West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1896-01-30

mountain to Terra Alta, where We
caught No. 4 and came on to Wash.
ington that night, arriving next A.
N. about seven o'clock, to join the
eastern delegation to the National
Editorial Association. Our head
quarters were at the Metropolitan
Hotel, where the delegates gathered
from New England, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mary
land, Delaware ard the Virginias.
We left Washington about four
p. M. Friday from tho Penn. Il. r.
depot, over the b. & p. railroad, in
a special train of four Pullman cars
and baggage car. There are about
$50 in our contingent, and Hon.
w. S. Wiley, Of New Martinsville,
has charge. There are thirteen
from West Virginia, supposed to be
an unlucky number, but we have
been very lucky 80 far. The party
is composed as follows Hon. w.
s. Wiley, from New Martinsville;
Col. Tom Dennis and wife, from
Lewisburg, Greenbrier county; Col.
e. l.. Smith and wife, Fairmont,
Julian K. Fleming and Mrs. Evans
and Mrs. l. G.. Lazelle, of Morgan
town, Hon. Jas. F. Thompson and
wife, Of Martinsburg; j. K. Hall,
of Wheeling; NJ. G. Sperry, Of
Clarksburg, and J. Sidell Brown,
kingwood. We got supper that eve.
ming at Richmond, but only stayed
there about an hour. Will probably
stop longer there on the return trip.
Came on down over the Atlantic
Coast Line through Charleston,
South Carolina, and stopped over
Saturday at Savannah. Got break.
fast and dinner there at one Of the
most magnificent hotels i'm the
world, the De Soto, occupying an
entire square and costing 81 900, 900.
There is no hotel in Washington or
Baltimore to compare with 1t.
We visited many points of inter-
est in Savannah. Bright sunshine,
green verdure and sweet scented
flowers, carry the memory back to
May time at home. We can only
mention a few points of interest.
Four miles out, on the electric
road, is the far-famed Bonaventure.
the most unique of all the world 8
cemeteries. Here the graceful Span.
ism moss is concentrated and artis-
ticaIly displayed by natures master
hand. The cemetery has seventy
acres in it, and the whole extent is
covered with trees, mostly live oak.
and from the leafy branches drop
long stalactites of lead .colored moss
swayed to aud fro by every passing
breeze. The effect is superbly un-
canny, making the place dark and
dismal aud suggestive of spirits and
the dead. The palmettoes and
Spanish baYonets and other hardin
gers OF tropical regions greet the
strangers wondering eyes. Flowers
are blooming on the graves, and
darkeys are working round keeping
the cemetery In condition. There
are many magnificent tombs and
line monuments. was very much
interested in some of the old in
scriptions on tombstoncs and tombs
of people buried there long before
the Revolutionary war. One l cop
led from a quaint old place in re-
markably good condition and easily
deciphered. 1t read as follows
(The letter being used for as in
the old style.) "Noble Jones Of
Wormslof Efquire-Senior Judge
Of the General Court aud Chief J u.s.
tice Of the Province OF Georgia.
For Twenty Years Member and
Sometime Prefident of His Maief-
tvs Council. Colonel Of the Firft
Georgia Regiment.
Died Nov-r I'd ITO aged 49,"
1t is said that Gen. Oglethorpe
planned the city during his voyage
across the Atlantic, and the strict
adherence to the original plan has
produced a city, which, for regu-
larIty Of design, has no equal on
the continent. Broad, straight and
level streets, paved with asphalt
stone and shells and lined on the
sides with giant oaks and graceful
magnolia trees and beautiful resi-
dences and innumerable squares
and parks, adorned with monu-