Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1896-01-10
A Trip to the Cotton States and Inter
national Exposition.

Editor Sentinel On Thursday afternoon,
December 18th, u small party from Mary
land boarded the Exposition flyer from Is
81 p depot, Washington, for ATLANTA. y
Alter the Long Bridge was crossed, it was
not long before darkness settled, and we lost
the most picturesque part of Virginia.
Charlottesville, or supper Station, las was
called out) was our first place To stop after
starting, and twenty minutes was given TO
satisfy the inner man. Danvllle, Lynch
burg and number of other stations were
passed in the night. About o'clock In the
morning we stopped at Charlotte, N o.,
and remained there until 8 o'clock on ac-
count of wreckage sixty miles down the
road. We had plenty oi time for breakfast
which consisted of beeisteak, turkey, Chick
en-, sausage, quail on toast, hominy, lrled
apples, scrambled eggs, buckwheat cakes
and syrup coffee, bread and butter. The
| landlord and walters were flying around
trying to serve people as fast as possible, for
every one wanted breakfast at once, and
you were given the dishes and Hospitality
asked to "help yourself"
The railroad passes through the poorest
part of North and South Carolina, great
MANY manufacturing towns with their build
ings attached forty and fifty houses OF the
workmen, all built alike. 1t was hard to
see what the people exist on. The single
OK hitched to sheet-covered wagon was
most common sight, and in some OF the
fields women and men were still picking
cotton The train would often slow up and
allow the passengers to pick cotton ana little
colored boys were at all the stations WIN
big punches TO sell and eager to scramble
for pennies the passengers would throw to
them. One noticeable and amusing feature
of the town was, the people, both white and
black, would stand and gaze and stare as
though train of cars was the most unusual
sight in the world. The dinner station was
Mt Airy, in Georgia, which we reached at
3 O'Clock in the afternoon, and after good
din ner all ielt better.
There was no Improvement in the country
until we reached Atlanta at o'clock, and
in the "car sheds" as the station is called
by some of the Georgia people, perfect
babDle of voices greeted our ears. Heres
your cab,""rve got the fastest horse" The
Kimball IS the best house" "Want car
| rage, lady?" and SO on until you hardly
| knew where you were. We hnally selecteu
| a cab and carriage large enough to hold our
party and were soon landed at our home for
the week in the TAR end of the town -
The next morning was perfect one, and
we enjoyed the ride through the town TO
the Exposition. Atlanta has some beautl'
lu residences and though not equal TO some
oil our Northern cities, considering its age,
thirty wears old after the war, and but llS
houses left after Sherman's raid, IL is rapidly
becoming one of the largest business centres
of the South In the suburbs still may be
seen the queer propped up houses, as was all
along the road coming down. 1t is soft
coal State, and consequently the city is very
dirty. BY paying ten cents on the street
car you received a ticket which admitted
YOU into the first turnstie at the grounds,
and after getting your fifty cent ticket Tor
the Exposition you went through announcer
and there you WERE
ANY one VISITING the Words Fair would
he struck with the similarity OF the TWO ex-
misunderstanding the latter being much
smaller in scale than the former. AS there
is not room for taking each building 10 turn
will only mention a few oil the most i'm
| portant exhibits. In Forestry and Mining
the most beautiful specimens OF wood and
| precious stones were on exhibit, and some
| OF the finest being from South Carolina. On
Il map in the center of the building is plan
| showing how a Southern farm Is hrst LOST,
reclaimed and then retained. California
| building hal large column OF oranges In
| Inc center, and one exhibit was a squash IN
| the shape of goose, driven by little man
| from Los Angeles in a slipper OF lemons.
| The Negro building was good, their paint
| ing striking me most prominently, and wood
work by the training schools. When you
visit the Woman's building, you then realize
what a woman can do, and especially the
Southern woman. 1t is pleasant to see the
painting and embroidery, and artistic way
| il is all arranged Mrs. Joseph Thompson,
President OF the Woman's Board of Man
ayers, is at the head, and it truly shows her
| graceful TASTE In one end Of the building
was the reproduction of New England
kitchen, showing the dresser spinning wheel
and cradle of olden times. The annex oil
the Woman's building held the cooking
school by Miss Andrews. and some
very dainty dishes were there pre-
| pared by her. Manufactures and Liberal
| Arts reminded one of large store with
the loyeliest Bohemian glassware for sale.
There was but one good, reliable lunch
room in the exposition grounds, and that
| was in the basement OF the Woman's build
ing, but the rest made up for good whole,
some lunches in yelling about what theirs
consisted Of. At 3 o'clock every afternoon
the life saving device was held on the banks
of the lagoon 1t is interesting TO those who
never saw it before, and Mrs. Griffith rem
dered musical selections on the chimes IN
tall tower. standing alone, such as Nearer
Nv God to Thee" and " Maryland, My Mary,
! land" Electrical building was passed
through, and Art followed-nearly GIL the
nainii1gs on exhibit were for sale-snd the
statuary was very fine. One piece especially
which had honorable mention was Notlh