The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-22
HOAfEWARD BOUND TO
FLORIDA ENDEAVORERS

SIX CLOCK one morning II was a yer! /
pleasant trip through picturesque hill
" country to Montgomery. This
great city has a very fine depot with
a ladies parlor much more hygieni-
cal than such rooms usually are. One
thing i did not like however, was a
cuspidor in this woman's room, show
ing that passengers along that route I
We're believers in the use of tobacco
by ladies. The matron tried to ex-
cuse appearances by saying the room
has been used all night We favor
men and more useless one for wo-
men.
The reply after asking what made
Montgomery rich was, cotton and
aristocracy'' 1t was early in the
morning to see local Endeavorers, !
and there was no cotton in evidence
in the part of the depot / waited in
before taking the atlantic and West
Point road toward Atlanta. Some
thing good, and too unusual, was a
beautiful river bank view from the
cars standing in the depot shed OF
Montgomery. The Alabama river does
not look as pretty as some Of the
! Florida rivers, | thought, but its yell
/ low water made a nice contrast to
the green foliage along the banks,
| here and other places along the route.
| The same vivid contrast, of yellow
and green, IS noticed along the high
ways of southern Alabama and Geor-
gia TO Atlanta Somehow the yellow
clay shows up the green grass and
trees to a better advantage than the
"Florida sand would
On the crowded car bound east
ward were two elegantly appearing
ladies and near them as many rude
~ dressed workmen, evidently for
eigners. Pondering over the con-
trast l thought, will it be this way
in Heaven" A sigh of homesick-
ness was the pleasure of seeing yell
low freight cars with the East Coast
Railroad mark, picture showing
the oversee route to Key West.
There's no place like ones own state
anyway.
At small village with the queer
name of 'tChehaw,' got off and took
a little road, five miles, to the famous
| Tuskegee Institute, the cars stopping
on the campus. We passed through
the town of Tuskegee, very attrac-
tive looking town. I had supposed
the institute was a large school but
was surprised to find it was simply a
real town of splendid buildings with
wide avenues and landscape garden
over which the great place of educa-
tion has been laid out. There are
about 1000 acres and visitors are
not expected to walk about Distan-
ces are so great carriages are fur
nished by Tuskegee to such sight
seers. The summer normal school
was underway, and these teachers,
from other states besides Alabama,
added to the nearly one hundred
students who stay here when the in
/ d
scene during my short sojourn at
Principal Washington's school. In
the evening as it was Sunday the
prayer meeting by Endeavorers and
others present was held. The meet
ing was up-to-time. A program care
fully made out in advance was rem
dered and every on who was to take
part was on hand. What 1 enjoyed
best was a jubilee song by eight
young men, members of the Tuske-
I gee trained chorus. One could al
most see, in their imagination, the
| long ago plantations and the slaves
| while the spell of the music lasted
1t was quickly broken when the next
number On the program, which was
| a paper by stu lent clearly showing
the nervous strain young people toe
| often gain when in pursuit of know.
ledge, was rendered.
II From Chehaw toward Atlanta we
passed through cotton fields, cotton
fields and more cotton fields. One
wonders what these people would
make a living on if cotton prices fail
ed. Few vegetable gardens and rare
ly q corn or grain field was seen anC
the orchards were more scarce L
reminded me OF before the freeze
days in Florida when citrus fruits
were put first and last and always il
importance by too many citizens wht
later learned better by severe ex
n perience. AS Atlanta was approached
more corn fields appeared and ever
IlIand-agents bill boards adorned tn,
railroad scenery, showing that some
thing was doing in other ways thar
III just raising cotton.
Ill One week was sDant in Atlanta T