The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-03-21
Mr.. Arp Gees From Barlow to tie
Land of Flowers
AND THEN HE RETURNS HOME
Changes That Latitude Makes OH Veg
citation, Are Observed by the Phi
IoSopher.

have just returned. The ra.ho2CS
make it so easy for you now that even
"a veteran can travel if he has the
money left home ore mo nirg ter
early breakfast. and YVES in Jack O.
vile that night to supper with my bJT
and his family, AIS miles in thirteen
hours, and Travelled over parts of f1ur
roads. 1t was a. daylight trip and |
had opportunity to notice the changes
that ltitude makes in Veget1t.-n.
This new route to Florida is a sta"
line from Atlanta3 and the west. 1t iN-
cludes the Nashville. Chattanooga a d
St Louis. the Wesaern and Atlan,i"
the Central 10 Macon, the Georgia al
Florida Southern to Valdosta and tae
Atlantic, Valdosta and Western %
Jacksonville. the preatiest, cleaneSt
and best regulated city IN the soutf.
All of them frs. class roads, with
parior cars and dining cars and sleep
ers that run all the way through.
They don't even tarTy at Jacksonyll!e,
but keep on and en- TO the jumping OF
place, il you wish to go there. That
new road between Jacksonville ara
Valdsota has .!maGe this speed ami
comfort possible. for it has done away
with; the elbows at Tifton and .Way-
cross. The great:Pltnt system has no
elbows after you get on il. but 1t S 4
long ways from Atlanta and the west,
The new road was just what our peo-
pie wanted IT. is tirs:-cEass in ali re-
spects. and makeS.its 10 mile; in lie
than three hours. like these straight
Florida railroads. they don't reel y0l
about like our roads among the mcun-
tains. and they just glide along like a
snake in.the ~g ASS. These mouhta
roads swing an old man around tac
curves and strain his groin and lois
and diaphragm and epig.am ana
make him sore. and stiff for two or
three days after he gess lone / csh
hardly navigate NOW, and yet my Wfe'
wants me 90 plant some 'leatuce ana
beans and okra ard work among TIE
roses right away Besides all this, tas
cook has quit, and l. have got to get
up by suqrse and fire up the stove and
put on the coffee and honiny AMI
then call her to get up and COOK ne
rest of the breakfast | used 10 make
the Biscuits. but have struck on tha';
| don't believe chat 4 mans rough Oh
horny hands were intended to mix up
-four and milk and lard in biscuit
dough. My old f!ierd Judge HllyeT
and Judge Underwood we're. occe walk
ing along a side street in New York
and as they passed bakery they saw
the bakers through the blinds; ana
they were treating dough in the 10 g
trouehs with their feet. Judge Hii!yc"
said: do you reckon their fee! a.
cleean?" 'WF. yes. said.tnte: WOOL,
az reckon they are by this time; taeI
have been tregding a>ggool wn le.'
But don't care a cent afoIt the COOK
quitting. l believe. in s2lf1naintenau, e
i believe that every household should
be raised to do their own work when :
is necessary-and | an PROUD 70 sly
that my wife and my children have
never begged "A csek. 10 say agains2
her will. Honoss are.e: Sy;; lie. re- 90
and rest if she vans to."TSe fact Is.
1t suits me pretty well.-for. the cook s
is better and the things ara cleaner
and Il saves mnney-Ge get'a o>g' on
less victuals ard can dine out with ou"
children every day or two. we c u
use bakers bread and make toast a"h
bake Irish potatoes and fry eggs ani
ge. along fine without cook.
But was thinking aEout Florida
fair Florida that Ponce de Leon found
fifty years before the Pilgrims found
Plymouth or John Smith found James
town. Fair Florida-the Eldorado g,
this continent 1t has been hidden Tor
all these years, bus has been founo
never saw the like OF northern TOURISTS
the hotels at jacksonville are overruh,
il takes several columns in their papers
to give their names. These tourists are
all rich, and spend their money freely.
The men are fairly good-lookirg. but
the women look tired .a2d premature
" old. Northern women Will not COM
pare with southern women for b au J
and refinement Of. manners. | have
known this for fifty years. They have
to work TOO hard: poor things. l ala
sorry for them. They have got moth
ing but money walked round tie
St. James and Windso: and never saw
beautiful woman; tiey are mascu Inc
and coarse. and not an angel among
them: New England or New York CT
any of those cold, icy states won't
produce fairies or sylphs or acgelic
+: creatures You have 10 come as far
south as Philadelphia and Baltimore
to find a beautiful woman, >and they
are scarce even there. You don't find
them in plenty until. you get down 10
Charleston and Savannah. Down here
where l live they are nearly all good
looking and graceful and, as David
Harum said. are coupled well and
stand up square On their pasture joints
and cten like a: deer This is their