The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-21


1t is your duty TO elect delegates and
alternates at this meeting, and 10 provide
means whereby you will be represented
| in full. Experience urges you 10 select
those delegates who can, in all probabili-
| ty, attend the. national convention.
The presidents report was referred to
the following committee; H. Nj. Ousley, B;
Lawrence Dorr, E; r. C. Fryer, C; Lew
| Anderson, A; and w. r. Allen, F. The
following committee was appointed on the
! reports of the state board and the state
| treasurer: w. H. Brigham, E; E. Ku.-
man, A; c. o. Stone, ID; c. j. Holdings
worth, b; and ]. r. Duncan, c.
The committee appointed on the reports
of The standing committees consisted of
w. J. Hacketi E; d. r. Wilder. b; d.
Whitman. D; H. D. Camp. F; and w. l.
Reeves, c. The following committee will
act on the reports of the post presidents:
T. A. Jennings, A; John T.
Coates, D; J. e. Ramey, E; H. H.
Whitcomb, F; P. C. eastman, B. The
committee on resolutions is comprised (
George C. thinner, b; James P Hammond,
e; A. w. Moorehouse, A; j. d. Atkinson,
+; and T. ]. Hunt, C.
Immediately after the state president ;
! report was read. a motion was made ana
carried to have loo copies of it printed
for distribution among the members OF
tary OF each of the state divisions and one
to the national secretary, the. rest to be
left to the disposition of the state presi-
dent
A motion was made and carried that Ma
tional President Joseph Wallerstein. who
leaves this morning for Texas to attend
the convention of the division in that
state act as the special delegate from the
georgia division to present its greetings
mill H. Vx--
lew parting remarks, expressing the
pleasure it had afforded him TO be present
at the convention. In reply President
Smith alluded most cordially to the gen
eral work of the national president and
the encouragement given the Georgia di-
vision by his attendance upon the conven-
ton. He thanked Mr.. Wallerstein for what
he had said of helpfulness to the cause in
Georgia, and the members followed with
a rising vote of thanks.
Ine meeting places of the several COM
mlttees were then announced, after which
the session adjourned
The convention met again at night, and
the greater portion of the time was spent
IN listening to speeches. Most of these
were 'eXtemporaneous. The hits of the even
ing were made by Rev. j. t. Plunkett.
state chaplain and an enthusiastic T. p
A., who arrived during the afternoon
Mr.. Jake Strauss of Savannah, Mr.. Bryan
Lawrence of Augusta, and Mr.. ]. Rice
Smith of Augusta. Seriousness was made
secondary to humor, and Mr.. Smith had
the drummers convulsed nearly all the
time he was speaking.
The feature of to-day will be the trip
to Tybee, which will be made in the after
noon. Mr.. Abe Barnett chairman of the
invitation committee, requests every one
entitled to a ticket for the banquet at
Hotel Tybee to call for him at the open
house i'm the gymnasium room of the
Young Mems Hebrew Association, between
the hours of 10 and u this morning. 1t
is thought a big crowd will go down to
the island, nearly all the ladies, of whom
there is a large number, being expected
to accompany the gentlemen on the trip.
The ladies visiting the city with the 7.
| p. AS were entertained in the morning
and last night by the ladies of the local
! entertainment committee. They were TAX
en- to Thunderbolt during the afternoon,
trolley party being formed for the trip.
| The Atlanta ladies in the city with the
Atlanta members are Mrs. George C. Zim-
mer, Mrs. Harry NJ. Ousley, Mrs E. E.
Smith, Miss Edith Smith, Mrs. George E.
| Johnson and Misses johnson. These la
dies got in on the special train over the
| Plant System that was run by the Atlanta
| posts They are stopping at the De Soto
| and will return Saturday.
A business meeting of the convention will
| be held this morning at the hall at 9:9C
| O'Clock. This Will be the only business
| meeting of the day, the rest of the time
being given up to the Tybee trip, from
which rare enjoyment is anticipated. There
! will be a programme of impomptu
speeches at the banquet at the hotel. The
jolly drummers will probably make The
! trip one long to be remembered.
The famous badger fight was pulled off
last night at the hall between II and /:
o'clock. Everything was kept in the dark
| about the affair and great care was ia.
ken to prevent the police getting an ink
! ling of what was to occur. They ha6
! notified Mr.. Lovenstein that he would have
the fight between the bull dog and the
badger pulled off at his peril, and he hao
to exercise a great deal of care to escape
| detection.
| A quiet tip was given the delegates an6
! visitors, and all of them knew at 1913
| o'clock that the fight would be had but
they did not know the place. Mr.. I4oven-
| stein told them to meet him at the De
| Soto shortly after IL O'Clock, and he
would conduct them with all secrecy &c
the scene of the difficulty between the
| ferocious animals.
True to his word, he was on hand at the
appointed time. and found crowd waiting
to be conducted to the place selected foI
| The encounter. Strange to say, and as il
was least expected, the president of the
| local post conducted his following to the
| Masonic hall. He had thrown the police off
the scent by selecting the place they had
concluded he would be most likely to lei
| alone.
There, after everything had been gotten
| in readiness, the fight came off. The strug-
| gle was short and decisive, the badger
| getting the best of it by long odds. He
was a very inoffensive looking animal, but
he was equal to the emergency, and the
| dog was not in 1t.
If any one was expecting to see an ex-
| hibition of brutality In the fight between
the terrible badger and the big bull dog,
he was disappointed, because the dog suf-
| fered defeat easily and with a good grace.
In fact, the only one hurt at all, and this
was but slightly, was Mr.. Hollingsworth
| of Atlanta. He pulled the rope that drew
| the badger from his box into the arena.
about which 300 drummers were sitting and
| standing He had been directed to get out
of the way as soon as he pulled the rope.
/ as the badger was one of the worst Mex
| leo had ever turned out. Mr. Lovenstein
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