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wOL. XV.
l ATLANTA JAM.
"he first lady in the land took us
\tlanta Monday. Or at least as
r there Monday as we could get
^er the circumstances. We went
’1 here to Columbus and boarded
oon the Georgia Midland train,
i
he care of a clever conductor we
’• a very pleasant ride to Griffin,
i re we arrived on schedule time.
J herc troubies be
our S ai1 '
* coaches when we st °l ) P ed were
afortably filled, but in a few mln
L were over crowded. The Geor
^Midland f Central authont.es . Slde . had track switched and
on a
• us to wait for the Atlanta bound
n from Macon to take us on.
lat train arrived two hours and a
jf late and pursued its course leis
dy Atlanta-ward until it landed us
’ v the Central deoot at o’clock
r 2
nine hours late.
c friends • j were to , have met t us
•5 o’clock p. m. Tired of wailing
had long retired at 2 a m. It
a most unreasonable ,, , hour to . find r A
Hgings or anything else. We couldn’t
;en find a city directory to look up
r boarding house. The jam around
was bewildering and the scene be¬
nd description. Sitting room was
a premium and there were ladies
to occupy all the seats.
of trunks were piled up
ider the car shed and hundreds of
were sitting, lying and leaning
1 'V them asleep. The controlling
Vy walked about looking with
tv. n the happily seated minor
e, like the poet’s bashful
VO'S ^ man .
ty Stood awhile on one foot fust
XAn’ then awhile on t'other,
a\i* on which foot I felt the wust
Iycouldn’t ha’ tol* you nuther.
he waiting was weary, but it ended
Nfct. Day came, lamps were ex-
1 fished and the Atlanta folks be
K to stir. A hack was procured
Jr }vo minutes ride brought us to
bearding house and a
’come.
A tea minute nap, a hearty break
a glance at the morning paper
we were ready to see the sights.
is usually dry but always full,
morning she was wet and
cidtdly fuller. A walk down to
JOSEPH L.DENNIS,
PROPRIETOR.
the Kimball House and around it
gave us a view of a mass of hurnani
ty. For blocks and blocks the streets
were jammed. Tens of thousands of
people were waiting to git out to the
Exposition grounds on the Air Line
train.
Twelve hundred people every nf
*een minutes—4800 an hour—48,000
in ten hours. A calculation ot this
sort ran through our head as we vie*.
cd the mass of humanity to be seen
at nine o’clock from the Broad Street
bridge and that view seemed to cover
a whole day . g work for the Air Line .
The streets cars were loaded to their
utmost capacUy and where nobo(Jy
knew They aKvayl came in sight
i oa ded
Tuesday morning’s Constitution
said that it was but a twelve-minute
walk to the Exposition grounds and
rather , than , stand . . the drizzle
n wait
. the railroau
ing our turn on we de
cided to walk. iVe walked out beau
tiful , Peachtree „ street for forty min-
3
utes. Then we took a carriage . and
a brisk ten minutes ride brought us
to the Exposition. The Constitu¬
tion’s walking editor, who compasses
five miles in twelve minutes is the
champion pedestrian of the age.
Of the Exposition we shall speak
at another time. It was immense.
Its equal in all the elements that go
to make an exhibition of the kind
valuable and helpful has never before
been seen in the south. An exami
nation of irtook up so much of our
time that we failed to see President
Cleveland when he arrived and the
crowd was far too large for us to ven
ture within seeing distance of him.
After a day spent as pleasantly as
our physical condition would admit of,
we returned to the city, retired early,
slept soundly, rose next morning
boarded a Georgia Midland coach at
6 o’clock and after an hour of wait
ing left busy, bustling, crowded, jam
med, happy Atlanta behind us.
Our ride home was without inci
dent or accident, and at ten o’clock
Wednesday night we reached home,
happy that we had seen the Exposi
tion and happier still that we were
safely over it.
HAMILTON, GA., OCTOTBER
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Ten thousand of Atlanta’s guests
could find sleeping apartments Tues¬
day night only in the churches.
Mrs. Cleveland was not the pretti¬
est woman at the Exposition, but she
had as many admirers as all the
others combined.
Uncle Sam is no bigger man than
the Atlanta Exposition. His mails
have been delayed quite as badly as
the Exposition’s females.
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These talk back sort of women
are not considered the best kind for
wives. Emma Abbot may put this
in her pipe and smoke it.
The entire editorial and much
the reportoriai staff of the Journal
were at the Piedmont Exposition and
every one will be given a showing
next week.
Harris Superior Court adjourned
Thursday morning. Judge Smi.h
made many friends by the faithful
and diligent, yet pleasant manner in
which he performed the duties of his
office.
It would be impossible to crowd
Macon as Atlanta was crowded. It
isn’t built to be crowded. So if you
wish to see the great Confederate
chieftain, don’t stay away from Ma
con from fear of another Atlanta
jam.
The Piedmont Exposition was a
wonderful exhibition, but more won
derful was the good humor maintain¬
ed by her thousands of visitors. No
amount of rain, and mud, and slash,
and exposure could rob the multi¬
tude of its enjoyment. The fun we
had was well worth all it cost.
Emma Abbot may talk back at
the preachers in Nashville, and b
praised for her courage ia Chatta¬
nooga, but a Harris county grand
jury would want but fifteen minutes
to indite her for disturbing public
worship, if she should repeat her ad¬
vertising scheme in Hamilton, and a
ONE DOLLAR A YEAft,
STRICTLY IN AOVANC*.
traverse jury wouldn't want half the
time named to convict her.
Many Harris county folks will go
to Macon next week. The fare h r
the roun I trip from Hamilton will I e
but $3, which includes admission to
^ ie ^ a ’ r g roii nds. You can leive a
_ _ _
*» P* m *» an< ^ taking thij night train
from Columbus reach Macon early
the next morning, spend a whole day
at the fair, return to Columbus at
night and reach Hamilton at 8 o’clock
a. m. Such a trip »ould be inex
pensive and we opine many will
make it.
One thought impressed us at the
Exposition. Harris county is the
peer of any county in the state. Her
resources ought to have been adver
tised Everything is to be gained by
such an advertisement, nothing to be
lost. A few enterprising men can do
much to bring us to the front.
We have the men. They have only
to be aroused to a sense of duty for
them to take hold and push on to a
grand success. The Journal pro
poses to work from this time forward
for a Hams county exhibit at both
Macon and Atlanta r.ext year. Shall
we have it.
BUSY AS BEES.
“Please say to the readers of the
Journal that while we arc too busy
to write an advertisement we are not
too busy to give them careful atten¬
tion if they are in need of anything
in the way of clothing, hats, farm's! -
ing goods, &c. Our stock is fui’and
complete and the great rush upon us
is evidence that our prices are satis
factory. Never before haue we been
so well assured of the wisdom of our
motto “Quick sales and small profits.”
Thus spoke the senior of .1. K.
Harris & Co., Clothiers, Columbus,
to this scribe, as he hurried to at
tend a waiting customer. j**
For the Hamilton Jqvhxai.,
TO LUM D.
From fact to fiction you descend
And grasp the Utter as a friend;
You hold it dearer by 2ll odds
To hold the devil against The Gods.
Now hear me, ray kind young friend,
While a helping hand Hi try to lend.
Stop Bu» stick writing things so aiiy forsooth,
to that which contains the truth.
W.
N0.71.