The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19

the number. zone word in seriousness
ne sara we Of these societies have
solAe lhlng more TO do than 70 boast OF
OuI descent We claim Win just pride
that our ancestors were noble men ana
women But there are duties devOivins
upon US that we see 20 III that We so
conduct ourselves that our pOsterlty may
De as proud OF US as we are proud Of our
ancestors We may do so by emu 4alne-
49, s5lleeSloIs Who sdcriIcg4 ever, ms
epol the altar Of country Ihey laDored
FOR the welfare Of the whole country, not
any section or state. They have bequeath-
eo 70 Us magnificent heritage. Iha-
out ancestors may be proud of us as
We are Of them il is only necessary that
We should honestly and conscientiously
STUDY every question concerning our cOun-
Wy welfare and cast our votes accord
ing 10 our honest convictions. We may
ulmef' out let us differ honestly
me sentiments expressed by Judge Har-
den were heartily applauded. He closed
with tribute to the ladies, saying that
noihlng could be accomplished without the
lhluence OF woman The toast our Coun-
try. was responded TO by Col. Screven.
Thirty years ago" he said, ! would
nave been willing 10 have seen this coun-
try dlVlded, but after this gathering ana
after what has passed I'm the intervening
years there is no power save that in
iHeayen which could induce me to desire
Mrs. T. S. Morgan was called upon to
respond 10 the toast Of the Southern
Rhode Island Press club. but requested to
little accustomed TO anything of this
kind" she said. 1--WE feel very heartily,
but we do not express very cleverly."
Col. Screven announced that the visitors
ana the members of the several societies
represented were invited to visit the
Ieltair Art Gallery, which invitation was
generally accepted. The visit to the art
gallery was made under the direction of
Col. Screven and Judge Harden, who took
great pleasure in pointing out to the Wis
ltors the choicest Of the many works of
art.
After dinner at the De Soto the visitors
took IN the city generally. At night the
party was entertained by Mr.. and Mrs
w X. Leaken, at their residence on South
Broad street. The visitors were so we'll
pleased with Savannah that some of them
failed to reach their train and found it
necessary to sit up for the early morning
tram. They were warm i'm their express
SONS OF their hearty appreciation of the
klnd reception given them by Savannah
and her people.
Several of the Rhode Islanders visited
the old cemetery where the remains of
Gen. Greene We're buried and the Graham
vault from which they We're SurreptitiOus-
ly removed years after and placed in an
unmarked grave. Pictures of the Greene
monument and its tablets were taken and
carried away by the visitors as souven-
irs of the event in which they took part
Ihe monument was known to many as
the monument without an inscription I'M
I'll the inscriptional tablet was placed on
its north face and the bronze alto-relievo
portrait OF Gen. Greene on the south face,
I'm 1856 These tablets were erected through
the efforts of the late DIR. James J. War
ing, and were unveiled with imposing GER
emonies May 6. 1886 during the progress
of the Chatham Artilery's centennial eel
ebration, at which Hon jefferson Davis
of the tablets the artillery fired salute
as they were unveiled.