Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-12-13
ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
A St. Kary's Exhibit me Battle Cab.
in.-Ths Gate City.

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in.-Ths Gate City.
| Ia former paper we gave a brief sketch
of car-window glimpse OF the country
along the line of the Southern Railroad
from Washington to Atlanta and touched
slightly upon some Of the attractions Of the
Cotton States Exposition. In to-day's
BEACON we viii essay some further des-
cription Of the scenes and incidents Of our
trip.
The poe, Churchill speaks Of the strange
something"
PLANTED in man, TO bind him TO that earth
In dearest ties, from whence he drew his
BIRTH"
The Scot in foreign lands seeing the
thistle" of home or The Irishman the
shamrock of his Emerald Isle appreciates
to the full extent the "scmefhing" ofwhich
the poet sings. So in great measure was
the writer stirred by the sight in the
Liberal Arts Building at Atlanta of an
object intimately connected with ST. Mary's
county In the exhibit Of Georgetown Col
Iege is the old bell that for ever two
hundred years swung ut st. Inigo's and
oftimes in cadence sweet called the good
people Of that district 10 prayer or rang
some loved ones funeral knell The bell
was cast IN 1889 and from 1888 TO about
1889 was At St. Inigo's church. An in
scriptinn upon il gives the date Of It's cast
ing aud there Is pasted on r 9 card stating
that It's sweet tone b suppose % be due in
great measure to the silver In il and that
the silver was thought TO have been OBJ
tanned from some of the treasure Of the
Spanish Armada We had heard the old
bell ring at st Inigo's and We have heard
it at Atlanta where It's notes spoke elo-
quently IF home. Georgetown also exhib-
IFS another object Of Interest Ia Maryland
ers and tina, is fine portrait Of the lament
ed Father Mcguire
But there is too much Of interest at the
Exposition for the narrow compass of
newspaper sketches and Oh Sc interestel in
southern prngress should if possible go
and see for themselves. It's q trip that
will pay And, when you have done the
Exposition; seen the interesting exhibits of
the Government aud of foreign countries
and the matchless products of Southern
lands and mines, turn to the east of the
north wing of the Georgia S,a.e Building
and enter plain log cabin 1922 feet II
vas moved from the battle field Of Kenne.
saw mountain where IL was bored by shells
and peppered with bullets aud it contains
priceless relics of the aLost Cause" The
ALTERED battle flags that festoon its walls,
the battered swords, the threadbare dresses
and the household makeshifts If war days
tell more eloquently than words the un.
dying story of the heroism of Southern men
md mstrons. And the daughter of the
late Gen. Kirby Smith is in charge.
What Of the city OF the Exposition? At
Ianta stands in the path way of Southern
travel and traffic and hence is aptly styled
the Gate City" The growth of the city
has been marvellous. Thirty one years ago
two armies in battle array faced each other
command. AS the lamented Grady once
remarked he lSherma6T was mighty care
less with fire and he left the city mass of
ashes and blsckened ruins. But, phoenix
like she has arisen, Is now the capital and
metropolis OF the Empire State ofthe South.
and one Of the prettiest and best governed
cities in the Union Her Peachtree street
presents AS fair vista Of handsome houses
and well kept grounds as can be found
anywhere. II is healthy city and there
is but one city Denverl in the United
States Of equal population that has as high
an altitude Atlantis is remarkably order
ly city and though saloons seem TO be
numerous we did not see single drunken
man during our stay The law require
all drinking bars to be closed at L. D. m,
and obedience 10 the mandate is strictl,
enforced After 10 p. m. alcoholic drinks
,re tabooed and the result is, the drinker
is, perforce, compelled TO commence the
next dav s''b.r unless, before closing time
he had laid in a supply OF the s"hair of the
dog that bit him." -