Butts County GaArchives News.....Trip to Cumberland Island July 1901
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Jackson Argus July 1901
Trip to Cumberland                                                                  
                                        
by a little girl of the Jackson Party
A party of forty happy people left Jackson, Friday night at 11:45 o’clock bound 
for Cumberland.  We expected to leave here at 10:30, but the train was late, and 
of course we had to wait.   A large crowd was down at the depot to bid us good 
bye.  We had a fine time waiting for the train – laughing, talking, sleeping, 
and playing.   At last the train came and we said farewell.
We stepped on the cars and began to look for seats.  We looked for along time 
and finally found places to sit, but so many gentlemen had to stand up, and they 
were so kind to give up their places.  Then next we began to think about sleep, 
but there was no rest for the weary, for one gentleman had decided not to let us 
sleep.  He came through the car with things to sell.  He began to cry out, “Hot 
coffee and ham sandwiches!”  Whenever he saw any one asleep he would touch them 
or he would say, “Wake up and have some hot coffee !”  People soon saw that 
there was no sleep for them, so they began to have a little fun, talking and 
laughing.  I slept about an hour going down, and I thought we would never get 
there.
At last,  and we were in Brunswick.  The boat was to leave in a little while, so 
everyone rushed to it.  After all got on, people began to be uneasy for fear it 
was too heavily loaded.   There was between 275 and 300 on it.  All tried to get 
seats, but did not succeed, so they contented themselves with standing up.  We 
ate lemons to keep from being sea-sick.  Lemons cost sixty cents a dozen.  If we 
had known it, we could have carried some from home a little cheaper than that.  
It took a little over two hours to reach Cumberland.  The boat went by St. 
Simon, but only a few stopped there.  The boat we were on was called the 
Emmaline.
Atfer rocking and riding and seeing the beautiful ocean, we reached the boat 
landing.  Soon all were off the boat, and had walked up to the shade of some 
large, mossy trees to wait for the cars, the electric cars?  Yes, but these 
electric cars were pulled by one horse.   When the cars were loaded, they were 
given a push and away they went to reach the Cumberland Hotel, which happened to 
be just two miles down the bay.
While going to the hotel we saw large palms and pretty flowers.  By this time we 
were getting hungry and thirsty, so the first thing to do when we got to the 
hotel was to get water.  We found that this water tasted very much like our 
famous Indian Spring water.  It suited me all right, but some did not like it.
We had some rain every day, which was no unusual thing, but that did not keep us 
from having a nice time.
The next was the fun of going in the surf.  Nearly every one that went on the 
trip went in the surf.  I thought that was the finest fun of all.  When we went 
in we generally had some one who was strong enough to hold us up.  Riding the 
waves was so nice, but when we went where it was not quite so deep the beakers 
would come and knock us under.  While we were down there no one got drowned.  
One gentleman got bitten by a crab and could not walk any more while there.  I 
think everyone enjoyed it, and we were such a lucky crowd, not getting hurt any 
more than we did.
But now it was getting time to come home, so hotel bills and things generally 
were settled, and we left the hotel at 330 o’clock.  We reached the boat landing 
and soon the Emmaline arrived, then we started for Brunswick.
While on the way we had such a delightful time.  The crowd sang several pretty 
songs, and we just had a real good time.  We got a little frightened once, for 
the water was so shallow we were afraid we would strike the bottom.  We passed 
and stopped at the beautiful island of Jekyl.  We stayed only a few minutes 
there, but wished so much we could get off and stay longer.  We saw so many 
pretty houses there and many pretty sights.  This island is owned by northern 
millionaires.  Time was short, so we could not stay.
Brunswick was reached once more and soon it was time to start home.  Many people 
went out in the city to buy souvenirs, but they were soon on the cars ready to 
return home.  After a while nearly all found seats, and some began to sleep.  
The gentlemen had decided not to disturb us quite as much and soon many fell 
asleep.  The Sandwich Man found we were very tired, so he let us sleep.  We had 
a very pleasant time coming back, and soon we were nearing home.  We reached 
home at five o’clock and found no hacks down to meet us, but soon we got one and 
went to our homes.
All had a nice time, and we had such a nice, pleasant crowd that everyone is 
ready to go again next summer.   We had a delightful time, indeed.   B. C.
Jackson Argus – Week of July 26, 1901
 


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