Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-09-11
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT CAPITAL
Of the Country and the Greatest
Commercial Centre of the United
States Never Before Equalled.

The Grand Army of the Republic will
be in annual encampment in Washing
ton, D. c., from October to II, 1902.
The Queen and Crescent Route, be
lieving that large number of the peo-
pie residing along and contiguous to Its
lines DESTROYS of visiting Washington,
the capital of the republic, and New
York, the greatest commercial centre of
the country, has arranged very low
rate for round trip excursion tickets,
which will be on sale at all OF the prin-
cipal stations.
The rate to Washington and return is
one cent per mile travelled. The round
trip rate to New York is only $40 more
than the rate to Washington and return.
The dates of sale are October 3, 4, 8
AMI 6, and tickets are good to TetHrn
on or before October Is, 1902, with pro
vision for an extension to November 3,
1902, by depositing same with joint
agent at Washington.
The arrangement also provides for
one stop over at any point on the route
by depositing the ticket with the rail
road agent at the point of stop-oYer.
Never in the history of railroads in
the south have such liberal arrange
the number of excursionists will be very
large.
The Queen and Crescent Route will
arrange for special sleeping cars to run
through to Washington to accommodate
patrons of its line, and all meals will be
furnished in dining cars.
In order that ample accommodations
may be provided. special request is
hereby made that the home ticket agent
be advised at once of the space that in
tending excursionists will require. By
no other method can the railroad Off
cials arrive at the number of cars re-
quired.
The attractions of the capital are toe
numerous to mention in detail, but it is
notorious that no Othe city in the coun
tly affords so many opportunities to the
visitor and sight seer. The cougres.
sional library contains the finest exhibit
of art and literature in the world The
building itself is accounted one Of
the finest in the world The capito
building should be familiar object t
every good citizen. The white house
and grounds are among the mos
attractive in the world The Smith
sonian Institute and grounds are NOR
attractive than any exposition ever pro
duced. The treasury department, occu
pying an immense building on Pennsyl
vania avenue, contains more cnriou
and interesting features than can b
found in any building in this conntr
outside of Washington.
The population of Washington
made up of persons not only from ever
state in the union, but there are domi
ciled within the city representatives {
every nation of Importance on the fac
of the earth. Strange costumes an
unfamiliar faces and figrres are as con-
mon in Washington as cotton blooms
Mississippi.
New York comprises all the feature
Of a vast commercial, manufacture
and seaport city. There may be SEE
evidences OF vast wealth and the squal
surroundings of pauperism.
To visit these two great centres is
gain d knowledge of the world n
dreamed of by the ordinary individu
who has spent a lifetime in his hon
surroundings.
Such an opportunity as is afforded
this excursion may not again be offer
for several years.