The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-18
Visiting Band Played
 "Dixie' at State House.
Eloquent Speeches Made at Rooms ot the Commercial and Industrial !. Association-Party Left 's
 for Birmingham

Headed by splendid brass hand play ing -'Dixfe' one hundred business men | ot Cincinnati marched up the steps of | the State Capitol yester lay afternoon and
 took peaceful possession of the historic
 old state House wherein the Confederacy
 The party was in charge of special committee from the Montgomery Com mefcial and Industrial Association which | entertained the Queen City business men during their six hours stay In Montgorn- I cry. esaas ... l At the rooms of the Commercial and fn- dustrtal Association a reception was ten | dered the Cincinnati excursionists at | which Ohio and Alabama orators vied
 With each other in a friendly contest of l oratory | A ride about the business section of | the city was-a feature of the party's en- | tertainment in. Montgomery.
 TLe .Cincinnatn party has been in at- | tendance before the sessions of the National Association of Manufacturers
 at New Orleans.
 l In the party are representatives of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Busi-
 ness Mems Club, Board of Trade, Bank
 CTS Club and other trade bodies of Cin-
 cinnati
 Members of Party. l The following Is a list of the members | of the party:
 E. B. Piepho, Miss piepho, L. j. Reb-
 hun. Mrs. L. J. Rebhun. C. H. NJ. At
 kins; Mrs. c.'H M Atkins, F. A. Geier. Miss Louise Geier. Ed s. Gates Mrs. Ed.
 8. Gates. C.. F. Hawekotte. Mrs. G. F.
 Hawekotte. A: W. Williamson, Mrs. A.
 ". Williamson, J.; c. Hobart. Mrs; J. c.
 Hobart. Charles Durrel Mrs. Charles Durrell. E. H. Hargrave Mrs. E. H.
 Hargrave. Dr. J. M. Crawford, Mrs. J.
 M. Crawford. William Lodge. Mrs: Will
 liam Lodge, E. E; shipley, Mrs. E. E.. Harrison. Ed. Mcfarland, Mrs. Ed. Mo Farland John Dolph. Mrs John Dolph, F. G. Bolies. Mrs! F. G. Bolles. J. w. Bull
 lock lock J;u .. Freidenstein; D. R; Da- { Brown. Mrs. w G. Brown. W. A. Snyder. Mrs. W. A. Snyder, A. H. Noah.
 Mrs: A. H. Noah. M; E. Barber, Mrs.
 M E. Barber. J. L. Boyer. Mrs. J.. |.
 Blair, E: V: overman: J. F. Drlckemil-
 Ter. A: L. Bramble, Mrs. A. L. Bram- ble, Miss ,Bramble, Miss Hattie Atkins, | c. B. Jones. Mrs: c. E. Jones. N. M.
 fnS Breeze nsts Mrs. urs N' Incos M Breeze. Ja-
 M. Krohn. John Griffith. Walter Down | ing, Joseph Biggs, R: Hesterberg. Mrs. R. Hesterberg, James F. Taylor, Mrs. James
 P. Taylor, A. H. Teuchter, B. B. Quillan F. V. Knauss. H. Beeching, E. E. Greenwald, Walter Laidlaw, Captain J. | F. Ellison, F.,J. Bonavita, E. E. W alker, Miss Walker, H. Serodino, Mrs H. Sero- dino. Ernest DuBrul, George H. Haldy, M. A. McRae Lindsay, S. McRae, M. B.
 Farrin Miss Florence Farrin, Miss liar l fiet Farrin, O.. B. Farreily. Mrs. 0. B. | Farrelly, A. J. Gantvoort, Mrs" A. J. |. Gantvoort, S.. D. Baldwin, Dr.. A. E. Emminger, Gordon Neff, George. A. Ficke. W. G. Howard. l.. A. Ringolds o. M. Blake, Conrad, Dietz. MT. Rehoun.'A. H. Kelsey w t. H. Pentlarge J. HI. | Smith,
 John Harris: E. s. Cowing, JAG. Mason, |, William rMcCammon,i F. D. Bush. H. C.: Hoefilnghoff, A.. &. Matehette, R. K Le-
 Myers, F. w. Fouids. John E. E. lfowenssr Herbert Jackson, Thos. H. Towers
 ~. Band Was Prominent.
