Evening journal., 1895-10-04
PROCLAIMING LIBERTY.
Patriotic Words From Promi-
nent Men
ACCOMPANYING THE OLD BELL
Nearly Two Thousand Persons In the
Crowd That Greeted the Celebrated
ProciaImer OF Liberty-Mayor warwick
Lifts Children on Top the Bell.

AHtn NhAAuAoh oh Acb Ahc boAAf
Old Bell, Old Bell rent and alone,
And silent now we can hear the tone
Borne back that breathes from thy hollow
As a Nations freedom thy notes reten.
And tvrant thrones feel the sounding shock
Fall like the bolt on the rlven rock.
Freedoms music. the deepot'e knell,
Pour from thy throat, Old Bell Ola Bel!
Old Bell Old Pelli Thine early song
In immortal music the years prolong
paean it rings where the brave press on,
dirge for ihe dead when the fght Is won,
An anthem triumph mt. n song sublime,
Il rings la the van OF the march OF time;
And again IN passion burats thy shell.
And thrills mems souls, Old Bell Old Bell.
Bell OF the wilderness. once vast thou;
Bell OF the State ana OF History ow,
Bell OF the B Attle when war must be.
Bell of the Church, school and Induatry.
And men shall say as thou hangest alone.
Gods voice hath breAthed In thine awful
tone.
ell in whore ringing. all is we'll.
hing 10 rs ever, Old Belii Gods Bell
Josiah r. Adams.
At s SO this morning the celebrated
patriotic train bearing the Liberty Bell
from Philadelphia to the Atlanta exposi
tion, rolled into the P W. & B station
here with the stars and strioes wrapped
about every corner and flying from
Fully 600 patriotic citizens were as
ssmbled at the station to greet and cheer
the big object which. on July 4 l776
chimed out Ia Independence Hall tower,
Philadelphia, proclaiming liberty through
out the land.
There were six private cars In the
train, including the fae new platform
car with It's shining railing aud guard Of
four mammoth paliosmen OF the Quaker
City The train pulled In under the p i.
w. q B shed on the south bound track
aud was In an instant surrtunded by the
assembled hundreds OF the populsoe.
Tho PhiIadelpbia Party.
On the train stirring about. waving
silk handkerchlefs rsprese nting the
starry banner. were the following dis
tingnished men:
Charles F. Warwick, mayor Of Phila
delphia
COMMITTEES Of Councils Of the city OF
Philadelphia, Charles K. Smith. chair
mau
Common Council Thomas L. Hicks
James NJ Hlbbs, John NJ Stratton, Sam
uel Goodman, Charles + Issminger,
ELS worth d. Hults, K Cortland Horr,
William Van Osten, Thomas Firth,
William w. Allen, William h Bristow.
Select Council Edward w. Patton,
Joseph q Brown, Henry Clay, William
g. Rutherford. Hugh Black, William
McMullen, Joseph a. Klemmer, James
B. Anderson, William McCoRch. Isaac d
Hetzsli, William +. Brown, Thomas j.
Ryan.
Wencel Hartman, president Of Common
Council; James l. Miles president Of
Select Council; g. w. Kochersperger
secretary; Charles B. Hall. sergeant.st
arms, Common Council; James franklin,
ssrgeAnt-at arms. Select Council.
w ]. LAtts general agent Pennsyl-
vAnla railroad; George W Boyd.
assistant general passenger agent Penn
sylvanla railroad Thomas PurdY. tour
lat agent Pennsylvania railroad In charge
William II Lambert. President Depart
msnt Charities and Correction; John M
Walton; City Controller; ]. L Kinsey,
City Solicitor; Jacob Wildemore. City
Commissioner; "A 8 Eisenhower. Chief
Of Bureau OF City Property and Custodian
OF State e-house and Bell; John X Nc
Csrthy, Secretary to the Mayor; Thomas
Fl. Andrews. NJ. D, Police Surgeon
Harry P. Wilson, United Press, Repre-
sentative OF the Fress
The Patriotic Gsorgians.
Atlantas representatives and recsp tior
committeeman are:
Porter King, msyor Of Atlanta.
CoI.mittee OF Councils OF the City Of
william ]. Campbell, chairman
aldermen. Arnold Broyles, John A
Oolvin couucllmsn. Il P. Dodge, Q l.
Harman.
Committee Of Exposition Directory-C
A. Collier, director general George w
Harrison, chairman; J. q OEleeby, r
P. Rice, d M Atkinson, Forest Adair.
Guard Of the Bell at Atlanta -Roberi
Mofitt, James A Robinson, Harry Het.
tsroth, Francis Westphsl, of the police
reserve OF Philadelphia.
workmsn Called Into Service.
As soon IS the train had come to
standstill, Car Inspector w d. Scout
with force of workmen, Jumped abosrI
the platform car and began making soml
repairs to the structural work about tn
bell A piece Of hard rubber WAS place,
under the lip Just where the crack WIDEN
out This was to lessen the vibration
holding the iron work hard and fast evel
when the train Is making sixty miles al
hour
Chairman Smith Speaks.
In moment, after the commotion an'
cheers at the trains arrival had subsided
Chairman G. K Smith. st the request o
several Wilmington citizens and news
paper men on the platform car, advance
and raised his hand for quiet. He said
Fellow Americans -lOn our journe.
to Atlanta with the Liberty Bell, VI
have brought with us learned Americal
citizen, one who is away up In speech
making and pronounced patriot, Hon
Charles f. Warwick, mayor Of Philadei
phis. (Hearty cheers as Mayor Warwlcl
sdvanced)
Mayor Warwick's Address.
Ladies and Gentlemen The Libert
Bell that rang out the glad tidlngs {
the world 100 years ago, you see besid
me on its wsy to the South Ii left II
cosy resting place In Philadelphia and 4
golug TO. take = s-memorable march
through Georgia CHEERS and applause
mot With blood in its train not wit
violence; but on a mission Of profoun
peace. And the lips of this bell tina
spoke so eloquently on the day dear &
all our heartF, will speak lust 81