The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-04
MANY TEACHERS WILL COME.
SAVANNAH TO BE INVADED BY En-
CURsION PARTIES SUNDAY.

Two Chicago Clubs. Arriving on
Special Trains, VIII Spend TWEEN
ty-four to Thirty-six Hours Each
Here-An Arkansas Delegation
VIII Also Arrive Saturday Night.
Other Parties Likely to Be Heard
From TO-day-SpeciaI Rates Ar
ranged for the Visitors mt the HO-
tells, but no steps Taken to show
Them Any Attention.
Savannah's invitation to the teachers OF
the country to make this city one of their
stopping places on their way to and from
the convention of the National Educa-
tional Association at Charleston next week
is in fair way TO be generally accepted.
The present indications are that some 200
to 800 teachers from the West and South
will invade the city Saturday and Sunday,
and it is likely that announcements dur
ing the next day or two will increase this
number considerably.
Chicago will furnish the largest contin-
gent. Both the Chicago Teachers FEEDER
alton and the Chicago Teachers Club,
each travelling on special excursion
trains, have elected to come via Savannah.
The Teachers Federation party will come
by way of Nashville, Chattanooga and At
lanta, making stops at each of these
places, and arriving at Savannah via the
Central Of Georgia Railway at p. m.
Saturday. They will remain here over
Sunday and will take their departure for
Charleston early Monday morning.
The Teachers Club excursion win leave
Chicago July 5, coming by way of Louis
vile, the Mammoth Cave, Nashville,
Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain, and
Atlanta, arriving in Savannah at 4 O'Clock
Sunday Afternoon They will also remain
over Sunday and will leave for Charles
ton at noon of the next day.
In the pamphlets with which the two
clubs, evidently rivals, announce their
routes Savannah is very highly spoken of,
and if the teachers follow their pamph-
let's they will be in search of monuments
and points of historic interest rather than
for big railroad and steamship terminals,
and other matters of business moment
Besides the two excursions from Chi
cago, Supt. Ashmore has been notified
of an excursion of Arkansas teachers to
arrive here Saturday night, also to re-
main over Sunday. 1t is expected that
there will be about forty in this party.
WIN OlneT paTleS arriving from various
points. it is evident that Savannah viii be
overrun by the pedagogues on Sunday.
Evidently the majority are of the femi-
nine varieties. the Transportation Com
mittees of both the Chicago Clubs are COM
posed exclusively of ladies.
Supt. Ashmore has made arrangements
with the hotels to give the teachers spe-
cial rates. The local teachers wil not
undertake to entertain the visitors in any
way for the reason that the latter hardly
expect this, a s they are simply touring the
country and stopping a various places for
their own edificaton. Besides, many OF
the local teachers have left the city since
the closing of the schools. The visitors
will have the ready aid of citizens general
ly in furnishing them informal ton. as TO
points of interest. Besides the ante-con-
vention crowds, 1t is expected that large
numbers will stop at Savannah on their
return from the convention.
The Educational Association begins its
work July Z, and continues until July 49,
but the general meetings (which are of
chief interest do not begin until Tuesday
July 10. Supt Ashmore and probably
twelve or fifteen of the Savannah teachers,
Will attend the convention.