Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-30
GEORGIA EDITORS.


The Way They Were Entertained at
Baltimore Last Saturday.
1t was a very pleasant party that just
before midday Saturday, says the Baltl-
more american, gathered together on the
deck and in the saloon Of the steamer
Westmoreland, at pier 9, Light street
wharf. The eighty-odd ladies and gen.
tlemen Of the Georgia Press Association
were the guests Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. the Chemi-
cal and Fertilizer Exchange, and the
Press Association Of this city, for little
harbor and river trip of four hours dura-
ton. The weather was very kind. Inc
sun STAYED behind the clouds all the
while. and good average breeze cooled
the feyered editorial brow, relaxed for
once from cOrrugating over the desnnles
of the nation. Most all the editors were
there. and they were good enough to bring
their charming wives and pretty daugh-
tiers. After coffee and cigars, there was
general movement to the forward saloon,
where guests and hosts in mass meeting
assembled.
Mr.. W. S. Powell, of the NJ. & NJ, with
grace and dignity took the chair, and in-
troduced to the company Mayor +. q.
Latrobe, who said: Representing, as l
a.
municipality of Baltimore, L take great
pleasure in welcoming you, Mr.. President
and ladies and gentlemen, in the name OF
the citizens of Baltimore. You came to
us as visitors from the great State of
GeOrgia-the Empire State of the South.
We of Maryland are as proud OF Georgia
as are its own citizens, and as citizens OF
the United States we have right to be.
We recognize its greatness, the
greatness of the South--that whole
South which presents an example
of wonderful recuperatiOn unexplained
in the history of the world, and
already, after all that it suffered from the
war, stands to-day rivalling in enterprise
and prosperity the West, the Northwest
and the North. We OF Maryland want a
closer alliance and connection with the
Southern section. Too much of our capt.
tai was invested in lines to the West. Not
that we do not derive great benefit from
our Western connections, but the true
trade of Baltimore is with the South.
There he our business interests. In plain,
practical truth we want to sell you goods.
We are truly glad to welcome you here,
and to heartily and Hospitality share with
you while you are with US what we have;
but when it comes to business, we want
you of Georgia and of the South to
buy from us, and, when the time
comes, to pay us promptly. We can sell
you all that New York can, at rates as
cheap, and send the goods by a shorter
route at lower freights. l appeal to you,"
said the Mayor, turning towards the ladies
with a winning and most captivating
smile, worth at least a ten ton sale: Il
appeal to the ladies of Georgia to use
their influence as wives and sweethearts
to increase the trade of your State with
Baltimore. Georgia sends us cotton, even
corn and wheat now, and, above all, you
send US the Georgia wonder to break our
umbrellas and move our furniture for us.
In return, we send you Maryland fertil-
iZers, and with all due Difference to the
members of the trade here present, 1
fear we send you good deal of Mary
land soil at the same time. thus COM
minglng in close union the soil of Mary
land and Of Georgia. Great laughter
We owe you, gentlemen of Georgia, many
obligations for showing yourselves to be
men of taste as well as enterprise-yOu
have brought the ladies along with you.
And though in fear of the consequences
in the city, must say that Georgia evil
IDENTIFY rivals Baltimore as a garden of
beauty" There was wild waving of
handkerchiefs, and the Mayor added to
''the pleasure of the occasion" by say
ing he did not intend to dilate upon our
terminal facilities, concluding by prom
Using the gentlemen that he would N'take
care of them if they got into any trouble
while in the city, and would remit all
their fines.''
Col. j. H. Estill, proprietor of the Sa-
vannah NEWS, returned thanks, as Pres
ident of the Georgia Press Association,
for the welcome and reception. "We
came" he said, "knOwing of your hOspita-
BILE hearts; but as visitors, not expecting
to be received as guests, or intending to
impose upon your hospitality. Baltimore
T.. ~ f1 fhn
city. We look upon it as city of Geor-
gia-our business relations are as close as
may be. Spread out your hands and they
will be closer, and GeOrgIa's trade will
be more yours. You need closer cOnnec-
tions with many parts of the State and of
the South. Baltimore and Maryland were
outside of that government which lasted
for only four years, but made record
for centuries, and yet there were those of
Maryland who fought side by side with
Georgia-not for their own affairs and
firesides, but because they thought the
cause was just-who came from their
homes to join with us in facing death.
And l do not doubt that those of Mary
land who then differed with those noble
men are now proud OF their bravery and
COURAGE. We know it all; we feel it all. |
No one except we who went through
those four years can realize what Balti-
more did for the South, and we find it diff
ficult to express our thanks. Maryland,
My Maryland was and is as much our
song as yours. We came up here to see |
our great city, and to thank you as best
we might" Col. Estill spoke eloquently
and with evident feeling, and was heartily
applauded.
The Rev. J. w. Heidi, representing the
West Point Nel1s, made an admirable adj
dress, in which he deity mingled pathOs,
humor and good, hard business sense. |
Speeches were also made by Mr.. Robert |
Ober, of the Chemical and Fertilizer Ex-
changes; by Mr.. j. NJ. Peoples, of the |
Lawrenceville Herald; by Mr.. German H. |
Hunt, Mr.. j. Frank Supplee, and the Rev. |
1. S. Hopkins, a Professor of Oxford Col |
lege, Georgia, who is representing the |