Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-01-12
THE EDITORS CHRISTMAS TRIP.
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Bay Minette; Some Things About It. 9

that it was Christmas by hearing lbe /
roar up the streets and see the blus |
smoke pnffs of cannon firecrackers |
being exploded to emphasize the hol-
iday good cheer. Later we we're an
moved some by "A new tangled type of
torpedo which is exploded in mech
auism like unto a walking cane
which bunch of lads would gather to-
gether and pound on to the pave
mentS and keep mp an almost deafen-
ing roar for a few minutes until
their charges gave ont and they had
to reload We were thankful the de-
vice was not like repeating shot
gun or our ear drums might have
suffered sure enough.
The run over to Baym nette was
made on the 3 o'clock afternoon train
called the Pensacola short We
crossed the Alabama river on the
draw bridge and noticed it had some
rise in it, Then over the long spans
which negotiate the breadth of old
Tensaw river, noted as one of the
widest and vet shortest rivers in
this part of the country. Doliye
station succeeded carpenters, which
warned us that we were buck close
to the town of our nativity. And
then Bay Minette The depot has
been moved across the street from
where it was about twenty two
years ago when this writer last visi-
ted the town. And it was a much
nicer and more uommodious build
log. The brick piles of the court
house also stared out at us across
the street over in part of the town
that in our boyhCod days was frog
ponds and crawtish holes. Bay Mi
nette had not then risen to the dig
atty of county-seat. And didn't
she have time getting that honor,
having to kidnap the county records
a time or so in the memorable fight
for the location, which travelled to
the supreme court of Alabama more
than once. But the invincible de-
termination of the Bay Minette pro-
moters won out and that fine courtho-
use with its surroundings in the way
Of the brick square stands as monu
mentto those determined spirits aud
those who n they interested ia such |
building up Of more bused village
into town of over a thousand souls |
which handles volume enough of bus
mess in day to overcap Leakesville's
trade in a ween. We saw it coming
out of hox-car after box-car on the
sidings and they claim that's is dull
there now account storm atterclaps.
When we alighted from the train
lie Bay Minette it was raining, which |
somewhat pleased the writer, for as
none of our relatives were expecting
US that day it gave the writer few
minutes to peep round and see how
many of the old landmarks he could
recognize from that view point
While in Bay Minette we we're the
tie guests of our COUSINS, Mesdames
Annie Stewart and Gasque Hall, |
daughters OF our maternal aunt, Mrs
Callie wilkins, who makes her home
principally with Gasque and is a |
great comfort to her during these
days as her husband, Leslie Hall, a |
prominent lawyer 10 the Baldwin |
County, Ala, practice. succumbed |
to tuberculosis the early part OF last
summer. He had tried the noun |
tains Of North Carolina as well as of |
New Mexico, but in vain. He expired |
at his home, so we guess his end was
happier than if he bad like so many !
Of the health exiles, come down to
death IN the far west weary miles |
from old and cherished surround !
ings. Gasque has two exceedingly
bright boys, Leslie Jr. and GAVIN,
their mental precocitv being remark
ed by all who contact the sprightly |
friendly but fatherless lads. Their
father left them and his dear wife
well provided for 10 the way of in
surance. which is being invested to
bring the boys up vita their inheri
lance unimpaired. These klnspeople
we're mighty nice and hospitable to
Us and we shall remember for years
to come their kindly mnistrations
while thrown with them pnne moro