The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-04
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
THE MAY CELEBRATIONS.
The Drummers Bound to Make It q
Big Thing for Savannah.

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Big Thing for Savannah.
The Southern Travellers Association is
rapidly progressing toward the perfection
OF arrangements for the celebration Of
merchants week in May.
Letters have been written by Secretary
Robinson to the Floral and Art Association,
which will holdsits annual exhibition some
Tune during that month. No reply has yet
been received from the association, but it
Is thought that the managers will
endeavor to have the exhibition during
merchants week The exhibitions are al
ways very attractive and are .argely at
tended, and if arrangements can be made
to have the association hold the spring ex-
hlbltion back until merchants week, it will
be an attractive feature Of the celebration"
The gun clubs have been written concern.
ing an Interstate gun contest, which it is
desired That they will give during the same
week. No reply has been received from
them yet, but most likely they will arrange
dates to conform to those Of the drummers.
The yacht clubs have also been commu-
nicsted with regarding regatta at Tybee.
Ihls Will be an attractive feature OF the
week, and the association will strain every
point to get the yacht clubs to hold regatta
then
The military has been conferred with, but
OLlJ u low replies nave DGen IbcBlNeu So ldF.
Capt. j. Il. Wheaton of the Chatham
Artillery wrote that with reference to the
feasibility of combining mill
tary display with the other
features of the celebration, he regards the
suggestion as feasible and he will cheer
fully do what he can to carry it into effect.
Col. George A. Mercer, of the First Volun-
teer regiment of Georgia, wrote that it will
afford him pleasure, as colonel of the regi-
mnnt Tn do hat ha IN tb
success of the celebration and to benefit the
commercial interests of Savannah. He will
submit the matter toIthe board of officers
with his approval.
The little Busch Zouaves were also writ
top, and the following reply was received
yesterday:
SAVANNAH, March 2, 1889.
Mar Robinson, Secretary S. T. A.:
think the military feature will add much to
your celebration, and anything you may sug
gest VIII be entered into heartily by the Zouaves.
A f. MARMELSTEIN, Jr., Captain.
President Newman and Secretary Robin
son of the Travellers association are both
working like beavers to make the celebra-
ton success, and they are bound to sue
coed. The secretary is sending out circulars
calling the attention of the travellers to the
matter. The circular says that the coming
convention and merchants week are an
assured fact, and will inaugurate the begin
hihE VI q sbLOLS oOuuuSiL dSSOCldJlUu.
The Savannah branch has rolled up its
sleeves and will show its country friends
what it can do when it starts in to
give them a good time. The merchants are
willing to Finance" the travellers must be
willing to work, and remember that Savan-
nah is first, the celebration next, and
travellers all the time The travellers
will be privileged to invite any
customer they have ever sold to. Cards
are being issued and will be sent out after
March Is. The travellers will have probably
5000 guests to entertain. The order re-
minds travellers to write something about
the May celebration ON every hotel register
In the country. Invitations are being sent
out also to the different posts in the adjoin-
ing states. The invitation states briefly the
cause that necessitated the withdrawal of the
Georgia division from the Travellers Pro-
tective Association. aud invites the posts to
Savannah during May week to join IN the
festivities and aid the work of the conven-
tion. The presidents of the posts are re
quested to interest the posts, and to attend
the convention and join in the festival.
The branch Of the associat on in Savannah
intends to keep open house, not only for
delegates, but for all commercial men, no
matter where they come from.
The bylaws and constitution which q
committee drafted some time ago, to be
ratified at the May convention, are being
exhibited to the different posts at Macon
Atlanta and Augusta, subject to any
changes they may deem proper to make.
The preamble to the constitution says:
1--WE, a portion of the commercial travellers
of the south, fraternally bind ourselves
together under the title of the Southern
Travellers Association for the purpose of
furthering the interests of southern COM
mercial travellers by giving them better
hotel and railroad accommodations, cheaper
rates of travel and greater. allowance of bag
gage"
The constitution states that the head
quarters of the association shall be located
in the city Of Savannah. Subordinate
branches may be established in any city in
the south and may become members of
the association under the con-
stitution. The emblem of the association
will be the representation of a drummer
carrying the grip, bearing on the side the
letters rs. 7. A."
All persons in good standing, and not
under IS years of age, are eligible for men,
bership. No employe or representative of
a railroad, steamship or telegraph company,
who shall habitually travel on free pass,
shall be admitted to active membership.
These bylaws and the constitution will
be submitted and ratified in Nav