Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-03

distinct success 1t has been up to the pres
| Major Coleman got the hand next, and
after he had snuffed the candle In his own
particular butterdish he put on his rose
| colorcd glasses and told US his view of this
tour were on and what he thinks 1t will
accomplish.
I've been a railroad man for more years
than ] care to remember said the major,
and can say without stretching the long
! DOW so much as an inch that this trip of
The Stars Greater Washington EXPOSE
ton Special through territory contiguous
to Washington. and which by rights should
be commercial asset of the national capt.
tai, is by far the most unique and power
full method of advertising community and
it's business houses of any have ever seen,
or, for that matter, even heard of. l can
say now-though had the trip proved a
failure I should have refrained from the l.
tod-you-so refrain-that I have been as
tonshed and delighted every moment /
have been with you at the reception your
train and your travelling men have met
with in North Carolina.
Had l been with you in Virginia and
noted the reception you met with there
which l understand from my friend Col
Brown of the Southern. was of the most
cordial should not have been particularly
surprised. They. are neighbors of yours up
there But it has indeed made me open my
eyes to see the manner in which the Great
er Washington idea has been received way
down here in North Carolina. where the
commercial ambitions of the national CAPT
tol nave never DecOHe KNOWN ana WneTC
the merchants in every line of business
have been buying in the established marts
OF this section for many years-:ndeed ever
since the business reaction that followed
good while after the civil war. have been
around with almost every of you, in
one or another of the towns we have visit
ed in North Carol ma, and the comments
of the local merchants upon the prospects
of the national capital becoming as famed
for its commercial supremacy as for it's
beauty and educational advantages, could
not have been aught but gratifying to any
one interested in our city and its develop
ment
May Go Down in History.
Gentlemen, in my opinion this trip
will go down in history as marking an
epoch in the commercial growth Of WASH
ington. 1t has been as have noted from
the first, missionary effort pure and sim
pie AT least, that is what it started out
to be. How additionally pleasing it must
be to every one concerned therefore when
consideration is given to the amount of
business done by you travelling men on
board the train-business that could not
have been thought of in any other way
than as a secondary proposition when,
nearly two weeks ago your special pulled
out of the station in Washington. I, per-
sonally, am very glad that it was my good
fortune to be connected with missionary
effort of this sort, and l have not the
slightest doubt but that vast amount of
good will result, not only to those business
houses represented here tonight. but to
every branch of commerce and industry in
our Greater Washington that is to be-
Mr.. Tucker. on behalf of the missionary
party, thanked Major Coleman and Mr.
Gattis for their untiring efforts to make
every feature of the trip-so far they
could contribute toward it in any Way-a
distinct success. The trip over the Seaboard
Air Line from Charlotte was made with
out single hitch of any kind and every
courtesy has been extended to the visitors
from Greater Washington.
Call for Sunshine.
Mr.. Tucker then called upon everybody
else at the table to contribute a little sun
shine to the general fund. They all did it,
too, but as they are still with the train and
doing business at the old stand their
chance to tell what they think of things in
general and in particular will come later. 1
almost forgot to mention that Mr.. Town
send won't be in the permanent absentee
class. as he intends to rejoin the special at
Winchester believing that he will be able
to finish the more important and pressing
anxious to see the finish of the trip
At Roanoke Mr.. Eskridge of Guy, Curran
q Co. will rejoin the train, after an alb
sence of some days, and go on to Washing
ton with us. Mr.. Leroy Heron of The Star
will also come back to us somewhat around
Roanoke, to remain until the conclusion of
the trip. The exposition special is now
about to speed on to the section of which
when we left Washington the most was ex-
pected, and although the results in the ter
ritcry already traversed greatly exceeded
all expectations, every member of the party
is looking forward to the rush through
Virginia and the valley, with various de-
grees of warm-tinted anticipation. I'm an
ani-predctionist or perhaps I'd make scn:c
suesses that might come true and that
might not. AS it is I'll put a paddock on
the future tense and wait Mica Wnerwise
FOR something to turn up. l don't believe
III nave to wait long. l. c. N
The Stay at Littleton.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LITTLETON, N. c., October 2-,The Ex-
position Special arrived here at 1 o'clock
yesterday afternoon after a record run
The jump from Henderson to Norlina a
distance of fifteen miles, was made in four
teen minutes. There's a fine and dandy
spite the fact that the big Seaboard dis
lance killer No. 63 bumped itself to the
limit, the excessive speed did not make the
brief journey noticeably rough. Just the
same, everybody aboard the special is will
ing to stick to slower time. Mt would muss
things up so If anything should happen
when moving along at more than mile
a-mnute clip. The special will leave Lit
Teton at haf-past o'clock for Weldon
where a stop of two or three hours will be
made. At s o'clock this evening the Special
will cross the North Carolina state line into
the Old Dominion. The night will be spent
at Franklin Everybody's happy.