The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-30
THE PROGRAMME ADOPTED.
The Merchants Week Committees Get
ting Down 20 WORK.

ting Down TO WORK.
The general committee for Merchants
week met last night at tbs Travellers ex-
change. Chairman Palmer presid I'd. an
there was full attendance. The principal
work Of the COMMITTEES was the colsidsra-
ton ard adoption OF the programme for
the celebration, su ject, Of course, n modi-
flea ION by the subcommittee, TO which the
various features Of the celebration have
been referred The outline Of the pro-
gramme is IS follows:
Monday, Anril 28-Parads of the South
ern Travellers Association in the forenoon (;
at II o'clock an address Of welcome at the
theater, which the ge eral commit lee and
the Southern Travellers ASS citation will at
tend in body; in the afternoon, fire de-
partnent contest. aud band contest, which
will be continued throughout the week: il
the evening grand display of fireworks in
the park extension.
Tuesday April 29-Merchants' Day; in
the forenoon, a grand competitive trades
display; horse &C 8 at Tnundsrbolt, to
continue throughout the weak: in the even
ing, grand cavalry tournament by cleo
trio liglt il the park extension, which is ex-
pected TO be one Of the features of the
week.
Wednesday, April S0-In the forenoon, a
grand carnival parade, to be followed by
day fireworks, and aad torchlight process
sion at night.
Thursday, May l, will be the big day of
the week, aud will De observed as a gene al
holiday. In the for noon the military
parade viii. take place, after which the
military and visitors ill go to Tybee,
where the programme will include ocean
races, a grand free barbecue on the beach,
and numerous other attractions. The COM
mittee in charge of the celebration expects
20 ,Intrn 49, ,&1rw Ill,
and no business will be transacted in the
citv.
Friday May Pin the forenoon the grand
parade of school children will take place.
Tn is expected TO be one Of the most novel
attractions during the week. 1t is ex-
pected that not less than 5000 school
children will be in line. Ia
| the afternoon, boat races will
take place on the river, under the auspices
Of the Georgia Regatta association, and
horse races at Thunderbolt. At night
there will be second grand display of
| fireworks in the park.
Saturday, May swim be the closing day
OF the week, the feature of which VIII be
the reception by the Southern Travellers
| Association to visiting merchants.
The "open house, by the Southern Travel
ers Assoc alton, which was a great feature
Of last years celebration, will be feature
Of the entire week this year.
| The committee discussed the program me-
and its various features at length, aud it
| was adopted sub5tan ally as recon- nended
by the executive board. The program ne
as outline excels in attracgiveness that of
any previous celebration in Savannah.
| The details of course have been left for the
| committees having charge of the various
| textures to work out. Merchants day a d
Fybee day will be the two great days of the
| week.
The school children's parade on Friday
promises to be the most novel feature Of
the celebration. There are various plans
to make the parade attractive, one of which
is to give eacl child who paradss an en-
| velope. In one or more envelo pes will be a
handsome prize of 500, or a ticket for a
summer vacation at the north or at some
watering place with expenses paid, and
possibly other prizes, 30 that some child
will be the pUSseSsor of a reward for being
in the parade. The parade will doubtless
be from the Chatham academy out Bull
street to the park
All of the leading features of the pro-
gramme were gone over by the general
committee, and various recommendation
were made for the consideration of the sub
committees Some of the subcommittee!
have been appointed aud are ALREADY
actively at work. The full committees
will be announced in day or two. Some
changes have been made in the chairman
ships, and among them the committee OF
parades, of which Mayor Schwarz wa
chairman, has been placed in charge of Maj
J. F. Brooks.
Quite number of merchants interested
in the celebration were present at the gen
eral committees meeting last nignt anC
took an active part in the discussion Of the
programme. Within the mex week all oil
the committees will be at work, and tn
general programme having bee adopted
tne minor tea ures will be added, and every
thing will be go in working shape.