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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 25,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>EXCURSION BRINGS EIGHT HUNDRED TO
BLUEFIELD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Smiles of Faces of Visitors Indicated Enjoyment of Day
of Most Pleasing Diversion</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> About 800 people journeyed to Bluefield
yesterday on the special train from Norton up the Clinch.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The train was composed of eleven coaches
loaded to their utmost capacity, in fact, they were so crowded that many were
forced to stand upon the platform.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The excursion train left Norton with a fair
sized crowd which was greatly increased at every station along the line.
>From the time the train left Honaker, which is about the half way point, the
standing room only sign was out. Many came with the unquenchable thirst
and were made glad, while others whose inclinations were toward the national
sport left for the tower grounds to enjoy their favorite pastime of rooting. The
Tazewell team came up with a liberal number of fans to play the game with the
Bluefield aggregation.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Mingling with the crowd of
excursionists were many "country cousins" who had never seen a city the size of
Bluefield, a street car or an automobile, and the wisdom they gained on the trip
will doubtless furnish them food for thought during the balance of their natural
lives. While strictly honest and conscientious, they nevertheless
furnished many amusing scenes to the close observer. That they are out of
their element is distinctly manifest. <BR>Speak to one of the latest news
event or some important happening and his mind does not grasp your meaning--such
does not enter into his brain and increase his worry, but say something of the
growth of crops, how the corn is looking, how wheat is turning out, the price of
livestock, then he essays the role of wisdom disseminator and can tell you more
than you know or could even guess at. This wonderful individual of brawn
and muscle is the "salt of the earth," and while he is not possessed of polished
manners and city style, honesty is written all over his rugged countenance and
he is the mainstay of civilization.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Many of these mountaineers left the trodden
paths of duty for a day and took a ride on the "Kyars to see Bluefield."
>From the smile which illuminated their countenances it was plain to be seen that
they were enjoying a day of most pleasing diversion.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The running of this excursion train was a
most successful venture for the railroad company and will doubtless cause
renewed activity along this line in the future.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>