The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-25
ADVERTISING MAY WEEK.
The Travellers Association Preparing
for the Big Festival.

for the Big Festival.
ATTEND convention of the Southern
Travellers Association and Nero lants' May
week, beginning May 6, 1889. IN Savan-
NAH" is written on nearly every hotel
register in the south. Secretary Max
Robinson has furnished the members OF Sa-
vannah branch with small rubber hand
stamps bearing this announcement, and the
drummers are using them freely at every
hotel where they stop.
This is an effective way OF advertising.
This week the secretary will send
out $4,000 envelopes, with programmes
inclosed, among the merchants of the city
for mailing to their correspondents. Be
sides this, each firm will be called on and
its own envelopes printed on the back, with
the announcement of May week"
The bureau o. information and head
quarters for merchants week has been
opened at the Guards arsenal. and will be
under the management of the secretary,
who will have a competent assistant to at
tend to the details clearinghouse
hotels and private families who in
tend to accommodate strangers have
been asked to notify the bureau at
once, SO that they may be included
in the list which will be printed and dis
tributed for the convenience and guidance
of strangers who will want accommo-
dalton. I he location. how many guests can
be accommodated, and terms must be given,
and address TO the bureau of information,
Guards arsenal
The travelling men report much enthusi-
asm among their patrons and friends, and
judging from the number of coupons being
returned to the secretary, it will take over
5000 badges TO supply their guests.
President Dean Newman addressed a
large meeting of drummers in Augusta
Saturday night in the Arlington hotel par
Tors. The meeting voted unanimously to
make Savannah permanent headquarters
for the association. The Augusta branch
will come down in body to ratify the new
bylaws and constitution. Charleston also
held meeting of South Carolina division
on Saturday, and will no doubt come in
also in body. Atlanta, Columbus aid
Jacksonville, with few other prominent
southern cities, are yet to be heard from.
The local finance committee for merchants
May week is composed of Messrs S. s.
Guckenheimer, j. A. G. Carson, Sam Mein-
hard, II. A. Palmer, ]. A. Einstein,
William Garrard and Herman Myers.
The committee has issued
circular letter to the prominent
business houses Of the city calling their at
tention to the necessity of showing the Wis
itors on the coming occasion the whole
souled hospitality of Savannah, and that
its business people are always ready to en-
terrain their friends.
MAY WEEK NOTES.
The programme for the week is now in
press, and Is an elaborate one. 1t will be
published in full on Wednesday. Citizens
generally can get copies and envelopes for
mailing to their friends upon application at
the information bureau.
Savannah branch will hold its regular
meeting at the Guards airs NAL on next
Saturday night, at which time a large at
tendance will be on hand, as the various
commit tees must be completed and all de-
tailed arrangements provi led for.
Secretary Robinson, by a systematic
record of tickets and coupons, has arranged
for every necessary provision to insure
proper attention to the delegates and guests
alike. Negotiations are now on foot whereby
the association hopes t. secure compliment
AIRY admission to the Telfair academy for
every guest wearing a bsdge during the
week.
New members are coming into the asso-
ciation at the rate of ten aud twenty each
week
The special invitation tickets are being
issued rapidly Over 1000 already have
been sent out to the members
Proverbial of Savanuah's hospitality, and
the well-known geniality of the travelling
fraternity, strangers who visit the city
during merchants week may well be as
sured a pleasant time.