The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-10-25

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septatives of that stauIi ich old friend
of Florida (the MOrni9g NewS) met,
us and saw that every bne was com.
fortably cared for al the Pulaski
house, the oldest hOtelfn the South,
but nevertheless up p date for
that.
After a hurried Il tncheOn, Col.
Estill, president of tho News Com
pany appeared hlmself1 accompanied
.bv most of his able assistants, and
took the party in charge for an after
moon of sightseeing. IA special car
over the Savannah, Thh lderbOlt and
Isle of Hope troliy lin was IN wait
ing in front of the dOoH and we were
soon speeding around t be city. Every
place of interest read he'd by trolly
was visited and the dI Ifferent points
of Interest pointed out bv Col. Estill
himself who related thdir history.
This done we were handed at the
docks of the Central of Georgia Rail
road and spent cod pie OF hours
viewing the ships and the tremen-
dOus amount of cottOlb naval stores
and various items of commerce i'm
ported and expOrtedI through that
source.
The following mOThlng hand
TsOme steam tug belonging to the
Seaboard Air Line V as in waiting
and took us up and dol svn the river,
giving us an excelleI view Of the
many improvements l leing made in
Savannah shipping fad dilities by this
company. About thirt ty big tramp
steamers and twice aJ mary large
sailing vessels lay a long side the
docks taking on and dil charging car
gos-to say nothing d the regular
liners that play betweS In New ! lork
Baltimore ami Boston.
Then followed snrh at the
Morning News Office, the like of
which seldom falls ii the lot OF
TIE newspaper map. Colonel
EStill himself sat at I'll + head of the
table, and when wine6 aad cigars
were reached speech baking com
menced and continued sntil We were
forced to leave for the sepOt to catch
the train for COiunfD fDia. BY no
means the least enjoyable feature of
the Morning News rreSt was trip
through the building a d an oppor-
tunity to see all the machinery at
work. A theater party the previous
evening was also hlYenjOyable.
Arriving at ColumlF Fa, we were
met by Governor MS SSweney, the
mayor of the town, the president of
the South Carolina Press Association,
the president of the NJ erchants and
Manufacturers Club and several resi-
dents and ladies of the city. A
theater party was giveI us at night,
a ride over the trolIy Anes, viewing
the factories all lighted ky electricity,
rounded up by royas treat at the
rooms of the above Aamed club.
The following day We were again
taken in charge and giV3n an OppOr-
tunity to see everything b interesting
about the city that W. IS possible in
the half day at our disposal. just
before leaving at 4 p. L., we assem-
bled by request at @ OvernOr Nc
Sweney's mansion and were ban
quetted by him and his <cellent wife,
assisted by members o his cabinet
and their wives, in royas South Caro-
lima style. This will always be one
of the brighteso recOIlS Sctions of the
trip. 1
At Raleigh, which place we
reached about midniglk and left at
II a. m. the following Hay, very lit
tie could be seen on aScount Of the
short time. DR.. A. =. Hawkins,
formerly a resident of . bis city, local
newspaper men and citil lens were on
hand with carriages, i jpwever, and
did all they could to ma ze it pleas
ant stay. One Of theE finest yarn
spinning mills in the country, the
various schools, churches. Capital,
Governors mansion, / lr. Hawkins
residence and other places were
visited before leaving.
Hon. H. S. Leard, Trtveling Pas
senger Agent of the S eaboard Air
Line, joined US and aeed dmpanied the
party to Richmond, whtre he saw US
pleasantly located and t rned us over
to Il. P. Smith, the gehial Division
Passenger Agent for shat section.
The latter and the Rich snOnd Cham
Der of Commerce did eV erything pos
sible for us the two dag allotted to
Richmond, giving us a heater party
at the famous Biiou and trip down
the historic James L! !ver, besides
free transportation OverEall the trolly
lines in the city to go aE ID come from
the various points of int Brest at will.
The Capitol-the old! Confederate
building. where MANY Victories were !