Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-27
KING oorroN,s HOLIDAY.
How the Handlers Of 100, 900 Bales a
Year GDispOrted Themselves
Yesterday.

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Yesterday.
Where They Went and who Were ON
BOard-The Trip Up the River, the
Banquet and the P0sf-PrandiaI Flo.
quence-An Auspicious Event for
Nashyiiie's Greatest Commercial In.
teresf.
The excursion in which the cotton men
/ of Nashville and few of their friends par
ticipated yesterday, was an event altogether
worthy of the spirit in which it was origi-
nally suggested, and of the great CONNER
cial interest represented on the occasion.
All the elaborate preparations made under
the supervision of Messrs. j. f. Wheless
and j. p. Mcguire, ChairInen respectively
Of the Committees of Arrangement and FL
nance, backed with all possible energy by
the members of those committees, culmi-
mated in a success gratifying to all
concerned, and calculated to produce far
more substantial results than are usually
derived from merely convivial gatherings.
What might possibly be the nature of those
results we do not, however, propose to dis
cuss just here.
THE START.
1
lists gathered at McCrea & Co.'S, Broad
street, near Front, and, headed by the ser
| enading band of the Sixteenth Infantry
marched in body on board the good craft
Shippers Own, Capt. L. u. Ryman, Mas
ter. In half an hour everybody had passed
over the stage plank, the band struck up a
spirited ali, and the boat was turned
down stream, checking up before
reaching the railroad-bridge, just as
Mr.. Ed. o. Parsons-without whom the
| projected expedition would have been like
the cheerful tragedy of Hamlet, minus the
Dane of "emotionaln tenderness-dashed
off the Louisville train and rushed down
the river bank to a friendly scow, from
which he was picked up in jiffy. "Sayed,
savedin thrilled through the boat from
stem to stern. Eds sweetheart had bet
him a fabulous number of gloves that he
wouldn't make the connection-but he did.
As soon as the Shippers Own was
under full Roadway up stream-hav-
ing stopped nearly opposite the Reser-
voir mills to pick up a fifty-pound
yellow catfish with John j. Mccain tied
to 1.-THE UNION AND AMERICAN man
took survey of his surroundings. He
noted the small army of cooks and walters
already engaged in preparations for the
great event of the day, saw how carefully
other creature comforts had been provided
for, cast his eagle glance over the various
groups chatting, reading the morning pa
pers, playing cards in friendly, harmless
way, or doing whatever else their mood
suggested, and then he had look at the
personnel of the party, with the following
result:
WHO WENT ATONG
The following is complete list of the
excursionists:
r. Mclean, Mclean & Jordan.
Andrew Mclean, Mclean & Jordan.
Hill McAlister, McAlister & Wheless.
J. f. WheleSs, McAlister & Wheless.
Hewitt Wheless, McAlister & Wheless.
Henry Bard, McAlister & Wheless.
Vim. CurSey, McAlister & Wheless.
81. L. Tanner, Jr., Gilbert, Parks & Co.
. Pitts DObbins, Gilbert, Parks d Co.
William 7. Sample, Sample, Williams
& Co.
Thomas B. Sample, Sample, Williams
& Co.
]. NJ. Hambrick, Sample, Williams
& Co.
E. Ii. Forsyth, Sample, Williams & Co.
II. 5. French, French & Co.
Joel S. French, French & Co.
Joseph Bittick, French & Co.
Thos. Brown, French & Co.
Frank Bloom, French & Co.
Robt. Brien, Brien & Thraxton.
w. I. Henderson.
Byrd Douglas, Jr., Douglas, Son & Co.
Geo. Anthony, Anthony & Bros.
X. Holding, Holding, Wilkes & Han |
cock.
II. H. Hancock, Holding, Wilkes &
Hancock.
VIM. McGregor, Holding, Wilkes &
Hancock.
Z. H. Hope, Spurlock, Hope & Co.
w. f. Hope, SpurlOck, Hope & Co.
Matt. Hope, Spurlock, Hope * Co.
Geo. j. Goodrich, Spurloek, Hope & Co.
r. A. Fraley, Fraley Bros.
Patrick Byrd.
NJ. a. Parrish, n. A. Parrish & Co.
Ed. Parrish, VI. A. Parrish & Co.
Frank kreider City Cotton Weigher.
JnO. W. Mosby, City Cotton Weigher.
J. f. Owen, City Cotton Weigher.
w. C.. Jackson, City Cotton Weigher.
7. l.. Pritchett, City Cotton Weigher.
William Wood, St. Louis and South
eastern Railroad.
f. b. Stahlman, Louisville, Nashville
and Great Southern Railroad.
John Scott, Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad.
Walker Edwards, Virginia and Tennessee
Air Line.
Walter Burgess, Burgess & Co.
Stephen Lanahan, Burgess * Co.
B. Lanier, McCrea & Co.
Lichard Griffin, McCrea * Co.
J. L. Chase.
J. A. Davis, Davis Transportation Line.
William Rhea.
E. o. Parsons, C. r. Parsons s. Co.
w. Hooper Harris, Harris & Co.
r. C. K. Martin, Harris 81 Co.
Matt. and B. Pitcher, X. V. Wright,
Pitcher & Wright's Transportation Line,
T. o. Morris, Morris & Stratton.
CALVIN Davis, Reuben Ford, Thos. ParkeS,
Ewing & Co.
Robert Orr, Orr Bros.
II. Carsey, Carsey, Son & Co.
James Wheless.
]. p. Mcclure, J. NJ. Fisher, Archie
King, Ordway, Gordon & Mcclure.
Jesse Parrish, Parrish's Transportation
Line.
THE GUESTS OF THE DAY WE'RE:
L. Waitzfeller, New York.
W. Z. Brady, s.. Louis.
Henry Frazer, Mississippi.
II. c. Hensley, Hart & Hehsley.
Andrew Hensley, Hart & Hensley.
Eldridge Eastman, Hart G. Hensley.
NJ. Burns, President First National
Bank.
James Whitworth, President Tennessee
Company.
j. o. Griffith, Rural Sun
J. B. Morris, Associated Press Agent.
r. c. McNairy.
f. p. Cahill, Peck & Cahill.
J. J. Mccain, Reservoir Mills.
Ad. Lanier, Mill Springs, Ky.
Geo. E. Purvis, Nashville Banner.
Frank Coleman, Nashville Banner.
Ira T. Jones, UNION AND AMERICAN.
Henry Heiss, UNION AND AMERICAN.
David Preston. Craighead. Breast & Glib