The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-17
ONLY TEN WEEKS OFF.
The Preparations for Merchants Week
Already Well Under Way.


The merchants Of Savannah extend compli
ments. and cordially invite Mr.. - 10 be thei
guest during Merchants week in savannah
Ga, April p, @ 80 May !, 2, 2, 1870. Unde
I auspices Savannah Branch S. T. A. Presen
this card az headquarters for the guest badge
THIS is the way the 5000 and odd invi
tation cards that the travelling men Of "a
vannah branch are extending to their many
customers in the country, read. The card.
have a coupon attached, TO be filed out and
returned to Secretary Merchants Week,
so that a record may be kept of every invi-
tation. Members Of Savannah branch are
RENTING their annual dues to the secretary
quite promptly, in order to be in good
standing and to obtain the invitation cards
when issued on March /.
The finance committee, Mr.. Edward
Karow chairman, will meet tonight, and
will start out on its canvass tomorrow
morning. Quite a number of responss
| have already been received to the circular
issued, and some of these responses con-
tain substantial checks and encouragement
| for the enterprise. The city has been
divided into convenient districts, the names
Of each firm in these districts being fur
nished the subcommittee to facilitate their
canvass.
Mr.. Karow aud H. A. Crane have the
banks, railroads and steamships, and street
car lines, hotels and all corporations.
Bay Street-C. s. Connerat, s. K. Mayors,
D. I. MacIutyre, 8. S. Guckenheimer aud
c. F. Prendergast.
Bryan Street-Emile Newman and 1. A.
Solomons.
Congress Strest-B. II. Levy and G. Eek
stein.
Broughton Street, NJ. Frank. L. Adler
and Jaspersen Smith.
City at Large-Mayor Schwarz and
Messrs. Kuck and Schroeder.
The travellers exchange is convenient for
the various committees, some of which meet
every night.
Capt. Brooks, chairman of the committee
on parades, is giving careful attention to
each of the several features and has APP
pointed energetic aides for carrying out
this part of the programme. He assumes
entire charge of the military parade aud
will give the school childreu's parade under
competent management. This will undoubt-
eddy be one of the finest features of the
weeks displays
The carnival parade arrangements are
being perfected by Chairman Quicken
heimer and his committee.
Chairman Boley has thoroughly organ
lied his committee and has detailed mem
bers on the fireworks and torchlight fea-
lures, the latter under Chairman Gail
lard.
Negotiations are in progress to obtain
the consent Of adjoining property owners to
permit the Hussars' bazaar building to re-
main until after Merchants week, and the
city council is expected to give its consent,
If the property owners do not object.
The Savannah branch of the Southern
Travellers Association will make an effort
to have New Orleans branch present in a
body as its guests in "open house, The
branch will not have much trouble in get
ting through train for the 500 or 900
drummers VINO will come.
The travellers exchange has telephone,
No. 459, and the seven assistants connected
with the secretarY's staff will be kept quite
busy from now on attending to the many
details connected with the celebration. The
office and work for the various committees
have been organized on better basis than
any celebration heretofore undertaken
Letters relative to the Merchants week
have begun 70 pour in, and the secretary's
correspondence has already become quite
large.