The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-07-13
LIBERTY BELL ON
ITS LONGEST JOURNEY
LEFT PHILADELPHIA MONDAY
ON SPECIAL TRAIN FOR PAN
AMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION.
ON A SPECIALLY BUILT GAR
Precious Relic of the American Rev
OlutiOn Will Visit Many States and
Be Viewed by Millions Before Its
Return to Philadelphia.

0lutIOn Will Visit Many states ana
Be Viewed by Millions Before Its
Return to Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. - The Liberty
Bell, precious relic of the American
Revolution, started Monday on its
eighth and longest journey from Phil
adelphia since it was first hung in
the old state house of the province
of Pennsylvania in 1852. 1t goes to
special car. The First Troop, Phila-
delphia City Cavalry, which organi-
cation escorted George Washington
on state functions in Philadelphia, is
the special escort of the bell as on
former occasions. At 3 p. m. the bell
train with a party of twenty-six city
councilmen started on the journey.
The train consisted of a baggage
car, diner, three sleepers, a special
car for the reception of guests en-
route and car for the bell. This is
a specially constructed car, with an
iron railing at the sides and ends.
American flags waved from STATS at
each corner and there were other
decorations in American colors.
The councilmanic committee in
charge of the journey announced that
in hanging the bell the crack in it
would be on the right hand side of
the car as it journeyed west.
Even cities traversed in the night
will get a glimpse Of the relic, sys-
tenn of illumination having been de-
vised that will throw blaze of light
on the bell as it passes through in
the darkness.
Safety Precautions.
Shock absorbers were installed on
the fiat car to keep the bell from
being jolted. The train crews were
especially picked for their careful
ness in starting and stopping trains.
The speed limit across the continent
the Panama-Pacific International Elk
position and before it is returned to
its big glass case in Independence
Hall next November or December it
will have Travelled more than 10000
miles and will have been seen by mil
ions of people.
On it's journey to San Francisco the
Liberty Bell special train will trav-
erse Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, Colorado, Wyoming, Wash
ington, Oregon and California.
Elaborate arrangements were
made for the journey, and everything
that aided in safeguarding the bell
from injury was done. Four police
men from the Philadelphia traffic
squad will guard the relic until it is
again returned to it's home.
On Special Hanger.
At sunrise Monday workmen re-
moved the bell from it's case and put
it on the special hanger that support
ed it across the country. 1t was
wheeled on a truck into Independ-
ence Square, where patriotic services
were held. At noon the First Brig
ade, Pennsylvania National Guard,
escorted the bell to the West Phila-
delphia station of the Pennsylvania
railroad, where it was hoisted on a
will not be less than IS miles an hour
nor more than 80 miles. The sched-
uIe will be rigidly observed so that
crowds may not be kept waiting be-
yond the time appointed for the train
to go through their communities.
Another absolute rule the commit
tee has made is that the bell will not
under any circumstances be taken
from the car for the purpose of pa
rading it through the streets. Many
municipalities have been advised to
build movable platforms the height
of the fiat car with an incline at each
end so that children may go up one
incline pass the bell, touch it if they
care to, and then pass down the in
cline at the other end of the plat
form. Where these platforms are
provided the railing on one side of
the car will be removed.
During stops booklets containing
the history of the bell, cards with a
picture of the relic and buttons con-
tanning a picture of the bell and the
American flag will be distributed to
children. 1t will take hundreds of
thousands of these souvenirs to sup
ply the demand. To the governors
and mayors the history of the bell in
small bound volumes will be present
ed. Governors have been invited to
journey with the bell through their
respective states.
Movies For Schools.
There will be no official souvenirs
of the journey except those distrib-
uted free by the escorting committee.
The committee also refused to make
any concession to moving picture con-