Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-09-30
TRIP TO HEALING SPRINGS, ALA
BY JAMES FAUX.
(CONCLUDED.)


titles and both lad gained some in
weigh and spirits. The guests we're
all acquain ted with one another by
this time and we're making 1T honey
for each other by their social rela-
lions.
There were number OF people up
from Mobile as is always the case we
are told. Some OF these knew the
Metzgers in that city and were in
that way almost acquainted with
my people For instance there was
Mr.. Mckay with his wife and chill
dren from the Gulf City who was in
parochial school with George Metz
ger and his brothers. Then a Miss
Rencher who was neighbor and
feIlow-church woman with Mrs.
Metzger sister to Mrs. Faux. Then
there was lady from Chronicle
whom the writer knew in his school
boy DAYS as Miss Jessie Turcott. who
is now Mrs. E. j. Adair, and she
was up there with her son drinking
the waters and taking the rest.
The proprietor of the Healing
Springs Hotel, is a character of
broad acquaintance all through this
section of country. He is over eigh-
ty years old but very hale and hear
tY tor his age. We were told
by a gentleman from Mobile
who knows the family h /
he was a kinsman of the late U. S.
Senator Pettus from Alabama who
was colleague OF old Senator John
Morgan for so many years. Mr.. Pettus
acquired the springs he said in 1886
from man named Williams. He
traded farm in Sumter County, Ala,
for the property and has been rum
ming it off and on most OF the time
since. He lost his wife about eight
years ago, and she had helped him
wonderfully in running it. He has
now by way of immediate family a
niece, Miss eddie Leigh Carleton
and nephew Winton Carleton, whom
he and his wife partly raised as their
father Mr.. r. W. Carleton, lost his
wife when they were little. Mr..
Carleton lives there also and runs
the post-offlce and store while Win
ton looks after the transfer service
to Buckatuna and Millry. Mr.. Car.
Teton is photographer and does
splendid work. Was formerly To-
Gated in Gulfport. His health is
poor so he sticks to the springs as
a good place to live. He is an auth
or, having written the book of fic-
ton entitled will of the Wisp"
which is love story with the Miss
isslppi river about st. Louis as the
scene of its plot. He was unfortun-
ate in losing portion OF the first
and only edition of the book through
the publishers going into bankruptcy
right after It's getting off the press,
so he never realized but little from
his work. The writer acknowledges
a pleasant mornings entertainment
scam ng through the pages of such
book a copy of which was kindly be-
ing loaned to make the circuit among
the hotel guests.
Mrs. Mary Loughridge of New
Orleans, who is cousin of Mr.. Pet
tus, and who has been coming to the
springs all these years was over for
rest period and helping her Gins-
man look after the hotel affairs while
his manager Mr.. Siblev was away in
Mobile with a sick wife. Mrs.
Louahridge is a cody woman of the
PRESBYTERIAN faith and rendered her.
self particularly congenial to my
wife and also Mr.. Westerfleld came
from Scott Co. Miss. their old home
and was we'll acquainted with the
older members of their family and
almost connected with them by the
marriage OF one of the Westerfleld
sisters to Mr.. Moore who was kin
to her kinsman a DR.. Moore.
Mrs. Lipscomb sister of MIR. Pettus
was also visiting him at this time.
Like the hotel outfits of some oil
the springs In Mississippi this one
has somewhat run down, some of the
buildings etc. being partially dillap
idated and needing some freshenine
up with repairs if the returns would
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