The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
TRAVELLING MEN ORGANIZE.
To Turn Out in White Hats and Linen
Busters Nay Week.

The Southern Travellers Association
Put on Foot Again-The May Week
Headquarters a Busy Place Now.
The Revised Programme to Be Issued
Tuesday = The Carnival About
Ready.
The travelling men of Savannah held a
meeting at the headquarters of the May
Week Association last night and decided
to reorganize the Southern Travellers
Association of Savannah
Pursuant to their intentions J. p Low
enstein was elected president, E. H Sol
ONION vice president, and Capt E. Kul-
man secretary and treasurer A
resolution was passed deciding to
give grand parade on the Mon
day morning of May week and
every travelling man in the city on that
date will be urged to participate in carry
ing out the programme
Messrs. f. B. Flood. Max Krous, Sig
mund Blnswanger and B. Ehrlich were APP
pointed committee to take the matter in
hand and work up the parade in proper
shape. They were also delegated a com
mlttee of reception to look after the
numerous travelling men who will be in
urge them to take part in the
days programme. The visiting drummers
will be in good hands and will be well
taken care of. The meeting was well at
tended and every one present agreed to do
his part in making the days programme
rousing success. Drummers are rarely
known to fail
THE OPERA ENGAGEMENT.
The amateur opera company, composed
of over 100 well-lnown people from Jack
sonville, have agreed to be on hand dur
ing the week, and have made all arrange
mentS for playing the ''Mikado"
here They have fixed on the night
of Wednesday. May 10, as the date for the
presentation of the opera. There are 100
people in the cast and a delegation of 900
or 700 Jacksonville people will accompany
them to Savannah by a special train.
There IS an air of business about head
quarters that makes one who visits there
think that the celebration is going to be
rousing success Invitations are being
mailed to thousands Of merchants and
firms throughout this section of the
country, and richly cOlored posters
of every description advertising e cele-
bration are being put up in every city,
town and hamlet within radius of 500
miles.
PEOPLE COMING BY THE THOUSANDS.
The celebration is being well adver-
tised and there is no doubt that the peo-
pie are coming and by the thousand, too.
Mr. w. w. Starr returned from New
York yesterday and will have all of his
committees at work tomorrow Mr. j.
G. Shaw of the carnival has his feature
in readiness, and as he expresses it, lis
every day more in love" with the cor
nival, which he says is a perfect dream
of lovelness." He says words are in
adequate to convey the gorGeousness, and
he only asks the public to wait The rail
road company lifted quite a load from his
mind when thCy lifted the wires around
Johnson square.
The band booths in Johnson and Madi-
son squares for the promenade concerts
will be started Tuesday The lumber
mills will contribute the necessary ma
terial and the labor will be furnished by
several enterprising contractors and build
ers as their contribution to May week.
The full programme, revised to date,
will be given to the MORNING News read
ers Tuesday, as all the committees meet
tomorrow night to hear final reports.