The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-09
THE MORNING NEWS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1890.

nard, Thomas Gamble, E. A Wei. C. D.
Baldwin. " J. Winn, T. NJ. Cunningham
A. r. Lawton, II. C. Cunningham, A.
Pope, L. A. Beatty W. G. Charlton, w
| w Mackall, ]. NJ. Egan, James Menzies.
E. H. Hinton and Cecil Cabbett.
The banquet han had been beautifully
decorated. Ferns. palms. other foliage
plants and large quantities. of cut flowers
We're on the tables, and. on every side. 1t
was into vertable garden of beauty that
| the Southern's guests were introduced,
and 1t is really an indgnity to call the
banquet that followed a luncheon The
courses were many and the greatest tri-
umphs of the art of the chef. Rich wines
| flowed freely, toasts being frequently pro-
posed and drunk with appreciation of the
sentiment that inspired them.
/ After the feast had progressed some
time Mr.. Hardwick and genial Mr.. Turk
| whose good nature, wit, ability and thor
ough gentllity are commensurate with his
I Brobdlsnagian proportions, decided it
! would be Well to introduce a bit of that
/ oratory for which Savannah is famed into
the pleasure and merriment of the occa-
/ sion, and Mr.. Cannon was asked to act as
POSTMASTER, that being his privilege by
| virtue of his eminent fitness and his chap
! eronage of the party from the North and
East.
Mr. Cannon first expressed the delight
! he and the other Southern officials felt
in being with The Savannahians. The only
regret he and his associates had, he said,
was that their guests could not have join
! ed them up the road and made the trip
with them. He referred TO the satisfac-
ton the run had caused the officials and
| the pleasure il had given them to ride over
the new road which the South Carolina
Railroad Commission has already pro-
| nounced the finest in the state. He at
] fV4f.v to-
! the experience and ability OF Chief En-
| sineer Wells and Division Superintendent
Welles. The vice presidents brief remarks
were closed with a proposal that they
| drink TO Savannah.
Mayer Myers followed Mr. Cannon. He
spoke Of the pleasure it gave him and 9TH
er Savannahians to welcome the Southern
and its officials. The material benefits that
are TO follow the opening of the line were
| dwelt upon, and il was amid applause that
the Mayor concluded his talk
Col. w. A. Hemphill talked of the
South, referring with evident pride to the
rapid strides it has made and the pros
perity now enjoyed by its people Statis-
| tics were introduced to show some of it's
! relative merits a comparison with other
| sections and other countries costing 1T
none of the admiration and pride with
which 1t is viewed by its citizens
| The various branches of agricultural
| pursuits We're discussed comprehensively
| by Col. Hemphill, whose speech was the
/ most elaborate or any rendered Turning
! to railroads his immediate theme was the
/ Southern and he told of some of the large
1 orders for rolling stock, equipment sup
/ plies and material that dine has placed
| with manufacturers in the South thus
/ showing its desire to build up and benefit
the section through which it passes. In
! conclusion, Col. Hemphill proposed a toast
| TO the Southern, which was drunk stand
| ing amid great enthusiasm. The band
] played Dixie"
Mr.. Smith of Baltimore spoke of the
1 trade development of that city, rarticular-
4 ly of the great increase that has been
! shown in It's exports of corn He believes
/ that is product TO which more attention
/ should be devoted in the South. This sec
! ton came in for bit of advice, Mr. Smith
considering that too much land is farme1
/ for the best results, his idea being that
/ farmers Won d reap greater benefit if they
should devote themselves with greater care
TO the cultivation of less land. In compll-
! ment to Mr. Smith, Maryland, My Mary
land" was played.
Col p. A. Stova'l welcomed the Southern
! to Savannah. He said the railroad has rec
ognized its opportunity and that 1t needs
Savannah just as much as Savannah needs
the Southern. His speech was roundly APP
plauded, and was followed by 1.-THE Geor-
gia Camp Meeting"
Gen. w. w. Gordon assured the South
erns officials that their welcome was not
merely a social one, which anyone coming
| to Savannah wifi receive but a business
one. The General said the city now wants
competition and wants to welcome any line
that will come repudiating it's Old policy
of Savannah for its own roads only
AT considerable length Gen. Gordon dwelt
upon the advantages of Savannah
as seaport explaining them
to the officials and showing that none
could offer their line greater fnducene nts
I as a port for the expectation of products
of the interior. He commended the city to
/ the Southern to upbuild and aid through
! the medium Of great trade it could divcst
to the port. THE Star spangied Palmer
followed the speech.
Col A. X. Lawton, referring to the sta
tistics of square miles given by Col Hemp
! hill, said the Southern would find Just as
| many square" people in the South to
welcome it and treat it "square."1 The
same welcome will be extended to other
| corporations, he said, that come as en-
| terprises for the development of resources
and increasing the wealth of the section.
| He alluded 10 the fact that the Southern
! had no other inducements offered it to
| come to Savannah than those it's own Of
| ficials were able TO descry. In that he re-
CARDS the entry of the line as more of a
/
the Old Town was then played.
Mr.. Cannon asked Mr.. w. w Mackal
to bring the banquet to a close Mr..
Mackall rising, said the POSTMASTER h :
imposed a sad duty upon him, that of
bringing such an affair to a termination.
! Continuing, he said that he feels he is a
part of the Southern INF that he repre-
scented it in the efforts afoot to secure
| concessions from the city for the erection
of a handsome union depot on West Broad
! street. Concluding MIR. Mackall said, he
hoped 1t would not be many months be-
| fore Savannahians would have an oppor-
tunity to return the hospitality of the
Southern in kind.
Sitting at the left of the POSTMASTER,
was an old friend and associate in the rail
road world, whom he had overlooked.
Turning to Mr.. Vreeland Of New York,
Mr.. Cannon invited him to address the
company The president of the Metropol-
itan did so in well chosen words, touching
! at the start upon his early relations with
Mr. Cannon, and closing with tribute to
| that gentleman. whom he described as