Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-03-24


BW have gotten used to it
nov; expect it; even look for
ward TO It; in fact can't sleep with
ou' It. Wh-iz z-z buzz z-boom.
boom! The next morning the clouds
and tue gloom had been left behind
and the sun rose In a clear sky as We
rushed along through southern Geor.
gia. Charley knew nothing of the
"wreck' of the night before. We
could notice a little frost on the
house tops, but the gardens looked
fresh and green. We stopped a,
Clifton to change engines and q ma.
tive came aboard and we learned
through him that they had had snow
there but twice in the past 32 years.
Once more under headway We were
soon gliding through northern Flor.
ia. We went into Jacksonville,
exactly on time, at $3.50 a. m. A
fast train was due 10 leave for Tam
pa at a. III. and we concluded To
take that instead of a slower train
which left at 9:20 a. IN. So we
were In Jacksonville just 0 minutes.
Our train was due at Tampa
at 400 p. m., the slower train at
1850 p. IN. We went in en- time,
making the $50 miles In Z hours.
And the entire distance from Gin
cinnati 10 Tampa in exactly 80
hours. We thought this was going
some, as the distance is over a thou.
sand miles. We put up at the De
Soto hotel in Tampa and for some
days we proceeded to take in the
sights about that fiourishIng city,
which boasts of 60, 200 inhabitants,
most of whom are Cubans aud Span.
iards with a goody smatterilg of cit.
lZens of African extraction. All
the Cubans, black and white, talk
Spanish. The Cubans are all cigar
makers; 26S, 100000 cigars were
made In Tampa last year. Mile or
two out in Tampa Bay large
steamer, the Congo, may be seen rid
ing at anchor, for she is interned
till the European war is over.
On New Years day the town was
decorated with flags and bunting,
the bands played and the people pa
raded the streets. All the different
orders were out. The school chil.
dren were out in their best bib and
tucker; the white children forming
a good part Of the parade and the
blacks, led by a colored band,
brought up the rear. Alter tho pa.
rade we all betook ourselves out to
the fair ground where we spent the
afternoon watching foot racing by a
lot Of young Cubans, automobile,
motorcycle and horse racing. As
the vendors Of soft drinks made
the welkin ring with their cries of
"lce cold lemonade, a glass a
glass" and others came around with
buckets filled with red.colored bot
Ties packed in crushed ice and yelled
In pigeon English, "Here's your
blud.red vine, better than gold
mine, bottle, only five cents =
bottle" " we had to stick pins in our
selves to arouse US TO realization
of the fact that we we're celebrating
New Years day, and not an old
fashioned Fourth Of July back at
home.
After seeing the wonders about
Tampa we concluded TO bic our.
selves to Ozona, a small town about
% miles west of Tampa on the
beautiful Gulf Of Mexico. This is
one Of the finest orange and grape
fruit sections in Florida and il a
most delightful place. We can cit
on the front porch Of our hotel and
flip pebbles into the guilt. 1t would
be simply folly for me to attempt
to give any idea of the. fine fisbin ?
we have here. We simply go out
in motor boats and catch hundreds
Of excellent fish weighing from 2 TO
25 pounds. The last time we we're
ont fhrco Of NJ uainar o kool. -