Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-19

A. NJ. was at "a. we concluded on SUM-
mer clothes, and to go by steamer Oh
the ST. Johns river. Although 1t Is ou'
q miles from here, the steamer haVlnS
to make landings on both sides OF the
river goes zig-zag and thus takes over
four hours. A fine looking stern
wheeler passed us named the City OF
Augusta and looked to me like the one
which used to run on the Kennebec pc
tween Gardiner and Augusta. we
passed Camp Joseph f. Thurston'
which is IL miles south of Jacksonville
where the government has already eX-
pended, so it is stated, three quarters
of a million of dollars.
ION arriving in Jacksonville we
found the city in the clutches OF sum
mer, so to speak, store doors as well as
dwelling doors wide open and dressed
as with us in July-out on piaZzas,
etc, even some men were in white,
plenty Of straw hats being visible. out
on Fairgrounds as there We're lots or
tennis players.
Jacksonville is bone dry. so to speak
for while you can find plenty of bot
tie goods to take away. there is moth
ing to be had to drink on the premises.
Returning we came back by rail, pass
ing through Camp Thurston. All the
way between the Camp and city the
roads were lined with automobiles and
before this month is ended q trolley
line will be running as we saw the way
they are rushing construction.
Sunday yesterday we attended the
Magnolia (colored) Baptist church AID
the services were conducted in the
usual manner incident to our colored
brethren. The text was, What does II
profit man if he gain the whole world,
etc. The funny part to us was when a
very stylish young colored woman
asked permission to address the con-
grega ton of which there were sc, and
having obtained the same, said she
would first sing for them. Then she
said, Listen and went on and talked
quite a while on some matter, then she
sang again and afterwards said, Lis
ten and went on talking again. Final
ly after about six listens she said the
object for which she wanted to adj
dress them was to get them interested
IN the Parent Teacher Association OF
which she was the representative in
this part of the country.
'Inasmuch as Mrs. Boothby is inter-
ested in the same organization in Wa
terville. we had to smile. Mrs. Booth
by spoke to her and we are to go over
to Green Cove Springs Friday for q
meeting. She obtained ten members
by her address.
while not many guests are at THIS
truly beautiful hotel. there is quite a
lot going on i'll the way of dancing
and entertainment in the evenings as
officers and soldiers from the camp
come down to participate, it being now
an easy matter, owing to the finishing
Of the state road from Jacksonville tc
Palatka and perhaps beyond.
The Seaveys never will got ovel
their love for Waterville and talk con-
tinually of old times and hope for new
Mr.. Seavey tells me of his summer
home in Marshfield. Mass, he has q
picture of the original ElmwOod at Wa
terville, which j have persuaded him tC
persent to the Waterville Historical
Society. We expect to be back in the
Elm City by the middle of March"
Mr.. Boothby says in a postscript
that, 1T must be borne in mind that
the people in Green Cove Springs win
ters are mostly cottagers from all parts
Of the United States"