The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-09-10
THE HERALD
CORRESPONDENTS
Enjoy a Delightful Day at the
Centennial.
Last Saturday, September I, the
Occasion of the Annual
Reunion.
Eclipsed by This Years Out
ing-The Centennial City
Pleases Everybody.

Hurricane in 1894 and 1885, and
Nashville in 1896, were the scenes Of
three happy reunions of the HERALD
family of correspondents, aud the
fond memories of those occasions
will never fade in the minds of those
who had the pleasure of attending
them. But the reunion at the Cen
tennial City, September 4, 1897,
eclipsed all former efforts in this
direction, and afforded the news
gatherers of the HERALD and
few of their friends one of the most
pleasurable days of their lives.
This idea of giving annual CORES
pondents' reunions originated with
the HERALD several years ago.
They are not given-as some seem
to think-for the purpose of adver-
Using the paper, but as reward of
merit to those who so faithfully,
week after week throughout the
year, chronicle the happenings of
their neighborhoods and assist in
making the HERALD, what it is ac-
knowledged at home and abroad to
be, tthe best county paper in the
Union. The HERALD, appreciates
the efforts of its large repOrtorial
force, and endeavors in this manner
to show that appreciation. To in
vite oil of its friends to take part in
these gatherings would be an end
less undertaking, and to favor just
a few of them would be an unjusti-
fable discrimination and, besides,
if it were possible to invite them all
and get them aboard a train, dozen
''mOgul' locomotives would exhaust
their sand-bOXes and puff in vain
trying TO draw them.
The HERALD feels proud of its big
! family all the time and everywhere,
but when 1t sees them all gathered
together, and looks iuto their bright,
heaming, intelligent faces, and
notes their perfect behavior, its
bosom swells with pride and it feels
like dotfing its hat to each and every
one of them, and thanking them not
only for their years labors, but
chiefly for their kind words and
good will.
1t can be truthfully said that a
happier, better behaved party has
not entered the charmed Centennial
circle than the $50 persons who Oc-
| cupied the two rear coaches of Capt.
| Kidd's accommodation train last
| Saturday morning.
The day was perfect; the sky was
without a cloud, and the weather, if
it had been "made to order" could
not have been improved upon. At
half-past six o'clock the train with
the HERALD coaches pulled out
from the depot in Columbia. Every
body was comfortably seated until
Carriers Creek station was reached,
when Wandering Joe Foster" and
his delegation got aboard, and then
standing room was at premium.
The train reached Nashville in
due time. There the crowd dis.
persed, most of them going direct to
! the Centennial grounds. Once with
in the fair white City''-with its
hundreds of attractions and amuse-
ments, from feasting the eyes on the
most costly exhibits of art and
mechanism or delving into the eX-
hibits of history, science, etc, in the
public buildings, to riding the
'merry-go-rouud" or shooting the
chutes on Vanity Fair-ali thoughts
but of pleasure were laid aside and
everyone sought to have a good
time. To tell what everybody did
would be an impossibility, as every
body did just exactly what he
wanted to, and nobody but himself
and his best girl or better half-as
the case might be-knew just what
that was.
If the Centennial by day was
beautiful, by night it was dream OF
perfect loveliness. With myriads of
incandescent lights arranged along
the caves and dOmes of the build
ings, the "White City" was trans.
formed into a fairyland. The con-
cert by Victor Herbert's band in the
Auditorium and the gorgeous dis
play of fireworks on the shore OF
Lake Wautauga, were the two
browning features, and closed in
a most befitting manner the happy
scenes of the day. AS the HERALD
train did not leave the depot until
IL o'clock, the correspondents and
their friends were permitted to en-
iov these two features in full.
AS the special drawing the HER
AID cars pulled out from the Union
depot, it carried party somewhat
fatigued with the days doings, yet
highly delighted with the Centen-
NAL aud with hearts deeply grateful
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