The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-28
GEORGIA WEEKLY EDITORS.
Preparing for a Grand Blowout at
Newman in July.

Preparing for "a Grand BIOw-Out at
Newman i'm July.
Newman, Ca, June 27-The twelfth an
nual session of the Georgia Weekly Press
Association will be held here, beginning
on Monday night. July IL. holding through
Wednesday, July 49, A large number of
the editors and their ladies are expected
to attend. The hospitable people of New
nan are making extensive preparations to
give the press of the state splendid re-
ception.
On Monday evening there will be a re-
ception at the halls of the Coweta Club,
at which the visitors will be given an OPP
portunity to meet the citizens. Refresh
ments will be served at which il is in
tended to display and serve the choicest
fruits of every kind that grow in the
county of Coweta.
On Tuesday morning, July IL, at $50
there will be a business session of the con-
vention, at which the address of welcome
to the convention will be delivered by Hon
r. W. Freeman, to which the president of
the association, or some member will
make response on behalf of the editors.
This meeting will be held in the city opera
house. and will be attended by the citizens
of Newman. 1t win be a brilliant assem-
blage on that morning which viii greet the
editors and their ladies'.
In the afternoon, about O'clock a spe-
cial train willscarry the visitors and cit
liens of Newman two miles and a half to
Pearl Spring Park, at which a genuine
old-time barbecue with set ceteras" will
be served in hospitable style. This feat
ure of the entertainment will last till 10
o'clock Tuesday evening. A band of mu-
ctnf ~.
dancing will be INDUCED in by all who de-
sire at the pavilion on the ground at the
springs. This entertainment will be the
main occasion of Newnan's hospitality
and nothing will be spared TO make it
thoroughly enjoyable. At 1875 p. m. the
party will return to Newman.
Wednesday morning, July 49, the visitors
will be given a carriage drive over the
city. A special feature of the drive will
be visit to the celebrated liberia peach
farms and vineyards which lie close TO
Newman. Following the drive, Col. Har-
ry Fisher, general manager of the Coweta
Fertilizer Company will carry the party
to Dent Springs and serve one of those
unique and enjoyable barbecues for which
he is so well known. Col Fisher will ten
der a magnificent spread to the editors.
At 5:25 p. m. the editors will board their
cars for Atlanta, where they will take
their sleepers and leave over the South
ern Railway at 10 p. M, via Chattanooga,
Knoxville and Asheville for Washington.
At Asheville, N. c., the party will stop
for several hours and will be the guests
of the Battery Park Hotel. The sights
about Asheville will be observed by the
party, and the short stay there will be
one of the pleasant features of the journey
East.
President Coleman has been assured by
his friends in Washington that the Geor-
gia delegation in Congress will see that
the editors and their ladies are cared for
in splendid style during their few days
stay in the national capital. The edito-
rial party viii be guests of the Metropoli-
tan Hotel during their stay in Washing
ton.
Leaving Washington the party will go
to New York over the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and will see the sights of Goth
am as only a Georgia editor can. Coney
Island Rockaway Beach, up the Hudson
and other nearby resorts will be visited
during the stay of the party in New York.
On their return home the party will travel
by steamer over the Old Dominion Steam
ship Line from New York to Old Point
Comfort Va, where they will tarry sew
eral hours before taking their sleepers for
Atlanta over the Southern Railway.
Altogether, the party will be composed of
about seventy-dve in number, and the
itinerary promises a delightful outing for
the representatives of the country press
of Georgia. Several ladies will accompany
the editors, and the "trip win be a charm
Ing one in many features. President Cole
man has spared no time or means TO make
the trip thoroughly enjoyable to all, and he
is indebted 10 Mr.. S. II. Hardwick, of the
Southern Railway, for his hearty and act
i've cooperation IN making the trip a sue
cessful one for the editors. Both at New
nan and on the trip the party will go in
a thoroughly informal way, and it is the
intention Of the management to make the
trip as pleasant and enjoyable as is possi-
bic. A number of distinguished citizens
from different portions Of the state win be
invited. both by the management of the
associa ton and the citizens of Newman,
to meet around the festive barbecue table
OF the editors. Hon Alien d. Gambler has
been invited to meet the representatives of
the press. and to join in the festivities of
their entertainment. The citizens of New
nan desire especially that all the editors
and their ladies reach here on Monday
evening. July II. an editors who fail to
reach Newman on Monday evening will
miss tile business session of the convention
on Tuesday morning on account of the
schedules from Atlanta to Newman Those
who wili so down to Newman from Atlanta
over The Atlanta and West Point road can
reach Newman by two trains, leaving At
lanta at 1900 and i:20 p. m, respectively.
A later IRAN leaves Atlanta at 11:20 D. m.
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May Develop into a Murder.
Tallahassee, Fla, June 27-Jack Marks