New-York tribune., 1895-10-07
HONORING LIBERTY BELL.
CROWDS TURN OUT IN VIRGINIA AND
TENNESSEE.
r,oc,rss or THE EscoRTTNG PARTY OVER THE
BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. AND THhoo"i
THE ROANOKE AND EAST TEN
NEs5EE VALLEYS.


THE ROANOKE AND EAST TEN
NEssEE VALLEYS.
Knoxville Oct. 6.-Lke benedicuoh the i''pe,'s
Bell sped through the Roanoke 'ai'ey' over 'ne ".,
Ridge Mountains and down through the va''e' "
East Tennessee on this October sapoa'h' iHe,o '
been no firing OF guns no barring OF brass Dahos'
no Wild hurrah, but the country tna' lurniS"'" ~
many Union soldiers during the Rebellion uenoh-
strated beyond question lts loyalty and PATRIOTISM
Sunda schools Of all denominations nave pSe" '
shalled by their pastors; educatiohai i'S''.'.r"
have turned out the youth Of virginia anu ie"
nessee. and bulet,scarred ex-Confedera'es nave
walked side by side with G A H. veterans u'
ing their heads In salute.
A. Elllston a srelt-grandson OF Pa;rick fehiS'
himself a whlte-haired man Of seventy presseu io'
wafd and craved permission 10 toucn the bell mere
a full Sunday y-school sang "A patriotic hymh' ~
cbrstiansburg the boys OF the Biacksburg Military
Academy stood in line. guard Of honor Ihere
was a great crowd at East Padford, where Mayor
Warwick and Thomas L. Hicks made brief address-
90 10 the public school children. Pulaski gave
hearty greeting. At Marion. Glade Springs ana AD-
lngdon the entire population turned OUT ana De
tween them were knots Of people at every mountain
cabin II was left for Bristol. half In Virginia ana
half in Tennessee. to turn out crowd tnat over
flowed the railroad station and stretched out az ir
IN every direction the eye could reach' Nolui-
teer fremen acted as guards. while Mayor WIN
ston of the Virginia side. and Mayor Anderson oi
ne Tennessee side joined in the welcome ElrlS
from the Southwest Virginia Institute sang hyihi
and piaced a banner of black and gold on tne peak
OF the bell Then they clambered over tne car
each IN turn touching the bell line was iorIne,,;
and for two hours "A steady stream or people OF al
ages colors and social standing passed across the
bel car. ~. 49,
on 10 Johnson City Tenn. past The wreck OF tne
once boom town Of C,rneeie Wh"r" ffe.S rr"N-
ing within the walls Of handsome stone bulldlhgs
and dismantled business blocks SPEAK eo4uently W Wol
blasted hopes. was the next run Here cp pubic
school children sang and pelted the bel WIN no"
ers Every house and even the strdet-cars snow
the National coors. Another brief stop was mar
NJ Joncsboro the capital city OF the one-tme Stte
OF Franklin. which was part OF tennessee - IL
~ tentiicky and a corner of North Carolina. Here
Antrew Jackson presided Judge over the circuif
Court A great crowd poured out OF the quaint OH
town and Mayor Warwick made brie1 adnltsS
Al C;reenvie. the home and last resting piace 81
Andrew johnson. there was another large tuihous
Al Morrstown the choir OF the Met ci.st & &thulC I,
sang a HYMN In the chorus Of which hundrens oi
children joined go, - .ohos I'M,
II was dark when Knoxville was reachec, pui
people svarrncd the brdgr over the raiiroah anu
into the big railroad yards whore the bell car wus
sidetracked There formal receplion. Du'
Mayor Thompson, with the Board OF Adermeh. r.
ceived tho party. With them were con'nlttees -, ~
Daughters Of the Revolution ana other phsis,o,s.
organizations The crush of people was tren eliu"us
and until nearly midnight there was a str;t'n a.
neope around the bell Tomorrow tne pei WI WI
nush through Eastern Tennessee 10 Chat'ahoo5Ta, Tn
where the exercises include pilgrimage 10 Ihe
battlefield Of Chickamauga and LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN"