The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03
HAD TO GET ANOTHER HALL
The Catholic Library too Small to Hold
the Farmers Delegates.


Down the River-An Informal Car
riage Drive to Be a Feature-The
Entertainment Committee Getting
to Work in Earnest - Long Lists of
Delegates From Numerous States.
Preparations for the entertainment of
the delegates who will attend the
National Farmers congress here next
week are well under way and so far the
convention promises from every point of
view to be the most successful as well as
interesting that has ever been held in
Savannah
The fact that it will be the first
national body to meet in Savannah will
give it an added interest and its proceed
ings will be watched in every state.
While the bodyais strictly non-political,
its discussions reach every topic of in
terest to-day and through them are
watched the opinions and ideas of one of
the largest and most important classes of
citizens.
THE PLACE OF MEETING CHANGED.
1t was at first decided to hold the ses-
sions of the congress in the Catholic Lii
brary Hall and arrangements had been
made with the committee to secure it.
But when the indications began to come
in Of the large crowd that would attend,
and it was seen that that hall would
hardly hold the delegates themselves, it
was found necessary to make some other
arrangements. The Catholic Library
Association released the committee on
arrangements from the agreement and an
arrangement has been made by which
the hall in the Savannah Volunteer
Guards ArmOry, which is much larger
and will hold bigger crowd, has been
secured
1t is probable that there will be in at
tendance more than 400 delegates, for be-
sides the agricultural states the agricult-
ural bodies all over the union have taken
an active interest in the congress and will
be well represented. Capt. Purse has
just received a letter from Secretary Sid
ney Herbert of the Young Farmers club
of the southern states, announcing the
appointment by Vice President A. H.
Cox, who presided at the last convention
of the club, of a large number of delegates
to the National congress. There are
tend as honorary delegates.
ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE DELEGATES.
The committee on entertainment
Chairman John Il. Young, held a meeting
yesterday at the Office of Mr.. w. r.
Leaken, at which there was a full at
| tendance.
No definite programme has yet been
marked out, but things are rapidly taking
shape, and Savannah will be sure to do
what she attempts. The project of secur-
ing one of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany's ships, probably the City of Macon
to take the delegates down around the
bell buoy, was discussed and it is thought
that the efforts of the committee in this
! direction will meet with success. No ar
rangement to secure the vessel has vet
been made, however, with the company
Another feature of the programme will
be an informal carriage drive around the
city. That is, the members Of the commit
tee and individual citizens will take the
delegates out for drive, choosing what
ever route they most desire without be-
ing confined TO the route of a procession,
or having any particular objective points
in common.
These features have been discussed by
the committee, and they will no doubt be
parts of the programme. What other
features may be adopted is not yet known
as no others have been discussed.
The committee on entertainment has
been divided into subcommittee each of
which has taken some special matter in
hand and will push it through. All the
members of this committee are interested
in the work and they express no doubt
whatever about success.
MANY DELEGATES APPOINTED.
| Nearly all the states which have here
| tofore been represented at the meetings of
! the congress, have sent in the lists of
| their delegates to Hon. b. f Clayton,
| secretary at Indianola Ia These lists,
| which form part of the records of the
| convention, We're sent to Capt d. G.
| Purse, who received them yesterday The
! delegates appointed by the governors of
! the states in which appointments have
! been made, and which have not yet been
mentioned, are as follows
GEORGIA.
! r. B. Baxter, Sparta, state at large
| First District, Mai, G. NJ. Ryals, Savan-
nah, Mai. w. Wilkins, Waycross ;
! Second, j, L. Hand, Pelham, Q. A Barry,
Cuthbert; Third, Harper Black, Ameri-
Gus, Dudley, Hughes, Danville; Fourth,
W. c. Wisdom, Wisdom's Store, }, A.
| Thrash, Jones' Mills; Fifth, Joseph Kings
berry, Atlanta. Sam. II. Broadnax, Wal
nut Grove; Sixth, James H Mitchell,
Iebulon, Il. n. Lamar, Milledgeyille
Seventh, James II. Harlan, Calhoun
DIR. Beasly, Statesboro; Eighth, w A.
MattoX, Elberton, Henry DeJarnette
EatOnton; Ninth, T. H. Nichols, Ma
coochee, James r. Brown, Canton; Tenth
! Geoge Gilmore, Warthen, Tom Hardeman
Louisville; Eleventh, A. p. Brantley
Blackshear, II. J. Denmark, Quitman.
ALABAMA.
Hon. w. T. Webb, Alpine; Col
Il, b. Rhett, Huntsville; Col. Alex
j. Bondurant, Auburn; Capt. r. B.
Mason, Athens; Maj. d. G. Dunklin
Greenville; Col. Alex Davidson, Union
town; Col w. II. Lawson. Mathews; Col.
Hiram Hawkins, Hawkinsville: Hon.
Hector D. Lane, Montgomery; e. Heiner,
BOomville Bud Mcconnell Clarkville
Hon. r. p. Copeland, VOLTS Greek Hon
a. G. Gray, Hickory Valley; Y. j. Cook,
Elmo.
KENTUCKY.
First district, Amos K. Jones, Farming,
tom i. II. Simmons, Salem; Second
Hiram McElroy, Morgansded; r. M
kincheloe, Sacramento; Third, u. c.
Harlow, Glasgow r. +. Bass, Kirkmans-
vile; Fourth, George f. Willett. Spring
field; Jamas w. Smith, GlendaleJ Fifth,
5. l.. Gaar, Lakeland; Moses f, johnson
Fern Creek; Sixth, L. W Lassing. Rich
wood; c. d. Reed, Sherman: Seventh
". +. Peak. Bedford; Daniel James, Lex
ington; Eighth, d. w. Tribble, Silver
Greek; A. p. Carruthers, ;Shelbyyille