Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
SUNDAY IN DANVILIE
WELCOME BREAK IN TRAINS
QUICK HUSTLE.
Exposition Flyer Will Remain at the
Thriving Virginia City Until Mon
day Morning at O'Clock.

Special dispatch From Staff Correspondent.
| DANVILLE, Va, September 22.-Until
| Monday morning the Greater Washington
exposition special will lay over here at
Danville to give the people of this busy,
| tobacco-scented town a chance to visit the
| train and hear something about the city
that is pressing hard its long-deferred
| claim to the title, The Gateway to the
| South" incidentally, Sunday will furnish
a mighty welcome break in the contin-
| uous-performance hustle that has con-
tinued practically from the moment the
special left Washington last Thursday
morning.
The special pulled into the Danville sta
ton at o'clock this afternoon-rather an
unfortunate hour for business purposes,
for the tobacco factories and pretty nearly
all the other Industries, with the exception
of the cotton mills. call it day when 2
o'clock comes around and send their en-
ployes home to get ready for the usual
social doings of Saturday night. On the
other hand, the retail merchants are at
their busiest Saturdays, and consequently
most of them will have to postpone their
visits to the train until Sunday. The ex-
position cars will be open all day, however,
and big crowd Is expected. The local
papers yesterday and today gave the train
| the biggest kind OF a send-off, and edi-
torally expressed their sympathy with the
Greater Washington movement. This is
really more than was expected in the
greatest leaf-tobacco mart in the world
But, despite the fact that todays condi-
tons made for poor business, lots of mis-
sionary work was done and a number of
orders were taken. The Golden and Com
pany representative sold three tons Of lard
today and all the other travelling men re-
port good business.
So far the special has run on schedule
time between all points, and Col. l.. s.
Brown, general agent of the Southern rail-
way, who is with the special as the repre-
sentative of his road, has received a hand
shake and sincere thanks" from everybody
on the train as result of the perfect ar
rangements that have been obtained since
the special left Washington 1t Is not all
beer and skittles this running of a special
without friction or delay and the colonel
deserves all the good things said to him.
Will Have a Rest.
The travelling men will have a rest tomor-
row-that is, they won't have to scour the
town, spreading the Greater Washington
doctrine and looking for business, but from
the publicity given the train here and the
interest displayed by the citizens of Dam
vile it's safe bet that the biggest crowd
that has yet visited the special will be on
hand tomorrow The exposition cars some-
what messed up as result of the past
strenuous three days, were thoroughly
cleaned tonight and put in shape for to-
morrow's visitors.
Mr.. Cross, the Golden and Company rep
resentatve, had dozen boys out this aft
ernoon gathering golden rod and this even
ing the interior of one of the cars resembles
a flower garden more than anything else
Golden rod products are Mr. Cross
specialtes, so there is a method in his mad
ness, and his love for blooms, just for
themselves, doesn't quite amount to
mania.
Chatham Has Record.
So far Chatham holds the record for visi-
tors, when the length of the stop is taken
into consideration Nearly six hundred visi-
tors inscribed their names in the train reg
lister between nine in the morning and
noon.
Mr.. Tucker The Stars business represent
tative with the special, received a number
Of letters today from business men In cities
for information about the Greater Washing
ton movement and about the Washington
jobbing houses represented on the EXPOSE
ton train. Everywhere there are evidences
terested in the effort to build up greater
commercial Washington and that they are
anxious to cooperate to that end. So l can
say without exaggeration that so far the
of the trip has been justified and that every
man aboard the special feels that even bet
ter days are coming before the journeys
end. ]. c. N