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A Trip to ? Mrs. Rogers W rites 1 ney Across Contii Pacific Expositioi For the pleasure of my freinds who may enjoy reading of our trip West, I am writing this account. It has always been a puzzle to me why people who travel should want to go to Europe before seeing the many ^ grand sights in our own country. I f can not describe everything for lack . of space and adequate phrases. I shall relate a few commonplace things. My husband and I left Abbeville May 12th on No. 5 on the Seaboard for Atlanta. We had only 30 minutes to make connection with the A. & W. P. train No. 37, which leaves the Terminal Station. This is the New York and New Orleans Limited, a millionaires train of solid Pullmans. We had lower berth No. 9 and the name of our car was "Maurapas." We arrived in New Orleans the next morning at ten minutes to eight. It was an ideal day as to weather. Among the sights we saw was an old Catholic Church built in 1794?one man gave the money for its construction with the agreement that prayers were to be offered once a week for his soul as long as the church stood; the French Market?which is similar to the ones in Charleston and Savannah; all the foreign quarters and the City Park which they claim ' to be the largest in the South. Two oak trees were pointed out as being the place where all the duels were fought in olden times, another as "Suicide Oak" where 16 persons had committed suicide in the last 12 years. One peculiar thing about the cemeteries in this city is all the mamkI A A/J /\? +nn n-f a jjeupie aic uuncu wi wy vx wi*v ground, on account of the water being so near the surface. Vaults are used. We decided we had seen as much of New Orleans as we cared to so we left that night for Longview, Texas, over the T. &. P. A daughter of mv father's sister, lives at this place and we wanted to spend a few hours with her. She will be remembered by many as Mary McQuiston, having attended the Due West Female College when Prof. Todd was President. Her husband's name i& J. G. White. Her little daughter, Jessie May, was away on a school picnic so we didn't get to see her. EI Paso. | Leaving Longview at 3.43 Fridr.y afternoon we reached El Paso nf ten o'clock Saturday night. "Wetland'' was the name of our car. T\v> young women got on at Dallas. We enjoyed making their acquaii;4.anca. Mrs. Mason Wright and Mrs. William Berkowatz and little five weeks i l l baby. Mrs. Berkowatz has been in America only six years, coming here from the border between Germany and Russia, where it costs only ten cents to go from her home to Rus^U. The Pullman conductor was a most pleasing man. He seemed to deli^hr in pointing out the interesting views to be seen. One mountain we watched for hours. It looked as if a large quantity of blood had been poured over its top. We thought it was just a short distance from the railroad but it was really 35 miles away. El Paso is a city of something over eighty thousand inhabitants. The , streets are wide and well kept but there is a noticeable scarcity of trees. It is well lighted at night. We enjoyed walking around looking at the people, in the store windows and the electric signs. All the saloons are open until nine o'clock on Saturday nights. The sign was frequentlyseen ''Remember Dry Arizona," but we forgot until it was too late to buy anything to satisfy our "thirst." We took a Jitney Bus and went out + a ana nf f nci nvinninnl r?ovl-?> o n/1 tw v/iit vi ui^ jii pai x\o anu spent a very pleasant time. A Jitney bus is an automobile run on schedule time for a fare?usually five cents. Some carry as many as five people and others carry seven at a time. One of the side trips that we took while in El Paso was to visit old Mexico. There were sight seeing automobiles that made the trip at $1.50 per person, but we decided to take our own time and go on an electric trolley car at a cost of ten cents each way. Jaurez is just across the California Interestingly of Jour ient and of Panarm 3. Rio Grande River. All cars, auto mobiles, buggies, etc., are stoppec and inspected at the bridge by th( Customs officers, both American anc Mexican. With the exception oJ cigars, each person is allowed tc bring $1.00 worth of Mexican goods into the United States withoul "Duty." We visited the Old Mis sion. As they were having a spe^ cial service we hesitated at the door but a church Guide offered to show us through. He was most pleasing in his manner and gave us all information concerning the Mission. II was on the top of this building thai a garrison of soldiers were stationed when the Madero forces bombarded the town. Very little harm was done to the building but places where the 'bullets struck were to be seen, The work of construction was done by the Indians and the carving of the designs on the walls and ceilings waj done by hand. From the bell towei a good view of Jaurez was to be had, The home of the priests or Monks, was adjoining the church and a little park was in front of this. A charge of ten cents for ladies and twenty cents for men was made for going through the Mission. We wanted to visit the jail but they have certain hours for visitors to go in. We looked in through the door and saw a number of the prisoners walking around in the courtyard. One of the soldiers near the jail gave Mr. Rogers a cartridge from his belt as a souvenir. It is about two and a half inches .long. The gambling