Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-06-28
EDITORIAL
EDITORIAL TRAVEL LETTER.
On The Way And In Chicago.

Ye editor and wife boarded the
North bound M. & o. train last Fri
day night and through missing
link in our arrangement had to be
content with an upper sleeper berth.
A wreck near Shuqulok with which
our train had nothing to do caused
three hours to be lost from the
schedule time, so that instead of
passing out of Mississippi at Corinth
near daylight, the day was we'll adj
vanced before we pulled through
that farewell town OF our home state
on the long run North to Chicago.
The days ride was without incident
save that both the writer and wife
suffered from car sickness which on
ly differs from sea sickness in degrees
with the same in favor of the first
named Both nauseate and make
the smell of food distasteful and a
warm room almost unbearable.
At Cairo, ILL.,, where the M. & 0.
crosses the Ohio river within sight
of where it rolls its majestic waters
into the mighty Mississippi, we saw
sights reminding US very much of
cyclone scenes in our native state,
for here were houses in every state
of wreckage from the disastrous
food waters which swept the Missis-
sippi Valley this Spring. Some of
these houses were tilted over on
their sides; others had the roof on
the ground and the bottom up to the
deavens; still others were abalance
upon one slant of the roof-side, while
still others were toppling down in
crazy fashion on this corner or that,
this wing or that, and those that
were substantially enough built to
escape unscathed from wreckage
from the water washing of their
sides, showed flood marks up to the
ewes. This of course in the lower
part of the city, as that portion of it
Immediately facing the Mississippi
and chambering the M. & O. depot
and other important buildings, is ell
evated sufficiently high to escape
such lnroads of water protected as it
also is but concrete crested high
levee wall.
Well we got to Chicago Sunday
morning at o'clock, having made
our connection in st. Louis the night
before with but a little breathing
spell to spare. After resting up we
went below into the corridor of the
spacious Sherman Hotel headquar-
tiers for our convention, met the
president and secretary. old friends
from last year S acquaintance. That
night we attended the First Meth
odlst church and heard highly edi-
tying and eloquent sermon delivered
by the learned pastor upon the great
theme of Counting the Cost. "
Well the air is full of reverbera
tlons from the Republican National
Convention held here which turned
out to be such machine farce that
the Progressive wing of that party
seem determined to reasseinble after
feeling the pulse back at home and
nominate Mr.. Roosevelt on such
new party ticket. Bryan is even
being mentioned as a probably sec
Ond place man but we opine that the
progreSsives will so capture the Bal
timore convention as to keep Mr..
Bryan's energies confined to the
Democratic ticket this election year.
Our convention got down to busl-
ness today and we have had already
some splendid addresses. / feel en-
Unused anew and better taught bow
to WELD an effective pen for the com
mon good of my country or that part
of il which it is my pleasure to serve
as a journalist. More good things
yet down on the progrom in this
line and the entertaining features in
seeing tn $ immense city and partak-
ing of some of it's magnificent ho spi-
tality interposes just here as prime
suggestor as matter demanding an
other article.
Before closing this letter will state
that if it be our privilege to go with
the editorial party on S. Dakota trip
we will probably hear Mr.. BRYAN
speak as he has made positive en-
gagement with our president to ad |
dress us out there especially from
the country newspaper man stand
point from which sphere he took his
start in life.
AS we have portable typewriter |
along this time will try to keep up |
better in writing up tins than previ- |
GUS trips.