The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-29
THE SEVILLE JOURNAL

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Il Mr., and Mrs. John Shumaker re-
turned from their trip to Ashville, N.
T G. last week. Mrs. Shumaker lis
resting after her trip at her son Bert's
before taking up her housekeeping dut
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| Mrs. John Lowrie has bought from
John Minton on Center street, what
| was known as the EgbertI home, and
will remodel it.
Mrs. Floy Holser spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. S. Reed, in Wooster, who recently
returned from their southern trip.
The Floyd Steele family's trip from
Eustis, Fla, by auto:
| Starting from Eustis, Fla, April II,
Monday, at 9 a, m, for Ohio, driving
by auto, but not all alone, for there
| are a great many tourists; but after
our first days drive we were alone
most Of the time.
+ When we left Florida the garden
truck was gone and some had planted
the second time beans, cabbage, Gu
4 cumbers and water melons by the acre
1.-THE melons were beginning to set. In
Georgia the peach orchards were load
! ed with fruit as large as crabapple,
and pecan groves are beautiful. They
have them for acres and acres. One
grove was four miles long; don't know
how many acres in it, but they extend
| ed along both sides of the road. They
do not thresh their grain there, The
oats were headed out and were being
cut green for mules and cattle. A
great deal of cotton was drilled anG
some just drilling.
The ground in the lower states i.
red brick, but if you are fortunate
enough to get some on your shoe.
=. you have to wear it off, In Alabama
the country is about the same, only
it is all fenced and the honey suckl'
grows wild, covering every fence an.
: bush. It was all in blossom. Il
northern Alabama the country is hill,
being the end of the mountains, and i
is very beautiful. Some flowers tina
we take great care of grow wild.
a, We came over Sand mountain. I
Is beautiful sight for when you ge
about one-halfs the way up you cal
stop your car and see for miles owe
the bottoms. 1t took us about tw,
hours to cross this one. The countr,
on top is settled, and there is small
town up there, the same as below. ~
II At Taladega, Ala, the country
very rough and great many Of TIL
people do not know what is doing oy
er the hills. One family had neve
seen a steam train until two year
: ago. Annister is beautiful place
everything is new and it has grow
just the last few years. They hay
no small towns; only store on tn
corner;' you drive from one count
seat to another.
"A We had no trlishaps so far, excep
blowout, but that did not delay u
long. We ferried across the Talla
posa and then at Guntersville we fer
ried the Tennessee river. 1t is
great river, so very swift and aimos
+, as wide as Chippewa Lake. The
have aflat boat to drive onto, and d
engine in small boat beside it to pul
you across. Three men attend
and when the water is very high
takes five. .,,..
4 Next came the Gunter mountains
but we had crossed that before an
knew what it was, so did not try il
but came by the lower road, and ther
were eight miles of the worst roa
any one ever saw. You think TIL
roads here are bad, but nothing com
pared to that. But our Ford and on
from Michigan were the onl
ones that were not pulled thr
One man who followed US wa
pulled out eight times o
such pieces of roads they keep team
there on purpose to pull people thr,
That night it rained but we got in q
New Hope. The next day it cleare
away, so we started and got alon