Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-01-23
Tour Through the South.
NEWSPAPER MEN ENJOYING A
SUNNY OUTING DOWN
IN DIXIE.
The Sentiment of a Majority of the
Editors is That Morrison for Pres
ident Can Win-Beautiful
Southern Cities.

Editorial Correspondence of tine Ledger.
STATE OF GEORGIA, on N. E. A. Elk
cursion Train, Jan. 1S.-You Cant
write with much satisfaction on a fast
train, especially when your car il
crowded with friends, all of whom are
talking away in n most interesting
manner. as they are "forever settling
the financial question, but 1 fail to en-
joy myself away from home until ]
have communicated with home folks
through the LEDGER. After break
fast at Montgomery, Alabama, a truly
typical southern city, we are crossing
the State of Georgia. Our itinerary
is arranged so we only get one meal
in a State-ag good thing for the States.
We are surely enjoying southern hos
pitality, and there is nothing like it.
We of the West think we know how
to entertain, but the South outdoee
us. They have more leisure, or at
least take more leisure in the South TO
entertain visitors. In the West we
hustle; in the South they enjoy life
while they live. Our car are deco
rated with streamers denoting the
State from which the editors come.
The "Missouri Editors" are being
warmly greeted and are met with
ovations all through the South. Mis-
souri, is solid with these good people.
| All of the South is most interesting to
a traveller and the State of Georgia,
the heart of the South, especially SO
Townsville, where we dine, is in
the extreme southwestern part Of
Georgia, about twelve miles from the
Florida line, and fifty-five from the
! Gulf. 1t is thirty-fve miles from Tai.
l~ahassee, the capital of Florida, ant
twenty from Monticello, Fla, and i.
connected with these two cities by the
Townsville, Tallahassee & Monti'
cello Railroad. 1t is 267 miles south
of Atlanta, the capital of the State
and 200 miles southwest of Savannah
aiih Ldo tl4CSl III IuP10 COl1AlulllCd
ton by rail with these cities, and il
only about thirty hours ride by the
fast mail train to New York, and si1
hours to Jacksonville, Fla. Thomas
vile is reached by several routes, ant
through sleepers reach the city severa
times a day from the different roads
The principal growth of southwest
Georgia is pine, and it is SO abundant
that all this region of country is ia.
miliarly known as the Piney Woods
Thomasville is entirely surrounded by
dense pine forests and turpentine
farms.
This country, as a rule, is level, but
Immediately around Townsville it Ii
rolling and thoroughly drained. With
natural drainage and a good elevation
above sea level $3.50 feet, this city
itself is entirely free from malaria OIL
any disease generally peculiar to low
| climate.
One of the chief attractions of
| Townsville this winter for outdoor
sport is the Country Club. The
grounds consist of 300 acres, formerly
known as "Glen Arven PARK, "a large,
beautiful club house, deer park, five
miles of hard road drives, bicycle
tracks, golf links, tennis courts, race
tracks, and shooting grounds fol
pigeons and inanimate targets; a
weekly run with a fine pack of hounds
after live foxes will be on the pro-
gramme for the winter.
CLIMATE.
Pages might be written, in fact
| would be necessary, to give anything
like a proper description, or enumer-
ate all the advantages which the eli
mate of this place offers for health
| and comfort in winter. That the truth
| may be told in as few words al posi-
BILE, we will say the winter climate
here is perfect, absolutely perfect
cool and bracing, but not cold and dis
agreeable.
Among the many attractive features
to visitors are the drives. These radi
ate from the town in every direction
running out from a common center
like the spokes in a wheel, intersect
ing in many places the broad, smooth
boulevard which circles the town, TIVE
miles from the court house in ever.
direction. These drives r laid GU
through the great pine forests b,
which the place is surrounded. I'm
like many drives in the South, Their,
is an absence of sand, which else
where makes driving unpleasant ant
laborious tor man and beast. The,
are as smooth and solid, many o
them, as asphalt.
OF course, where there r so MAN.
newspaper men together you hear
good deal of politics talked and it /
worthy of attention, that nearly all o
the Democrats from all parts of thu
country think Morrison a good maj
for the Democrats to nominate fol
President. Morrison is all right an(
Morrison could be elected.
There are very many beautiful little
cities in the South and they show
great enterprise, good sidewalks
paved streets and pretty front yards
are the rule. The roads are good anc
the people all take pride in them
Mexico people who take 10 interest
in such improvements could learn
| much by a tour through the South ,and
| the South Is neither dead % asleep.
| They have moss-covered trees, moss
| covered fences and moss-covered
| uuckcto iu tho 6oueh.-Whilo wa have
none of these in Missouri, we still
have a few moss-covered citizens
Mexico should and could have paved
| streets in the heart of the city an6
better roads adjoining town.