The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-23

| following account of the trip was given:
 Sunday mornin, June 2d, the dele gation from Montgomery to Old Point Comfort to attend the National Travel | lers' Protective Association convention started on it's journey via the western | Railroad of Alabama.
 Tt consisted of MT. I. H. DeWees and wife. c, w. Jones. Glenn Fitzpat- rick, E. J. Meyer and Miss Mae Stew art They were accompanied by Colo mel E. L. Higdon and wife. of Birming- ham. and State President J. H. McAn- drews of Mobile, Mir. W. R. Peacock of Selma and Jake Weiss from the State at large. ss
 It is acknowledged that the members of the Travellers Protective Associa- tion are men of caution and prudence. Upon this jaunt they had supplied | themselves with an able lawyer, Tn the l person of the handsome Assistant At | torf1ey oe the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Montgomery, who answers | to the uncommon name of Jones. It was. however discovered that we had no physician in the party, but in order | to guard against this contingency ev- cry male member of the party had supplied himself with one or more bot. ties of a red fluid which is of great use for the cure of snake bites. etc.
 After a very pleasant ride. which we all enjoyed, we arrived in Atlanta, and there took the Seaboard Air Line to continue our trip. We made the change very quietly. as we were in- formed that 1t was against the rule for a person to take anything in Atlanta on Sunday.
 As we sped along through Georgia's fertile fields. we discovered that a part of the Tennessee delegation were on the same train. They proved to be jolly good fellows. and we took pleas ure in making them members of our party.
 At Monroe, N C., we stopped for an old fashioned country supper, and l If the proprietor of the hotel there made any profit on the hungry mem bers of the delegation he must have had some one out in the country foraging chickens for him. Fried chicken. poached eggs and country biscuits dis appeared with astonishing rapidity. The delegation did not acknowledge be- ing hungry the balance of the week. and 1t is hard to believe that they could have been.
 "The party was out bright and early Monday morning. and after taking little of the medicine we had brought along to guard against chills. etc, we made a tour of the train to ascertain if any other delegates were aboard. we discovered a lone delegate from Flor ida, on whose shoulders devolved the responsibility of upholding the proud dignity of his State.
 "The legislature may never succeed in annexipg any part of Florida to our beloved State, but thanks to tho smiles of the beautiful women of our party
 and various other smiles. furnished by the male members, Florida was soon
 won over and became in effect part of Alabama.
 "Shortly after o'clock we arrived at
 Portsmouth, and there took the steam
 CT for Old Point Comfort. We found
 an excellent dining room aboard and
 all enjoyed our breakfast. Two hour s
 ride brought us to Old Point Comfort, and after having been assigned to our
 rooms and getting off some of the dust of travel, we put on our best DID ana tucker. and started out on the mission for which we came. namely, to elect Sam P. Jones of Kentucky as National President of the Travellers Protective l Association for the ensuing year.
 The ladies of our party, as well as the men. did valiant work in this cause and were untiring in their efforts to bring about the desired result.
 "We found at Old Point Comfort that
 the most elaborate arrangements had
 heen made for our comfort and our
 pleasure. Space will not permit the
 mention of all that was done for us, put one item alone will show the
 watchful care and attention given. It had originally been decided that
 the convection should be held in Rich
 mond, but owing to the unfortunate
 conflaEration that destroyed the Hotel
 Jefferson. the pride of the city, it was
 found that sufficient hotel accomtnO-
 datIons could not be provided for the
 delegation and their friends. It was
 then decided to hold the convention tt
 Old Point Comfort, about 80 miles from
 Richmond. Committees of ladies and
 gentlemen were appointed, and fifteeIl of the leading ladies of Richmond
 formed themselves into a Reception
 Committee to entertain the visiting ladies. They left their homes and for over a week spent their entire time at Old Point Comfort in order to extend that true hospitality for which Vir- ginia is so justly famed. To their un- tiring efforts must indeed be credited the success of the convention.
 Our delegation was madesi happy | Friday when on Alabama's chtice tor | President was electee1to hhnhat higa office. Tho those of us who had attend | ed the national convention of the3Trav- elers' Protective Assoeiationfor'the first time, this assemblaEe was a revaia- | tion and a treat. @s
 we found that some of the abIest men in the land are fighting for the cause of the travelling man and guard I ing his interests wherever possible, and even invading the sanctum of the | President of the United States for the | cause they deem right. They are dt- mandinE and obtaining audience with the highest railroad authorities in thIS country, in order to present the claims which thev think are just. and as a re- suit we find these railroad officials liw- tening to the just appeals. and wher" possible granting them. We find that the press throughout the country rac- ognize the fact that the travelling man is in many cases the advance agent of commerce and civilization. and have extended to them much valuable space in their publications.
 We found there men from the far West where the waters of the Pacific wash the shores of California and Or. egon; we found there men from the East where the Atlantic carries on its proud bosom the commerce of the New England and Middle States: men from Wisconsin and Minnesota. hnd wa found men there from every State of 1 our loved Southland. all with one pur- | pose and one resolve to maintain1the | dignity of the travelling man, and make | the world acknowledge that in the | grand forward march of progress the |