Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-17
THE FARMERS CONGRESS
Enjoy an Outing at Fruithurst-Editor White of Iowa Gives an Account of the
 Pleasures

MT. F. S. White of Des Moines, Ia., was in the city yesterday on his way home from the Atlanta exposition MT. White is on the stan of theIowa State Register of Des Moines and is in charge of that papers agriculture exhibit at the exposi- tion. In conversation with State Her aid reporter Mir. White expressed himself as well pleased with the exposition. He said 1t was great thing and ventured the prediction that inestimable benfit to the whole south would accrue from the showing there made. He said thousands of people from Iowa and other northwest ern states would visit the exposition and from there go into almost every southern state to investigate for themselves the wonderful resources reported to be here.
 MT. White furnishes the State Herald with the following proceedings of the farmers congress, which adjourned in Atlanta to meet at Fruithurst Tuesday, under special invitation from the Fruit hurst Fruit Growers and Winery asso- citation:
 Special coaches for the party were secured from the Southern railway and 110 delegates of the congress, many of whom had their wives with them. board ed the train for days outing and recre- ation. This select delegation represent ed thirty-eight states and some of the ablest talent of the country.
 We reached Fruithurst at o'clock in the morning. when the congress was called to order by President Clayton in the piney woods, where very profitable session of the continuance of the pro- gramme was discussed while the good people were preparing a royal feast. The association having a saw and blaming mill on their grounds, nice pine benches were soon provided for our comfort. Af- tor hnta tha Ffarf1a dinner was announced. There being enough ladies to fill the tables 1t was voted that the president take the ladies to dinner. The president being a mar ried man and we having in our party batchelor, Colonel Powell, of Pennsyl- vania. our president conferred this honor on Colonel Powell. While this gentle man and the ladies were at dinner the regular routine of the business was dis pensed with and a regular line of short speech making was indulged in by the delegates, and speeches were made by members from Massachusetts to Florida and from New York to California.
 "As soon as dinner was served the la- dies were driven over the grounds of the association and for several miles out to see the country. After being served to a grand dinner we were turned loose to do as we pleased. Everyone seemed to en- joy himself to the fullest extent. Judge
 
 chief of ceremonies and many nice things the judge had to say. After spending the afternoon in seeing the fruit farm and adjacent country, loading ourselves with relics, telling jokes and singing songs, we were called to order by our president at the depot, when Judge Lawrence made another of his speeches and a vote of thanks was rendered our hosts Captain Phillips and MT. Spencer; also a vote of thanks to MT. White for the part he had taken In securing so great treat for the congress
 At 6 p. m. we were taken by special train over to Tallapoosa, Ga, to grand hotel. where another banquet was given and Judge Lawrence of Ohio again brought out for a speech. We found superb supper in waiting for us at the hotel. where we were served with food fit for kings, to say nothing of the fine wine made from the grapes grown by the colony on their Alabama farm. After supper Judge Lawrence was called upon Ito make parting speech, and as all had so fully enjoyed themselves the judge was just in the right mood to do his best In this parting speech the judge spoke of what an honor it was to be an American citizen: how the Atlanta exposition and the friendly shake of hands at these great national congresses were healing over all the bitterncsi between the sections of our country He spoke of the grand re- ception which the people of Georgia and Alabama had given the people of the north; how in this days mngling to- gether we had formed renewed friend ships, which would last as long as time should last.
 After the judge closed his speech the party joined in singing America" un- den the lead of Colonel Abraham of Iowa. who is renowned as a famous singer of national SOppS