West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-07-29
IN THE SOUTH LAND.
The West Virginia Editorial Exeur.
sion % the Tennessee Centennial.

curslon TO The Tennessee Centen-
nal, while it WIS not as large az il
should have been. was the most en-
Joyable trip ever taken by the Asso
citation. There were only about
sixty in the party, bat all declared
1t the best excursion they had ever
had.
The party met at The Palace IIo.
tel in Cincinnati, where We were
handsomely entertained. The man.
ager, Mr.. Walter IL. Maxwell, is a
very pleasant and agreeIblc gentle.
man, and the entire service Of the
hotel is first.clas IN every respect
and the rates very reasonable. We
recommend all our readers who
may be in Cincinnati TO stop at .his
place, corner of Sixth and Vine
streets.
Transportation over the Louis-
villo & Nashville Railroad was is
sued here to our party by travel
ing passenger agent OF the road.
Very pretty and tastefully designed
badges were distributed to the purity
by the President of the Association.
On Il true blue ribbon was printed
III golden letters, "West Virginia
Editorial Association - Nashville.
Tenn, July, 1897" On the me-
dalton was inscribed the Coat Of
Arms of West Virginia, and on the
reverse side that of Tennessee.
Wednesday morning, July 21st,
the party left Cincinnati in two
special cars, attached to the OK
position Flyer" and had a delight
full ride down through cold Kan
tuck" to Louisville, where we
stopped over for dinner and four
hours visit in that beautiful city.
Our cars were left side tracked
there for us, and everything was
done to make our trip pleasant by
the gentlemanly officials of the l..
y N. road, the best road for our
people to travel over in visiting the
Exposition. We visited t h Q
famous Crock Cave" Cemetery
in Louisville, in many respects the
most beautiful cemetery in the
United States.
Leaving Louisville at 3:35, we
sped on through a magnificent
landscape of splendid farms and
pretty towns, and got an elegant
supper at Bowling Green, reaching
Nashville at 9 o'clock. We went
direct to the we'll known Tuhnc
Hotel, formerly called the Nicholas,
where we were all comfortably quar-
tered during our stay in the city.
Next morning Major j. J.McCann.
one of the officials Of the Fair,
came to the hotel to receive us and
distribute passes. a meeting was
held In the Assembly Room of the
hotel and Major McCann delivered
an address of welcome, which was
responded to by Col. Albert Sidney
Johnston, of the Monroe JPatchma11.
who spoke in such a happy vein
and so eloquently that the Associa-
ton was very proud of our Vice
President. At ten o'clock special
trolley cars were at the hotel and
took the whole Association to the
Exposition as the guests Of the
Fair Managers, where "The Gates
of the Exposition were lifted sky
high, To let the West Virginia Ed.
tors go by" as Major McCanu put
it. After spending some time in
several Of the principal buildings,
we assembled at Gerst's Casino for
lunch, where a regular banquet was
served to all as the guests Of the
Fair. Everything to eat and drink,
and with the flow Of wit and humor
and liquid and intellectual refresh.
mcnts, two hours were spent in
serving the different courses and
listening to the very funny and
highly entertaining speech Of the
Major. After that it was a go-as-
you please for all till midnight, ere
the party were back at The hotel
and in the arm5of Morpheus. Ncx5
day was spent visiting the many at.
fractions at the beautiful "White
City" until 3 o'clock in the after
noon, when ws all assembled ut tho
Terminal Station and were taken
ON special train By MAJOR Mccain
out 20 Bell Meade, tho famous
country home OF Gen. W. II. Jack.
son, and one OF The finest stock
farms ia tho South. lt is seven
miles out OF Nashville. and ia