The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-13
TWELVE HUNDRED CANE.
The City Filled With ExCuTSiOniStS
From Along the Central.

every AIa1n Rolle0 into the Depot
Crowded-Bulloch and Adjoining
Counties Furnished the Largest
Crowd From Any One Section-The
Excursionists Had Corbett for an
Attraction-To Spend To-day Here.
Over !, 200 people arrived in the city
yesterday on the merchants excursion
by the Central railroad and branches.
The excursion was a success in every
sense of the word, and much greater
one than was expected. The first INSTALL
ment of the excursionists arrived on the
Shootly train at o'clock in the morning
There were about 100 of them, but these
hardly created ripple of excitement, as
the crowd was not large enough
to attract attention, and there
was big surprise in store
for the merchants when the Savannah
and Western train rolled into the Central
depot at noon with six coaches packed
and damned. The coaches were not only
jammed TO the aisleS, but every platform
was crowded and there was hardly room
to be found anywhere for another pas
senger.
The crowd was estimated all the way
from 600 to 1000 people, but a eonserva-
tive estimate would place it somewhat
above the smaller figure. 1t was a COM
plete surprise to everybody, as arrange
ments had not been made for more than
200, and souvenirs for distribution
had only been provided for that number.
The souvenirs were in great demand, and
many endeavored to buy them after the
supply had given out.
DID THE CITY IN HALF DAY.
In -. q, !
Western had a good half a day in which
to do their trading, and after getting din
ner they set to work on this line with
will. Many made their purchases and
returned on last nights train.
1t was long train that rolled into the
Central railroad depot at 8 o'clock. The
train had ten passenger coaches besides
the baggage and mail cars, and every car
was crowded.
There was hardly a vacant seat to be
found anywhere on the train. The crowd
was estimated all the way from 700 to
1900, but the former figure is nearer the
real number, which did not fall far short,
if any, of that figure.
1t was jolly, solid looking crowd, and
everybody appeared in good humOr and
well pleased with the trip. 1t is crowd
that means business and one that will
make the hearts of the merchants glad
to-day.
A MORNING News representative ac-
companied the excursion and distributed
several hundred copies of yesterdays
MORNING News. The train left Macon
gaily decorated. The big Nancy Hanks
engine carried flags on each side and the
boiler was decorated with bunting. Ev-
cry coach was covered with flags and
bunting and streamer on each side bore
the words Savannah Trade Excursion"
in big letters Small parties were taken
aboard at every station.
THE EXCURsIoNIsTs CRowED IN.
The train left Macon with six coaches
At Wadley two more were taken on and a
good crowd of excursionists. At Midwife
another large party was taken aboard.
At Millen a crowd of passengers was re-
ceived from the Stillmore and Millen
railroad
The train was delayed over an hour at
Millen waiting for the Augusta train
with the Corbett party aboard. The ex-
cursionist did not mind to wait.
They would willingly have waited
twice as long for the privilege
of having the champion aboard.
The presence of Corbett was a
most interesting feature of the excursion,
albeit the champion was shrewd enough
TO evade observation to a large extent.
AS soon as the Augusta train arrived
COrbett and party Immediately went
aboard the Savannah train without at
tracing attention. Tney remained very
quiet during the trip, which made it diff
hcult for the eXcursionists to distinguish
them, although they were very anxious
to do so. Corbett turned two seats to-
gether and lay back as comfortably as
possible, with his hat pulled down over
his face as if asleep.
WANTED TO SEE CoRBETT.
Parties of passengers wandered from
car to car seeking for Corbett. In every
case some man was pointed out as the
pugilist, who would be stared out of coun-
tenance by the curious passengers. AT
least twenty-five men were pointed out as
the champion, and to such an extent was
this carried that when the real champion
was pointed out to a crowd il would not
believe it. AT Guyton Corbett
and chatted with those around him.
Very few of the passengers identified
him as the champion, however.
Dover furnished the largest crowd OF
any of the stations, about 100 passengers
boarding the train there, many being
from Statesboro and along the line of the
Dover and StatesbOro railroad. On ac-
count Of the long train and the extra
time required for stops at the stations
IL WdS bWO ilOuIS ldbC III ItGCulilR LuG Guy.
The crowd was very orderly and well
behaved on the trip and there was no
misconduct of any kind to complain of.
About two hundred Colored people took
advantage of the excursion.
A good deal of credit is due to Mr.. w.
r. Benson the advertising agent of the
Merchants Association. Mr.. Benson has
labored very zealously in working up the
excursion and the effect of his labors was
seen in the crowds that came into the
city yesterday.
Excursion No. 2, is an entire success.
Morrow to Return to Columbia.
Columbia, s. c., Dec. 12.-Col j. H.
Morrow's attorneys stated to-day that
Col. Morrow was in Washington and that
they had received a telegram that he
would come here at once to be resentenced
to the peniUentiary under the decision of
the supreme court They also stated that
an earnest appeal would be made to the
governor to pardon him.
MEDICAL.