Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-07-22
LAKE COUNTY,FLORIDA.
BY JAMES FAULK.

ticle. that we are to make today with
the motorcade, which is procession
over mile long of autos loaded with
our party making the swing over
this county and moving on schedule
time, making town after town the
citizens of which expect us at GER
tam times of the day and are ready
waiting as we roll up to see to our
reception aud rapid entertainment
as only few minutes are allotted TO
each place before we are rolling
again.
1t tell the lot OF this editor and
wife to ride in car in which also
rode ]. Byron Cain OF Kansas and his
little 10 year old son Paul. who is TAX
ing the trip Byron is an old friend
as we have been Dumping into him
and his good lady these dozen wears
off and on at the national editorial
meets and on their tours and he is
jolly good fellow with an open
hearted friendly nature and together
we all enjoy the day greatly, he is
an expert kodak man and one OF the
best judges of what Constitutes a
good picture that we ever saw, and
he is right there at the psychology
cal moment, Johnny-on-the spot to
get snap when the right time ar
rives. He has served as Treasurer
of the Association and is known I'M
officially as the party photographer
though he only uses large size 10
dak. His pictures are excellent and
we get a bunch of them each year as
do many of the party which some
what reimburses Byron for the great
trouble he goes to keeping KEYED
up 10 high nervous tension watching
for good picture scenes and clipping
often at great Inconvenience TO Sc
cure them.
One of the first and possibly the
most attractive Of the little cities
ia this Lake region which We struck
that day was
EUSTIs
which is situated right on one of
those picturesque inland lakes of
Florida their standing there without
rivers to feed them reminding Que
of she lakes of Michigan and Mime
sofa and the Ontario country of Can
ada round which we have travelled
with this party on previous trips
Eustls has a main street which was
! gaiy decorated with flags etc. wei
coming US that day and alive with
hospital citizens of both sexes the
ladies dressed in their white summer
dresses like they do in midsummer
here and it was just such day as
that here at that time though it was
in March we rode into their town.
But there is a cooling breeze from
the lake which fans the heated check
like that from the seashore. In fact
this is true of the whole ride thro' Oh
this and Polk County which we ira
verse later Get away from the
lakes ard to the hills and sand and
it. blazing hot like the scorching hot
days OF Mississippi. The stress runs
right down to the edge of the lake
where they have neat little landing
place with motor boats popping and
purring back over : the waters.
There is connecting link between
this and some other lakes forming
a chain of waters through which
some of the party come for the nov
city of the thing instead of taking
the full ride by auto. The water is
blue and fresh looking. There is a
bunch of menfolks INDUCING in the
old-faShioned Southern game, Horse
Shoe Pitching at which there are
adopts ringing the stakes frequently
as they sling the long hopped pieces
of iron. At other places on the "trip
we see men at this game of horse.
shop pitching, which seems innocent
past time in which the skill of the
PLAYER is the main point and there
does not seem to be allurement E.
nough to bring out that bane of Sc
many ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS it does
not appeal to us personally as Its
rather strenuous work in a hot day bu'
they have sheds under which the pitcf