The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-01-22
Mr.. Foodson's Travels.

Macon, Ga, Saturday, Jan. 18, 1913.
To The Manning Times:
I left Manning New Years day te
travel in South Georgia for Nash
vile company Of foreign missions. This
communication will contain but little
concerning the work I was sent out tc
do as that will not be of interest to
your readers, but just an account OF my
travels. After two stops in South Car
olina, where I was invited to eat New
Years dinner with some good South
Carolina friends landed in Savannah
late New Years night. Next two days
were spent ia Savannah visiting the
Presbyterian pastors and calling on
few of the leading families
Savannah is city OF parks and they
are quite beautiful ir statuary and
green winter grass-even between the
rails of the street car tracks green
grass is growing in many instances.
Savannah boasts OF being the largest
shipping point OF long staple cotton in
the world.
The next day was spent in Blocks
hear, and on Sunday preached both
morning ank evening at Waycross.
Waycross has about $1,000 inhabitants
largely made up of employers OF rail
road shops. Monday was spent in VAL
dosta. q beautiful city OF eight thous-
and, surrounded by the largest grow.
ers of long staple cotton in the world;
has large State university for girls,
and claims to have the largest per-
capita wealth Of any city in the United
States.
Tuesday was spent in Quitman, q city
of four thousond, with three 1ne
church buildings; Presbyterian church
recently dedicsted cost thirty-hve
thousand dollars.
% wednesday, We come to our first
Florida town, Monticello, in the midst
of ls ge groves of pecan trees, and
Thursday Landed in Tallahassee, an
ugly old town where there are four
negroes to one white man. Spoke on
missions at the prayer meeting there.
Tallahassee has q very nice capital
building and beautiful college build.
inEs
Next stop was Quincy, Fla, sur
rounded and sustained by large tobac.
CO farmers and factories. One company
is TO plant thousand acres all under
shade saw one plant bed Of Eve or
six acres being prepared.
Saturday was spent in Brainbridge,
Ca, and on Sunday we had most de-
lightful day 10 good old Thomasville.
The writer had the honor OF making
the didicatory address in the new Y.
v. C. A. there; and on Monday night
spoke at mems banquet at Moultrie.
Both of these towns have considerable
wealth. and both Presbyterian churches
have million dollar elder, godly men
and liberal.
Next three days were spent in q
Presbyterian Missionary Conference in
Americus, Ga. One very pleasant fea-
ture OF this visit was being entertained
in the home OF DR.. J. T Stukes, who
has recently moved there from Florida.
He has bright outlook for good prac.
sice which he abundantly deserves. Fri
dsv vas spent in Fort Valley, Georgia,
in one OF toe largest peach growing Sec
tions of the world. Several groves have
orchards of i've or SIX hundred acres.
One planter told me that his orchards
brought him $50, 600 last year. Saturday
finds me in Macon, one OF Georgia's
most beautiful cities. am booked to
speak three times tomorrow on Foreign
Missions.
This is the first of FIVE letters I have
agreed to write for The Manning Times.
Will write more about Macon in my
next. A. r. WOODSON.