The morning news., 1889-05-05
THE CITY IN GALA GARB.
EVERYBODY PREPARING FOR THE
MAY FESTIVAL.

THE Crowds to Begin Arriving To-
Day-The City Putting On It's Gayest
Attire. and Everything in Shape for
the Visiting Thousands-The South
ern Travellers Association Completes
It's Arrangements for the Conven-
tion-The Weeks Programme Gone
Over and All the Details Arranged.
Savannah's big May festival will begin
tomorrow. The preliminary arrange
ments by the Southern Travellers Associa-
tion were completed last night. This morn
ing the crowds will begin arriving and the
city will begin filing up, The hotel clerks
were getting in trim yesterday for the rush,
and the market was bought out by the
boarding house keepers early in the after
noon.
Quite number of visitors arrived last
night, but they were chiefly white-hatted
travelling men. The cheap rates will not
be in effect until to-day, and then the rush
will commence. To-day's trains are ex-
pected TO bring in the advance guard OF the
Travellers Association delegations, and by
tonight 1t is estimated, that there will be
1000 strangers in the city. The big rush
will begin TO come tomorrow.
The ques lon that everybody is asking ls:
"What will the weather bep Signal
Observer Won Hermann was asked last
night for prediction, and here it is:
During the first three days we look for
high temperature with southerly winds.
No degree of certainty can be predicted on
likely that rain will fall. The
morning map shows no storms of
force are centering anywhere that
are likely 4 to effect Savannah
for some time. Frosts were reported yes
terday at quite number of places in the
south. Among the number is Atlanta,
Charlotte, n. c., and Knoxville, Tenn. A
killing frost is reported in Lynchburg, Va.
There is cold area covering the northern
part OF Georgia, eastern part of Tennessee,
and the western part of Virginia and North
Carolina"
THE CITY IN GAY CoLoRS.
Half Of the lower part Of the city was
decked in gala attire yesterday. The busi-
ness streets were pretty well decorated last
night. and banners and flags are streaming
in places that were bannerless the night
before. Congress street is gayly decorated.
When the decorating began yesterday
afternoon all the houses caught the conta-
gion. Among the buildings most hand
Bros. The combination of colors is
excellent and the design tasteful
The Pulaski house is also prettily deco
rated. Among the other attractive dec y
rations on Congress street are D. Einstein
Sons, J. r. Einstein, Eckman e. Vetsburg,
Epstein & Co., Palmer Bros, J. G. Butler
ID. Hogan, A. Falk & Sons, w. B. Nell a.
Co., Dryfus Bros, Basch Bros, Lowell Il
baltimore, Rich g. Morrison, Freid 81 Hicks
and Slater, Moore 81 Co.
Broughton,s treet is very f1aggy. A. r.
Altmayer & Co. float a flag from every
window. Meinhard Bros, and Joseph
Rosenheim's places are draped in gay bunt-
ing, extending in strips from the top to
bottom Of the frent. Among the others
who were decorated last night are Thomas
West, Frank Sc Co, H, L. Schreiner, F.
Gutman, Hexter 81 Kohn, John Lyon and
Christopher, Gray g. Sen. A number of
buildings on the Bay are decorated. The
Sorrel building, Ferst d Co., and Guckemer
& Co.
The travellers association headquarters
yard in Armory hall yard are gayly decor
ated with flags and bunting. The pieces
dividing the center and side aisles in the
yard are entwined with bunti and the
walls are draped with gay cloth. Ia the
western eide of the yard is large pictu o
of the drummer and the discripti "We1-
come, Southern Travellers Association. I"
On the south side of yard, an office has
been constructed, where all the business
will be transacted. In the armory's gun
room, the Refreshments counter has been
established. Tables, chairs, stationery and
all that is required in the transaction of the
business OF tne convention, has been placed
in the armory and the convention viii
open tomorrow and proceed without an
interruption.
SAVANNAH BRANCH MEETS.
The annual meeting of the Savannah
1ras,ah of fha GagsfhaYf, Ira va1arof ASSooio
tion was held last night at the association
headquarters at Armory ball. President
Newman presided, and 113 member of
the association were present. Eeight
applications for membership were re-
ceived. A committee of five was
appointed to nominate officers for the en-
suing year, and the committee reported the
following names:
President--Dean Newman.
First Vice Presidents. X. Mayers.
Second Vice President-Joseph Loven-
stein.
Third Vice President-Mord Abrams.
Secretary and Treasurer-Max Robinson.
The following members were elected as q
board of directors; c. b. Townsend, M j.
Epstein. joe Belsinger, M, L. Lilienthal and
NJ. M. Eason.
By reason Of the increase in the rnember
ship OF the branch since the last meeting, it
is entitled to three additional delegates to
represent it at the convention, and they
were elected last night. They are: A. NJ. Lef-
fer, G. NJ. Fielder and Harry Mcleod. The
additional delegates increase the represen-
tation to twenty eight.
After the regular business of the branch
. caucus meeting was held by the delegates
In which the work of the convention to-
morrow, was outlined. Secretary Max
Robinson received the following encourag-
ing letter last night:
BALTIMORE, May 2, 1889.
Mar Robinson. Esq, Secretary aud Treasurer
Savannah Branch, Southern Travellers
association:
DEAR SIR-The kind invitation to your enter
tainment, beginning HAY s, received Being
accept my regrets, but at the same time your
organization has my best wishes for its pros
perity, and my Affiliations are certainly with
the future prominence of such an association
FOR all travelling men and merchants can more
readily accomplish the ends TO which we are
entitled by unity in our immediate section where
interests are mutual, than by adheriug TO a
sinking ship, whose efforts. in its pre-eminence
nave been diversified and emanated from selfish
motives Respectfully yours:
Fourth Vice President Of the Travellers Pro.
tectlve Association.
THE ASSOCIATION ELECTIONS.
TIE Southern Travellers Association is
not yet an organized body, but it will be
tomorrow. The southern faction q the
travellers Protective Association withdrew
70 form an association of its own. Since it
was inexpedent at the time of withdrawal
70 come together and elect a president Of