The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-10-10
Traveller Has a Poor Opinion
of Some of the South
ern States.
(By W. N. NJ

sons to write ueSC1APSAOH
of : this modern mecca" after
arriving here, but having bean
delayed enroute through some blum
dering railroad officials, we did not
reach this place until yesterday even
ing, and my stay has been too short
to venture an opinion that might in
iuence the action OF some prospective
purchasers of property here.
1 will say, however, that am not
much disappointed in my views Of
the place from what 1 had learned
of it before left home, and do not
regret the small investment made IN
this modern. though not up-to-date
winter resort.
Until the completion of the connect
ing line from this place with the A.
& st. A. B. railroad at the Junction
seven miles north of here, Lynn Hav-
en- can only be comfortably reached
by passage up the ST. Andrews bay
on small moter boat, but the one
hour and thirty minutes ride all the
way in full view of the beautiful
white sand lined beach imparts a
very pleasant sensation, besides be-
ing OF some educational value TO
those who have the grace TO enjoy
the beauties of nature.
My chief objection to residing long
in this place is the fact that l pre-
fer living in country where the sun
first makes it's appearance of morn
ing in the East, then retires from
view at night behind the western
hills; but as there are no western
hills" here, "old SoI' may become
confused at night and return on his
back track in the morning, or 1t
may be possible the confusion is IN
me rather than the sun, so l Will let
it go at that-though it looks plain
to me that the error is in the sun
But as 1 am not ready to write up
Lynn Haven, 1 will give some obser-
vations enroute here.
In southern Tennessee 1 began to
notice that none of the corn crops
had been gathered, and after reach
ing Alabama everything denoted the
shiftIessness OF the farmers-if farm
ers they were All corn crops were
standing untouched, the fodder SO
dead ripe that the blades we're drop
ping off, and OF no food value what
ever. None of the ears had been
husked or jerked off, and 1 saw no
one in corn field. The ground
looked very thin, and the crops were
light. I saw no corn cribs, and
think they jerk off the ears, Tor /
should say "nubbins") just as they
wanted to feed it. Except as 1 saw
a few persons in the field picking
cotton (Which also looked very shorn
1 saw little sign of animal life on
any plantation. l saw no cattle eX-
cepting now and then very poorly
kept mich COW of the old ''penne-
royl" stock The few horses l saw
browsing in the sodless fields would
hardly be eligible for Trading alley"
stock at fair time in our county.
I saw no gardens connected with
the shacks they live in for houses
nor a chicken anywhere along the
road / suspect the crow OF roost- |
err at night would have scared them
out Of bed Hogs? Yes. we saw NO
razor DaChS AeuL the ~ am a. ~
small station that would have been a |
good drawing card in n first class
One of the passengers
One of the passengers
declared that knots would have to be
tied in their tails to keep them from
going through a screen door. We saw
some mules on the best plantations
but they too looked forelorn and hun
cry, and their ears looked unusually
long. Maurice Pickett's old family
donkey is a beauty besides them.
Night drew the curtain at Mont
gomery, and we saw no more of the
until we reached Dothan, but
from what we saw after that, am
inclined to think the conditions in
Alabama improved as we got farther
south, and it may be that we should
not Judge the conditions of the state
from what we observed
along the route of the railroad.
Our route from Cincinnati was over
The Queen and Crescent road via Lex
ngton, Danville. Hartman Junction,
and birmingham to Tus-
caloosa; thence over the NJ. & o. t"
thence over the A. G.
& L. to Dothan; thence over the a.
& St A. 2. to Panama.