The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-13
A TRIP THROUGH THE SOUTH
Mr.. [. b. Lawyer Tells of his Jour.
ney to Maryland Via the
Southern States
Westminster, Md, March 90, 1900


iced to let you and your readers hear
from me occasionally 1 will sndeavor
to give a brief account of my trip here
through the southern States.
After spending week at From
tenac, Pittsburg and Webb City 1 |
made my way to Springfield. Mo-,
where l connected with the X. c., FIT. |
Scott a. Memphis II. r., one of the
best equipped roads 1 ever travelled |
on. Starting after midnight we got |
into the Arkansas ,Swamps by day
light, where we passed many little
villages where the houses fare all
built on stills, four or five feet from
the ground, to be prepared for the
overflow of the Mississippi. The prin-
oipal production is lumber ard stones.
At s a. m. we crossed the Father of
Waters at Memphis. Tenn, then
soon we were in Mississippi, the
poorest looking State | ever saw. Be-
fore night we reached Birmingham,
Ala II booming city of about 10, 900
inhabitants, noted for it's iron and
steel manufactures. stopped over
one day and visited ssome of the fac
tories of which it would be impossible
to give description in short new
paper reports. In one heavy rolling
mill that visited all the machinery
is run by electricity. One feature OF
tho city Is that it is not laid off square
with the world, although the streets
run square with each other. But i
kept on inquirng until 1 found out
why it was so. The railroad was
there first and the town was laid out
by the road. L. is Yankee city,
built principally by northern and
eastern capital.
| had to diverge little from the
main line to go to Chattanooga,
which gained historic fame during
the Rebellion. Got there Saturday and
remained over sunday, as | do not
travel un the Sabbath. And ! can
assure all my friends it was the most
, pleasant sabbath spent for many a
y day. The Y. NJ. &. A. had "a State
convention and had Mr.. Smith, the
. international Secretary of the Y. NJ
&. A., of Chicago, to lecture for them
In the afternoon he held II young
mems meeting (old men too), so
went. He held a large crowd fol
q three hours and | did not get q bill
q tired. When he called for volunteers
h of young men to come for ward and
: resolve to lead q Christian life there
n were not less than hundred
q marched out of the crowd. 1t was Q
sight worthy for angels to behold
On Saturday i visited the Nationa
II cemetery where more than 1900
a Union soldiers are buried and the
loss of the Confederates was Ovel
6 ,G67. paid seventy.five cents for {
l. round trip ticket to the top OF Look
o out mountain, not quite mile IL
a above the clouds was fought. VI
v there they have large hotels, rail
10 roads, electric cars, pOstoffice anC
q telegraphie and telephonic communi
# cation with the city lying under thei
is feet, and the Tennessee river takinI
# its serpentine course along the foot q
n the mountain.
But | must hurry on. did no
"a get any farther south than Atlanta
r. Georgia, seemingly quite an old city
Ie thence through North and SOutl
n Carolina. There we saw many new
"a towns and always saw the cause o
N it-a new cotton factory, all carrie'
on by eastern capital, as labor i
a cheaper there than in the New Eng
10 land states.
q. When we left Chattanooga
# wrapped my arctcs in II newspape
and put them in my grip, thinking
would not need them any more thi
season. The next morning when day
q light came we were in Virginia anC
Ir the ground was covered with snow
70 A lady on the train looked out Of tn,
q window and remarked, "Here il
SuoWi tho HlsV L haNo SooH Vhl'
% winter,n she having wintered in LO
e Angeles, Cali, and was on her way
n home to New Jersey. We sooI
J. crossed the historic Potomac int,
l. Washington, ID. C., thence to Balti
70 more. On the morning of the 14th /
l. was showing and the 18th the snow
+ was about Is inches on an averag
n and yesterday the 2lst, we passe,
e. through lanes with difficulty witt
B. horse and buggy on account of snoV
Ia drifts.
Now Mr. Editor as my article is get
g. ting rather lengthy | will have t
g, close soon, but let me assure you tina
y I cool o,,ita ditFarant tO what a.