The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-07
PLANS FOR NAY WEEK.
THE COMMITTEES GETTING THE
PROGRAMME IN SHAPE.

The Finance Committee to Begin its
Canvass Monday-S12, 900 Wanted
for the CeIebration-The Committees
Appeal for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
the Features OF the Celebration-The
Trades Displays and the Parades-
Business Men Taxing an Active In
terest.
The executive committee and the COM
mittees on finance and invitation for
Merchants week met last night at the
Travellers exchange. Capt. J. F. Brooks
presided at the executive committee meet
ing in the absence of Chairman Palmer,
and Mr.. Edward Karow at the finance
committee meeting. There was a full at
! tendence Of representative business men.
Among those present were Fl. A. Crane, G.
Eckstein, L NJ. Frank, D. l. Mcintyre,
Joseph Rosenheim, B. H. Levy, L. Adler,
c. F. Prendergast, NJ. Dsitsh. H. c. Davis,
|. A Solomons, A S. Guckenheimer, T. c.
Bryan, aud Others
$4,000 THE AMOUNT REQUIRED.
The finance committee went over the
| programme, and, after having discussed
the ways and means for raising funds, de.
clded that $l2, 900 will be required for the
| celebration. The subcommittee of the
finance committee have been ab out made
up, and systematic canvass will be begun
early next week.
The executive board went over the entire
programme, and one or two changes were
made. The school children's parade, which
was liked for Friday. May 2, was changed
to Monday, April IS. The State Teachers
Association will meet in Columbus
April 20. and Superintendent Baker
and the principals Of most
Of the schools and quite number of teach
| ers will be absent from Savannah after
Monday and during the week In attendance
at the meeting. In order to have the parade
under their supervision, the date was
changed from Friday to Monday afternoon.
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN's PARADE.
This feature Of the weeks programme
| promises to be one Of the most attractive.
Capt. Brooks, general chairman of the COM
| mlttee on paradeS, will announce
the committee in charge of the
school children's parade in a day or
two, and conference will then be held with
the teachers and members of the board of
education, with view to arranging the
details. A school children's parade is some
thing new in Savannah. Such parades are
held, however, in the large cities of the
| north aud west, and are witnessed by
thousands of people. The details Of the
parade, OF course, have yet TO be arranged,
but the programme will include
the assembling of the children at the
various sc hools under the direction of the
teachers, after which they will march,
probably to the Chatham Academy, where
the procession will be formed.
PRIZES FOR THE CHILDREN.
The march then, most likely, will be out
| Bull street, through Forsyth Park to the
parade ground, where the children will be
dismissed, after the awarding of the prizes
which 1t is proposed to give. The prize
feature has not yet been perfected, but
the plan first suggested was to give every
boy and girl, at the beginning of the
parade, numbered ticket, and certain
numbers OF these tickets to be prize num-
bers, emitting the holder to such prize as
may be offered, to be awarded at the park
at the end OF the parade. A number of
merchants have already offered to donate
prizes. One prominent merchant has
offered prize of 500; another a Shet-
| land pony. Under the supervision of the
teachers and the Merchants week commit
tee, the parade, it is elieved, will be one of
| the leading events of the week.
THE TRADES DISPLAYS.
The combining Of the fantastic and trades
display features of the programme was also
| considered and one or two other changes
were recommended, which will be acted
upon by the committee at the next meeting
after conference with the business men.
ERThe trades displays are expected to be
the prominent feature of the celebration.
They will illustrate the industries of the
city and its varied enterprises. One day
will be set apart as Merchants day, upon
which the trades displays will take place.
The fireworks displays, the military
parade and cavalry tournament, the band
contest, ocean races and river regatta, the
| Iybee day, the horse races, and the parade
| of the Southern Travellers Association. with
"Open house" to all visiting merchants, and
other attractions to be added, will make
! a brilliant week.
Capt. Brooks has appointed Joseph Low
ensteln chairman of the committee on the
Southern Travellers Association parade, and
A. 5. Guckenheimer chairman of the COM
mittee on the carnival parade.
BIG WEEK LOOKED FOR
The arrangements for the celebration are
being perfected as rapidly as possible, and
everything will be in shape for the publica-
ton of the programme and sending
out the invitations in few
days. The transportation committee is
at work getting the railroad rates arranged,
and they will be announced probably within
the next week or two. The outlook for the
celebration is that it will be the biggest
that Savannah has ever seen. The finaace
committee has prepared an appeal t. busi-
ness men, which will be issued to-day or
Monday, when the canvass for subscrip-
tons to the Merchants week fund will
begin, and the committee hespeaks liberal
and prompt response to its appeal.
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