The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-10
THE BELL IN ATLANTA
GRAND OVATION GIVEN THE
PRECIOUS OLD RELIC ON
IT'S ARRIVAL.
AND AT IT'S FORMAL RECEPTION

The Bell was Formally Received by
Mayor King and Welcomed by Gov.
Atkinson In Behalf of the State and
by President Collier, Representing
the Experimentation Children
Were Permitted 10 Touch the His
toric Relic With Their Hands.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. The ovation
which Atlanta gave the Liberty Bell on
its arrival yesterday, unprecedented in
the history of the precious old relic, was
followed by another even more imposing,
if less spontaneous, this morning when
it was formally received and installed at
the exposition grounds.
A few minutes after o'clock the car
on which the bell was BROUGHT to Atlanta
was pushed to the cornor of Pryor and
Wall streets. Immediately large truck
was backed against the side of the car
and the work of transferring the bell
was begun. While the transfer was
being made a large crowd gathered
around the bell and watched the work.
Lieut.. T. f. Hastings, of the Hibernian
Rifles, with n detail of men frem the
Fifth regiment formed a guard line
around the car and cleared the crowd
away. At $50 o'clock the military com
panies began forming on Pryor street.
rhe line extended TO Auburn avenue.
The members of the Philadelphia dele
CATION, with the Atlanta escort, were
placed in carriages on Decatur street.
At half pass ten, Mayor Warwick, Mayor
King and President Campbell rode in q
carriage TO the side of the wagon on
which the bell was placed, and the four
Philadelphia policemen assumed their
places at each corner of the wagon and
the parade began.
AS each company passed the bell 1t
saluted and Mayors Warwick and King
responded A detail of mounted police
men marched at the head of the line;
then came the Fifth Regiment Regulars
band. Eight companies of the
First Regiment Regulars, command.
ed by Capt. Nelson Carter, were
at the head of the line; fol
lowing them came Governor Atkinson
and his full staff, and then came the
Fifth Regiment Of Volunteers, the Capt.
tol City Guard, the Atlanta Rifles ire
serves, the Hiberniau Rifles, the Atlanta
Rifles and the Atlanta Zouayes, followed
by the Machine Gun Platoon. The At
lanta Artillery, with their guns, came
next, and then came the Governors
Horse Guards, commanded by Capt. John
Milled.e
The bell was drawn by six handsome
gray horses. The procession was com
pleted by the carriages of the Atlanta and
Philadelphia delegations. The line moved
along Wall street to Peachtree then to
14th street. Turning up 14th street il
was joined by Gim0re's Band. WheI
the head Of the column reached the Ad-
ministration Building it was stopped
and turned TO one side of the road
Then the wagon containing the bell auc
the carriages containing Mayors War
WICK aud King, were driver
into the grounds and up tC
the Pennsylvania Building Then tht
march Of the military was started, the
companies passing in review 10 front oi
the bell Around the building down OF
the plaza climbing over the Clue grounds
fsrce, in the trees and every place where
foot hold could be obtained, were th(
children. The crowd was so dense that
it took the efforts Of the entire Fxposi
tion police to keep the roadway open
Whenever the bell appeared there was {
scream of deligh from the thousands oi
children.
AS soon as the military had passed il
review, Councilman w. 2. Campbell
acting as Master of Ceremonies, made {
few opening remarks and introduced
Rev H. E. Barnett, who delivered {
fervent and appropriate prayer.
The bell was then formally received
by Mayor King, whose address was re
sponded to by Mayor Warwick of Phila
delphia.
Gilmore's band played the "Stal
Spangled Banner" after which Gov
Atkinson welcomed the bell in behalf o
the State. He was followed by Presi
dent Collier, representing the exposition
company. Then Gilmore's band gave
"Dixie" and the Atlanta artillery fred {
salute of thirteen guns.
The school children were then per
mitted to come by the bell and touch il
with their hands, which concluded The
days program.