houses were wide open and men and women both were playing the game. It was very interesting to nrfe to watch them. In one place I dropped a nickle in a slot-machine and won 25 cents. We visited the markets and here we saw women selling most of the produce. Peppers, onions, and carrots were in the largest quantities, some cooked meats and other things. An eating place where each woman had a special table or stand, was in the rear of the building. The ! odors were sickening so we didn't stay long. The town was filled with people walking about aimlessly. About two hundred (200) soldiers I who had been disarmed and turned loose were held as prisoners and their families had come to Jaurez to be 1 with them. A genial young man from Illinois was engineering the construction of a sewer system. He said they were rushing the job while the president at that time was in power so they would get their pay. New Mexico. Leaving El Paso Sunday afternoon, we traveled through New Mexico at night, passing Deming at 9.40. I wanted to see this town for (the reason that 1 nad inenas tnat lived there until recently. The sccenery is so different from what we are used to that it alone is ! worth taking a trip to see. Arizona is truly dry. Only the places where irrigation is used do you see vegetation flourishing.- At one town the ' train made a stop and we saw a most interesting sight?there were j about fifty Mexican women and children with as many large washtubs | and buckets sitting on the ground at , the depot, they were waiting on a i water train. Grease weed, sedge grass and cacti ; are about the only things that grow 1 out in the desert region. One variety of the cactus which in certain ! places grow to the height of fifteen to ] twenty feet looks very much like a j telephone pole. Some would have 'two or more branches on one stilk. ; For as many miles, as far as wo | could see on either side of the train j the cacti, grass and sand covered the ' mountains and plains. At Yuma we stopped long enough j to walk around and rest ouvselve:. ! There were several Indian women sitting on the ground at the depot with their wares (beads, etc.,) exhibited on a cloth. They didn't want to have their pictures taken so they pulled their shawls over their faces. With a little bribing one was induced to uncover her face. We saw so many houses built with double roofs. Each roof was separate and complete with an air space about a foot wide between. The Salton Sea was lovely and we were thankful for its breezes. In I the San Bernardino Range a water-' i fall about twenty feet in length could be seen from the train. The mountains covered with snow were so large that it made the stream of water appear to be the size of a thread. I Lot Angeles. Arriving in Los Angeles we went to the Rosslyn Hotel, which is fireproof and earthquake proof. This building had 15 stories and a roof ' garden. From here an excellent 1 view of the city is to be had. We \ thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our stay in this city. I would like ' to live in Los Angeles on account of ' the lovely flowers. I can't say that ^ they are prettier than ours but there are greater quantities everywhere. I can't express the delight I ^felt ' when I saw great long hedges four r and five feet high, of red geraniums, immense beds *)f pink ivy geraniums and row after row of rose hedges. " Being a "countryman" it took me ' sometime to cet used to the street ' crossings. Mr. Rogers seemed to ' take great delight in my nervousness. ! We went out to see Frank Sign ! and his wife and sister, Isabelle. They seemed so glad to see us and ! we talked all the time about happen! ings and people of Abbeville. Frank ! said that we were the second people he had seen from home since he went to California eleven years ago. He > looks well and seems to be enjoying ! life. ' His wife is a lovely young ! woman. We went also to visit an uncle of Mrs. Amos B. Morse, Mr. ' Edward Harden and his wife. We ' selected after eight o'clock to go as 1 we wanted to be sure to find them at ! home. We spent a most pleasant hour with them for we found them to be very charming. | Pasadena is evidently the floral center, for everything and every1 where was covered with flowers of all knds, all in bloom. We spent nearly a whole day in the Busch 1 Gardens. They are grand beyond description. There are two gardens, 1 the smaller one contains over thirty 1 acres. 1 After spending three days, we left Los Angeles in the morning in order to see the scenery all the way to San 1 Francisco. We tuoK the coast route. There had been a fire in one of the tunnels on the Valley route so all the trains were detoured via the coast. We could see the Pacific ocean all the morning, at times the ; track touched on the edge of it. The groves of fruit trees and orange trees especially were to be seen all the \ way. The season for the oranges is about over now but there was quite an abundance still to be gathered and shipped. We met one man and his wife who said they shipped a great deal of their apples and oran-; ges to Atlanta. I San Francisco, the place selected for the great Panama-Pacific International Exposition, is a grand city. There are so many sight-seeing trips. and places of interest besides the Exposition, that one could easily spend his whole vacation there. Hav- J ing visited this city in 1911, we decided to spend our time at the Expo- 1 sition. Of