The morning news., 1889-05-06


work will be invited to visit the Telfar
Academy of Arts and Sciences. The recep-
ton will be from II a. m. to p. m.
THE MILITARY PARADE.
The military parade will be feature of
to-days festivities. The parade will take
place at 4:30 o'clock. The troops will form
on the south side OF Liberty street, facing
north, at Ills o'clock, in the following or
der: The First Volunteer regiment of
Georgia, right resting on Bull street, the
Busch Zouaves, the Barlow Light Infantry,
the battalion of Savannah Volunteer
Guards, the Chatham Artillery, the Georgia
Hussars, and will march at 4:30 O'Clock p.
m. promptly.
Tie line Of march will be down Liberty
to Drayton, Drayton to Bay, Bay to Bull,
Bull to Congress, Congress to Barnard,
Barnard to Broughton, Broughton to Dray-
ton, Drayton to Park extension, where the
general parade will be dismissed and the
several commands will bs turned over to
their respective commanders.
The Regimental band will march at the
head Of the column.
MAY WEEK NOTES.
Secretary Robinson has extended spe-
cial invitation to Chief Justice Bleckley
who will be here Wednesday in attendance
at the Bar Association, to be the Savannah
Branch's guest. Senator G.. L. Holmes of
the Eighteenth district, Laurens county,
will deliver an address on ''The Drummer; !;
his social and commercial relation to coun-
try trade Senator Holmes is prominent
merchant and planter, and is young, euer-
getic and brilliant speaker.
The Savannah delegates have unani
mously selected President Newman and
Secretary Robinson as state officers and
they are going to see them put through.
The Savannah Vinegar and Cider Com
pany has donated 100 gallons Of peach cider
to the Southern Travellers Association.
The Savannah bra nch has sent out 5,044
invitations, besides thousands Of invitations
which have been sent out NY private par
ties. Three hundred and seventy five promi-
nent people of this and other cities will be
special guests. The president of the Mary
land Travellers Protective Association will
arrive in the city this morning to watch the
results of the Southern Travellers Associa-
ton and report back to his division.
There is variety of badges worn by the
drummers. White, worn by the Savannah
branch, predominates. The blue badge is
the guests and special guests badge. Pink
is the delegates and visiting drummers'
badge. Red is worn by the merchants and
reception committee of May week. The
red, white and blue souvenir badge is for
the visiting ladies.
MAI. wALLACE's LETTER.
Maj. Campbell Wallace, chairman of the
Georgia railroad com !ssion, has sent the
following letter of regret th at he is unable
to be here during May week:
ATLANTA, GA, May 4, 1889.
Dean NetoD,an, President, and Mar Robinson,
Secretary, Savannah Branch Southern TrGU-
eters' Association, SGUdnnGh, Ga:
1t is with profound regret l am obliged to de-
cline your special request so kindly and SO
beautifully presented me to be in attendance at
tNa-V
tion during the Merchants May Week"
regret my inability to attend the more
keenly inasmuch as you courteously designate
Ine a3 special guest and certainly could not
aspire to or desire higher honor.
For more than half an unusually long
life now in my SD year. L was an
active commercial man, most Of the
time a wholesale merchant with none of the
comforts or advantages OF quick transit by rail
way and steamship An historic volume might
be written full of incident and accident By land,
by water, that would equal in interest and ad'
venture anything yet pertaining 10 the records
of the commercial traveller of to-day. In that
day our lots We're daily and nightly with the
floods and the savage, while you deal with civil
iZation and modern improvements.
Allow me to say that have not been either
careless or an uninterested observer OF
your efforts to raise high the standard
OF commercial faith and honor and
favored conditions have by their courteous and
gentlemanly department wrung from care
fully critlclsng pubic more honorable apDre-
citation and commendation for moral worth and
fair dealing.
Respectfully and truly your friend,
CAMPBELL WALLACE.
To-DAYs' PROGRAMME.
At a. m.-Parade Of Travellers Associa-
tion.
AT 10:30 a. m.-Address of welcome to
the delegates and guests at the theater by
Hon. P w. Meldrim.
Delegates will then assemble in the hall
of the Chatham Artillery, where the con-
vention will be organized and the work be-
fore it begun.
II a. m.-Reception at Telfair Academy.
4:90 p. m.-Miiitary parade through prin-
cipal streets to park extersion, where there
will be review and dress parade.
To-MoRRow's PROGRAMME.
10a. m. Assembling of guests and dele
gates at headquarters.
II a. m.-Special reception at Telfair
Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Automatically Tilt by Georgia
Hussars at Ten Brock.
Night-Address bv Hon j. f. Hanson of
Macon at theater to the Southern TRAY
elers' Association and merchants of the
south. Admission com plimentary.