Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-05-20

came III IL ne tobacco as it
n the nelo- the dried bundles
sortlngs Then in the stages |
vn ano sprinklings, mashed,
idle finally being wrapped into
" for shipment or else used in
particular brand of cigars which |
ere here made.
Some fullers earth plants are near
this city. And we pass miles and
miles of the tobacco fields which are
we quickly discover to be easily in
Identified by the Slated overhead
coverings, put on for spreading thin
cloth to shield the tender plants from
haro heat Of the sun when at par
ticular stage of growth or cure.
Posts are set up along ia lines and
thin Stats set a few inches apart laid
from rail to rail on these post sup
ports until acres and acres are so
covered. Then at the right time a.
long comes the cloth in bolts which
are unrolled out over this overhead
structure. This country is fairly
level At the bridge which divides
the two counties the autos which
have brought US through Gadsden
County dumps us into long line of
waiting autos which have come over
the county in which Tallahassee is
the seat, as we'll as the capital city of
Florida state. Now the country be-
comes broken some and we pass
quite lake, the second we have
seen of numbers which we are to see
as we travel over the state. 1t like
the one at De Funiak Springs is fed
from underground sources. Before
rolling into Tallahassee the mills be-
come more pronounced and we see
moss hanging from trees and as we
ride along notice in trees growing
by the roadside wild roses which we
are told are of the Cherokee type.
They are lovely white or most OF
them are They run up in trees
like the rambler types at home.
Quite heavy hit Or two is climb
ed before we getinto
TALLAHASSEE
and we whirl by the Capitol building
which is an ante bellum building of
white stone to which they have been
possible additions since the Civil
War but we are told It's largely the
same state house that then stood
1t stands on about the highest point
of the level above the hill on which
the city is perched. From here we
ride on down the principal BUSINESS
street to the girls college on another
rise and go into the driveway gate
into beautiful grounds where stands
on their grassy lawns numbers OF
those stately signing yellow pines
which are so dear to the heart of one
raised in the pIney woods of Missis-
sippi and Alabama, as is the case with
this writer and wife. There are sew
eral buildings on these grounds and
they are of modern types. Thew
had fire recently which wiped out
a frame dormitory but nevertheless
they have girls here by the swarms
and we see them in their white gar
ments walking the lawns in groups
which watch this crowd OF editors
which have invaded their domains.
A great feed was given US that night
in their large dining-hall in which
hundreds are seated of their towns
people, the faculty and other guests
as well as our party. Great speech
es are made here aud music galore
furnished by the trained talent from
their gifted classes. An incident
occurs here in the midst of the pro-
gram which created quite stir for a
little while. An aged gentleman of
the party who was seated not so far
away from US, suddenly threw up
hands, and scraped his feet in q most
violent way "a way which would
likely have gotten on the nerves of
4 =
Sheriff Webb Wallev as bad as those
court crowds do if not worse) and af-
ter making such an astonishing a.
mount Of racket he keeled back down
into his chair with head thrown back
and ewes fixed as II dead man.
physician was the cal by the