Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-05-25
MORE ABOUT LAUREL MEETING or PRESS.


We arrived at Laurel at 1920 but
too late 10 quite take in the opening
morning session of the con vention.
By the time the writer got the stain
of travel brushed off the editors and
their wives aud sweet-hearis were
beginning 70 stream in from the Citv
ball to the Hotel. The VII ter got a
peep at the Laurel hospital Seven
month Old Institution as the head
nurse expressed il TO us. It's looked
mighty fresh and new and while not
50 large as some we have seen is a
ereditaoie one for Laurel IL is 10
Gated but very few blocks
from the business and vet ia oue.
part OF the city. The state hospital
granted by the last legislature is
building but two miles away.
The dinner hour and hotel lobby
afterward afforded the usual chances
of shaking hands with old and form
ing new acquaintances among the
Quill drivers of the state.
The afternoon was devoted tho
business session OF the convention
which took out about 43O md gave
us chance To load into waiting au-
tomobiles and have ride over the
city. seeing the big mills, fertilizer
factory, other factories, beautiful res
licences, depots etc. thanks to tho
courtesy of business people who fur
nished and drove the cars.
Tuesday night four,course ban
quet was given our Convention at
the Y NJ G.. A, hu lding with appro-
pirate toasts from local celebrity
and members of our party. We were
grateful that there was no liquors of
any kind served at this banquet
Their Y. M. c. A building is a beau
ty and capacious IN size and tie room
where the banquet was served, in the
basement, especially roomy,
The nerve shocking vail of the
ire siren which called Us from our
slumbers at one o'clock that night
after late retirement and we could
see the mad red glare of the flames
in the mills part of the clty leapng
into tho heaven and hear the roar Of
the fire hghtlEg machines as they
hurried to the scene. Soon the red
changed to white on one side and la
ter began to die down showing the
success of the work of the valiant
and energetic fireman. A later siren
announced another fire ia another
portion of the city. Both fires were
of small vacant buildings.
| Wednesday we had some talks by
outsiders sent by the federal govern
ment TO spur US up on food q feed
crops agitation and war enthpsi-
asm. The writer had expected this
last and listened as calmly as possi-
ole to the war ebulitons. Some
resolutions we're passed later-but
not unanimously because worded
too strong, substitutes of more mod
crate tone being rejected, endorsing
president Wilson ia the war with
| Germany etc. No fight of any spir-
it Yas made because it was deemed
best not to as the country was at
war, but the resolut Gus as adopted
did not reflect the sentiment OF all
present as 1t was divided, though
those Of more temperate view were
10 the minority at least when the
vote we're taken.
That evening We editor and wife
caught the interurban car after sup
per and-ran over to Ellisville and
Ispent an hour very enjoyabIy with
our former pastor S family, Rev. G.
III. Noble. Bro Noble moved there
since he was snperannuated and had
the misfortune last year to lose his
little crop as well as two OF the
small children, so they are having a
nard time but trusting in the Lord
to bring them out and are getting
planted but slowly for another sea-
SON. Their piece OF ground is not
overly large but helps
One thing we must not omit men
tioning about Laurel before passing
from II, and that was the impressive
parade of school children, which
marched from their se' eral schools
: down the streets and up winding in
to the hall where we were in session
that morning and over and across
the platform in full view OF us edi-
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