The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-14
' THEY ADMIRED <
 MONTGOMERY Visit of the Western. Manufacturers.
 STAYED HERE FIVE HOURS Met by Committee and shown
 About City.
One Hundered Prominent Business Men Expressed Great Interest in Our Progressiveness-Are
 Enroute to New Orleans.

As a progressive Southern city, Mont gomery won the admiration of about one hundred successful Western manufactur- CTS who spent five hours here yesterday.
 The party was en route to New Orleans to attend the annual meeting of the Ma tional Association of Manufacturers and President D. M. Parry of Indianapolis, head of that organization. was among its
 When the westerners left for New Or leans at s:35 o'clock last night they were enthusiastic and sincere in their praise of Montgomery.
 You have a clean, we'll kept and appar- ently progressive city, said one of them. With your natural resources, railroad and water facilities, Montgomery should they are the things of which cities are made in the Vest"
 Travelling in nine Pullman cars the party reached Montgomery as special train a few minutes afters4 o'clock yes- terday afternoon.
 Among those in the party were the fol- lowing: Mir. and Mrs. w. M. Taylor, c. c. Hauch, W. B. Wheelock, E. s. Tolson, Indianapolis, Ind; T. P. Stephens, De- Chicago; George A; Bah, V: 2: Ball Nun Grote, Evansville. Ind; T. E: Dougherty. Chicago; Frank c. Talpp, South Bend, Ind; Bud. A: Hammer. Mishawaka. Ind; L. D. Reynolds. w. J. Blakerny. Dayton. P. Flint. Chicago; T. R. kackly. R. M.
 Leeds. Indianapolis. Ind; Frank P. Allen. Louisville. Ky.; A. s. Matchette, Cincin-
 nati; Robert M. Furness, Indianapolis. Ind; F. Lehoff and Mrs. Lehoff, Evans vile, Ind; Vincent Baker, Chicago; Frank B. Gill, Pittsburg; H.. A: Lanman. and Mrs. Lanman, Columbus, Ohio; George H. vawter. Chicago; M. O.
 Reeves. Columbus. Ohio; Richard Young Jr New York. Louis Schureck. Seymour. Ind; Myron D. King. Mrs. King and Miss Helen King. Indianapolis. Ind; H. F. Admas and Mrs. Adams, D. 8. Adams,
 M. R. Gardner and Mrs. Gardner.
 Wabash, Ind; E. E. Keller and Mrs; Kel- | Ter, Pittsburg; c. H. Smith, Chicago; | William A. Bole, Mrs. Bole and Miss
 Bole. Pittsburg; Sidney s. King and Mrs; Mrs. Smith. Menasha. Wis; A: s. Rosen- cranz, Richard Rosencranz, Evansville, l Ind; W. l.. Kame and Mrs. Kane, Pitts
 burg; G. M. Patton, P0Aghkeepsie. N. Y. At the Union Railway Station the vis- itors were met by President Alex Rice
 of the Montgomery Commercial and h, dustrial Association and a committee
 from that organization consisting; SSf
 Boles, R. M. Henderso,g F. s: Jen- | kins, J. T. Roberts, E. If. D. Warren,
 s. c. Well, William Berney, Ike Loeb | H. Gallagher, Leon kohn, J. T. Moses A. Uhlfelder, Ray Rushton, G. A. Thomas and Secretary Leslie L. Gilbert l The manufacturers were each presented | with a souvenir booklet indicating the points of interest about Montgomery. Four summer cars of the Montgomery Street Railway were waiting outside the | station, and they were boarded by the visitors and members of the committee. The cars were run up to the State Capi- l tol and the Westerners evinced deep in- | terest in the historic building. They | passed through the executive office and each one of them was presented to Gov | ernor Jelks. shaking him by the hand, When the Capitol and grounds had been
 inspected. the party again boarded the cars. which ran around the West Belt line, giving the manufacturers a view of the residence section of Montgomery. At o'clock the party reached the rooms of the Commercial and Industrial Association where they were received by number of Montgomery women and a delicious punch was served.
 Phares Coleman, on behalf of the Com
 mercial and Industrial Association, called the assembly to order and introduced Hon. R. T. Goodwin, who briefly but earnestly and cordially welcomed the yis- itors to Montgomery.
 President D. M. Parry, of the National Association of Manufacturers, replied in
 very few words. He said such genuine
 hospitality had not been expected by the members of his party. It made him feel he said, like he wanted to come to Mont
 gomery when he had longer to tarry and
 he would come again and bring his wife
 and nine children with him.
 The speakers were applauded and after
 about an hour spent in an informal, so-
 cial way the gathering dispersed, the strangers visiting various parts of the
 city.