Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-23
TRIP TO HEALING SPRINGS. ALA
BY JAMES FAUX.

awhile and drink the waters. Others
Just in passing as sfghtseers. To
these a description of the place as we
saw it will adj but little II anything
TO their recollectlons of it unless it
might be something put into print
Which had not hitherfore passed I'M
der their eye regarding such place 10
that way.
The post office faces the highway
which skirts the edge OF the town of
Healing Springs at. that point and
such road making right here a turn
or elbow going then on through the
town which it has been passing
through the edge. The town is sit
uated on some levels above the hill
from the Hotel property and a dozen
or more residences are in sight when
this eminence is gained besides
some old store buildings and the
church. Their schoo. house recently
burned down aud Mlllry has Con
solidated School now going with a
truck which passes Healing each
morning hauling the school children
from there into the Millry school and
back that afternoon. There is a
large sized Baptist church house on
the level above the hull and two
story lodge building not far away
tn Millry they have Methodist
church. There are number OF
pretty good fields about the resi-
dences in Healing which show very
fair crops growing
There are some large shade-trees
at the gate entrance gong Just past
the post office where the turn is
made into the Healing Spring Hotel.
| You then come out into an open
court or arrangement of buildings
on four sides facing a square that
has some shades. tennis net, swings
etc. and at night turpentine crude
flare light. Near the entrance is
what's called the big house" in
which dwells the proprietor of the
hotel. Mr.. Henry Pettus and right
across from it is the Drummers
lquarters house, which Is given over
en- tirely to travelling men, who seem
to make this hotel headquarters on
their runs in an out of that terrific
Try in their aut,s. We see familiar
faces among them as those who make
Leakesville nearly every week. AT
might special table in the dining
room is set for them and in the NOR.
uings special meal time is for them
in order that they may get away
early on their trips to merchants in
this circuit. Just beyond the Big
House is the dining-room and office
building as well as kitchen to its
rear. Some cottages fill OUT this
row. Then onTthe row directly op.
posite is toe long house which covers
J all that side of the square and sets
I slightly below the level OF the Other
! buildings as there is gentle Stop.
down that way. The buildings are
Ill one story and have porches OF
, galleries. The springs are three 1t
: number, two OF which have Pavilion:
for the guests to sit and drink the
y water. The other one is the Iror
spring which is situated off it'll,
/ distance from the others aud has M
pavilion as the water is drank from
: it before breakfast while the cool o
g the morning is on and shade not de
Y sired. To fact some of the ladies' ap
+ pear there 10 the mornings will
0 light wraps on when its damp an,
: coolish.
n Speaking of cool; there is some
I thing in the properties of the water
3 of these springs that must affect th
}, atmosphere with cooling propens
e ties as we notice it seems to be som
i cooler there under same weather cor
| ditions than elsewhere. OF cours
e any swamp in the Southland is MAJ
e urally slightly cooler than in ia
d open country provided the under
i growth is not too thick. but we al
p persuaded this water has chemici
IS element in it that must diffuse itse
IF through the air with cooling effect
J. Then there is another peculiar pro-
b erty which the water possesses
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