Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-19

The Georgia Press Association Express
Their Thanks for Kindnesses During
Their Annual Excursion.
I, The Georgia Press Association left At
hnta on July % on their annual excur-
sioa, which extended to Baltimore, Wash
lng'an, Gettysburg, and other points. The
assocIason, through their committee, ex-
press thelr e-aureciation Of the courtesies
extended to then as follows:
Inc georgia Fres5 1,ssoclation, highly ap-
eating the many klhs:pesses shown the
members, desire to return thasks for the same.
The committee realize that mere NxnresslOn
in words will not convey the sincere tnpreci-
alton they feel for the many generous ats of
kindness shown, but inadequate though Words
may be, yet through them the heart must
speak.
The railroads of the State, with their never
falling courtesy, gave to the editors and their
families free passes to and from Atlanta, the
place Of meeting, and the newspapers can
but regard as generous friends the Central,
the Western and Atlantic, the Georgia, the
Savannah, Florida and Western, the Atlanta
and West Point and other railroads in GeOr-
gias 5 . stem.
To the proprietors of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton the thanks Of the press are due for a
magnificent banquet rendered them on the
day of meeting Prosperity but adds anew
to the kindness of feeling always shown by
these gentlemen to their brethren of the press,
and they have our best wishes for continued
and Increasing success in their grand work in
illustrating Georgia's enterprise and pro-
gresslve march.
The authorities of the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia Railroad planned without
a thought of trouble or expense, and executed
more largely than they planned, one of the
most interesting and delightful excursions
ever enjoyed by members of the Georgia Press
Association. The unremlttIng personal at
tentiOn Of Mr.. S. II. HardWick added greatly
to our enjoyment, and IN him, we are unani-
nous in saying, the road has most efficient
general travelling agent.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad had, in giving this excursion, the CO.
operation of the Norfolk and Western and
Shenandoah Valley Railroads, presenting a
line from Atlanta, Ca, to HageFgtoWn, Md,
line unrivaled in beauty of scenery, rich
ness OF soil and plcturesqueness of landscape
lOYeliness. Under the shadow of the sever
lasting hills,H whose tall SUBMITS re4Gh far
above the clouds. along the beautiful. rivers
whose crystal waters dance in the sunlight as
they flow gently to the sea, this route presents
beauties and attractions unsurpassed,
The Western Maryland Railroad, under
the splendid management of Gen. j. NJ.
Hood, Is a line over which every lover Of
beautiful scenery should pass. Riding along
the top of the Blue Ridge mountains, the
traveller behOlds the Cumberland Valley
spread out in panoramic lOvelineSs below
him, where the fertile soil is yielding the
most bountiful of harvests and the cottage,
uncovered in green, holds the prosperous
and cOntented farmer; where the barns stand
out with very fairness and the sunlight seems
to linger beyond its time in drinking in
the luxuries which nature has provided for
man.
To the proprietor of the Carrollton House.
Baltimore, we are indebted for many atten-
tiOns and cOurtesies, and to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad for a pleasant excursion to
Washington City.
Our thanks are due also to the authorities
of the Harrisburg, Hanover junction and
Gettysburg Railroad for an excursion to the
historic field of Gettysburg, the most impor-
tant and interesting of all American battle
Gettysburg and Carlisle, and to the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad for a delightful ride
from Carlisle to Hagerstown,
The Western Maryland Railway, through
Its ever courteous President and Manager.
Gen. Hood, placed the editors under renewed
obligations for day most delightfully."- spent,
on our return Southwark. in giving us an
early morning ride to Pen Mar, where an ele-
giant breakfast was enjoyed, thence in car
points on the Blue Ridge, thence to the Blue
Mountain House on the mountain side, where
a magnificent banquet was enjoyed.
The committee have omitted the formal
resolutions and given expressions at length
to our feelings of grateful appreciation of the
numerous and exceedingly liberal klndnesses
shown. The generous treatment will linger
long in our memories, and time and time
again will we live over the happy hours spent
and pleasant scenes visited.
TSfgnedl II. II. CABANISs,
II. L. CAN'T.
CLARK HOWELL.
GEO. p. WOODS.
S. L. LEWIS.
S. r. BROWN.