West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1900-03-15

Il WAN VI AMN OO1n
when they get away from home.
Al 4 O'Clock in the afternoon, we
were entertained again in the ele.
CANT dining saloon of the Peabody
Hotel with lunch, wine and cham
paign and eloquent orators, who de-
liyered addresses to the Editors and
ladies', and wit, eloquence and
oratory flowed like the wine around
the festal board This reception
was given by Hon. William Robert
Moore, ex-congressnan from Ten
nesee, and one the wealthiest men
IN Memphis. He is also a poet of
some note and composed and de
livered a very beautiful poem called
the "Grand March Of the National
Editorial Association. That tight
they gave us all free tickets to the
Olympia Theatre, to see farce
comedy entitled the County Fair, {"
which was very funny and caused
us to laugh for week.
Then we returned to our cars and
babe farewell to Memphis, the
greatest city in the South. They
have twelve railroads and many fine
churches and schools and the best
sewerage and drainage of any city
we visited on our excursion. After
the great yellow fever scourge in
Memphis a few years ago, the city
to work and spent a great
amount of money putting in proper
sewerage and sanitary arrangements.
They employed Col. Waring, Street
Commissioner of New York City to
supervise the work, and now the
city is entirely free from yellow
fever smallpox or any OF the
terrible plaques, which so many of
the Southern cities are infested with,
all on account of the dirt and filth
and want of proper sewerage and
drainage ? Col. Warning was sent
over TO Havana by President Nc
kinley to clean up that filth bur
dened city and lost his life with the
dread yellow fever, about year
ago.
1t was with regrets we left Mem
phis that night and were soon speed.
ing southward.
We travelled all night after leav-
ing Memphis, and the next morning
arrived at Grenada, Miss, where
we were met by colored band and
the prominent citizens of the town,
and escorted to the Temple Of
Justice, where the good people had
gone to great deal of trouble and
expense to prepare a nice breakfast
for the hungry editors. After dis
cussing this for about an hour, we
went around to the Baptist church,
where addresses of welcome were
delivered by Rev. Mcintosh, presi-
dent of the Young Ladies Seminary,
and Rev. Hamlet, a very eloquent
young divine who has a great repu-
tation there as an orator. Grenada
has nine churches and three schools
besides the Seminary. 1t is a very
pretty little Southern city of about
4, 600 population. Grenada is
chiefly known to the N. f. A.
members as the home of the mimi
table J. w. Buckhannon (or"Buck"
for short, as the boys all call him)
and his estimable wife, who are SO
we'll known to the newspaper peo-
all over this broad land, and it was
to this most eloquent and original
editor of the Grenada Sentinel and
wife, we owe our very pleasant re-
ception in this Mississippi town,
which was our first stop in the State,
and was only taste of the bospi-
tally this grand old State had in
store for us.
Our next stop after leaving Gre
NADIA, was Jackson, Miss, ca pital of
the State, and situated on a hill
overlooking the Pearl river. This
is the Tome of President Henry and
Of course the ~ +. A. was per-
fectly at home here. We were
given most excellent dinner here
at the large railroad hotel at the
depot, after which we proceeded to
take in the town. President Henry
and family gave us very pleasant
reception at their home We we're
given trolley rides all over the city
and visited the Insane Asylum.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute,
and fine negro college. All Of the
State institutions are located at the
State Capital and not scattered over
the State like they are in West Viz
GINA Their Insane Asylum is not
nearly as large our Weston Asylum,
but Mississippi has more convicts
10 her State Penitendary than West
Virginia on account Of the large