The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-24
"HUERAH FOR MONTEAGLE."
And Three Cheers for the Coal and
Iron Interests OF Tennessee.

week. The Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railway company car
ried the press representatives in
special car to that mountain resort
and kept it at their disposal four days,
adding much to the comfort of the
party in their excursions to different
points of interest. The officers of
this great company never do favor
grudgingly. The officers of Montea-
gle assembly received and entertained
the party right royalty, doing all in
their power TO contribute to the COM
fort and pleasure of their visitors, and
President Reppard, who has the enera
gy of mOgul engine compressed in
his small frame, never seemed to tire
in his work of entertaining, He is
certainly the right man for the place,
and MOnteagle is sure to become the
grandest summer educational resort in
the south under his presidency. The
sessions of the association were pleas
antly interspersed with literary adj
dresses, excursions, etc. DR.. Basker>
Wills mastery lecture On southern lit
erature was a splendid paper, which
we wish all southern people could
read. 1t will appear in the Journal
of proceedings Of the association
Mr.. D. w. Bairds paper on "trade
journalism" was a thoughtful, WE'LL
handled document, and full Of valua-
BILE information, Col. Skaters ad-
dress ON the abstruse subject, "The
Whichuess of the What" kept the
large audience in broad smile for
half an hour. He never fails to cap
ture the crowd when he appears on
the platform. The new officers are
DR.. r. L. G. White president, A. j.
Grigsby and W. G. Tatum vice pres.
idents, Judge Pitkin g. Wright Sec
rotary, and W. A. Wade treasurer.
Monteagle combines more attrac-
tions than any summer resort we know
Of 1t is 2200 feet above sea>level
and is one of the healthiest locations
in the world. The hotel, amphithea
tire, cottages, grounds-everything-
is under the control of the directors
and no liquors or rowdies are allowed
on the premises. The summer schools
embrace a curriculum the most at.
tractive to teachers and others, and
, the lectures and concerts furnish in'
formation and pleasure to the inva'
, lid and the pleasure seeker. BoarC
, can be secured at from five to ten dol
lars per week, with all the comforts
of home. 1t is peculiarly resort
where the highest morals pervade so
t ciety, and everything is calculated t.
elevate to a higher intellectual anC
, religious plane all who visit there
Monteagle is doing great and gooC
, work, and, in the language of it
president, we heartily join in the wisl
r that it may Ego on"
=, A large party of ladies and gentle
e men of the association went to Trac,
City, the coal mines and the stockade
l.: as the guests of the Tennessee Iron
q Coal and Railroad company on Thurs
s day, where much valuable informa
!. ton was gained and delightful da,
It spent. After viewing the hundred
}. Of coke ovens, the party boarded tw
= trains of "mule cars" every man Car
: rying his own headlight in the shap
!, of miners lamp, and were haule,
= two miles into the bowels of tn
Is mountain, where were seen hundred
+ of miners digging "black diamonds.
|, We noticed one seam of coal whic
G was eight feet thick, and probably ex
tended many miles. At the stockad
e four hundred convicts are confne
y when not at work. Here everythin
9 is clean and nice-no bad smells, yer
few in the hospital, and all seemed t
be we'll cared for. We heard on
\ convict say he could finish his task b
= eleven a. M, and frequently made fv
? dollars a week extra. The worst thin
4 we saw here we're two little negr