West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1902-05-01
THE ARkAMSAw TRAVELLER.
The Editor in hot Water and High
Life In the Heart Of tie Ozark
Mountains.
More Notes Caught on the Fly aud
Sent In Over the Home Plate.
HoT SPRINGS, ARK, !
April 20, 1909. {

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Our last letter was mailed at Gin
cinnati. We got supper there and
met Col. Tom McDougall of the
Ceredo Advance, one of cur dele
gates, and His Royal Nibs. Gov
ernor A. b. White, who joined our
party. and owe are seven" and
have been having great time. The
Governor has his silk hat aud Prince
Albert coat along and makes an i'm
posing appearance. He is great
favorite with the boys, and likewise
the girls.
While waiting in Cincinnati met
Mr.. Mansfield, of the O'Neil Lum-
Der Co., who operated saw mill
down on Cheat river about a year
ago till it burned down. He is a
jolly fellow, and had been down at
Chattanooga, Tennessee, on some
business for his company and was
waiting at the Union depot for a
train to Pittsburgh. We had laugh
over the time he turned the wheels
on my buggy one Sunday night last
summer, when was down on the
river at his boarding place trying to
comfort the widows and orphans.
1t was a livery rig, however, and a
very dark night, and / drove home
without knowing that the boys had
put the hind wheels in front and the
forewheels behind. But as all is
fair in love and war, enjoyed the
joke as much as anyone.
We had an all-night run to St.
Louis. 33o miles from Cincinnati,
and after good breakfast, began
to mingle with the newspaper men
coming in from every State and
Territory. The Terminal Hotel
was our headquarters in ST. Louis
and the general meeting point.
From here we pulled out for Hot
Springs that night at O'Clock on a
special train of ten Pullman Palace
cars and one baggage car. We
came over the Missouri Pacific r.
K. and passed Little Rock, the
Capital, about dayiight, making the
run here from ST louis, 400 miles.
in about eleven hours. We arrived
here Tuesday morning. and another
special train load of editors came
in the day before from the South,
over the Choctaw Route. The New
England del CATION and the "Press
Gang" from the Empire State came
in on the regular train. Each had
a special Pullman Of their own from
home and we're hitched on to the
regular trains. The sessions of the
Association lasted for four days,
and we finished up Friday night
with magnificent banquet at the
Eastman Hotel. The final and off
cial report Of the Committee on
Credentials showed that sixty one
Associations were represented. The
voting strength of the Convention
was 204, composed of officers, past
presidents present, ,executive com
mitteemen and delegates. Then
there were I4o ladies accompanying
the delegates, making total of 44s
present. In addition TO this, the
Arkansas Press Association held
their annual meeting in Hot Springs
this week and attended our Con-
vention most of the time. As there
were over hundred of them, it
made quite a crowd of newspaper
people, and as all wore handsome
badges, we make gala appearance.
The weather has been almost
perfect, clear and dry, but ii is get
ting pretty warm down here'for the
northerners and us mountain ran.
gers. 1t is about as warm here now
as II gets at home in July and Au-
gust, but the nights are cool. Our
headquarters are at the Eastman
Hotel, the largest here, with TOO
guest rooms and comfortable &C
commodations for 1900 people. The
regular season is about over, and
most Of the visitors who come here
for the winter are gone. This hotel
will close after We leave, and also
the Park Hotel, the finest here.
where the Convention meetings arc
held in their auditorium. beautiful
place with seats for a thousand PEG.
pie and decorated with flags and
bunting.
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