Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-05-18
SOUTHERN 1882
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rooms of the Commercial Club, where
we were served with dainty and re-
freshing lunch,w with the compliments
of the merchants of Nashville, made
all the more enjoyable by the alb
sence both of wine and speech MAX
ing.
After the luncheon a majority of
the party wendell their way to the
Union Depot, where they were taken
on board a special train and convey
ed to West Side Park, at which place
they spent the remainder of the af-
ternoon enjoying the races. AS all
who embarked on the Armstrong
later in the evening looked quite
cheerful, wejudge that they bet on
the right horse, or did not indulge in
that fascinating sport. Through.
out the entire day spent in Nashville
the editors were in charge, of a COM
mittee of the local press consisting of
Capt. Jno. w. Childress of the
American, j. ID. Andrews ofthe Ban
ner, John G. Burch of the Herald,
A. +. Baird of the Southern Lum-
herman, and John w. Martin, of the
Tennessee Farmer. Many other
prominent citizens Of Nashville, par
ticularly the members Of the Com
mercial Club, were untiring in their
efforts to make the visiting newspa-
per men have good time, and they
succeeded most admirably. All who
were fortunate enough to be in the
party no doubt carried home pleasan-
ter recollections of Nashville than
they had ever entertained before.
ON THE CUMBERLAND.
At six o'clock Saturday afternoon
the steamer L. T. Armstrong left the
wharf with forty members Of the
Press Association aboard, includ-
ing ladies This number was
rather disappointing, as we
expected fully sixty to make
the trip, but those who failed
to go were the greatest losers, as it
proved one Of the pleasantest and
most interesting meetings the Asso-
citation has ever held. Congressman
Benton McMillin and Mr.. B. B. Her.
beat, editor of the National Journal
ist, Chicago, made the round trip
with us as guests of the Association,
A brief session of the Association
was held on Saturday night, to fill
some vacancies on committees, but
the first real session was called after
leaving Celina Monday morning, and
when it adjourned we had crossed the
State line, and were several mile;
over the border into Kentucky.
The boat reached Burnside, Ky.
the head of navigation, about moor
Tuesday, and started on the return
trip about 8 o'clock on the same after
noon, reaching Nashville at II
o'clock Friday morning. From
one to three business sessions of thu
Association were held every day
which were marked by interesting
discussions and the reading of mum
Der of meritorious papers. The mem
bers were always ready and anxious
to get from the business meetings t
the deck of the steamer to view tn,
beautiful and ever-changing scenery
Col. Tom w. Neal never failed at
single meeting to bob up serenel.
with motion to adjourn. The mex
, time Tennessee political convention
gets in to a deadlock he will be sen
for post haste to adjourn it.
The distance from Nashville t
Burnside is variously estimated from
$50 to 400 miles, and throughout tn
entire distance the Cumberland rive
flows through a peculiarly rich an,
fertile valley, susceptible of yer.
high state of cultivation. At presen
the production of the valley is limit
ed, owing to poor transportation ia
cilities, the Cumberland river bein
the only means of getting the produc
$ to market, and it is only navigabl
: for five or six months in the veal
: With thorough system of locks an
L dams, so as to give navigation all tn
year round, it would soon become on
y Of the richest and most productiv
S sections of the State, and it would n
= quire from two to three boats eac
u way every day in the year to har
u die the business. Even at present til
9 figures are rather startling. 1t n
Il quires a million dollars annually I
# handle the egg trade alone of the VI
Is per Cumberland. The valley, aboy
Il Nashville, produces about mir