the 1,196 hotels in the' city we selected "The Larne," which j is operated on the European plan and managed by a woman. We had a splendid room on the second floor, facing the street with private bath, telephone, steam heat, etc., for one ! dollar per night. We ate break-1 fast and supper at Scott's Restaurant where you get such dandy fare. Our i dinners we had in the fair grounds. | The first day our hearts went down a degree when we saw a mist-. ing rain. The grounds were almost empty of people until after midday when the sun came out. An admission fee of fifty cents for each person is charged in the da^ and twenty-five cents at night. The Exposition covers 635 acres of ground on the southern shore of San Francisco Bay, the area is two and one-half miles in length by an aver! age of one-half mile in width. After walking what seemed to be ' a thousand miles and seeing a mil-' +"L i iir~ ' nun tuiuga, wc were very tireu. >v e couldn't go as fast as we heard one ; lady remark, "I did 29 buildings in | five hours." We rented a Miniature ' ; Motor Vehicle (double) so we could i go over the entire grounds. There are five main courts and ^ s twenty-four gardens. In the South Garden there are 200,000 pansy i plants, all yellow. Beside the for mal and natural gardens, each ex! hibit palace has its own garden, where the flowers and trees have s been selected to accord with the pur-j W$ Mft^inuiiJiiJiir^^ , ?^s^/S/^S^S/N/NfV^N/S/S/S^^VS/^A?A'^S^S^?^^?#>^?^l?. v^. v^s?N^s^s^>^s/s/>^?^^?^>>?^.^>^^>/ls/>^V^s^?^^v>/N/Ss/Nrs/s/* " <W-^V /^^VVS/S/S/S/'^>/>/S?N/>/S^N^/VS/^>'/VV^/V^>^l''VN/S/^VN^>^S/^/>VVV>VV><V>/S^>/>/S/SrVS/VN/><S/>/S/N/S^V>/ 11 Cool Palm Be l[ ? 1 ^ llulx ll Parker & pose of the palace. Five hundred I forest trees from the Presidio nation- J No. 666 al reservation and palm trees from, _,. , . , . 1 This ia preacnpuon prepared all over California were transplanted for MALARIA or CHILLS & ,, ? ... j m1 Five or (iz doaea will break any to the Exposition grounds. Of ,if tflkeQ ^ ? , tonic ^ FeJ course the illumination at night is J*1?"1, . on ?'ver b Calomel and does not gnpeorti .simply gorgeous. Among many other,| novelties, the Tower of Jewels is the ? most beautiful. On the tower are ^ 135,000 specially cut prisms in the \ ^Jfjj colors of ruby,. emerald, sapphire, topaz, diamond, and other precious [ (VS I I I 1 /I stones. Glaring as these are by ||| A I 11 * day the effect is increased by night y!; 1 1 IJl T I when 200 concealed searchlights fo- jti cus their rays upon the tower which . ^ , is 435 feet high. /|\ LlUcLIlUL Of'all the buildings, Mr. Rogers j/j\ enjoyed most the Palace of Machin- * ery, while I liked the Palace of Food ^ Products. M ^ California had the largest State W exhibit. South Carolina was not G 1)?1/V6 represented at all. Virginia and ilc Louisiana were the nearest states to iiv i ~ ,?* us that had exhibits. For the "Ten i|v * V&O 1U Best Ears of Corn" at the Exposi- jti tion, Virginia won the honors. Here jyiv ?j we saw for the first time peanut I vines baled up like hay. It is good Iyjc for cattle but not for horses. | JF A *"! ! The Zone?the amusement or con- j W JX lj Jj0TT1 I j | cessions district, covers sixty-five J W acres. Some of the attractions were . W j good while others were not. I en- AS joyed seeing the ''Infant Incubators" I which demonstrate the preservation of the lives of premature and weakly born infants. Eighty-five per cent : of the babies cared for are saved. The youngest baby was six days old and ??????????? the smallest weighed only 30 ounces. Blue ribbon bows designate the boys Cigars and pink the girls. As soon as the baby reaches its full time it "graduates" and is sent back to its parents. No charge s made for its care during 'c its stay in the incubator. The phy- O Uv vtl K sicians and nurses receive their salaries out of the admission charged at J the door which is twenty-five cents. A trip up in the "Aeroscope" for A l-A7a_-c ID the excellent view of the whole ex- ^\IWciyS [IV position ground and surrounding ________ parts of the city is well worth taking. A height of 284 feet is reached. q, Each afternoon and night "Smithy" iJlclllOHCry (Continued on page seven.) |jfi| ach Suits if' || lip md other Si Veather Clothes SI < :? If Superior Quality M& !#? m ids oi men have discoverreat comfort of "Palm |5|K and similar hot weather |jfi| hey're wonderfully cool |ffi| lays; everybody's wearing |jjj| land has been so great that ters are putting out these |S| ery poor quality. It will |ffi| > let such suits distinctly |?j| other hand, the better |S| f these goods are exceed- ' sfactory. They fit; they |JK| j launder well; and they i {if ak- J j| t of "Palm Beaches'' Mo- i IJ r > le like come from Schloss i i j E 1 o., of Baltimore and New i:[ j I 3 cut arid tailor them ex- ;! ] l ame as their woolen suits, i j life . them here "Gentleman's i | jjj? lot mere shapeless bags.- Ji|[" >rence. ; J jijiT 1 III Reese J Comparison is the highest form of flattery. All cigars sold in Abbeville . are represented to be as good, or better, ^EVER^ ^an ^Pee<* s Cinco's. . There is nothing cue, and like them. Stick to them. They keep sr will not a good taste in your mouth and a clear etter than ; ickco. 25c BEACH SCIi I f i .1 i-s j w l ana rressea, | ) cents ' I ) bought a $250 ? r the purpose. ? rry Us I J Vjf 3 Steam Laundry | 'hone (58-B ^ Candy > Drug Store. ^hone 18. eady to Serve You. Toilet Goods