 A prominent part of the excursion party is the 1st Regiment Band of the Ohio
 National Guard The band Is q superior
 musical sorga nisation. Itsis made .sp of Iof high order Its rendition of popular airs yesterday has not been exceIled in Montgomery: Playing at one time MT.
 P2oiey" Ia, and and, again, .,5n the Good old Home Bill Bailey" the band caught the ear of popular favor on Dexter Avenue The band is under :he leadership of Prof. George Gilmore Smith affection ately known as Professor ".Smitty'', in the Ohio Valley. ..t.
 The F. II. Aims Battery, one of the most famous National Guard organiza- tons in Ohio, is also in the party The battery is regarded as one of the best drilled artillery organizations in the United States. For some exhibition drills given during its stay In New Orleans, the battery was given high praise and commendation, The battery carried with 1t on this trip it's Gattling gum one of the latest improved models This piece has accompanied the command on visits to forty-two States.
 The battery has on this trip thirty seven men and six officers. It is under the command of Capt. O.. E. Patton. The other officers are Capt. William H. Roth ert. Surgeon: First Lieutenant F J. Clu- zert. First Lieutenant ". T.. Klecher,
 f The battery e' did not come Si Sti up town with the other members of the party. The majority of the artillerymen remained on the train, but a few were seen about the streets in their red trimmed uniforms.
 Game From Pensacola.
 The Cincinnati party reached the Mont gomery Depot at 6 o'clock in a special tr ain of Pullman sleepers.' They came from Pensacola, where they had spent the morning in visiting the oattleships the splendid deep water harbor and the points of interest. aboat Pensacola. They were given a hearty wei come in the Flor ida city and the memory of 1t was fresh in the minds of the party, The party had also stopped over in Mobile, where they naQ Ieen 1eaSteu ana entcrtdlneQ. The special train was met at the Union Depot by President Alex Rice and Secre- | tary L. L. Gilbert, who headed a com mittee of welcome and entertainment from the Commercial and Industrial As sociation. The other members of the committee were: J. c. Haas chairman; M. Cody, w. B. Davidson. James P. Ferrall, c. F. Moritz. J. J. Flowers, F. P.
 Glass. B, H. Screws w. D. Belingrath, H. M. Hobbie, Gaston Gunter, F. F.. Johnstone. J. E. Dove, Joseph Norwood.
 Terry F. Griel, W. S. Reese, Charles
 Travis, l.. l.. Lassiter. w. r. Chandler. | w. A. May, w. w.. Graves. w. B. Bur | ton, Dr. B. S. Chapman. Al Reynolds, Jesse Adams, pr. Paul s. Mertns. w. s. | Wenber. E. Wagner and c. G. zirkle. The party filed into the restaurant where supper was served.
 Boarded Special Cars.
 As soon as the meal was completed. the Commercial and Industrial Association committee took charge of it. The mem- bers of the party boarded the special cars O. the Montgomery Street Railway which were in waiting. The car at the head of the procession was filled with the mem bers of the band. and good music was made as the procession of cars moved to the Capitol.
 At the Capitol Governor Jelks received the party in his private office. The line of visitors filed in through the ante-room of the Executive Department to the pri- vate office of the Governor and out
 through the side door. All members of the party, ladies and gentlemen, were introduced by name to the Governor, A
 brief concert was given by the band in the Capitol corridor.
 It was dark by this time, and condi-
 tions were not favorable for sight-see- ing. The committee in charge was un- able to show the party the points of in-