Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-07-28
TAKING IN THE PICNIC
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pfete when we passed but sufficiently
so for letting trains over along. 1t
will come to putting in two story
depot here later on as this is juuc-
ton point between the A Il NJ and
the n, .. Il NJ. c. and the climb up
and down the bank is pretty steep
for passengers getting transferred
from one line to the other. The first
story would accommodate the n O.
IL M. c.. passengers while the up
stairs would fit up nice to the A. 4
NJ as the matter stands there now
there is no depot at all, the former
one having been burned and box
car being used as a temporary sub
stitute. The direct rail connection is
made by a switch from the A Nm be-
ginning several yards south and de-
ploying north along 81 de of their main
line but through gradually deepen
ing cut in that heavy red CLAW until
the low level OF the N. O. i NJ. c. is
reached. Our train stopped and the
engine did some switching back down
that side-track showing us how the
trick was done. Here we learned
that the lower part of the run had al
ready been made that morning a.
head of us by the regular Pascagoula.
Northern train (uslng the old name)
which picked up the passengers at
points from here down with one or
two exceptions. So we had smooth
sailing from this on so far as stops
were concerned and Is removed un.
easiness about care getting too fun
as some were already standing up,
but not many.
While standing out on the ground
on that high bank at Evanston wait
ing the switching to get done. the
men passengers got chance TO JOS
tie INTO one another ard as well
stretch their legs from the ride
Marcus and BERTHE Mcleod we're a.
mong the Sc they having got on at
Coins. Their madams were aboard
Some pretty level farming country
was now past as we rolled on down
through that portion of George
county severed from Jackson. And
the same thing in Jackson for miles
and miles. We had heard much OF
the level character and good soil of
of this territory and found is 40 to
to most descriptions. 1t is denuded
labout as clear OF any kind of forestry
as any cutover lands TO be found IN
this section. AT one place we past
cyclone stretch where the trees
had been uprooted IN true clay hur-
rcane roots style and one school
house of substantial proportions on
a decided careen.
As we come within about fifteen
miles of the coast the character OF
the country changes the lands be
ing lower and and small clumps oil
low growing bushes appear, and
marshes along n stretches. But not
as much as in some coast CONTIGUOUS
territory.
Ford which is on the North side oil
Dog river just across from Moss
Point is finally reached and then we
cross the bridge slowly oyer that
stream and are into Moss Point. Or
rather we run into the back part OF
it, missing the river front where the
miIs are. Through the timbers we
can see one or two of them and one
ship at anchorage. So those of us
who have heard so much of this place
from the people running the river
from our county miss getting seeing
the real Moss Point, or that part of it
in which we are interested unless
we whip back up that way during
the day on the electric car line.
Passing on down from Moss Point
to PascagCula the writer saw off
through = low level streak of coun-
try to the east the first evidence of
that un balanced stretch of weather
that was beginning to put in appear
ance in our section, in the shape OF
a lowlying raincloud of wEitish ma
ture a mile or so off which was
affording heavy shower off there.
We rolled into Pascagoula (old
Scranton) and found the whole city
of some nearly three thousand souls
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