The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-29
At the State Capitol.

pr. F. NJ. Peterson, President of the Girls Industrial School at Montevallo.
 At the State Capitol.
 When greetings had been said at the Union railway station the members of the party and the members of the local com mittee seated themselves in waiting car riages which were driven through Com merce Street and Dexter Avenue to the State capitol.
 Each member of the party was in- troduced to Governor Jelks, in his private hoffice after which the visitorsswere shown Etfrough the old building. The brass star upon which President Jefferson Davis tof the Confederate States stood when taking the oath of office; the Confeder- ate monument. the Davis room and the more modern relic, the mainmast or the Spanish ship Don Juan de Austria sunk by Admiral Dewey at Manila was scruti- nized with the keenest interest by the Easterners. They found perhaps the greatest interest in their visit to the De- partment of Archives and History where they were shown oil portraits of Will liam L. Yancey, and other famous Ala bamians.
 From the capitol the carriages were driven by way of Bainbridge, Washing ton and Jackson Streets to the state Normal School for negroes, conducted by Professor w. B. Paterson. This school was inspected by the members Of the party and the students were assembled | in the auditorium where they sang MY Country Iris of Thee,' Professor fater- son introduced Mir. ogden who spoke l abo,,t two minutes to the students. He impressed upon them the importance of citizenship and their responsibility to | their neighbors There was q profusion | of flowers in every department or tne | school and the ladies of the party were given great punches of brilliant-hued car | nations.
 1 Weaving the Normal school the party | was driven by way of Jackson and Grove | Streets to Lawrence. thence South on l Lawrence to South Stret and by way oi | South Street to Perry Street, then by | Perry Street to Dexter Avenue and to | tbe rooms of the Commercial and Indus 1 trial Association.
 1 Several members of the party stopped | at the Dectaur Street school ana were shown one of the handsomest and most l perfectlv appointed school buildings Tn | the State
 An Informal Reception. 1 Many Montgomery ladies and profes- | sional and business men had gathered al 1 the rooms of the Commercial ana ln- | dustrial Association to participate m an | informal reception which was tendereo
 the distinguished party of visitors iht
 rooms of the business mems organlza
 ton never before showed to such ad' l vantage. The delft hand of Montgomery | women had transformed the place Into | scene of artistic beauty. There was l wealth of flowers all about the place | American beauty and Marechal Mel roses | vird with vary-colored carnations in lead ing enchantment to the scene ana tai l grcen palms bowed to the gentle spring | breezes. -
 The tired travellers from the East were | vraciouslv served with punch or the | ehnicost southern brew and fair womer | acted as the hostesses for the business
 and professional men who served on tho | Reception Committee.
 | When an excellent luncheon had beer
 served in the most delighttuliy infCpla
 way. and the guests and hosts had pc | come known to each other ana were
 minEling together in the truely hospitahi'
 fashion. Dr. J. l.. Gdstong Chairman ol
 the Reception Committee. rapped for or der and presented Capt. J. M. Falkncr
 p,ho with the crowd standing all abou
 him smoke a few waIm words of welcome
 to MT. Ogden ,.,- .,,.,
 The leader of the party, with smile:
 wreathing his benevolent face. began t'
 sneak as the assembly applauded CaptaiT
 Falkner. MT. Ogden said II the pulsa
 tions of the hearts of the seVenty-foul
 persons in his party could be put lht'
 expression he felt sure he could speai | eIoouent words in reply to this cordla
 welcome to Montgomery. Although ther'
 were some distinguished educators, arti
 sans and writers in his party, MT. ogdei
 said none of them had invented perfec way of making fitting expression of grati
 tude from hearts that were overwhelmed
 He said the persons in his party had me
 with much cordiality in the South. The!
 were not saving the South" very much
 neither were they saying 'the North very much. but they were saving "ou
 country" all along the line. This senti
 n,ent was roundly appla uded.
 Celebrities "Trotted Out" Then Mir ogden referred facetiously t (Continued on Page Eight.)