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Vol. I.
How the Signal Service was
Saved.
It is not generally known that the
United States Signal Service Depart
ment, which is of such signal service
(no pun intended,) to the public at the
present day, was probably saved from
being dropped out of sight by the
United States government by the
events proceeding the battle of Alla
toona Pass, on the Western and At
lantic Railroad, October 5, 1864, and
the results of that battle.
Up to that date its workings had
not been altogether satisfactory to the
government; but when the Confederate
army got between Marietta and Alla
toona, and cut the telegraph wires,
without it they would have had at their
mercy Allatoona with the enormous
amount of army stores, etc., which
were stored at that point.
From the official records it is shown
that General Sherman at this point
had stored 2,700,000 bread rations, or,
in other words, about one mouth’s
rations for his entire army of one hun
dred thousand men. Had Hood suc
ceeded in capturing this point it would
have been a disastrous blow to the
Federal army; and he would, undoubt
edly, have succeeded but for the sig
nals which were exchanged from the
high hill at Vinings Station with Ken
nesaw Mountain and from Kennesaw
Mountain to Allatoona Mountain,
whereby notice was given to the Fed
eral telegraph station at Allatona to
dispatch to General Corse at Rome to
go down immediately with reinforce
ments to defend Allatoona against the
Confederate attack.
Corse beat French to Allatoona and
succeeded, after a struggle which was
attended with the direst loss of life to
both sides, in holding the position.
This chain of events demonstrated
conclusively that the Signal Service
was such as might occasionally be of
immense service, and all thoughts of
abandoning it as being a useless ap
pendage to the army operations, etc.,
were given up.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad is
the only line running through passen
ger coaches from (Chattanooga via
Union Passenger Depot, to
Jacksonville, Fla,
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A CLUSTER
O f Banners!
AV hat stirring
memories it brings
back I Memories
of scenes of strife
and the sight of
bloodshed. Mem
ories which a few
years ago were fresh
in the minds of
nearly three mil
lions of men who
had participated in
the scenes accom
panying the grand-
est war of modern times. A war
which was conducted almost exclusively
by soldiers of the grandest race that
the world has ever known.
But now the trumpet’s note has died
away. The boom of the cannon no
longer shakes the air. The glitter of
bayonets and swords no longer dazzles
the beholder’s eye. The suits of gray
and the suits of blue have been dotted,
and the quieter scenes of peace are
ours.
AVelcome the day of reconciliation!
Georgia Railroad Officials.
There is no railroad in America
which has a more high-toned set of of
ficials than the Georgia Railroad. AVe
have been acquainted with its present
management for some years, and we
hazard nothing in saying that their
business integrity is like their personal
integrity —on the highest plane.
AVith them an agreement seems to
have the sanctity of an oath, and when
ever you secure a promise from them
that they will adopt a certain course
of action, you can not only “go home
to sleep soundly”; but you can go off
on a vacation, and rest absolutely as
sured that they will carry out their
part of it thoroughly and in good faith.
AA r e do not write these words with
any ulterior motive in view, or for the
purpose of securing any courtesies
from them which we do not now have;
but merely because we consider that
the railroad business is elevated by
having men of such stamp of character
as comprises the management of the
Railroad.
ATLANTA, CA., NOVEMBER, 1886.
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A CLUSTER OF BANNERS.
comfort and luxury of the human
race.
The cluster of banners recalls the
mightiest deeds of martial glory which
the western hemisphere has ever
known.
“But turn the page, let War’s dread name
Be buried with his dead;
O’er every scarlet peaceful Fame
Iler downy mantle spread ;
Beat into useful plowshares now
The once blood-dripping sword,
And from each council-chamber vow
To banish fierce discord!”
Ring the Happy Marriage Bells.
One of the most charming weddings
which has occurred in many a day,
was that of Mr. AV. F. Plane, of At
lanta, Ga., to Miss Lizzie Metcalfe, of
Danville, Ky. The happy event took
place in Danvilleat 8:15 p. m. AVednes
day, October 20th.
Air. Plane, with a select party of
about twenty relatives and friends, left
Atlanta in the “Atlanta,” the special
palace sleeping car of the AVestern &
Atlantic Railroad, via that line at 1:50
p. m., October 19th, and arrived at
Danville, via the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, the next morning.
Air. Plane is rate compiler in the
General Freight office of the AVestern
& Atlantic Railroad, and the tender
ing of the special car by the officials of
the AVestern & Atlantic, and its free
transportation by that line and the
Cincinnati Southern were graceful acts
of courtesy by the two companies.
The marriage occurred at the Pres
byterian church in Danville, Ky., be
fore quite a throng of admiring and
Welcome the day
wherein the sword
has been beaten in
to, the plowshare,
and a bloody chasm
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no longer yawns
between the Amer
ican people! As a
united nation it
now stands before
the world, the cen
tre of civilization,
and progress, and
everything which
pertains tow ar d
the advancement,
well-wishing friends. The church was
most tastefully decorated with flowers,
and everything seemed to put on an
especially beautiful appearance for the
occasion. The bridal party entered
the church, going down the two aisles
in the following order:
Mr. Joseph M. Brown, of Atlanta,
with Miss Mary Shelby, of Danville,
Ky.
Mr. Elijah A. Brown, of Atlanta,
with Miss Craig, of Danville.
Mr. AV. AV. AViseman, of Danville,
with Miss Sallie Brown, of Atlanta.
Air. R. E. Spragins, of Huntsville,
Ala., with Miss Davis, of Paris, Ky.
Mr. L. R. Bratton, of Atlanta, with
Miss AVelsh, of Danville.
Mr. AV. H. Wimberly, of Atlanta,
with Miss Mary Metcalfe, of Danville.
Then the ushers, Messrs. James Lee,
Samuel Cheek, Andrew AVhitley and
Harry AViseman, and finally the beau
tiful bride and happy bridegroom.
The music of the wedding march
never seemed sweeter.than when this
bright array moved down toward the
altar to consummate the happiest event
in human life.
The ceremony, by the Rev. Dr. C.
B. H. Martin, was eminently fitting
the joyous occasion. After this was
over, Mr. and Mrs. Plane, the attend
ants and a number of friends proceed
ed to the house of Mr. Welsh, Sr., the
grandfather of the bride, where a most
elegant reception was tendered them.
The bridal presents were numerous
and beautiful. At about eleven o’clock
the paity broke up with expressions of
many, many good wishes and congrat
ulations to the young couple now made
one.
That night Mr. and Mrs. Plane,
with the same party who had come
from Atlanta, and also Mrs. Plane and
Miss Gertrude Snider, of Atlanta, and
Misses Shelby and Metcalfe, of Dan
ville, left via the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, in their special car, for At
lanta, which point they reached the
next afternoon, via the Western &
Atlantic Railroad.
The Kennesaw Gazette extends
its sincere congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Plane, and trusts and believes
that theirs is a match which will ah
ways be a happy one,
NO. H.