The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-06
AT Every Stop En- Route 10 Vim
cenncs the Business Mems En-
cursion Received OvatiUns.
CROWDS AT RAIL WAY STATIONS.
Women and Girls Aid in Entertain
ing the Observation-Disclosures
ments Were Served by
Delegations.
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT +.

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Vincennes, Ind. Dec. 5.-The excursion of
st. Louis manufacturers and wholesale
merchants. which left that city his morn
ing. arrived here at 6:eD O'Clock this even
ms. 1t was met at the depot by 4 dele
CATION of representative citizens. who ten
dered the freedom of the town and a cordial
welcome to the St Louisans.
Members of the excursion are unanimous
ceptions which they received along the
route.
In the course of the day twenty stops
were made at the various towns. ana every
where merchants and representative citi-
ZenS turned out in large numbers to do
honor to the eScursioni:ts. Heads Of st:
through the territory for years. met for
the first time retail merchants who have
handled tnelr goods. A sptenaid spirit OF
the visitors and their entertainers at the
different towns. At every stop crowds of
pretty girls and women fiocked at the rail-
way stations to greet the excursionists. At
several towns refreshments were served to
the party by delegations CT citizens, as
sisted by the fair half of the population.
Along the entire route the schedule time for
arriving and leaving towns was maintained.
The day was perfect for the trip. and
no incident occurred to mar it's harmony.
At nearly all the towns the excursionists
succeeded In meeting the merchants with
whom they carry on business. and at all
the places at which stops Were made the
citizens showed by their enthusiastic well
come that they were pleased with the visit
pdiu nneIn Dy tne 81. IsouiSans. AT Leba-
non. Ill. the train ives met by a mmit
from the Lebanon Commercial Club. head
ed by a brass band. After short speeches Of
greeting by members of the and
The excursionists. the entire party marched
through the principal streets II the town
and were shown the main points of inter
est. The Reception Committee consisted of
Messrs: c. J: Pfeffer. ]. c. Eisenmeyer,
louis zerweck. J. NJ. Chamberlain. r. A..
Wilson and II. II. Horner.
At Centraiia a stop of forty minutes was
made for dinner. Here e deputation OF mer-
chants met the party and ACCOMPANIED its
nembers through the business section Of
the town. The citizens appeared disappoint-
Cd that their guests could only spend n
portion Of an hour with them, and prom
ises OF. a return visit were exacted OF the
excursionists before they were allowed to
re-enter the train.
No town along the route received the st.
LOUIS business men with greater heartInsss
than Flora. Clay County. i'll. There the
eyes OF the tourists were SURPRISED with
the sight or heaps of apples, casks of cider
and famous Clay County ginger cake
excursionists by a delegation of Flora mer-
chants. which was headed by Colonel Ran
dolph Smith. Mayor J. p. Galbraith deIiv-
cred a short speech OF welcome. in which
he said that he and his feilow-cii,zens We're
pleased to receive a visit from St. Louis
MERCHANTS and manufacturers. and thar he
felt sure that such a visit would serve 10
cement the friendly relations which exist
between Flora and st. Louis.
A committee. CONSISTING of Mavor J. G..
Padfeld. w. s. Louden and q. II. Oehler.
sreeted the eScursionists at Trenton. III.
\ band was at the station. which played
during the short stay made In the town.
At Salem the ST. Louisans marched through
the main streets of the town and an In
headed by Mayor T. q. Marshall. was ten
dered them. Among the sights which were
shown the excurSioni.ts ut Salem was the
house in which William ]. Bryan was born.