The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-11-15
TRIP TO GEORGIA.
The Exposition Taken in and the Ed
itor's Boyhood Home Visited.


itor's Boyhood Home Visited.
Leaving Texarkana early last
week, the editor, wife and two chill
dren made a brief visit to Georgia
returned home last night. 1t was
our intention to have written back
to the TExARKANIAN, while absent,
but circumstances prevented.
We first went to Atlanta and
took in the Cotton States Exposi-
tion, then visited our mother and
other relatises at Carrollton, (near
Atlanta) our boyhood home, and
will briefly write of the same.
We we're not disappointed in what
we saw at the Exposition, 1t is in
deed great and grand enterprise,
showing up to fine advantage, the
manufacturing, agricultural and
other industries of this highly ia.
vored section. While not one-fourJh
as great III extent and magnitude
as the Worlds Fair at Chicago, it is
well worth visiting. In the largest
building, the Manufacturers we be-
lieve, many foreign nations have
fine exhibits. Many states have ex-
hibits in separate buildings of their
own. We took a look through the
Arkansas exhibit, one of the largest
and finest on the ground, and felt
proud Of our adopted state, On ev-
cry side we could hear her praises
sung-especially as to her unap-
proachable apples, Met Col. Vim
cenheller, who has charge of the
exhibit, who made us feel at home.
Atlanta is the most enterprising
and busy city of the South at all
times-truly the New York of the
South. She deserves great credit
for getting up and pushing to sue
cess the great exposition. Great
crowds are in attendance upon the
exposition daily estimated at from
forty to sixty thousand people;
tickets sold show this number,
Getting enough Of the exposition
we visited Carrollton, where live
our mother and four sisters. OF
our four days stay here we feel in
capable of giving expression to our
thoughts and feelings, as it was
there we spent much Of our boy
hoods happy days, learned our trade
as a printer, first learned to love
the girls, and completed our educa-
ton in Reese's Academy and High
School. Visited the old printing Of
fee, where we learned the eases
twenty-oue years ago, which is still
used by the same man, for the
same purpose. Hon, E. r. Sharpe
"a brother to our Mr., W. o. Sharpe
conducts the Carroll Free Press
therein; he Is now member OF the
Georgia Legislature, (now in ses
sion) and we failed to see him, Pass
ed by the old Reese Academy, now
going to decay, Its protector having
long since closed 1t, on account o.
his old age and leebleness; he pass
ed to the unknown world last year
Was happy to again meet a large
number of our old friends ano
schoolmates. Being unwell and II
pensive mood, we rambled th'
wildwood DER, and cogltated OF thu
long ago, when we hurriedly passed
along on a boyhood fish or hunt
bent; mused of our first love on th'
hill and how punctual we were t.
call upon her twice every week, ant
what passed at those meetings, etc
She married another about th'
time we merged from our teens,
and now listens to the noise OF more
than half a dozen children. Wha
narrow escape for usl Blu
enough of such iestlng
We shall not soon forget our hap
py visit to the "old home, and th'
loving, cordial reception accorded
could not have received more kind,
consideration had we been a king
The ties of kinship are very stronl
in some families, and we rejoice tha