The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-16
GEORGIA VISITORS.
A fter Delightful Excursion and Visit
to Orchards and Vineyards and Fairy
Isles, they Depart for o edo.

tors after nights rest at the Slua o,
b arded the sta ch LITTLE steam r Erie at
o'clock Tuesday morning. quick trip
across the bay through the mist, Of a Sep
TENDER morning a ID Johnson's Island, of
historic mem 1ry # other a III less happy
| days, was reached. The party won't asuO e,
visited the old prison grou dis, and he
silent city of tn Id er dead, where unde
| the ade Of the maple and oak, hickory
and ha ,th I'm, nearly 80 officer of the late
war are encamped in tn SO eter al
| Low green tents
Whose curta ms never outward swing.
The visitors were deeply impressed with
the scsne. they walked al Z tIe sod
| covered aisle, between he rows of or YES,
reading and no ing the insert I'll jus, ma ~
| told of Georgia boys If whom soma of tho
party had know something. Ii was ,ritte
on any head board aged 81" Ga ged
D." aged 81" and SO on-more of them
were young men than old-and the thou SnC
came forci by to mind "What a hard and
cruel and wicked thing is war. How it
robs the C puntry of tue flower of it's youth
and writes its Horrible records ia blood and
tear ="
T @ visitors found the cemetery as the
! Register has repeatly said f late-the
WOO len head boards fast disappearing ike
the bones of the sacred dead beneath, many
are now entirely gone, others falle
half 70 tied away, with their inscr ptons
Who'll Y or pa tia ' obiiterated. Two e aveS
have been marked within a few yeas past
! by marule slabs placed there by those TO
wdom death is not forgetf lness of the loved
! ones gone. The brethre of the press, So nd
| ing there amid this sacred scene, with the
bea tiful grove on,the east, the open field
| of waving corn a d meadow to the est,
the blue waters Of lovely Sandu,ky bay,
| chanting req Iien on the shore rear by, a d
Al I. Il 4
| light by the mo ming SUI, resolved tina
something should DO done to improve and
beautify and pr jperly mark eacl six feet vt
| earth TIE Ge rgla boys If the peach will
| be the messengers to Dear the summons to
their people When told that some wars ago
congress mad, through the personal efforts
largely of the editor OF the Register, appro-
pglated a un Of money for lmprovi e
the cemetery, but to no purp 80 because OF
failure t. obtain for the 4 yer IulenJ deed
Of the land, May of the visitors expresse
sIrpr 50. An effort is now tt be made
through the Gre jrgia press to raise by su =
scription FIR m the pc pie OF the south tho
monef needed TO improve 10 cemetery and
preserve the graves from obliteration.
Such will be one of the results OF tho visit
yesterday.
The next stop was at Kelley's Island,
where the party were met by Mayor Fam
and Messrs. +. Huntingt n, Henry e fers,
A Kelley, U. L. Ward, job Cameron,
Charles ID Sele, Henry Lange, Louis Beatty,
Lester Car center, James Soto J., A. s e.
noizsr and Nom Upp, ID given a cor
d al welcome and ushered into carriages TO
a drive ab ut the Isa I'd among tle vine
yards and quarries. Many of the hne,t
vineyards were passed, the splendid quar-
res and lime kllns of rhe Kelley's
Island Lime and Transport Company
visited an thea halt at the great
cellars and cham agne works of IAe Ke -
iey's Island Wile Company. Here the
visitors uere shown through cellar after
ce lar down in the bowels Of the ca til, o e
tier beneath another all hewn out of solid
ocS and grcgatl til distance of
cellars OF a0 luC one-QuarCer OF nile, VITA
a capacity OF 5,O00,OOO gallons of wi Ie. The
vi Tors we're ha dsJtnely entertained b
Me srs Frank Kelly and Jerry Dean If Che
company, anu departed, having had q
verltable re, elatlOn of the grape ana wine
industry OF this wheel ID ion. y all
aboa the Erie, aud quick run as made to
CAtawba island, sevaI miles southwest on
peninsu main sh re, the great peach
section. N. A. Haddel, j. A. Davy and
j. w. g mble, with others, were at tha
wharf to greet the visitors. The live fruit
gro ers of Gaia ba mad turned out in tue
morning with their rigs to give the party a
whirl among miles upon miles Of orchards
loaded with the goidel fruit, out tue ii ne
was too snort, AMI the visitors coItenCed
themselves with visit to the fine orchard OF
Mr.. Davy close by, where the, sampled Late
CraWfords, Hills Chill aud other varlatie;
: from the trees, and saw the process of sort
ing and packing for shipment The opin
; ion seemed to prevail tnat in peaches The
Georgia fruit gro er eXcelled III tue quallt,
of the fruit gro ing es specially one variety
far superior, tAe Eloerta, in quality anc
l coo ing, d equally as hns as the Lat
, Crawfo ii in size. Mr.. Davey showed SO ne
splendid Late CrawfOrds which were Z 'edtll
admired. The Georgia ge item Ell sa d tina
= peach growing As an industry was oAiy II
0 lis Infancy. Peaches of ins GU 4li6Y gro s
/, almost everywhere in The state, and, eGcep
t in certain localities, the farmers did no
: pay ANY alto ltion to marketing then
? " hat we're not consumed at hom
: were left to rot given away, or sold 70
little or not ing III the nelgnborhoOd. l.
= the party, however, were several skilled
b and successful growers. One geIls IA
= Mr.. COrput of Cave Spring and president G
J. the GeD gia Alliance Exchange, hAvin
Il realized this season s., 25O off + fourtee
. &C es of orchard. "A .ual and prof aOl
J., intercha ge o. views and methods was ha
# and tIe party after thanking Mr.. Dave
# for his hospitality again ,ent uvoard an
e ere soon steamlng for Middle Bass, eign
i mi es out in the lake. The run over IN
Q blue waters, ruffl9d y a bracing breeze
l. was quickly made AMI tie party laLde
l. at tue Leautiful grounds of t.
i Toledo cub where ex Gov. Fosters kindl
> offices had maze especial PLEASANT th
h way Mr.. DoAen of Toledo extended TN
friendly greeting. +. A. Cutter, tne poJu
Or lar manager, had cIpitai diner smokln
Q hot, and tie party, as guests of ex-Go'
lr Foster and the club, We're right roya
q. entertained. Nv la magnificent grounds
IF what charming re ,ort, What a Lowell
: spot" were the words uttered by the visitor
as they strolied over the g.ou Us a a to-
h Ii tue views before them TIE club hi
ID mad a wonderful season. MunaSer Cutie
1t ,old me ece pts W Aug 81 were ", 500 in
1t cess of la d, stasoh, more gl,sts ha
rs remain d during the season than eve
II before known. After heart three cheer
a for the club house, ex-Gov. Foster aal Nj
II Cohen, the party scanned away I
ID Wenrle's, where nah hour was deligh
d fully passed spectins Mr. WeIrle's mag
J. nilceut cellars, party rooms above, the tw
II great wine casks, holding A. lis aud IA, %
lie gallons respectively, his splendid groInc
r. and SlOping lawn, where on the floral SD 81
J. Of most beautiful settings and co oriugs
dial every day priAts the day of the ee
t. aud date of tine month, all IA fl raj worl
W The party touched foot charming al
% historic Put-in-Bay at o'clock, wei
on board the gorgeous s-eame. CITY
Ks Cleveland, Of the Detroit and Clevelau
re Steam Navigation Co npany, & d inspecte