The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-05-25
LEXINGTON|ANS ARE
PLEASED WITH RE-
CEPTION GIVEN HERE
Central Kentucky Business Men Are
Given Hearty Welcome TO Maysville
Music and OratOry and
Dancing Feature Visit.

More than one hundred Lexington
business and professional men carried
in twenty-four automobiles arrived in
Maysville last night shortly before
dark on their swing throughout the
bluegrass ON their second good-fel-
lowship tour. They were taken direct
ly to the Central hotel where they en-
| joyed big chicken dinner and after
dinner they gathered with large
number of Maysvillians about the city
band stand in Market street.
| Mayor Thomas NJ. Russell, in a short
address. welcomed the visitors to our
city. He heartily commended their
spirit of good fellowship and said that
Maysvillians we're just as anxious to
know LeXingtonians better as were the
| Lexingtonians to know the Maysvil-
lians. He took occasion to call the at
| tention of the Lexington men to the
fact that Maysville was long Lexing-
ton and Central Kentucky's port and
urged the Lexington business men to
support the great movement of river
and automobile freight traffic between
the East and Central Kentucky. He
| then delivered TO President Frank B.
Jones, of the Lexington Board of Com
merce, the key to the city informing
him that all were at liberty to break
down anything that the key would not
unlock in Maysville
Mayor Russell then presented Hon.
Stanley F. Reed, who again Welcomed
| the visitors to our midst and called at
tention to the fact that Maysville and
Lexington were linked closely togeth-
er. He pointed out that Lexington had
| received many of her best men from
Maysville and Mason county and ap-
pealed to the Lexingtonians to join
with Maysvillians in urging the state
to improve the great Maysville and
Lexington road until it becomes one of
the best thoroughfares in the state of
Kentucky.
President Jones in responding to
Mayor Russell and Mr.. Reed pledged
| the support of Lexington people to an
| effort to have the Lexington and Mays
vile road improved. He was support
ed by the more than 100 Lexington
business men in the audience as was
attested by their heary applause. Mr..
Jones paid Maysville and Mason coun-
ty high compliment in giving to Lex
ington and Fayette county some of its
best men and then said that he had
never yet been in an audience any
where on the face of the globe where
at least one person could not be found
who was from Maysville, KY, and
proud of it.
Mr.. Jones presented Judge Charles
Kerr, one of the men Mason county has
given to Lexington and after express
ing his great pleasure at being again
in old Maysville. plead for closer
union between the Maysville and Lex
ington people in bringing about things.
Mr.. Jones then presented Presid Ell
Franklin McVey of Kentucky Univers-
| ity and Hon. Wood G. Dunlap one of
the Commissioners of the City of Lex
ington These two gentlemen had a
word to say but were unable to speak
at length because of the time.
The Boys Band then played a con-
cert which was greatly enjoyed by the
visitors who upon hearing them gave
vent to such expressions as, Wonder
full" marvellous" grand" superb"
etc. They wanted to carry the band
away with them and President Jones,
in conclusion asked Maysville to repay
their visit but not to come unless they
brought the Boys Band.
At the conclusion of the talk fest at
the band stand, the visitors took street
cars at Market and Third for Beech
wood Park where they enjoyed dance
until an early hour this morning re-
turning to their hotels in time to get
short nap before leaving at o'clock
for Carlisle on the last leg of their
trip, expecting to be in Lexington at
o'clock this evening,
The men greatly enjoyed their stay
in Maysville, many of them being
frank to admit that they received the
heartiest welcome and had enjoyed the
best time on their trip thus far in the
river city. They all expressed the de-
sire to come back to Maysville at some
time when they could stay longer and
see more of our beauty and enterprise,
The newspaper men in the party
were Harry Giovannoli. editor of the
Lexington Leader, another man Mays
Vile gave Lexington, he having been
born and reared In this city; ]. Sher
man Porter more familiary known
among Kentucky newspaper men as
Pop" Porter. and Robert ]. Brecken-
ridge. OF the Lexington Herald This
was Mr.. Giovannoll's first trip 10
Maysville In 2b years and he found
many changes for the better and says
he Is indeed proud OF his native city