Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1922-02-02

OILY SURE vi pei luohCAt
health and strength. Get Pepto-
Mangan of your druggist-and take
it few weeks and see how much
better you feel and look. Sold in
liquid and tablet form. ADVERTISE
ment.
visited Stonewall Jackson's monu-
ment. Richmond is quite a fine old
city. Then / left for Chadbourn, N.
c. I arrived at Chadbourn at IL a.
m. l soon found s. w. Johnston's
Hardware store, and after. intro
ducing myself as "uncle john, he
took me in his car to his residence
in time for dinner. Mr.. Johnston
married Mary Goldie Wilkes, my
niece. / stayed with them one week,
/ also visited Herman B. Wilkes, my
nephew, who lives IA miles from
Chadbourn. He is in the dairy bus
mess. l also visited his sister Inez
who lives 4 miles in another direc-
ton from Chadbourn. She married
Mr.. Glen Strole very fine young
man--a farmer, but is teaching
school this winter. :. My stay with
these Wilkes children was all l
could wish.
The country here is very level.
The soil rich looking and very sandy
and nice to cultivate. They can
raise cotton, tobacco, Irish and
sweet potatoes, strawberries and all
kinds of truck. They can grow
two or three crops on the land in
one year. They also have the fln-
est dirt roads ever saw. They
crown and mix sand and clay to-
gether and put on top the roads
which makes a very hard surface.
1t makes the finest road you ever
saw if it does not rain too much. |
went out on the road next morn
ing after heavy rain and found no
mud. Their cotton was failure
last year. The boil wevil destroyed
it and very few farmers will raise
any this year. The tobacco crop
was destroyed by too much rain and
the hot sun came out and just ruin
ed it. The farmers are going to try
it again this year and good many
strawberries will also be raised this
season. The failure In crops and the
hard times sure have struck them
hard. Many bought farms and went
in debt for them Now they can't
make any payments this year, and
don't know when they can.
The climate is mild. 1t froze ice
: while 1 was there, nearly " inch
thick, but it soon warns up in the
! morning. 1t is about as changeable
weather as we have in Ohio. One
day l did not wear coat.
After coming down here l con-
cluded to go to Orlando Fla, SO
hn irr ~
Jan. 16, at 5:20. / took the Allan
tic Coast line train for Florida, ar
riving at Orlando, Fla, the next day
Jan. II. at 2:15. There | was met
by Mrs. C.. w. Clark, my sister-in-
law who took charge of me. By the
way, Mrs. Clark, before marrying
again, was Mrs. ]. r. Wilkes of near
Pennsville, o. Mr. and Mrs. Clark
have a very fine residence here in
Orlando with modern Improvements
Mr.. Clark is sanitary inspector.
They have a good garden with all
kinds of vegetables and Strawberries
which are now ripe and which have
been sampling and they are Ne.
They have oranges, grape fruit, and
other fruits too numerous to men,
ton. They are located in the west
ern part of the city next to the fair
grounds.
/ can stand on their veranda and
see all over the fair grounds. AS
am writing / can hear the clatter of
hoofs as they pass. They are train
ing for the races to come off this
coming fair to begin Feb. IA. There
are more than 100 horses for the
races and quite a lot of other stock
and products of Florida. This is the
finest city I ever have seen. No
wonder it is called "City Beautiful
There are 13 lakes In and around
Orlando. They have many fine
buildings here-going to build a
hotel costing 1,50O,000.00. This
city is growing very rapidly and or
anges everywhere. The thermome-
ter stands at so in the shade and
has been for nearly a week-pretty
warm for January Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark drove me to st. Cloud Sunday
after meeting, distance of % miles
there 7 met my old esteemed neigh
boris Pack and Debby Strode We
were sure glad to meet each other
again-sorry to see sister Strobe i'll
and hope she will soon be better.
also met my niece Bessie Strode-it
used to be, She is now married tC
Mr.. Marsh. They have two chill
dren a hoy and girl, 6 and 4 years
They live in ST. Cloud. Also met {
man by the name of George Fell
He and I were schoolmates more
than 60 years ago. We used to at
tend school at the old Huffman
school house. He ia brother Il
Mrs. Samuel Harris on Wolf Creel
near my old home in Penn. Yo,
better think our tongues were loos
for "a while since / only had a few
minutes, but hope to see him again
before going back home. Came bacl
here with Mr.. Clark. / don't know
Just when / will start home. Your
for the present.
j. P. KENNARD,
Ponnsvllle, Obi