The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-08-04
LOWEST RAILROAD
RATES EVER GRANTED
TO The SOUTH
Ammo unced for the Appalach-
ian Exposition.
Unprecedented Southern Show
to Be Given at Knoxville,
Tenn. September IL
to October IL.

The Appalachian Exposition, to be
held at Knoxville, Tenn, Sept. II to
Oct IL of this year, will get the low
est coach excursion railroad rates
ever granted for transportation OF ex-
position visitors in the south. This
rate of approximately one cent per
mile has been authorized by the
Southeastern Passenger association,
which includes all the railroads in the
southeastern territory, of which the
Appalachian region is greater part.
The splendid rate concessions which
the railroads have made the Appalach-
ian Exposition assure its success IN
point of attendance, as thousands OF
people will visit the great event who
could not do so were the rates not so
remarkably cheap. This is a great
concession which the people through
out the Appalachian region will ap-
preciate The exposition being espe-
cially designed for the states of this
region, Tennessee, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama and Kentucky, they
Will UC oplCAuIuIy III liz
attendance.
The coach rate tickets will be on
sale on Tuesdays and Thursdays dur
ing the exposition period. Upon 9th
er days, a rate of one and one-half
cents per mile will be granted.
Coach excursion tickets will be sold,
from all points within a radius of $50
miles of Knoxville, on Tuesdays, Sept.
10, 20 and 81, and Oct. 4. These tick
cts will be limited to five days exclu-
siVe Of date of sale.
Coach excursion tickets will also
be sold, from all points south of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of
the Mississippi river, on Thursdays,
Sept. Is, % and 20, and Oct. g. Limit
on these tickets will be eight days in
addition to the date of sale.
Tickets at the rate of one and one
half cents per mile will be sold every
day from Sept 10 to Oct IL, inclusive,
final limit of ten days, not to exceed
Oct. 10.
The one cent per mile, or coach ex-
cursion" tickets, will not be good for
II cAopOl "a IIOA III utIludA SlCGpS1o,
being confined to coaches exclusively.
The one and one-half cent round trip
tickets, however, will be good for any
part of the train, from smoker to Pull.
man sleeper.
Some of the rates on the coach ba-
sis, from the point of selling to Knox
vile and return, are as follows: Wash.
in oh
folk $1105; Memphis, $50; Cincin-
natl, s6.4O; Atlanta, $3.50; New Or
leans, $12.45; Jacksonville, s11.2O; St..
Louis, $12.55; Augusta, $7.20; Charles.
ton, $1,000; Chattanooga, $222; Bris-
toll, 1852; Nashville, $436.
Detailed information as to rates
from any point may be obtained from
H. F. Cary. general passenger agent
of the Southern railway, Washington,
D. c.; or w. A. Russell, general pas.
senger agent of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad, Louisville, KY, of the
Appalachian Exposition, Arnstein
building, Knoxville, Tenn.
The main lines of the Southern and
l.. & n. railroads reach Knoxville, and
through trains and direct connections
with other roads from all points on
these great systems make fast time into
Knoxville. The railroads are already
making extensive preparations for ad-
ditional equipment and trains for the
accommodation of this exposition bust,
ness. 1t is confidently expected that
at least 100000 people will visit the
exposition during the four weeks OF
its duration. Now that such unprece,
/ dentedly low railroad rates have been
granted, the attendance may be even
| greater.
The Public Comfort department O!
the exposition is planning for housing
| and feeding every exposition visitor
| as Knoxville's homes will be thrown
| open as we'll as its many large and
| new or remodeled hotels. One hos
teIry of 100 rooms has just been com
| pleted and opened, and another Of
| more than $50 rooms is nearing com
| pletion and will be opened before the
exposition period.