Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-13
PANAMA EDITORIAL TRIP.
Last Letter.

WNlilS ou up bOWdTuS tll' 'dbN vi
tie free and home of the brave, we
struck rough weather again as soon /
as the Mexican Gulf was entered.
In fact that arm of the sea seemed
determined tn remind ms of its power
to bring on the disagreeable seaSick
ness from which we suffered again
but not so bad as on the trip down
though the water was much rough
er TO our way of thinking. Dhe
waves seem to roll higher ut times
and we were in the clutches OF Il mum
Der of gales which tossed our boat
sharply though not at ali dangerous,
as she was too staunch IL steel built
vessel for that Thinking Of it now
we can t heip but remember with an
unpleasant feeling how dark and
greenish those swirling aud dashing
pillows looked, as we sat on deck
miserable and longing to get back on
America S soil one more time.
Along with the other passengers
this scribe was watching for some
sign of the land Sunday afternoon
October 81, when we discovered the
delicate and flint outlines of a white
steamer to the North, headed at
right angles to us as she was Cuba
bound out from New Orleans. At
fifteen minutes to three o'clock the
light house at the Jetties of the Mis-
sissippi came into view, then tue vel
lowish speck known as the Bar, "
which looked beautiful indeed tO us
homecomers as it proclaimed that
American dirt was being reached
Quarantine officers pestered US here
twice, but the Quarantine station
was safely past except by one French
man who had too high temperature,
but he was suffering from malaria
and hoped to get released after day
or so.
The Mississippi River pilot dis
placed the Jetties pilot taken on out
in the Gulf and we steamed up the
Father of waters, as landing at New
Orleans is tabooad until daylight
The moon in his full red splendOr
looked down on the silent and males
tic streams, seeming to grinningly
bid Us welcome back to The Beloved
States. Numerous steamers out
ward bound were passed as we made
our way up the river Waking up
next morning in New Orleans we
found that five Or more of Uncle
Sam 5 battleships in their dull grey
paint and with the blackening muz-
zles OF their big guns vfzible, looked
out across at US, as it was Taft day
in the Crescent City and they were
there in the presidents honor. Not
Jill seven o'clock could we get an OPP
portunity to be grilled by the port
quarantine and custom house officials,
both of whom we easily passed. Get
ting mp into the city we purchased
the first daily newspaper with Asso-
ciated Press dispatches in it we had
seen in three long weeks. The Wa
terways COnven ton was in session
in New Orleans and we noticed in
! this paper that speaker Joe Cannon
OF the lower House of Congress had
Deel entertained the night before
there, and in reply TO some queries on
the newTariff, answered in this strain:
Tat while the Tariff had it's defects,
as had all OF them, yet despite that,
there WASH t any of US that would
prefer living in some other country
than these United States of Ameri-
ca. That once we mentally said
amen to the Car of our Congress. as
we had been away from these shores
and seen what benefcent blessings
our form of government affords,
though we believed then and still be-
lieVe that Payne Tariff most in
iquitious one
The journey on the cars and arrival
back to thd best town on earth,
Leakesville, Miss, was chronicled
at the time. We are not blind to
the mistakes and discrepancies which
have crept into these series of let
tiers, in fact we see how had circum-
stances been more favorable we could
have improved the grammar and
closer verified some of the matter
banded, but the work is done and
It ; Tor our readers to say whether
despite the lameness of expression.
these articles have contributed 60
their pleasure and information as to
present conditions on the Canal Zone
and travel incident to reaching it.
Your charitable allowances for all
shortcomings is a cheering hope to
us, and so now we say FINALE.