The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-28
TO BRING The PEOPLE HERE
The Merchants Trade Association Of
Savannah Organized.

It's Purpose the Management Of the
Trade Excursions to Be Inaugu-
rated Next week-A Board of Off,
GERS Elected-The Success of the
Excursions Already Arranged for
Assured-A Big Crowd Coming Next
Week.
The Merchants Trade Association was
organized last night as the outgrowth of
the retail merchants excursion move
ment. The following officers were elected:
Presidents. Krouskoff.
Treasurer. A. Bates.
Executive Committees. Krouskoff, ].
A. Bates, B. H. Levy, Max Robinson, S.
E. Theus.
Secretary-Howard Cohen.
The organization has in view the man
agement of the excursions, two of which
have already been arranged for, one over
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way, Dec. 8, and one over the Central
railroad and branches Dec. 12, and others
to follow
The plan of these excursions has al
ready been given in the MORNING News.
The arrangements were gone over at a
meeting of the retail merchants at the
De Soto last night.
WILL BE A BIG CROWD.
The correspondence of the merchants
with the country dealers indicate that
the excursion next week will bring one of
the largest crowds of people to the city
that has ever been brought on any ex-
Gu rsion. That from along the Central,
the week following, will, it is ex-
peCted, bring even more than the one
over the Savannah, Florida and Western,
reaching as it will, a large section of coun-
try tributary to Savannah through the
Central main stem and its branches,
between here and Gordon.
The Central excursion will start from
Gordon, twenty miles this side of Macon,
and will include the Milledgeville branch
and all branches between there and Sa-
vannah. A separate train will be run
over the Lyons branch, reaching the en-
tire section tributary to that road.
OTHER ExCU RsIoNs TO FOLLOW.
These are the only excursions Oyet ar
ranged for. The association has in view
one the week following that over the Cen
trail on the 10Th over the South Bound
from Columbia and points between there
and Savannah, and possibly from over the
Port Royal and Augusta, connecting with
the South Bound at Fairfax.
These will probably be all the excursions
before Christmas. After that an effort
will be made to run one every week from
some section of the country from which
Savannah draws its trade.
The success of the excursion next week
from Gainesville, Fla, and other points
between Gainesville and Savannah, so far
as numbers is concerned, is assured. The
Savannah, Florida and Western is already
arranging for extra cars, and it is prob
a bic that the train will be run in
sections. The rates of fare, as already
announced, will be from Gainesville and
points up to Live Oak, So from Live Oak
up to Jasper, g % from Jasper to Dupont,
81; bonneville, Argyle and GlenmOre,
81 50; Waycross and Blackshear, 81 %;
Screven, Patterson and Offerman, 81
Jesup and points north, IS cents.
TWO DAYS IN SAVANNAH.
These rates include return on any train
up to and including the train leaving
Savannah Thursday night Dec. Z, allow
ing two nights and two whole days here.
The special train will leave Gainesville
early on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 5,
hung with banners announcing Savannah
Merchants Special Excursion No /. The
cars will be handsomely decorated with
flags and bunting. Handsome souvenirs
descriptive of Savannah and those mer-
ment, will be presented each passenger.
! The souvenirs will also contain a
| classified list of those merchants
with their respective lines of goods
and location. The canvassing committees
will complete their work to-day and to-
morrow, as the names of the subscribers
| to the enterprise to be included in the list
must be in the hands of the treasurer
| Thursday morning, in order to be printed
| in the souvenir.
| No movement undertaken by the mer-
chants and business men of Savannah has
met with a more hearty endorsement
and liberal support so far, than that
which has resulted in the securing Of
| these excursions. 1t was begun little
more than two weeks ago, and took with
the retail men at the start. Travelling
men and others who have been doing the
| line of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern railway during the past week say
the excursion will bring the largest
! crowd that has ever been brought to Sa-
vannah