Frostburg mining journal., 1895-11-30

but misses the mark by placing Dams
mountain at the Frostburg level,
2,1O0 feet.
In the Forestry building there is a
limb from the tree under which John
Wesley preached his first sermon in
America-''a tree DEAR states the
card Ito every Methodist on this
continent"
Here also is the cradle in which
Thomas jefferson was rocked, and
people who wear spectacles can see on
its sides where in 1744, while cutting
teeth, the author of the Declaration of
Independence gnawed wood.
On Georgia day the. JOURNAL met
Thomas Lewis and wife, formerly of
Eckhart. They are living 63 miles
northwest of Atlanta, tempting
fortune at raising fruit. They were
"overjoyed to see somebody from the
Georges Creek coal region"
Thursday afternoon the word-"be
sure to attend Clark Howells reception
of the Maryland editors at the Pied
mont Driving Club at 81, sharp went
round. Mr.. Howell is famous as the
man who was thought eligible to fill
the place vacated by the untimely
death of Henry w. Grady, editor of
the Atlanta Constitution. Such men
the JOURNAL likes TO meet hence, it
was ION time" Mr.. Howell soon ap-
peared-a small man, good looking,
but not a strikinglv impressive per-
sonality. He fully understands, how
ever, what exhilarates good fellowship
and on this occasion provided liberal
ly but not effusively for sensibly
pleasant time. Apout ten minutes
after the chatter began somebody in
troduced "the Governor of Georgia. !"
"a number which the gallant editor
OF the Constitution had provided for but
failed to write on his program. Gov
ernor Atkinson joined in the gayety at
once by welcoming the gentlemen and
complimenting the ladies. He said II
see more pretty women in Atlanta
than anyone else here. | know this
because all of them come to see me.
On this occasion, however, the order
has been reversed, and | have come
to see them !" The governor is tall,
slender man with a brainy head on his
shoulders. He is said to be an orator
of great power, and one of the best
executives Georgia has ever had. So
graceful were Mr.. Howell's and his
recognition of the Associations
presence in Atlanta that the reception
is regarded as the happiest incident of
the trip.
Alabama makes a strikingly large
and interesting exhibit of iron and
coal.
The Elk Garden region does well
also in coal and coke, indicating
what it would do in the way of bus
mess if it could.
The JOURNAL looked in vain for the
razor back hog-the one, for instance,
that Bill Nye saw-first, in captivity;
next as it escaped. Walking on, the
hog passed swiftly by, giving him a
lateral view. Turning to friend, he
said-"I'll be dinged if half of that
hog didn't get away :"
Over 100000 well-fed people live in
Atlanta, but the country roundabout
is poor. SO apparently with all the
towns en- route. The cotton-felds the
JOURNAL has read of as broad and
leyel are mostly hillside patches.
Buildings and fences are inferior in
construction and condition. Indeed,
the country people are poor, very
poor. There is little wonder they
should so readily contract cheap
money vagaries, as even the hallucina.
ton of plenty is eagerly welcome to
their environment. 1t is evident,
thSioLoiC, 'Ildt Ill Iuo OoulH. dS Ill
the North, the big town and city are
alike built at the sole expense of the
country, and that some day, somehow,
this policy will have to be apated.
More and more the soil, to which the
"middleman' contributes nothing,
must be deserted by producers who
are left nothing to contribute
Eventually, therefore, the surplus
people of the city must find THEN way
back to the land.
On the newer streets of Atlanta
large majority of the yards are fence
less, the few enclosures remaining be-
ing, as an old citizen told the JOUR
NAL, ''rellcs of the city's uncivlized
youth"
The capitol of Georgia is an immense
pile of brick, marble, iron and wood.
of recent structure and fine archi-
lecture. The House and Senate were
in session on Friday morning. In the
latter 1.-THE gentleman from Fannin'
was wiunowing Il few 'human rightsn
out of some chaff contained in bill to
tax the sheep-killlng dogs of Waycross.
Atlanta has two strong, able papers
the morning Constitution and evening
Journal. The former is a rabid free