The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-03
TOUR OF THE LUMBERMEN.
OHIO ExCURsIONIsTs WELCOMED
TO SAVANNAH.

to Tybee and an Oyster Roast To-
day-The Excursion Made Up of
Representative westerneFs.
The Union Association of Lumber Deal
ers, comprising a party of over 1OO ar
rived in Savannah from Charleston last
night in a special train over the Plant sys-
TEN. The party will remain until to-
morrow at 1870 O'Clock, during part of
which time they will be the guests of local
lumbermen.
A committee of Savannah lumbermen
was al the Plant system station when
the special arrived and at once turned
over the keys TO the city The visitors
were given neat little souvenirs on which
appeared all information necessary to find
points of interest in and around Savannah.
The souvenirs were prepared by the COM
mittee with view to giving the Western
ers a guide that might be used in looking
around this morning before the trip to
Tybee. The Westerners were pleased with
the reception they received and the day
promises TO be delightful to all, with three
unfortunate exceptions of sickness. All of
the party did not go to the De Soto
convenient and the short stay would
scarcely justify the transfer of baggage
and other trouble which would be neces-
sary. Many took dinner at the De Soto, and
then returned to the train for the night,
The railroad people placed the visitors
train just north Of the depot, where 1t was
convenient to Liberty street.
Nothing could be more convenient than
the special on which the excursion.sts are
making the trip. When 1t was decided at
ter the association recently adjourned its
fiftieth annual session at Columbus, TO
make the trip South, the Seaboard Air
Line agreed to arrange a comfortable and
commodious train for them. 1t is composed
of three Pullmans, a day coach and COM
missary car. The commissary is in charge
of a special caterer who made ample pro-
visions for the trip and fills orders accord
ing to the desires or the excursionsts,
there being no regular dining car. This has
been found quite convenient and thus far
the trip has been pleasant, with the eNcep-
ton of the cold for which none but the
weather men themselves are responsible.
The party is composed of the follow
ing ladies and gentlemen; T. w. Dob
bins, Lima, o.; w. ]. Jewell, Bellevue
o.; w. d. Wolthour, Greensburg, Pa;
w. w. Kelley Buffalo, N. Y; w. o. Locke
Columbus, o.; W. G. Keck, Allentown
Pa; r. d. Davis, Ashland. o.. S. S. SUIT
Ter, Pittsburg, Pa, f. d. Kingseed, Fos-
torio, o.; Phillip Lehr, Cleveland, o.;
T. B. Sherman and three friends, Mensler
o.; s. Lowe and friend, Mason, o.; John
Niederaur, Bryan, o.; Frank r. Gilchrist
Cleveland, o.; N. f. Graham, East Brady,
Pa; B. f. Packard, Warren, o.; f. E.
Prose-, Cleveland, O.; H. d. Henry
Athens, o.: c. c. Welty, Pandora, o.; S.
II. Pearsall, West Brownsville, o.; Isaac
Yoke, Jr. and wife. Monongahela City, Pa;
Joseph Murphy, COvington, o.; John Hun
Ter and wife, Mount Pleasant, Pa; W. w.
Adams and wife. Millersburg, o.; c. +.
Thompson and wife, Charleroi, Pa; B. NJ.
Bunder and daughter, Altoona, Pa; w. ].
Sankey, Pittsburg, Pa; B. w. Peck and
wife, Covington, o.; Fred S. Cakes, HUI
ron, o.; e. A. Hildreth, Columbus o.;
John Husband Mount Pleasant,
Pa; George Carbaugh, Mount Pleasant,
Pa; c. II. Stark, Greensburg, Pa; w. s.
Byers, Greensburg, Pa; John B. Keoggy,
Allegheny, Pa; Martin Gross, Bellevue
O.;D. C. Struble, Greensburg, Pa; Joseph
c. Henry, Greensburg, Pa; F. II. Reil-
ley, Buffalo, n. Y; G. B. Domils
Pittsburg, Pa; James Wilson,
Jr, Wapakoneta o.: Frank
Riley Pearson. Beaver Falls, Pa; Charles
d. Massey, Wellston, o.; f. l.. Holmes
Smithport, Pa; w. ]. 7. Saint Sharps-
burg, Pa; Phillip Niederaur. Bryan, o..
j. F. Stearns, Lockland, o.; II. H. Gresey
Lancaster, o.; j. j. Blot, Sandy Lake
Pa; w, o. Hughes. Hicksvile. o.; c. G..
Prose-, Cleveland, o.; p. Weity, Pandora,
o.; r. S. Auburger, Celina. o.; f. o. Arend
and wife, Chicago, H.; Charles f. Steph-
en- and wife, Monongahela City, Pa; G. H.
Woreh and wife, Covington, o.; e r.
Dowler and wife, Braddock, Pa. William
Conrad and wife, Millersburg, o.; Earl
Gleason and wife, Van Vert, o.; Miss
Hattie Glenn, Altoona, Pa; II. C. Gear
ing and wife, Pittsburg Pa. r. Morrison
and wife, Gibsonburgh, o.; James Meek
and wife, Columbus o.; F. NJ. Husband,
Mount Pleasant Pa; j. Wade Shupe
Mount Pleasant, Pa; f. b. Swartz, Mount
Pleasant, Pa; John S. Ruth, Mount
Peasant, Pa; Jacob Beppel, Greensburg,
Pa; Josiah j. Niebling, Greensburg,
Pa; Messrs. w. Conrad, James Meek,
Munson Rosendale Buck. Jenk MS. and
about dozen others, whose names were
not registered
The officers of the association are:
Henry O. Norris, Newark, o., president;
r. M. Holiday, Wheeling. w. Va vice
president; L. r. Halves, Columbus. O.. sec
rotary; T. w. Dobbins Lima, o. treas
urer. The directors are: F. d. Terrence.
Xenia, o.; j. Elliott Pierce, Dayton. O.
Il. A. Hildreth Columbus, o.; s. +. Wolfe.
Athens, o.; b. f. Packard. Warren. O.
William Ahlers. Allegheny Pa
The local lumbermen take formal charge
of the visitors at the De Soto at / 30
O'Clock. Cars will be taken from the Lib
erty street side. and the party will go to
the Tybee depot, where special will be
in waiting TO carry them to Tybee. An
oyster roast will be served at the South
End hotel. There is no set hour as to the
stay, and this will be governed Altogether
by the will of the majority
Naturally enough, one of the most con-
spicuous of the excursionists is Col. T.. A.
Hildreth, chairman of the arrangements
committee and who is looking after the
business end of the trip. He talks enthu-
slastically about II, and impresses one. cs
a gentleman fully equal to the strain
which necessarily falls to one having such
an important task on hand. 1t is inter
estng to note with what concern Col.
Hildreth speaks of the excursionists. The
chilly breezes encountered on the excur-
sion given the party ut Charleston is
still evident and the gentlemen wearing
whiskers do not wish to again run risks of
getting them entangled with icicles. The
Colonel says he feels the cold more in the
South than at his home in Columbus, where
the mercury often gets scared and leaves
the figures on the thermometers face TO
take care of themselves. This is not Col
Hildreth's first trip on these excursions.
He has been chairman for the past five
years and Is perfectly familiar with the