The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
PRErARING ron rERRE HAUrE.
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The delegates 70 the national conven-
ton OF the Traveller Protective Ass7cia-
ton are getting th5-r plans in shape 30
that they can leave here May Sd. and reach
Ierre Haute. Ind. a Gay before the ma
uonal convention is called TO order.
The people Of Terre Haute have mapped
out grand programme for the delegates.
and at the close of The convention they
viii leave Friday morning For Toledo.
thence by boat to Pu--in-Bay, where they
viii meet the western railroad commit
tee. From there they VIII 60 TO Detroit
ana spend Sunday, reaching Ierre Haute
loAuay afternoon. I4e committee, Whlcn
mas thls matter IN Clarse, peieFes Jne
lt.p Ni4l De the most q lEnLrul ever taken
from any city in which the national con-
FentlOn has been held.
The Detroit and cleveland Navigation
Dempdnys boats, on which the delegates
go 90 Put-in-Bay and on TO Detroit, are
among the finest that ply on the great
lakes
The state convention I'm Tennessee was
largely attended, and the Southern rail-
ROAD provided a special gratis train for
the delegates on their pleasure trip after
the convention had closed and business
was over. Nashville mas been chosen as
the headquarters for the Tennessee d.
vision.
Hon. Charles T. Brannon OF Atlanta,
member Of post b, and who has served
state legislature, is now a candidate for
congressional hOnOrs, and has launched
his campaign with characteristic energy.
Barnham, Parry. Williams & Co., pro-
pr.etOrs of the Baldwin locomotive works,
have placed at the disposal Of the Penn
sylvanla division the free use of the beds
in the Presbyterian ana Hahnermann hos
pltalS OF Philadelphia, and ask tndt any
bills for treatment of commercial travellers
at these hospitals for one year from date
sent to them. The firm offers to renew the
generous assistance year by year This
is a generous gift. and should make the
name of the firm hon0red among CONNER
cial travellers throughout the earth.
President Joseph L0venstein and Chair
man J. Belsinger of post called on all
the wholesale merchants of Savannah
yesterday, and the announcement given
them shows that all the large shippers
tectiVe Association movements, and the
generous way in which large cnecks were
given to the association was certainly
gratifying.
Atlanta has added another post. and it
rs now posts b and +. Twenty new names
follows: IL. II. Whitcomb, r. r. Barrett,
j. l.. Iluson, T. NJ. kerwan, A. Pickens, j.
Leo Wellhouse, NJ. Q. Baker, J. T. Tucker.
w. b. Pope, J. Z. Johnson, G. r. Johnson
l.. J.. Callahan, b. c. DeLeOn, II. L. Mad
doX. G. Wellhouse.
The issuance of a five thousand mile in
Interchangeable mileage ticket has been re-
commended to the general managers
meeting Of the Central passenger commit
tee roads by their general passenger agents
who held a conference with representa-
tives of the Z. p. A. of A., and other COM
mercial bodies on April %, at Chicago The
managers meeting cOnvenes at Chicago,
May and 8, 1895. and II looks as II the
ticket would at last be Issued. The West
ern Passenger Association and other as
SOpiat1OQE VIII then. IN all nrO0d DlllLX. I0l-
low suit. Advices have just been received,
however, that the meeting of the general
managers of railroads in the Central Pas
senger committee territory which was TO
have been held May 8, 1885, has been post
pOned owing to inability to secure attend
ance, many of the general managers haV-
ing previous engagements. The meeting
will, however, be held at as early date
cerned can be secured.
The members of the I. p. A. have been
notified that for each new application filed
with the state secretary or received by
mail at national Headquarters on any date
between and including May 8 and May %,
a regulation T. p a. lapel button" will
securing the application and whose sigma
ture shall be found first at the bottom
of the application as one of the parties
recommending the applicant The applica-
tion must be accompanied by the member
ship fee of two dollars and five dollars for
six months dues and the button viii be
forwarded by mail to the member securing
the new application as soon as the mem
Der is accepted. This proposition begins
May s, and positively closes May %, 1896
and it is made especially to secure a large
number OF new arplications before the
meeting of the annual convention, June
2 at Terre Haute. Only one button will be
presented free of charge with a new appli-
cation and 1t can be either given to the
new member or the old member securing
the new application as the party sending
in the application shall direct.