The evening times., 1895-10-04
SPEECHES AND LUNCHEON.
Escort Handsomely Entertained at
the Board of Trade Rooms.

Upon their arrival at the PENNSYLVANIA
station the distinguish visitors were
taken in charge by a committee of the
Washington Board OF Trade and escorted
in ca rriages to the rooms OF the organiza ton
in the Ames building, on street, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets.
Here a sumptuous lunch bad been pro
pared. Hon. John W. Douglass, ex Commits
sioner of the District, on behalf of the Board
OF Trade, in neat speech welcomed Mayor
Warwick and party TO the National Capital.
Mr.. Douglass said he was glad to have
the pleasure of welcoming such a dis
tinguished party, and doubly glad mas
much as they were here with such precious
relic as the old Liberty Bell
In conclusion he said:
I'm behalf Of The citizens of the District
of Columbia / welcome you, ard we will
Try to make your stay as pleasant as pos
sible, our only regret is that you cannot
prolong your visit
Hon. Charles F. Warw ick. yor of Phila-
delphia. responded to Mr.. Douglass greet
Rg, and said:
I'VE graciously accept your hospitality
We come here to-day with our hearts in
our hands, and are only too glad to be
able to bring The old historic relic with
us for the first time.
IF it were not for this old bell, this
magnificent city, 1.-The Nations Capital,
would not be possible. If the old bell could
only talk and know that the glorious
words it proclaimed in 1876 were now a
realityi
From the pine-clad forests of the North
to the palmetto groves of the South.
from oranges to ice. and from ocean to
ocean, as it goes on it's way, We only hope
that you may Eend your blessings after it.
for it teaches the lesson that liberty is a
fact, and that fact has been made possible
by the men who eaved this country.
I'VE must be one people; God ha orda ined
it, and God alone spoke the words which
are imprinted on the bell of liberty. Go
proclaim Liberty throughout all the land,
unto all the inhabitants thereof
God grant that this bell may be the
means of bringing Georgia nearer to Penn
sylvania. and Pennsylvania nearer to Geor-
gia and South Carolina"
Mayor Warwick's speech was a most fe-
licitOus effort, and was received with great
applause. After the speechmaking an in
formal reception was held for about
half an hour and the visitors were pre-
sented to President B. H. Warner and the
other members of the Washington Board
OF Trade. s'
The visitors were then escorted back to
the station, and at exactly 2:10 the special
pulled out amid the cheers of the crowd and
sped on its way to the Southland.
to Atlanta, principal points only be given,
is as follows:
Friday-Arrive Alexandria, Va, 2:15
p. m., leave eco p. M; arrive Fredericks-
burg 1853 p. m., leave 4:42 p. M; arrive
Richmond 7:13 p. m.
Saturday-Leave Richmond a m arrive
Lynchburg, ESQ p. m, leave 3:53 p. m,
arrive Roanoke 5:40p.m.
Sunday-Leave Roanoke a m, arrive
Bristol, Tenn. 2:3O p. m. eastern and 1:2O
D. M. central time, leave Bristol. central
time, 8 p m. arrive johnson City. Tenn, 8: 40
p. m. leave 400 p. m, arrive Knoxville
z p. m.
Monday-Leave Knoxville q. M, arrive
Athens 9:36 q. M, leave 9:40 a. M, arrive
Chattanooga 1 11:30 an
Tuesday-Leaye Chattanooga, z a. H., ar
rive Rome. Ga, 10: 45 a. M; leave 1885 q.
nl., arrive Atlanta, 2 p. m.
Stops for not more than ten minutes will
he made atQuanticO. Milford, boswell, A sh-
land. Nott0way C. H., Crewe, Farmville,
Bedford. Christiansburg. East Radford.
Wytheville, and Glade Spring, Va: Grcen-
vile. Morristown. Loudou, and Cleveland.
Tenu., and Dalton, Ga.