Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-11-29
a SOUTHERN TRIP.
A Great Country with Great Future

Sunday, November II, 1895, we ;,
eft Leonardtown per Steamer st.
Mary's for Washington. At 4:39
D. M. Monday our party-the
MARYLAND Democratic Editorial AS
on train No. 81 OF
the Southern Railway and en- route
for Atlanta and the Cotton States
and Industrial Exposition. AtChar-
louisville there was a twenty minutes
stop for supper but the time, 7:4O
u M. was not favorably to sight
seeing. Shortly after leaving the
Virginia University town the berths
Of our Pullman were made up ana
all retired. At 1852 a. m. we were
ut Mt. Airy, Ga.-569 miles from
Washington-and with good appe-
titles attended for twenty minutes
70 the fine breakfast there served.
For the 70 miles from Mt. AIRY
to Atlanta we had an opportunity
of Swing out the country. Mon
day IS wash day in Georgia and the
work had evidently been ATTENDED
to, for a. every house We passed
clothes were on the lines drying.
The part of the line over which
we were running does not pass
though the brag farming lands of
the State and the cotton and corn
we saw from the car windows might
be classified as only fair to mid
ding. Possibly this was due to the
- d'''-s,-'>'. 4!'rs raIIu I0URet GOOD and.
whenever we saw vineyard, the
vines were we'll grown and thrifty.
There were some peculiarities of
cultivation which we noted. among
them being that the cotton was |
generally in small unfenced patches
and the hillsides were worked in
terraces. This system of blowing
prevents washes and q gentleman
briefly described it as follows.
fIow IN circle throwing the fur
rows always down hill AMI using if
necessary a shovel or scoop to level
the land. At regular distances l
leave strip of land upplowed. t
" hen properly worked the hill c
sides, will present the appearance t
OF flight of steps, b
AT l1:2O, Eastern time-1O:2O t
central time-our train pulled into e
he Union Depot at Atlanta. Soon k
We were at the Hotel Oriental and al
lau been assigned 20 neat ard COM al
ortable rooms for which the mod. OF
rate charge of 81 per day was made PIT
-Sl'oO for two in room. And it ID
lay not be amiss here to state that so
ood meals were furnished for so pr
'nts each. pa
RAISES were issued us and soon no
e were on the electric cars on the co
ay to the Exposition. The first me
ing to attract our attention vyas sto
e agricultural Building. 1t is US
% feet wide by sos feet il length. on
feet high in the main building wo
d Is constructed of wood. iron ma
d glass. In it are exhibited the wei
ricultural products of the South Ala
II 1t is sight to make glad ly
mer S heart. Cotton and corn exh
e, fruits of all kinds. and all goo
as near perfection as il girl
sioIe to get were piled M in not
endld profusion. The mapni. the
g of the show may be iudoed bv bine
ning IN part Louisiana's exhibit Il
re are shown $50 varieties of bull
n potatoes, 81 varieties of swee, alwa
'toes' 70 varieties of sugar cane of I"
arietles OF cotton and q yarie. were
OF corn. Arkansas sbowa - race.
Il annlee md ~, "e but
finest tron;a., -, u course, they
d pleasantly spend a dav in this m
ling and leave il with r,oh
rest yet unseen. The NAOMI -
OF the exhibit evidences tho W.
cultural greatness of the Soutb -
and lately war-swept but now .L
"a with fiourishing farms and -
rles, pretty villages and grow. -
critics. And. all the people ,ha "
to be doing well. The farm '"e F"
'o'''or'a- and ST