The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-20
The Mayors Annual Convention Mt George.
town, &C.


town, g.
We were met ut Lanes by Mayor
Morgan and his full staff ana reached
Georgetown in the glooming. After
refreshing rest we awoke and bchcld
the eastern sun shedding his brilliant
rays over this beautiful city and this
glorious brilliancy was met and kissed
by the glittering sprays of the most
magnificent and beautiful bay in this
whole Southland--Winyah.
We wore then escorted to the halls
of the STANDARD Theatre, where Hon.
J. l.. Ludlow, Municipal, Sanitary and
Hydraulic Engineer of Winston, N. c..
delivered one of the most interesting
addresses it has ever been our pleasure
to hear, and we only wish that all the
cities and towns could have heard it.
We then marched in linc with
Georgetown to do honor to the Confed-
crate dead, for this was memorial day,
aud as such it will ever linger with us.
No pen can picture this grand sight,
with full uniform band and military
playing the points "Minc, lhu Hero's
Land" SO we'll; "Dixie. " "Bonic Blue
Flag" etc, and then two hundred or
more little children with song and
flowers to decorate and commemorate
the graves of those they loved. The
Rev. J. E. Dunlap delivered the ad-
dress. This address was beyond de-
scription. Every word uttered from
| the lips of this grand old Veteran and
| orator was burning with patriotism,
loyalty and love for those dead heroes
| who gave their lives for the cause they
thought was right.
We werc then escorted to the STAN
dard again and were grandly enter
tanned by Prof. j. a. Holmes of the
University of North Carolina. His lee
ture was grandly Instructive and it
would take columns to sing our praises
| to Prof. Holmes.
Wednesday was frcmcn's day. We
were then escorted to tho grand stand
erected for the mayors in full view of
| the parade grounds. And such fire.
mems parade was never before wit
| messed. First was tho Stars aud Hes
| tons colOrcd tiremen with full uniform,
| led by Georgetown brass band. They
presented good training and discipline.
| Then came the brave, robust manhood,
uniformed in blue and white emblems-
the nimble Salamanders: next the
| White Wings Of Lane who never grew
| weary until they had won the price
and tackled we'll. This company was
| uniformed and bedecked in double
! brcstcd white duck suits with red tics
and tremen's deep blue caps, and it
was unanimously conceded by the may
ors to be the grandest flremen's parade
they had ever witnessed.
| Thursday we were cXcurSiOncd upon
the steamer t. G. Bunough and tug w.
| Z. Congdon over the Winyah, around
the harbor, the jetties and South Is
land, where the U. S. Government has
constructed elegant forts, and where
our former citizen, DR.. Folk, ho:sts the
| yellow flag.
| This ended the Mayors Annual Con-
FcHb]oil3 hltl stuiluSI I'LL OnlS Sfdnucuf
| Mayor Morgan, and in fact Georgetown
was ever on the alert seeing to the COM
fort and pleasure Of the guests, and the
convention was unit in declaring that
the reception was beyond compare,
and that Georgetown was the garden
spot OF the South. And, Georgetown,
we can say that your love for Hon. w.
| ID. Morgan, your mayor, is only aug
mcnted by the convention Of mayors as
our President.
Mr.. Editor, allow us the usc of your
| 'phone minute.
| Hellow, central! Georgetown please
! Well connect nc with G. IT, Ford 3
grocery. Hello, Dick! Call Crowley
and j. B. Johnson. We arc waiting
for you; Capt. James NJ. Eskridgc has
invited us to join him at his residence
on board his schooner Hopkins. What!
can't go; got headache. We'll | am
sorry, but eXpf ctcd as much. Well rs
we leave for home today give our love
to all the boys, and tell them we have
drank from the River Sampit.
| HUB.