The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-13
WITHAM'S BANK OFFICERS.
WILL SOON LEAVE GEORGIA ON a
TRIP TO NEW YORK.

More Than Thirty Banks, and 1t
Is Thought All of Them VIII BE
Represented by Some OmcEnI.
About 100 Persons VIII BE Aboard
the Train, Six of Whom VIII BE
sponsors-Those Taking the Trip
VIII Have 10 Make but a Slight
contribution Toward Expenses
The president Of thirty-odd banks. Mr..
william S Witham, will soon compli-
mat the officers of the institutions with
rip that bids fair to prove very agree
5ile for all who take it. Mr. Wiham
=, well known to many of the business
III men of Savannah. and throughout the
HtaSo he has 4 large acquaintance. The
story of just what he has mapped out
sul the way of a sightseeing jaunt will
III be interesting, especially when read just
n as Mr.. William got it up. Vice President
Mills B. Lane of the Citizens Bank re-
ceved che itinerary and programme from
his friends, Witham, which reads as fol-
lows:
ION our own special decorated train
we leave Atlanta at high noon on June
Is. II will be a pleasant ride, passing sew
eral of our bank towns, where we will
pick up other friends. We will sup in
our own 'Dinah The train will be made
up of Pullman cars and have about 100
4 people, all Of whom officers of our
1 own corporations, except six beautiful
1 sponsors, chosen from the bellies of the
4 STATE.
AT 10 p m. the Tight will be turned
very. very low and then Now I lay me
down 60 sleep. At Z a. m. on Tuesday,
18Th, The odor of brine from the ocean
4 will greet us off Norfolk Va and a very
rine. large breakfast will be awaiting us.
AT a. m. we go by rail TO Virginia
Beach, where We will all go in wash
Tin We are told that this is the finest
1 surf bathing this side of the Philippines
"At p. m. on Tuesday we proceed by
boat to Hampton Reads where the great
battle between the Monitor and the Mer-
rimac was fought, which revolutonized
1 the navies of the word. Here Mr.. Ram
4 sey of Baltimore, who was an officer on
the Confederate ram, will give detailed
Il account of this conflict. He has been
l specially engaged to meet our party at
i Norfolk for this purpose. He will tell
i the story as only an eyewitness and a
/ participant can. With a view of Norfolk
on one side, Chesapeake bay on the other.
we will have a 6 o'clock dinner at the
world-renowed Old Point Comfort
"Our own chartered steamer, called Divi-
dend will leave this place with us al
p. M, for Washington, D. c. \ concert
Will be given that night on the boat, after
which will retire to sleep the sleep of
the peaceful and the good, famed by all
| night zephyrs off the Chesa peake. AT 6
am. we are all up on deck to see the rays
of the morning sun rise DER the white
| dome of the National Capitol and then we
the tall while shaft. leaning against
the sky, the Washington Monument,
which is the tallest structure ever reared
by mortal hand
"Washirgton is the most beautiful city
in America, If not in the world. Its at
fractions varied and multitudinous.
We will hesitate there two whole days,
and, of course, we will call upon Mr.. Nc
Kirley, unless he calls upon US first We
will visit the Treasury Patent Office. Cap
Itol, new library building, War Department
and investigate the kind of a place a.
which our own representative has been
living.
AT am. on the 22d, we start for Phil
adelphia and expect to do that town by
p. m, and then on a special train called
the Wild Wave we speed away 10 As
bury Park, reaching there in time to en-
JOY what they dali the Royal Fish Sup
per. This is right on the Atlantic ocean.
The programme for that evening has not
been received, but We are sure that it is
great
ON Saturday, oath. al am, our con-
vention opens in a hall already secured;
will be addressed by two prominent New
York bankers. which will be followed by
the speeches of our cashiers. At this ses-
sion all secrets will be made known
through the Question Box
THE next day being Sunday, will be
preached to by two bishops at II a. m
At p. m, the now famous Ocean Grove
servise will be attended and found instruc-
tive. This service lasts one hour. We then
join the promenade with twenty thousand
other visitors to this famous summer re-
sort on the five mile plank walk The
convention will conclude lis work on Mon
day morning and spend Monday afterooh
trolling for blue fish, and by moonlight
indulge in the surf again.
"At 1884 a. m. on Tuesday, we start
for New York, arriving in one hour, and
will hesitate at the palace hotel, the Gil
sey House corner of Twenty -ninth street
and Broadway.
Our first New York excursion will be an
elevated ra. lroad ride round the city, Wis
iting Grants Tomb, High Bridge and Cen
trail Park. On Wednesday, go aboard
one of the largest Liverpool steamers in
port. From there we ascend to the top
of the New Park Row office building,
which is thirty-two stories high. From
there the party will go to the Stock Elk
change except the cashiers, who are in
vited to witness the work in the New
York Clearing House, where every check
they draw on New York, passes through
the mill, and where they will see $l00,-
100000 of business transacted in the space
of five minutes time. From there we go
to Old Trinity Churchyard, and then to
the Battery. where we take a steamer and
visit the Statue of Liberty. Returning
our cashiers viii be introduced 90 their
New York correspondents.
ION the third day, we cross Great
Brooklyn bridge, on our way to Green
wood Cemetery. From there 90 by
rail TO Coney Island. then to Brighton,
fetch up at Manhattan in time for
seashore dining. At p. M, Sousa's
Band will play. At p m. Paynes fire
works. Then at II 80, will reach Gil
sey House. Go Where You Please" will
Re the programme for Thursday, June
IS"
Those who take the trip with Mr.
Witham contribute but. S25 each toward
their expenses. He looks after the RESI-
AS he is a man of ample means, and
makes pile OF money ever year, he is
well able to assume such an undertaking
From his bunch of banks he draws
salary Of more than $4,000 a year and
the dividends on his stock pay him hand
someiy besides. In addition to his bank
ing interests, he is a large shareho der in
"a number of cotton manufacturing and
other enterprises.