The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-14

IN my second trip letter the end
came with hotel over night, June II,
in the great city, Chattanooga,
Tenn Early on the 18th the Florida
secretary FASTENED to the depot to go
to Birmingham, over the Queen and
Crescent route. In the lunch room I
wanted some sandwiches to eat on
the train. Walters rushed as orders
came fast for breakfasts. Instead Of
what | wanted they brought batter
cakes. Seeing that the help were
oyerworked, | just kept quiet over
the order and tried to enjoy an un-
usual sort of luncheon en- route Is
it not record worth having, that in
over twelve years of much travelling
in or out of our state, have never
had any friction with either depot
or railroad officials or employees?
Early morning trains are pleasant
and this railroad line has nice &C
commodations on day coaches. /
greatly enjoyed the ride till at At
Italia, one of the largest towns in AL
ALBANIA, the people focked in. Tt
proved to be a Birmingham bargain
day" at several large stores which
doubtless increased nearby travel.
One woman passenger was evidently
not long from the Old Country, with
her worldly possessions packed in
what appeared to be an old table
cloth. To see her get out of the
crowded car with that great bundle
over her shoulder attracted consid-
cradle attention from others beside
myself. / love the uplands and re-
GREETED in the thought that Tennes-
see and North Alabama passed, the
country would get more FIorida-Hke. |
Our route was through a valley, with
harvesting of grain going on in farm
ing spaces between f1ourishing little |
villages.
Arriving in Birmingham it was to
be greeted by Mr.. Ballard, a vice
president of the Worlds Union in
Christian Endeavor, and who with |
the Florida transportation agent |
planned for the Alabama and Flori- |
da car to Los Angeles last summer.
Then followed six hours of seeing |
with dinner and pic
ture show besides. We went by car
to ERsley, where is the church and |
manse of Rev. l.. Il. Brubaker, state
president Tt is a great steel manu-
featuring suburb OF Birmingham |
Around this city are found deposits |
Of iron, lime and coal, which together |
form materials needed for the making |
of steel | was told that this is the |
only place known of where nature |
thus assists in steel formations so
perfectly. Birmingham has the tall |!
est building in the South and more
nearly as conspicuous. We went out
to the suburb where the rich people
live after passing through the work
mems section, and | wondered which
class of citizens was the happiest and
living nearer to Christ's ideal for His
followers.
After telling my host goodbye, on
the l.. & Y. road, the way ran further
south to Thorsby, through ups and
downs, fine scenery often. Sometime
coal mine gave blackness to the
view, but over all rose green hills as
a background AT Thorsby | was the
guest for three weeks of former Flor
do rfpfn syY1o I9.ov-
w. Butler was Congregational pas
tor at Ormond. Once on a time, the
splendid state and district junior
superintendent was Miss Jennie Tup-
per of Ormond. Now, with her
mother and three lively little folks,
the ex-junior superintendent is the
wife of Rev. Butler in a comfortable
parsonage placed on a hill looking
down on the picturesque village.
There was no typewriter | could use
but considerable hand work was
done. The work in Florida is new
er forgotten by Secretary Grace"
In Thorsby is large school or insti-
tute largely planned to place high
school training in reach Of the coun-
try boys and girls of Alabama. 1t
was a chance to see some of the prob
lens, financial and otherwise which
make such home-mission work for
white students, even a greater re-
sponsibility than honor TO its, Thors-
| by's, faculty here.
| Thorsby has three kinds OF citi-
| zens, yankees, native settlers and
| SWedes. The Congregational church
was built by Norwegians but as few
remain they hold services now with
the sturdy, industrious Swedes.
They have red barns, just like "up
| North and back of Rev. Buffers