The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-12
oHARLEsToN's SALT WATER.
An Exchange Of Pleasantries by
Presidents Purse and Smyth.

An Exchange of Pleasantries by
Presidents Purse and Smyth.
President Purse of the Savannah Board
Of Trade and President Smyth of the
/ Charleston Cotton Exchange have been
Z exchanging some very salty" cor
. respondence Of late in reference to the
proposed meeting of the committees of
the Two bodies to confer with regard to
the arguments to be presented upon the
subject of differentials by them to the
board of arbitration of the Southern
! Railway and Steamship Association.
President SmYth wants the Savannah
committee to come to Charleston, where
he promises them chance to breathe salt
air and imbibe salt water, and President
r Purse wants him to bring bis committee
over TO savannah, where something bet
ter than salt water can be obtained. This
explains the following correspondence
4 between the two gentlemen:
/ The Charleston Cotton Exchange. Charles
I ton, ). c., Aug, 10, lS9i-Mr. ID. G. Purse,
President: My Dear Sir-Temporary alb
sence has prevented an earlier reply to your
tavOrs of 9Th, 9TH and Sth inst
/ We all regret that my letter Of 4th, inst.
seems to have produced wrong impression.
IheFe was certainly no intention Of throwing
cold water upon any Of your noble aSpira-
tons. or OF making butt of anything, not
| even of old Malmsey.
and to assure YOU OF hearty welcome. We
could not lawfully offer You any spiritual
comfort We knew your pronounced anti
pathy to an internal application Of water, in
any shape. therefore we empasized ''salt
water to show you that we expected you to
make only an external application of II. We
never supposed. for an instant, that you
would consider that we meant you TO drink
1t. We knew this might be d
/ bar to future friendly intercourse.
Ot course, we can understand and appre-
Q fT n akUvvau .
seeing for the first time the real salt water Of
the deep blue sea. One who has been accus-
Toned 20 gaze upon the yellow waters of an
inland river might well hesitate ana shrink
back before entrusting himself upon the
mighty bosom of the broad Atlantic.
we beg OF YOU. however, TO dismiss all such
! feelings of apprehension. Your friends will
De al hand to support you, and the bar will he
always near to fortify your courage
50 come over and til your lungs with our
salt sea breezeS. They will make you happier,
II not wiser men, and Will supplement them
win all we have 20 make these hot days en-
durable.
During my absence address Mr.. J. C. Hemp
| NIL de will call our committee together
whenever you want us. With best wishes,
yours very truly, j. ADGER SMYTH.
Aug. IL, 1Sg4.-Mr. J. Adger Smyth. Presi-
dent. tharlestOn. s. c.: My Dear Sir-NOur
esteemed and valued favor 10th inst. is before
me, and Ueg to thank you for it and assure
you Of my appreciation of it,
With your more than fraternal assurances,
MuCH tAC OStdSAou IOf conference comes We
shall place ourselves under your protecting
care, IN fullest confidence we shall never have
cause for regret, and. in the end. will not
concern ourselves, Opine, whether 10 was in
duced by the blue or the yellow, the salt or
! the fresh or the acid.
If possible will endeavor to delay our trip
until your return. for without YOU it would be
| Hamlet without the King of Denmark. 80
Yours truly, d. G. PURSE, President.
A committee of the Savannah Board of
Trade will PROBABLY go over to Charles
ton this week to confer with the Charles
ton committee on the subject of argu-
ment upon ditferentials.