Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Seeking the Sunny South.
THE NATIONAL EDITORS EN-
ROUTE TO ST. AUGUSTINE,
FLORIDA.
Itinerary of the Trip to the Historical
Old City-The Missouri Delega-
tion-The Business Meet
ing Will be Largely
Attended.


route to Florida, Jan. 17.-There is no
east, no west, no north, no south, in
this great country in these days of
telegraph. long distance teiephonas
and rapid transit. You can eat supper
in Mexico and take dinner in New
York City the second day. / had
breakfast in st. Louis this morning
and will have dinner in Florida to-
morrow. We are in Tennessee now
and the weather is delightful, but you
don't have to leave Missouri to enjoy
a good climate. Take it the year
around and you can't find a better
climate, a better soil or better peo-
pie to live among than we have in
grand old Missouri.
The National Editorial Association
will be largely attended this year and
the business meeting will be most in
teresting. The following compose the
delegation from the Missouri Press
Association:
Walter Williams, Herald, Columbia;
R. NJ. White, wife and son, LEDGER,
Mexico; w. B. Rodgers and wife, Re-
publican, Trenton; H. w. Ewing,
Tribune, jefferson City; Lon Luther
and wife, Record, La Monte; John W.
Jacks, Standard, Montgomery City;
James T. Bradshaw, wife and children.
Rustic, Lebanon. The following is the
itinerary:
Western contingent left Union Sta.
tion, st. Louis, via the L. & N. in two
sections, one leaving at 9 O'Clock ane
one at $3.50, on the morning of Jan
uary 18th. Dinner at Evansville, In
diana, 1870, each section having one
hour. Supper at Nashville, Tenn, a
1880, and an hour given each section
there. There were but two stops be-
tween st. Louis and Nashville, excep
for dinner, unless requested by thu
Secretary to take on delegates a
some point along the line. Arrive il
Montgomery, Ala, at 7 a. m. TO
breakfast. Leave Montgomery VII
Plant System, at 8 a. m. and arrive a
Thomasville, Ga, at 2:45 p. m. TO
dinner. Leave Thomasyille at p. m
arrive at Suwanee Springs, Florida
7:45 p. m. for supper. Leave Suwane
Springs at 10 p. m. and arrive a
Tampa Sunday morning for breakfast
Remain at Tampa Sunday and go {
Tampa Bay Monday for steamshi
ride. Leave there Monday night an
arrive at st. Augustine Tuesday morn
ing. First session held Tuesday at
p. m.
Eastern contingent left Pennsyl
vania Station, Washington, via tn
Penn. line at 3:46 p. m. Friday, tn
18th. Arrive at Quantico 8 p. m. an
at Richmond via the R. F. & P. at ia
p. m. for supper. Leave Richmon
via the Atlantic Coast Line at $3.50 |
m. and arrive at Savannah, Ga,
l7:3o a. m. for breakfast. Remain {
Savannah till p. m. Leave Savanna
via the Plant System and arrive
Suwanee Springs at P. m. for suppe
Here the Eastern and Western cor
tingents meet and will run in two SCI
tions to Tampa, where the first aboy
mentioned itinerary will he carrie
out. Owing to the heavy grades b.
tween st. Louis and Suwanee Spring
the Western contingent viii run
two sections, but the cars of the Eas
ern contingent will be added at Suwi
nee Springs and only two sections RI
on the tour through Florida.
After the meeting at st. Augustin
the delegates viii take the Flori'
East Coast Line Saturday morning Al
! o'clock and run to Palm Beach al
Biscayne Bay, about $50 miles south
st. Augustine, where they remain
day aud a night, then go to Jackso
vile, passing up through the cent
= of the State. Remain in Jacksonvi
two days and Western contingent "
: return home via the Florida Cent?
& Peninsula, through Tallahassee al
Pensacola to Mobile. At Mobile t
). citizens have prepared an entertai
y ment, after which the two sectio
= that started from st. Louis will fetu
to that city via the Mobile & Ohio.
o A portion of the party is endeave
ing to arrange an excursion to b
vana, Cuba.
Some of the Missouri delegation
very anxious to visit Cuba, but do
I want TO get "mixed up.s Tns Cubs
: have our sympathy but we are
:, armed. SO the National Democra
: Convention goes to Chicago. 1 hoI
:, st. Louis would get it. But the lo'
: ton of the convention "cuts no ic'
What we want is good platform "
a man who is In accord with the pr
. ciples of the party, then with b
: mopy in the ranks we can win. Me
= = bers of this Association from all pa
n of the country think Morrison,
:, i Illinois, is very strong candidate.
"A z. Nj. WHITE