Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-06-02

Boys Farm School, our car-host CAV,
us delightful whirl round some o
the prettiest residential parts OF the
city of Columbus. We pass the ole
home where dwelt Genl. Stephen d
Lee.
The afternoon was spent In rest
ing up for the banquet of the even
ing. We overlooked giving an ac
count last week of the march Tues
day morning to the City Hall led by
the Rotoary Boys Drum & Buglt
Corp where group picture was ia
ken of the party. These lads dis
coursed fine band music and had the
editors stepping lively down the
center of their streets, quite pro.
cession including the Rotarians and
the populace looked on while we
marched. That night the
BANQUET AT GILMER HOTEL
was quite a long drawn out affair,
but the eating was splendid. Twas
the speeches which wearied the par
ty nearly to death. Too many oil
them and some of them far too long.
After running till nearly IL o'clock
when everybody was tired out they
let Col. Hi Henry on us and he kept
gong for quite abit telling his funny
yarns and wearlsome "reminiscences.
Ordinarily the Colonel is an interest
| ing speaker and we like TO hear him
despite political differences but be
seems to have reached the age when
has lost the powers of discerning
when an audience is tired to appre-
ciate his efforts or else he Is getting
calloused to such situation. We
hardly know of another man, how
eyer, who could have coaxed the
laughs and applause he did out OF
that WORKOUT audience that night.
Wednesday morning another bust
nesss session of the association was
held in their Chamb Der of Commerce
building. From there we were
lifted in autos to the
LOCKE zoo
which is situated on the outer edge
Of the city and has an artificial lake
we'll stocked with fish and a number
of animals In their cages arranged in
the usual semi circle shape with the
cages and houses on the outer line OF
the circle. There were number of
deer in large high fence enclosure
at one end of the grounds. The
wilder animals suchsas bear, DURAN
ouiang, monkeys, lions panthers etc.
we're at other end of the grounds.
They had some coyotes or small
wolves. They turned couple of
these and kangaroo lose con the
grounds and 1T was interesting to
see them run, particularly the kang-
aroo going forward with long bounds
on It's kind feet holding up from the
ground the two short front feet. 1t
was the first one OF that srecie CT
animal we ever saw 10 any of our
rounds running and having read SO
much of its peculiariti, 5 of jumping
a ong on lis hind feet we watched it
with keen interest. There is a clab
house. on the edge of The lake and a
walkway over q part OF the lake or
pond The luncheon WAS on long
tables spread picnic fashion with
lsGe benches and the food was piled
up liberaly fer all and we had quite
a good crowd and Mr. Thomas ],
Locke the generous host and his
wife and little daughter were present
\ and ale with us and seemed to en-
Ijoy the occasion of having such &
large bunch of guests. Several
short talks were made among them.
selves the first being by
O.P ]. MOONEY
managing editor of the Memphi.
Commercial Appeal who had joined
the party here. Mr.. Mooney has
grown bit corpulent since we saw
at the side trip to Memphis some
elght or ten years ago, made wher
the Association met at New Albany
He is not near the vigorous speaker
he was then. He rather drones a
long in IL lazy fashion but once in {
while gets off some OF those scintil
Hating remarks which are reflections
of the eloquent bursts in which ht