Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-02-09
Pass Through Land of Cotton and
See Negro Huts---All COlored
Men in South Have Mules
NUMBERING ONE OF
THE LEADING INDUSTRIES
New Orleans Is Built in Two Sec
lions, Old French Quarters and
More Modern Part

Kenneth and Vaughn Conway, sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Conway OF this
city enjoyed trip to New Orleans
recently and the following account
Is their impressions of the south:
Twenty-three hours ride from Chi
cago, via the Illinois Ceptral rail
road, brings you to the second larg
est seaport in the United States
From Memphis, Tennessee, the typi
cal southern scenery is observed
From the car window the humble
huts of the negroes can be seen. The
nuts are not build very secure be
cause Of the mild weather. At each
end of the shack large fire place
is constructed for the purpose OF
cooking Furniture is of the roughest
sort inside the homes.
The remains of the cotton fields
furnish a pasture for the negroe's
mules and no matter how poor the
eolOred man of the south may be he
supports two or three mules, and a
saddle horse, which is the main mode
of travel in many parts of Tennessee.
Negroes Idle Now
This time of the year the great ma
jOrity of the southern negroes have
little TO do and congregate around
the public watering troughs in the
small towns and sun themselves.
Nothing bothers them as long as they
have a place to eat and sleep.
The farther south one goes the
denser the vegetation gets. Southern
Mississippi and Louisiana contains
dense cyprus swamps which are like
jungles The cyprus swamps are
where the deer of the south are max
ing their last stand for the hunter
seldom bOthers them there.
numbering is one Of the leading in
dustries of the south and many saw
mills are located near the railroad
tracks The industry is carried on in
a very wasteful manner. Louisiana
and Mississippi at this time of the
year are the spOrtsman's paradise.
There is plenty of game of all kinds.
Quail, rabbits and small game are
very plentiful.
New Orleans Makes S
Leaving the swamp and cotton
fields we enter New Orleans, named
the Crescent City because the Mississ-
ippi cuts a letter about the city's
harbor New Orleans is fifteen feet
below the river and is protected from
high water by concrete levees.
The city is built in two sections,
the old French quarter, as it is known,
and the more modern part of the
city. The former is the most inter-
esting as it was built on the old
French style and plans. One of the
largest buildings in New Orleans is
the Hibernia Bank building, which is
"a stories high. It has been under
construction for several years and is
just nearing completion. The Cres-
cent City has about five miles of mod
steel sheds. The steel ones have re-
placed the old wooden warehouses
which were more or less firetraps.
The sheds contain rice, cotton and
other products stored there waiting
to- be exported. Ships from all ports
in the world are loaded and un1oaded
ingNew Orleans. One of the elevators
capacity was 100000 bushels and a
warehouse contained 100000 bales
Of cotton. Many ships were tied up
in the harbor because of poor export
business, little exporting was then
done. One vessel Of great interest
in the harbor was French man-o-war
the, Jean De Arc, which was on a
cruise and tied up in New Orleans
for three weeks People were allow
ed on board. Another notable ship
was the Parishina, on which Presi-
dent Harding took his southern sea
voyage.
No Graves in Crescent City
There are no graves in New Or
leans, the deceased are inferred in
vaults or mausoleums, bfcause OF
the fact that by digging down five
or six feet water is struck There
are several cemeteries. One is main.
tanned by the Elks order. One large
vault and magnificent statue sur
mounted in honor of the army of Ten
nessee, is for old soldiers.
Horse Racing Great Sport
One great sport which prevails