Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-22


men who represent a different section
of our country, that We may get your
pyiIt w t,eW uf matters and things
in which We ar. al iI:;"r"#t'A-
Our ,''E i5 EoitcJrd III eutugt3tnjpE
aF quests : 1irHt "tlIrt pHe,U!iT5
1yuin Southern st;,;c and olher his-
tiueuisEel geIji-1r.c' from III" SCUM
together I4-.. t4IG chief executive ana
staff of q sister New England state
and our honored Governor and State
officials and in behalf of the people
whom / have the great honor to rep
resent / give you most sincere and
cordial greeting.
! now have the pleasure of intro
ducing as POSTMASTER the Honorable
Charles f. Johnson, ex-mayOr of the
city.
Mr.. Johnson read the following teIe-
grams which the mayor had received from
other would-be guests throughout the
country, expressing regrets At their ina
bility to be present:
Boston. Mass. Sept Is.
To Hon. Horace Purlnton.
Mayor of Waterville.
Previous engagement prevents my at
tending banquet in Elks hall. Waterv.lle,
Thursday evening Thanks for kind inv
tarion.
WILLIAM L. DOUGLASS.
Tallahassee, Fla, Sept. Is
To Mr.. Horace Purinton, Mayor. E +.
Mayo. Pres. FAIR Asso.
Impossible for me TO be with you,
Thursday Business required my atten-
ton in Chicago during August, and an
accumulation of work prevents my going
away now. | had hoped and expected to
be with you at the fair, and regret ex-
cee6inPly inability to come.
N B. BROWARD, Governor.
Columbia, s c.. Sept IS
Hon. Horace Purinton, Mayor, and E. P.
Mayo Pres, Waterville. Maine.
Please accept for yourselves and for
those whom you represent my sincere APP
probation of the invitation TO attend ban
Duct in your city, Thursday next. The
cordial blend of official and personal wei
come promises an occasion which L regret
1t must be my misfortune to miss. With
with renewed regret that l cannot share
in the pleasures of such a gathering. |
have the honor to be.
Very truly yours,
B. C. HEYWARD. Governor
Rockland. Maine. Sept. 10.
Hon. Horace Purinton, Mayor.
City of Waterville, Me
Dear Sir:-Your very kind note of invi-
tation to attend banquet to be given h%'
the city and citizens of Waterville to the
Governors of this and other states, at
hand. l am very greatly obliged to you
for the invitation, but another engage
ment on the same day renders 1t impos-
sible for me to accept the same.
Again thanking you for the courtesy OF
the invitation. l am
Yours very respectfully,
(Signed) c. +. LITTLEFIELD.
Gov. Cobb in speaking of Names Wei
come to Our Guests" voiced the same
sentiment as those in the opening re-
marks. He spoke as q fitting representa-
tive Of our State extending to sister
states a feeling of cordial sentiment The
obligations under which the citizens of
Waterville have been thus placed were
never more apparent than when the high
est of our State officials directed the
thouhgts Of the hour. 1t was strikingiy
noticeable throughout the remainder of
| the exercises that the keynote of the
evening had been struck. The industrial
| industries arc yet in their infancy were
contrasted favorably with conditions else
| where.
Hon Robert r. Glenn, governor OF
| North Carolina, then arose to respond TO
| the toast The Industrial Development OF
| the South" No man, it would seem. could
| have been more fittingly chosen to present
| H. a predetermined view the advancement
of American industry and progress. He
extended congratulations to the people of
! Notrc for their own spirit of progress and
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