DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-24

Imagine, if you can. how felt when,
returning to headquarters after an alb.
sence Of several weeks, and disposing Of
sundry accumulated mail opened up
several copies of THE News and found
my name sprawed in great scareheads
across two columns of the first page,
over my letters Poor insipid letters,
written for the most part in my
room at hotels during one-nght stop.
overs, after writing numerous letters
and post cards to friends How top
heavy they did look. The worst of it is
that other similar communication had
passed beyond recall in the same drec.
ton. Don't know what fate they met
with, for since then my copies of the
News have probably been trailing into
various obscure country post offices
some ten days after my departure to
other points Anyway have received
no recent ones), Well. can only say
that had been in the office it wouldn't
have happened
And yet, when think of time some
two years ago. when the editor and
manager of THE NEws--the whole
push, in faCt-spent six weeks in
Philadelphia and the paper got itself out
somehow; when think of the appear
ance of the sheet during that interval.
and then recall the nice hand-round"
la<<a~e hot ,ba,r,I tt,a IS 81
kids" toiling and sweating in
cyclone struck office letters without a
word of scold-Well. can't scold either
Sometimes wonder if people who 60
away for the summer ever really rest
1t seems to ME that every moment of
my time HAS been full Besides the
odds and ends of everyday existence
there are tramps and drives, visits to
receive and return. a sorely neglected
correspondence to catch up with. be-
sides imperative new obligations to
each recent hostess, etc. etc
Just for instance, here is sample of
how some of us spend Sunday (the day {
of rest in vacation for rest) Last
Saturday went down the river few
miles to spend the night with some
friends They were making up their
seasons molasses, and had purposely
left boiler to take off after supper !
Now If you don know what that means,
where there is crowd of young people !
we'll, just don't you die till you find
out. There were some good musicians
present on this occasion. so the program
had spice of variety. 1t was a late
hour that finally sent us off to bed
Next morning the crowd gathered in
the parlor. where the several musicians
we're pressed into service for good old
sing. which lasted till the big three
scatter was driven to the door to take us
two or three miles up the river to Sun
day school. Hurrying from this
service to the two churches quarter of
a mile below we were in time to witness
a good old-fashoned baptzing in the
river, Il recently spent week in an
Episcopal mission. and by dint of much
wrestling, finally got so | could say
amen within ten feet of the right place.
and at least one time out of every five.
so when thought Of the big cotton and
wooden mills spread across the river a
half mile upstream. and remembered
the immense dye watts whose contents '
all colors of the rainbow and few more S
Il had recently seen dumped into the {
stream. discoloring it's waters for {
hundreds of yards, said fervent amen i
to the last clause of that portion of the {
prayer book which refers to accidents {
and sudden death) This service ended. ,
we crossed over to the church, but /
while the baptized parties and the c
minister were primping we young folks
strolled off to the spring and sat on the
fence talking-politcs (The subject
was weighty and important, but when r
a little later, we slipped into the back +
seat the minister sighed YEARLY and +,
his text After church we
bid good by to the friends of the morn +,
ing and walked home-with the other :,
fellow. =
As we were drying the last of the c
dinner dishes sad voiced, young n
Adventist minister stuck his head in at c
the door and called to me to get my hat h
and lets go to Warrior" warrior in ir