied, like it has already been in the case of oranges from that state, a law having been passed prohibiting the shipping of green- oranges out of the state. . This will have to be amended to include grapefruit.