The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1905-1910, 1910-05-20
A TRIP THRO' SOUTH To
CONFEDERATE REUNION.
Clarence Coleman Writes Inter-.
estingly OF His Travels In
Southern Cities.
LOUISVILLE, May II.

DEAR INTERIOR Though a frequent
contributor for the news columns of the
cheapest and best" since a mere kid,
yet this is my first intrusion since the
change in management; and | confess
1t is with some hesItancy that ] break
the mOnotony of protracted silence. |
have not as yet fairly recovered from
the shock of Ed Walton's quitting the
tripod am at a loss to know what
he will do with his erstwhile busy self.
IL must be a lonesome rest to Ed to
quit the strenuous life of country
newspaper publisher. editor, business
manager, news-gatherer, collector, dew
il, ct al of the |. j., of which he had
been part and parcel for so many
years, or before the advent of the wri-
ter on this mundane sphere. We are
glad to be numbered among the friends
of the former editor, and they are le-
gion; and we wish him unbounded sue
cess in whatever avocation or profess
ion he may choose to follow.
As to the new management, COM
mendation would be superhuous. Mr..
Sautley. while young man, has long
been in the harness, and is an A news
paper man. His many years service
on the Journal at the State capital
proved his making" and ability in that
line. We wish the |. j. the same sue
cess under the new regime that at
tended it uninterruptedly for nearly
two score years under the Waltons. 1t
might be of interest to the new editor
to know that the writer learned his
letters from the big caption title page
and ads. of the INTERIOR JOURNAL; and
in fact we learned to read from the
old |. j.
! wish to chronicle briefly a few
points regarding a recent Gulf-Coast
jaunt which carried the writer through
six of the Southern States, viz: Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississ-
ippi, Louisiana and Florida. At $50
p. m. on the evening of April 23d, ac-
companied by my brother-in.law, W.
B Adams. a young and prosperous
druggist of Louisville. we boarded the
fast flying New Orleans limited l.. &
N. train for Mobile, Ala, where we
were going to attend the Confederate
reunion. Midnight found US lunching
at Bowling Green. and Nashville was
reached about 2:30 a. m Shortly after
day break we were speeding through
''0le Alabam, making Birmingham at
about $50. or in time for breakfast.
Birmingham, with population of about
$50, 900, is the metropolis of Alabama.
The growth of Birmingham has been
little less than phenomenal. and the
city is justly entitled to the appellation.
the "Pittsburg of the South" there
being no less than a score of iron and
coal mines and steel mills within the
corporate boundaries of greater Bir-
mingham. The writer attended the
Confederate reunion at Birmingham
,Sy,har 90 tha re staai rs;l,s 90
n;nas Tba,e 10 r;abt fut'ra for for
p;nn.;Lnrs ,,S;oh .;S -
or ns sha nam, m o;,;as nnS ;ndrstr;o1
W. -. sH g. -, 60 i.nnI,, a.
~, Sas ,,y ."s sLn &c., III, a.,;, rne
e 10y that ao ha1p Is fou;sv;I,a
~, Us - eIr,ost Jo,,hIo tha oo,'Ia,;n, -
tho ki.hanaa go p'P1'"'o"
''S unasooa a. ,,,oI .;,, 90 Ala.
81 ~ Ct oap;taI - yha O.
sodar.cn mas raschsd IN time for din
49, Th;s Is az nn'to-datac;t nf about
es 900 sn,'Is and ia orow;no ran;d,v II
$500; sv ro;tsnoS nt,,a "a ~
io. a ~ ,ha haa',;f'I AIahama r;vsr
,oS;ah IL n.n;oahIa o. Ia raa's;zad r;yar
80, IT, go, sna, syhsra Iaffaraor
naa;s stood wb;Is tet;na the osth Of
So 90 pras;San, sc ,ha cnnfeSarata
o S.n. An,oH;ne y; ~ A IoSnrsa S,ata
a n hn;id;naNthan nsad es the r.
can;toi;s n,arLad by a hrasa
"a Tpa IA e.n;,oI hn;,d;go !. ~ =
sn a s,ata 90 mresarv vo, o ana has haao
nne np;,h rnnooro @ add;t;ons
a. - ha,.aan ,ha &c., and
sm I'll III r. saat 80 aouasn r and the
,Iar noast;no rlsos co. he Snions
ts aSe ~. VIC -. Wnh;,a
~, 900 H. W "nnis
neaT ~ ~ n aIlov an hi, ana ,ow-
9sS Az Az S .mo" R IT, ,hnusands
la"u ISL os ~ naInahIa nniIon n;ns have
a 4aIs"n 90 ,ha a'oaSn,.S,s ~ ,p.;,h;n ths
as1 80, ~ .ne 49, woo Tha ,1rn As ;ndas'
pas a ,h;s ran;on fnrn; s has amnIovmsnt
70 thonsands and Il a source of profit
) m the "nine orchard owner. Thous-
4 ands Of acres of ''boxed' pines can be
seen from the car window In the Gulf
a States of Alabama. Mississippi. Louis
a iona and Florida This Is also a great
r -. i. :; ...L C.,o-1.;,, "a .ha Caro