The morning news., 1889-05-04
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
TWO DAYS BEFORE MAY WEEK.
The Final Arrangements for the Big
Festival Being Made.


Travellers Association is busy lot of men
just now. Secretary Robinson is deluged
with applications from out of town mer-
chants for invitations to the May week
festivities and for accommodations during
the week
How many strangers do you expect in
the city next weekT Secretary Robinson
was asked
The delegations from Augusta. Atlanta,
Macon, Charleston and Jacksonville will
arrive Sunday morning in order to
be on hand for the preliminary
work of the convention. With them Will
be crowds of Others from these cities, and
| by Monday noon there will be no less than
! 1000 strangers in the city. BY Tuesday
| this number will bs doubled as the smaller
towns will be in TO pour into the city. the
arrangement of excursion tickets will pre-
vent returning until Wednesday and after
- and on Wednesday-gala day at
| Tyb9e-no less than 5000 or 10000
strangers will have been brought to the
city-the majority Of whom will spend the
day on the island
Now that the people have awakened to
the importance of May week there will no
doubt be sufficient accommodation for all.
Have the railroads provided sufficient &C
commodations to transport everyb0dyH
Receiver Myers Of the Savannah and
| Tybee railroad a ,sures US that proper facii-
| ties will be provided for carrying com
fortably 5000 TO 10000 passenges to and
from the island The Ocean house by Mr..
Graham, the Ocean View by Mr.. Lewis,
and Furber's Point will all be open, and
every facility will be provided to furnish
the crowds with lunches and meals at
reasonable rates. The Tybee committee
have arranged to have ice water served ali
along the beach, and for that purpose will
send down five tons of ice.
The amusement committee have an elabor-
ate programme OF amusing contests besides
exhibition drills by the Barlow Light
IIfantry and Busch Zouaves, who go down
as guests of Savannah branch. The fire.
works and other attractions will be elabor-
ate features"
what about the decorations in the city
during the week9'
Tne petition circulated to-day asking the
merchants to decorate was very generally
| signed. The committee says that as 1t Is
commercial celebration the merchants
realize that some recognition of the fact
should be made apparent to the visitors.
To secure half holida however, it ts not
so easy. The retailers claim. and very
naturally, that it should be season of profit
to them and they ought not 10 be
expected to close at the very time thay look
| for business. The committee claims that
| Monday and Tuesday aud Thursday and
Ii4ueS Will Ub diuplo lOi oiOpilllSs dLlus Us
almost everyone will naturally be al Tybee
on Wednesday, it would be proper for all
houses to give their employees half holiday
on that day so that they, too, can enjoy the
attractions at Tybee.n
The Savannah Brauch will meet tonight
and tomorrow night Everything is in
/ the hands of competent chairmen and the
committees are perfeclng every detail.
The Chatham armory is being put in
! order aud handsomely decorated in the pa
| vilion and hall. Tne familiar form of the
drummer" aud his cabalstic sign, IS. T.
a." Will be seen everywhere after to-mor-
row.
| President Weisiger, of the Southern
| Travellers Association, will be entertained
at the Marshall houss, a d probably Ma
con, Augustt and Charleston will make
| their "headquartersh there.
Secretary Robinson sent kilograms to all
| the branches coming to the convention, to
furnish him promptly lists of delegates.
/ A telegram of greeting was also sent to
| South Carolina division df the Travellers
| Protective Association which held its an
nual reunion AID banquet in Charleston
| last night.
| President Dean Newman, of the Savan-
| nah branch, came in yesterday from
| several weeks trip to Atlanta, Columbus
and other points in the state He reports
most encouraging ohtlook throughout
/ nlAulb huI nut III ObOih Vi, as well Us ODubu
and Southwest Georgia, for big delegations
of commercial men he said that this
| convention Of commerc ial men will be the
| largest one held in the south.
Not only Georgia, he sfid, is interested, but
the entire south is deeply stirred up over
the movement. Tha commercial men have
| a common interest at heart, and he pre-
diets that the strongest organization ever
| formed will be forired in Savannah next
week Atlanta will send at least seventy
| five members of the branch which Mr..
| Newman has Just assisted in organizing in
that city. Augusta will send at least
forty members of the Augusta branch which
he organized some ii re ago, and Macon
will send at leasb fifty members Of the
branch in that city. Besides these the
president expectB between 800 and 400 COM
mercial men from these cities who are not
members yet, bat whose svmpathies are
| with the association, and who will aid in
every way possible to further its interests.
| Il think, he said, "that the meeting here
next week Will do more to bring about that
recognition for the knights of the grip
which their services so much deserve than
any; hing which has ever occurred in the
past"
mo Glass; he added, "has done more to
dispal prejudice and 70 diffuse into t1e
country the American idea of political
economy than the commercial traveller.
| biT NO" ulh q silli Gutt an Important uldJJST
! for the convention VIII be to locate head
quarters and elect officers This will
no doubt consume a good deal of the
! conventions time. Atlanta, it is under
stood, will pull for the establishment of
permanent headquarters there. 1t is not
| likely, however, that she will succeed in
getting II.
IT is not likely that a change Of officers
will be made at the convention this time
President Dean Newman and Secretary
Max Robinson have done more TO bring
about what will take place next week than
any two me3 who are connected with the
association.
MIR. Newman has just drafted some i'm
portant observations of the manner in
which the association will be successfully
managed. They will be read at the meet
ing Monday and will doubtless be unanim-
ously adopted and Incorporated in the by
laws and constitution. He is in receipt OF
number ofletters from prominent citizens,
speaking kindly of the association and
signifying their Intention Of attending the
celebration next week. Among the number
is a letter from Hon. Thomas j.. Watson.
May Week Notes.
The theater committee, composed of J, c.
DeLettre, c. NJ Fielder, F. J. Kulman, T.
II. Willis aud ]. B. Abrams will meet at 10
| oAclock to.p,os.rovv n,orninr 70 rom nlate itz