The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-01

of power, in striking SMILES and met
aphOrs, and in a prose-poetic wording
that held the assembly without the
slightest seeming effort. A generous
applause followed the conclusion of
the response.
Scottish Dance and Ballad.
Following Mr.. Witcover's response,
Mr.. Donald Cameron. the piper who
had discoursed sweet music at appro-
pirate intervals throughout the even
ing, entertained the banqueters with
a characteristic Scotch dance.
Mr.. John S. Banks then completely
captured the gathering with the beau
tiful Scottish ballad "Lassie Jean. !"
Well-merited and generous applause
followed the solo. and it did not cease
until the well known singer had re-
sponded with an encore, the number
! selected being Goodbye, Little Girl,
Good-bve."
Guests.
To the toast. "Our Sister Societies
and Invited Guests" Rt. Rev. Benja-
min j. Kelley, Bishop of Savannah, re-
sponded. The keen. scintillating wit,
the dry but rollicking humor, and the
swift play on words, that have made
Bishop Kelley a speaker always de-
sired at public functions, character
lied the remarks of the distinguished
Savannahian. With rapier-like swift
ness and accuracy the thrusts of the
speakers wit struck in all directions,
yet the genial, kindly, warming, hui
NOR healed all possible wounds ere the
wounded were aware of them.
The characteristic of touching light
ly on each subject and then fitting
\ -. I.
response, a characteristic that always
makes a toast delightful, abounded
throughout. Stories with varied set
tings, hits at the bagpipe and the
plaid, scores on the shamrock and it's
wearers, all classes, all peoples, and
all religions, fell under the speakers
wit, and though the reference to each
brought forth hearty laugh and the
applause of appreciation, nothing was
said that could have in the least in
| jured the feelings of even the most
| sensitive. The response of Bishop
| Kelley was one of the features of the
evening and the applause that followed
was we'll merited.
Mr.. w. T. Dixon followed with a
rendition of That Bonnie Lass of
Mine" that took we'll with the assem-
bly, and was vigorously applauded.
Georgia, the state We live In"
Judge Samuel B. Adams followed,
| after a selection by the piper, with a
| response to the toast Georgia, the
State We Live In" With the elo-
| quence that has made the speaker a
| power in the courts, Judge Adams
| spoke of the Georgia motto, Justice,
Wisdom and Moderation In no I'M
certain terms he scored lynchings,
characterizing it as "the crimes of
crimes" and stamping the lyncher as
the brother of the anarchist and the
enemy of the law and of the state.
Politically and ethnologically," said
the speaker Il am sound and ortho-
dox according to the Southern pattern,
and to no man do l yield in my love
| for Georgia.
Then followed a eulogy, almost pas
sionate in it's enthusiasm, Of the laws
of Georgia and the Georgia courts. In
! scathing words he denounced the
mob as towards, condemned the spirit
which seeks to take the punishment of
| the guilty out of the hands of the
tribunals OF justice. and closed with
an appeal to Georgians to stand for
the law and the administration of
the courts. In the appeal was all the
! fervor of the eloquent attorney, all the
erudition of a Kenyon pleading for
| justice, all the argument of a Mar
| shall, and yet, running through the
scathing denunciation of the mobs OF
Georgia and of the spirit of the lynch
err, was the love OF native Georgian
for his state and his states honor, a
! spirit that begged the true Georgian
to stand by his state and save II from
the disgrace that the passions OF the
mob sought TO heap upon IT,
The address was learned. eloquent,
and teeming with the spirit OF the pa
triot. and It Justly drew forth hearty
/ applause.
! Following this came the solo Angus
Mcdonald" delightfully."- rendered by
Mr.. George w. Beckett
Message from the North.
Mr.. Walburton OF Springfield, Mass,
was called on by the president OF the
society for a few remarks. He COM
plimented the society upon It's hospi-
tally, chnracterizing Il as typical Of
that hospitality which has made the
south World-famOus. His reference TO
his learning, in early childhood. from
fathers knee the song. "Ye Banks
~ Bonnie Doom" drew applause. lie
closed with au eloquent euiOgy of
scotland ana Scottish character. Many
stories. illustrative Of the dry humor
of scotland. eniiysned the address ana