Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1916-07-21
TRAVELLING TO THE GULF COAST
Gu The A. & N. New Line.

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quite a crowd assembled at the
Leakssville Depot early in order &c
board the excursion train to the
coast run to celebrate the completion
through of the A. & Nj. to connect
up with Pascagoula- Northern at Ev
anston thus giving through commu
nlcation to Deep water.
The train came in about an hour
late owing to wait in Vinegar BenG
to pick up all of the crowd who haG
expressed a determination to e
down and participate in the occasion
which linked their city as we'll a:
ours by two skeins of shining
steal" to the Gulf coast.
Nearly another hour was consum
ed In going up to the mill by the en-.
CINE to get water and seeing after
ticket matters. The agent at Leak
esvil'e ha sold out all of his quota
of tickets and a number had gotten
aboard without tickets on that &C.
count,
Soon the train was moving along
slowly over the river bridge and
trestle and then out over the "Y'
and then we were on the new track
heading on down past Aunt Emily
Hudson S and the Old Alvin Naples
place, then George McLecd's new
place was past and little later his
old pla ee where there is a pretty
deep cut. For years it has ZEN the
hope Ct poople passing down that
old dirt road that some day steam
cars would 90 laundering through
such a route and here we were rid
ing on the first train so to speak
down such line. The writer had
wondered just where they got out oil
the river flat country through the
hills onto the ridge towards Luce
dale which is the watershed tetwG en-
Chlckasawhay river and Dog river,
Suon we hear the en~ine putting,
putting heroically to get over this
heavy grade which some tell US is
known as the Jake Evans mill, and
its some hill alright. Rem; nds one
familiar with it of the hull on each
side of Citronelle or the M. Il O.
which in olden days of small engines,
/ efore the giant mogul came in, had
to be doubled" by heavy freight
trains. Our engine gets low on
steam after getting over the worst
of the hill and has to stop and PAM
bit until the steam rises to RICH,
point. We were pretty heavy load
ed for folks you know weigh up heav
y. Then we speed on our journey.
Coins aud Edith are other points
we pass, actually on the rsilroad
Goose Pond is reached a little later
Alb Eubanks and folks get on as We
reach his place right near the track
the train accommodatingly stopping
for him. He Marie 1 a daughter o.
W. r. Mel d who is sister o.
Mrs. c. 0. Thomas. Both these
sisters as well as Mesdames Aller
aud Wexford two Other of the sis
tiers, made the trip and of cours,
were delighted to | } together with
out long buggy rides TO bring abou
the family reunion.
The MAN line has not tes1 com
plet / at the )int straight through
there, 50 we deployed by Luce's mil
on the Luce old logging road. Al
the mill we took on several passsn
gers and passing on from there in tt
Eva aston those of us passengers
who he never So an it tafore observ.
ed closely and gro atty admired the
Luce Farm, which is some big affair
and shows the possibilities of right
rotation aud scientific culture tC
produce on such soil. Just before
rolling into Evanston we passed the
home of Mrs. Evans, mother of WI
ley Evans, from which f1nily thai
place takes it's name. Also we no
tlced the Bonnat d grading crew
camptd, corral and all OF fine mules,
scrapers etc just on the north side
OF the N o. Il M. c. Next issue we
will deal with the lower end of the
trip.