Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-07-15
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA.
BY JAMES FAUX.

was served us in the dining hall of
the University here, IL being the
main institution for males supported
by the state, as is the one for girls
which we visited on the way over
when we took in Tallahassee. Some
rodsing speeches are made at this
eating which was a generous feed
served in true long table style and
the courses brought in by the nimble-
footed students who looked after
that end OF the entertainment. The
greatest speech was made by the
State Agriculture man who managed
to use dry statistics in way to give
them juicy flavor and jest and get
fac into our minds in pleasant
way which were a guide to our grasp
ing Floridas resources all through
the balance of the Journey. One
thing which be said that impressed
the writer powerfully, was that out
TO the west sweeping South and then
round the bottom end OF the State,
was the greatest river in the world.
abiding OF cuorse to the Gulf Stream.
Somehow | had never thought of it
as river, but that's what it is de-
spite its banks are of water. for ii
moves like river, about which more
anon as we relate the ride over the
Florida keys from Mama down to
Key West. Gainesville afforded
special interest to me because my
sister, Mrs ]. H, Stewart and moth
er, Mrs. D. E. Faux spent about a
year living there when Jack worked
for mill concern down IN that part
OF Florida and they told and wrote
us so many things of it that we we're
keen to see them with our own eyes
and we did and we're well pleased
with the place only it was mighty
hot for Mississippian down there
| in early March and humping into
mid summer weather. but the shades
lcooled you off surprising quick.
They had great Tin-Cau Tourist
Damp to which we were motored and
shown the great number of states re-
presented. The camp was built by
the hospital citizens and is furnished
with restroom house with toileis
baths and all such comforts They
have washing houses also where the
women do the family laundry. Also
post office and register room anC
the camp is organized and has its
own mayor etc. and is an interesting
sight indeed. Fords are here galore
and other cars and the name of each
state on the car and the car parked
in section placarded for that par
ticular state. They boiler out at US
as we pass and people from same
states jolly each other
The train ride that afternoon was
a hot one despite that we had cleo
trio fans going in each Pullman car
1t was early in March but we were
IN Florida and in the troplc zone anc
how we did feel that heat, 1t made
us long for night to pull off those
winter underwear. Those northern
fellows promenanded up and dowr
the cars With their coats and collar;
off and perspiring like fields hands
The waning of the day brought US tC
LEEBURa
: where one section of the train was
run out a mile or so TO have the
, party inspect paper mill just being
erected to manufacture paper out o.
the new process which has been per
fected to make paper from the saw
, grass of which there are thousand:
of acres in the ponds, lakes anc
marshes OF this state. 1t grows a
bout as tall as ones waist and is {
darking yellow looking plant. The
party was finally assembled on thu
main square of the city where an ole
fashioned barbecue was staged fol-
, our benefit. And here we first RAJ
into free distribution of fruit. w
mean oranges and grapefruit
They brought them in from the near
. by orchards by the wagon load> ant
dumped hamper after hamper o
them on the ground and into boxe
and paper bags and insisted on eac
, and every one of us taking as man
| - A. N