The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-11-09

by a newspaper man is OF very little I
interest to its readers, aud that the
space could be filled with more inter-
esting matter, therefore we will make
only short synopsis of what we saw
on our trip to the Exposition.
On Saturday, October 18th, the ed
itors and representatives of forty-h
different newspapers in Louisians,
with Mr.. l.. S. Scott, the popular Sec
rotary of the Press Association at the
head, left New Orleans over the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad. We passed
through the famous summer resorts OF
Mississippi-Bay Saint Louis, Pass
Christian, Mississippi City and Biloxi.
We reached Montgomery. Ala, at
O'Clock in the evening. where we re-
NAMED until the next morning. No
sooner than the cars had stopped and
the crowd could get off, we took in the
town in body. and visited the Capt.
tol, the same building where Jefferson
Davis delivered his declaration of In
dependence Montgomery has wide
streets and handsome buildings. and
was the prettiest city we saw on our
trip.
Not an acre of ground did we see
under cultivation between New Or
leans and Montgomery.
| At z O'Clock next morning we were
/ off for Atlanta, where we arrived at
O'Clock, and were at once conveyed TO
the Alhambra hotel, where. accommo-
daHons had been made for the entire
delegation. 1t being Sunday, and
the Exposition not being open, our
crowd scattered over the city looking
at the many different sights-of a
place that thirty years ago was in
, ashes and to-day can boast of pop
ulation of 100000 inhabitants, with
magnificent buildings and beautiful
| streets.
4 Bright and early Monday morning
we set out for the Exposition grounds
to take in the sights-and sights they
were. Our readers have read so much
of Atlanta's great show that there il
no use In giving an elaborate descrip'
!. ton of it. The Exposition compare:
! favorably with the Worlds Fair, and
! we advise our friends to go and see 1t
Louisiana has one of the finest ex
= hibits on the grounds, and attracts
4 great deal attention from the throng
of people. The exhibit is in charge o
|, Prot II. A. Morgan, OF tie La. sfat'
a University, who is one of the fines
i gentlemen we ever met, and if any o
our friends should go to the Exposition
!. they should visit him in thcAgriculfura
4 Building. where they will be made Il
feel at home.
October 23rd was the Presidents day
i, and brought large attendance to tn
e grounds--fully $4,000 people. Th
r. Vice President and most of the mem
II bers of the Cabinet attended the Pres
'e dent on his visit, and one of the mos
II important features of the day was tn
n military parade in which participate
D. United States regulars, volunteer
from Connecticut. Virginia. Mort
= Carolina and Geogia. The Presider
:, made brief speech. congratulatin
n the organizers an5 managers OF the FL
! hibition on the splendid success the
:, had achieved. The President trie
:. hard to shake us by the hand, but Il
! crowd was so great that he had to gi'
~ up in disgust.
The Midway is one of The attraction
that pulls the crowd. and every perst
who goes inside of the grounds, has
see the ..fakes," which are numerou
Ic- The members of the Louisiana Pre-
nd Association received many courtesies
IN Atlanta. Mr.. w. 0. Hart, q prom
he nent lawyer of New Orleans, who W
6s at the exposition, extended an invit
ial ton to our delegation to be his CUES
ID at the Grand Opera House to see Ric'
on .s1492,n which was enjoyed very muc
Ia 1t is impossible TO relate the ma
pleasant events that occurred in a
lanta, and we left the "Queen City
Ia. the South" reluctantly on the event
lof the oath to take in the sights
3D. Chattanooga.
nv On Friday morning we arrived
Of: Chattanooga, and after breakfast
ali started on thirty mile drive throu
lilo the historic Chicamauga Park and N
I'M sionary Ridge, where the governmt
al. has expended over $650,000 in est
,es fishing National Military Park, a
mo where hundreds of monuments
. & erected by the different Northe
States. Not monu ment has yet be