The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-08-20
EXTRAORDINARY EVENT
CELEBRATED AT GULFPORT

"e occasion Being the First Big I'm.
port = Cargo Of Pyrites Of Iron OF
o""a'ian Steamship p-Large Gather.
ing at Banquet Notables Present.
In honor of the landing of the fra
cargo from foreign shores on the Stat.
OF Mississippi, Captain Joseph T. Jones'
tne builder of Gulfport, Thursday nigh,
gave magnificent banquet at the Grea,
southern Hotel, at which over 2oo re.
preventative citizens OF Mississippi and
residents of Gulfport were present to d.
honor to the Italian Captain whose sbir
had brought the notable cargo of 3.aOc
tons OF iron pyrites to the new and rrea,
port. All the ability of Manager Gage
Clark, OF the hotel, was brought into
play to extend hospitality to the guests,
and all the eloquence Of over half tloz.
en- speeches was expended in entertain.
ing and instructing them in the history
OF the thriving city which has come 40
rapidly into prominence. Captain Jones,
Captain Carbone, Of the Italian vessel:
Manager Denee, OF the Gulfport Fertil.
izing Company; Captain w. H. Hardy.
one OF the first builders of the Gulf and
Ship Island road; Vice Presiden Hale
Governor James X. vardaman, Judge
Neville, Captain Evan Wrinkle, Chief
Justice Whitfield of the Supreme Court.
Captain Evan Wrinkle, J. F. WILDER and
Others were among the speakers. The
speeches of the evening brought out from
beginning to end the history of the up-
building of Gulfport and the Importance
OF the event which was celebrated.
Among the guests assembled at the
hotel in the day we're representative men
from all over Mississippi, and early in
the evening late trains brought in 9th
ers, among them Governor vardaman
and his staff, who came over from the
Biloxi encampment to be present at and
to do honor to the occasion. Shortly
before 8 o'clock, the hour set for the
banquet, the lobbies of the great South
ern Hotel were crowded, not only with
visitors from other cities, but with the
notables OF Gulfport, many Of whom
share in the move Of which Captain
Jones is the central figure.
The banquet was announced shortly
after the hour fixed by Manager Clark,
apd arm in arm Captain Jones and Gov
ernor vardaman, followed by Governor
Vardaman's staff and the 200 guests
marched into the handsomely decorated
dining hall. There, exquisitely, but
simply, decorated table after table glis--
tened and shone and looked beautiful
with the ribbons and ferns and the hand
some service with which they we're laid.
Then to the 200 guests Manager Clark
and Steward Charles Willard served the
following menu:
THE MENU.
Oyster Cocktail.
Louisiana Celery. Claret
Consomme en- Tasse.
Queen Olives, Sailed Almonds,
Baked Blueish au Madeira.
Pomme de Terre Rosa Bonheur.
Sweetbreads In Cases a la BechameL
Young Chicken Saute, Great Southern Style.
French Peas. Mumms Extra Dry.
Asparagus Salad.
Claret Punch
Tutt Fruit Ice Cream.
Assorted Cake.
Rouquefort Cheese. Bent Crackers
Cafe Noir. Cigars Ell Belmont Perfectos.
Then the champagne was poured. The
toastmaster. Judge Neville, read numer-
GUS letters and kilograms Of regret from
United States Senators and Congress-
men from Mississippi, and from many
business men and railroad men from
Mississippi and other States.
Judge Neville then introduced Cap
tain Carlo Carbone, whose vessel, the
Giovan Maria Dali, brought the cargo,
the landing o: which was celebrated. In
a few words the Italian Captain stated
that he had found the harbor very fine
one, and that when he went back home
he would carry the best news possible
Uf the harbor of Gulf Port, and he hoped
that the city would expand, and that it
would grow to be one of the greatest In
the country.
Captain Jones responded TO the toast.
"The Gulfport Harbor," saying that the
celebration in which all were participant
ing meant more than any probably
thought; that what Gulfport has been
striving for had been attained, and the
first cargo of imports had been brought
into the city.
Captain Jones then gave the following
statistics regarding Gulfport business
and compared 1t with that of other
cities; "First ship to arrive, Italian ship
Trojan, Jan. 8, 1909; first steamship to
arrive, Hirundo, Nov. 15, 1902; first for
eign cargo, Aug. II, 1904; vessels loaded
from Gulfport in 1905, 20, with 10. 9.037, 900
feet of lumber; 1908, Iii vessels, i05,-
S4g,0O feet lumbor; seven months Of
1904, i55 vessels, I50,3i 900; total, 2a5
in harbor, 274,227, 900 feet of lumber.
Data showing business done at Gulf
port as compared with other ports for
the week ending Aug. 10, 1904, from
Gulf Coast Record, Of Mobile. Aug. 10,
which gives the shipping Of over twenty
of the leading lumber portsi Pensacola,
iO.577, ,7es feet; Mobile, 0s6,425 feeti
Hn..,s..n.t IN 1i7 f00 feet.t