The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-02-02
WAY DOWN IN DIXIE.
A Little Talk About Chattanooga,
New Orleans and Atlanta.
The Magnificent Cemeteries of New Or
leans--Its Dirty Streets Chattanooga
Tvs. Canton--The Home of
Henry Grady.

The lumbeTman of this city who took
in the Southern excursion rendered the
members of the Union Association of
Lumber Dealers, have returned to Can
ton, and all speak in terms of highest
praise of the treatment accorded them
by the people Of the cities where the
excursionists stopped over.
A DEMOCRAT reporter engaged one
OF the lumbermen i'll conversation this
morning, and icited the following in
teresting facts about the three pllnci-
pal cities visited in the South Chatta-
nooga, New Orleans and Atlanta:
The excursloDists made their first
stop at Chattanooga. This city had
put on its holiday dress to welcome the
visitors. 1t has population of about
26,OO0, and is in the main well built 1t
is a typical Southern Cliy. ana great
deal of the business is confined to light
manufacturing While the people are
courteous, ati able and hospitable, and
pride them elvts upon their city,
which they claim is the best Ill Tennes-
see, still the fact remains that Chati?-
nooga is away behind the times. This
fact is apparent to the Northern tour
ist who, leavlng the hive uI uuusLIy
and thrift, visits the Southern cities
and contrasts them with the cities OF
the NORTH.
Chattanooga wi not stand a COM
parison with Canton. There is more
thrift, more industry, more enterprise
in Canton than Chattanooga is ever
likely to become possessed OF. Yet the
latter city is possessed of great natural
advantages, and the resources that
have lain dormant for so long time
are being utilized, and new era OF
prosperity awaits the Queen City of
Tennessee Northern capital and in
dustry, which has revolutionized the
South, are beginning to make their
potency felt in Chattanooga.
New Orleans, the great city on the
gulf, was the objective point of the
excurslOnists, and the visit was looked
forward to with great interest New
Orleans is the largest city south of Bal
timore, and perhaps the wealthiest city
in the entire South Enthusiastic cit
izens of New Orleans say that its resi-
dent population approximates 100000,
and that fully 10000 more people
are numbered within its limits dur
ing the winter months. New Orleans
is teeming with wealth, and the visit
ors see this display cropping out on
every hand. Especially is this true Of
the French portion of the city. The
city is noted for its beautiful women,
of which it has a larger per centage
Among these are the Creoles, well form
ed, voluptuous women, with ruby lips
and dark compilations and eyes. Very
few genuine blondes are found here,
and most of these are of Northern ex
traction. While New Orleans is great
centre of population, yet it is lit
tie more than an overgrown town,
1t has fine buildings, but there is gen
eral air of Incidence pervading the city
that is painful to the visitor. The bulk
of business is Of marine character,
and the levees and wharves, about
which ocean and river steamers and
ships constantly swarm, constitute the
principal business portion of the city
by the gulf. Little manufacturing is
conducted here. The people of New
Orleans are proud, aristocratic and
conservative. In society very little
change from the ante -bellum period is
noticeable. 1t is this feeling of conser-
vatism which has prevented manufac-
turing industries from taking root in
New Orleans.
In appearance New Orleans is unin-
viting- at least at present. The streets
are marrow, the buildings irregular in
size and the air dense. New Orleans is
cursed with the dirtiest streets Of any
city in the South. a fact that leaves a
disagreeable impression on the minds
Of visitors. The Crescent City is the
home of His Majesty, Rex, King of the
Carnival, and these annual carnivals
draw thousands of visitors each year TO
New Orleans. So far there has been
not trace of snow in this sunny city.
The people of New Orleans pride
themselves upon their cemeteries.
These cities of the dead are peculiar in
that there are no graves at all in them.
An interment under ground could not
take place because of the water, which
is always found under the soil-ln some
localities less than three feet. All dead
persons are laid to eternal rest in vaults,
and these vaults are of the finest de-
scription. A majority of them are
built of Tennessee and Georgia granite,
with a good sprinkling of Scotch gran
ite. Vaults costing $4,000 or $4,000
are the rule, while many are found
whose cost reaches up into the hun
dreds of thousands.
Atlanta, the home of Henry Grady
{l,o oo,ofYa Of k1,a uNJaytr South - ofoH tbp
most progressive city in all Dixie land
This city claims population of aboot
$1,000 souls, and probably its claims are
substantial. Atlanta seems more of a
Northern city than one situated in the
heart of the South. 1t is possessed OF
manufacturing industries, has whole
sale houses, and spirit of progressive
ness which is in strange contrast with
other cities in the South of even larger
population than Atlanta. Atlanta is
destined to become the great metropo-
lis of the South. Her citizens are
wide awake, and realize the golden op-
portunity within their grasp to make
Atlanta "the" city south of Mason and
Dixon's lines. In appearance, Atlanta
resembles a Northern city, and North
ern man feels more at home in this city
than he would at New Orleans or Ceat-
tanooga. In short, Atlanta is emerging
from ante-bellum Incidence and GUS
toms and is vIeing with her Northern
neighbors as progressive American
city.
From the Atlanta Constitution, of
Tuesday:
The party of 32l lumbermen from the
north and west, representing Ohio, In
diana, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Hi
nois, arrived at Z a. m. today. The
party is composed of wealthy prospec-
tors, and their visit to Atlanta and pro-
bable trip through south Georgia are
exciting considerable interest.
The Fast Tannpsspn Virginia and