Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-21
THE HARBoR ooYvENTIoN.
The General Committee of Arrange

The General Comm tee Of Arrange
ments Holds Its Final Meeting.
The General Committee Of Arrange
ments for the Harbor Convention met yes
terdaY afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock in the
City Council chamber to hear reports
from the subcommittee and complete
the arrangements for the convention.
The Chairman, H. NJ. Conner, Esq, pre-
sided. The Executive Committee. through
its Chairman, ID. r. Thomas, Esq, sub
mitted its final report. The arrange
ments for the convention, so far as this
committee is concerned, are about com
plete. The convention will be
held IN Masonic Hall, which
will be arranged so that delegates will be
seated by States and cities, each delega-
ton being assigned to particular section
of the hall. Badges will be provided for
the members Of the local committees and
the delegates and guests upon their ar
rival in the city.
The following committees, by authority
Of the general committee, have been APP
pointed to be at the several hotels to re-
ceive delegates and invited visitors to the
convention, and to register them aud pro-
vide them with badges. All of these
committees are to he under the direction
OF the Chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee, Mr.. d. r. Thomas:
PULASKI HOUSE.
d. G.. Bacon, G. NJ Sorrel,
j. 4. Garnett. J. II, Fstin.
r. n. Hancock, Z. W. Me,drim
Henry Bcndheim, J. B. West.
sCREVEN HOUSE.
W. G. Raoul, N. Green,
J. f. Minis, n. j. SolomOns,
B: II. Richardson, j. N. Barnard,
william Wade, Robert allgant.
MARSHALL HOUSE.
T. NJ. Hull. g. A. Mercer,
X. d. BoEart, jos Ferst,
j. L. Hammond, $. +. Il milton,
l., }. Gullmar,in, John Lyons.
HARNETT HOUSE.
Herman Myers, F. % Bloodworth,
JhOs. Ballantyne. $. W. Br4nch,
Z. IL. Dorsett, e. J. Mills,
Geo. Waller. II. \. Crane.
The convention will be called to order
at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning. The rest
of the forenoon after receiving the creden-
tials Of the delegates win be devoted to Sc
curing an organization. In the afternoon
the chief work Ofthe convention will be ac-
cOmplished. On Wednesday morning the
delegates and guests viii be Given an ex-
cursion TO Tybee. The Steamship City OF
Augusta, OF the Ocean steam snip line, has
been rendered 70 the Entertainment Com
mittee, and will leave from the foot OF
Drayton street at O'clock.
The delegates and guests
will be dined on board she ship, The trip
will occupy the forenoon, and in the at
teTnoOn the convention will complete irs
work. Most OF the delegates will probably
leave for their homes on the evening
trains, so that whatever is done viii have
to be done early in the Afternoon.
A meeting of the Savannah delegation
will he held at the office of II. NJ. Conner
Il Co. this morning to map out its work
in the convention. The various commit.
tees have their plans fully arranged and
everything in order for the reception OF
the delegates most of which will prOba.
! bly, arrive on Monday night.
The secretary OF the committee received
notification Yesterday OF the appointment
OF the following additional delegates:
Mayor G.. G. Ball, of Henderson, XIV.
has appointed to represent that city Hon
Montgomery Merritt and Capt. R. Ii.
| Cumming.
Mayor EFF. $. Rowley has appointed as
delegates from Greenville, :. c., Messrs
! John Ferguson and Thomas {. Cover.
| Hon. G.. L. Conner, Mayor of Eufaula.
| Ala. has appointed 20 represent Eufaula
/ Mr.. :. ii. Dent, president of the Eufaula
! National Bank, and MI. John w. Tullis,
/ one of the largest cotton buyers of thai
city. This is Alabama's first contribu.
/ ton towards the convention.
The Mayor of Huntsville writes that
| owing to the distance OF that city iron
| Savannah and this being the busy season
4 of the year, he cannot find anyone willing
/ TO attend.
Mayor Jarrett, OF Petersburg, Va.
writes that Hon. J. s. Brady will be un,
/ able to attend, and the delegation from
thar city will stand Mr.. q. 5. Bernard
/ judge r. w. II. Jones, Messrs. w. a
| Madison and A. II. Bishop.
/ Mr.. w. A. Post, Chairman OF the Beard
| Of Justices, OF Newport News, Va, has
/ appointed Mr.. G.. W. Lee, DR.. Joseph
/ Charles aud Mr.. James Haughton TO rep
resent that port, and if possible he vii
/ attend himself.
Gov. Mcdaniel has appointed to re-
/ present the State at large Columbus
! Heard, Of Greensboro, and j. q. Nc
/ Donald. Of Rome, as delegates, vice
! Messrs. +. NJ. Heard aud d. f. Aver, who
! hnd themselves unable TO attend.
This increases the number OF delegates
to nearly 2lO.