The Harrison times., 1916-10-28
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Richmond. Va, Oct. %, 1876.

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The Exposition train has been ph'
six DAYS and thousands of people nave
viewed the exhibits. Leaving Llllle
Rock last Thursday, two stops were
made in Arkansas, Brinkley and For
est City. where hundreds OF people IN
snactcd the exhibits. Reached Mem
phis Thursday evening about b O'CLOCK
The Business Mems Club Oh that city
gave our party a cordial reception ana
many Memphis people passed through
the train to see the exhibit. Our col
lection of minerals was a subject oil
great interest in that city, where
number Of prominent business men
are already Interested in zinc mines
in Arkansas.
From Memphis we left early We'd
pesday morning en- route to Birming'
ham. passing through Holly Springs
New Albany, Tupelo and Amory' MISS
AT Tupelo, Hon. Private John Alleh
who was for sixteen years a memnei
Of congress and recognized as one oI
the leaders OF the south, as well as
the greatest wit of that party, mot tht
- n and was conducted through. ne
great interest in the pro
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ducts, especially the cotlol. N
Reaching Birmingham that right,
the interest there was not so great as
It might have been had it not been
raining all afternoon and the city had
just received a shock from a slight
earthquake, which had left the people
In much excitement. However, mem
bers OF the Board Of Trade and a mum.
Der of business men visited the train
and examined the exhibits, during the
night Birmingham being the center
OF great mining activities, our zinc ex-
hibts naturally attracted much atten.
ton. Birmingham is a city of more
than two hundred thousand, which has
been bullded upon the mining indus
try during the past forty years.
Leaving Birmingham on Thursday
morning, the train went on through
Alabama stopping at a number OF
places, including Admission. That city
is the seat Of a great manufacturing
industry, where thousands Of tons OF
zinc spclter is used in making brass
shells for the armies.
We arrived at Atlanta Thursday af-
ternoon about 4 o'clock and were met
at the station by the governor Of Geor-
gia and a delegation Of business men,
who conducted the party to the State
Fair grounds for a brief stay. The
people of that city looked at the eX.
hibits until late in the night. While
in Atlanta the writer and one or two
friends took advantage of the oppor-
tunity to look upon the monument of
| Henry w Grady, the great Atlanta
journalist, whom John Temple Graves
said Spent his life in glorious living
for his fellow man and when he died
was loving a Nation into Peace This
monument stands within two blocks
Of the Atlanta Constitution office
where Grady spent the last years If his
life as editor The people OF Atlanta
are proud Of the achievements that
Grady made and the stranger in that
city always knows that Henry w
Grady is given credit for much of the
clty's present greatness.
From Atlanta our next run occupied
all day Friday passing through South
Carolina, stopping at Greenyille, in
that state, whore the largest textile
mills in the United States are located
We arrived at Charlotte, North Caro-
lima about dark, and found that elab.
crate arrangements had been made
for our entertainment. Here we met
an old time newspaper man of Little
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