The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-20
MERCHANTS TO AID
LAY FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT PRO-
IN rosEp TO FAIR DIRECTORS.
,nop1ED BY THE DIRECTORS.
TRANSPORTATION PROMISED
no COUNTRY MERCHANTS.

,,,o,esaIe Merchants of savannah
,rr.e to Pay Transportation OF
obants From other Places,
.ided That Goods Aggregnting
$40 in Value Are Bousht-Direc-
t-s Agreed TO Pay the Expenses
the vertisement-$4OO APP
-,oted for the Observation-Disclosures
hanks VIII BE Waited on-SO-
,,.,.inn committees Will Get to
work Again
A meeting of the directors of the Sa-
.,nab Fair Association was held yes
..-dav afternoon for the especial pur-
nose Of considering a proposition from
.olasale merchants of Savannah,
aol,bolders in the association. Mr.. A.
Moore. vice president, in the alb
sonce of President George w. Owens.
nrasided over the meeting.
The wholesale merchants interested
IN the plan proposed to the directors
o.ere represented by MIR. Herman Ros-
enheim, Mr. H. S. Meinhard and Mr..
7 A. Grouse. They made known their
rlan and discussed it at some length
with the directors.
As splendid means for the adver-
.isanent of the State Fair to be held
IN savannah next fall and for the in
ducement of large attendance, the
directors indorsed the plan and agreed
IN make an appropriation to meet the
expenses. The merchants proposed to
advertise the Fair and to send out the
following circular to do so:
.You are cordially invited by the
wholesale merchants of Savannah
whose names appear on the back OF
mis- card, to attend the Georgia State
Fair to be held in this city, Nov. Gle,
1901.
IT will be both profitable and pleas
ant for YOU to visit this Fair, for no
money will be spared to make 1T the
best the South has ever seen. You will
see the results of your hard laborS
exhibited, and the strides and advant-
ages of an expanding city so demon
strated as to clearly prove Savannah
position to be the foremost in trade,
BY all odds, and the principal seaport
city of the South
For the comfort and convenience of
those who accept this invitation head
quarters will be provided, where there
will be sitting rooms for ladies and
gentlemen, and provision for the check
ing of parcels, etc. There will also be
desk-room and stationery at your COM
mand where you will be welcome to do
your letter writing, etc.
"All parties who purchase goods, ag-
gregating in amount $500, from the
merchants whose names appear on the
road fare to and from Savannah, re-
funded
The following is the request that
was made upon President Owens for a
meeting for the consideration of the
plan: ...s...-.-
We the undersigned wholesale mer-
chants, who are subscribers to your as
ISOLATION, beg that you will call meet
ing at some place and at some hour to-
morrow, Friday, July 10. at which time
and place committee representing the
Undersigned would like to appear and
De heard in reference to a matter con-
corning the coming state fair"
The letter is signed by Frank & Co.
=. A We'll & Co., I. Epstein & Bro.
Max solomon, Jos. Rosenheim e. Sons,
Echman q VetsburS, Meinhard, Schaul
q Co., II. H. Peoples & Sons, Mohr
Bros, krouskoff, Marks G. Levy, and
Leo Frank.
Expense for printing and for a room
VIII be involved in the plan, and the
ueiegation asked for an appropriation
OF $4O0 to defray it. On motion of Mr.
Leopold Adler, it was resolved that $500
De appropriated for defraying this ex-
pense and that 5000 further would be
devoted to the same purpose from sub
ScIlptlons that may yet be made to the
ar Association stock.
only subscribers to the Fair Associ-
dtlon viii be allowed TO benefit from
lne pan. All the wholesale merchants
now interested are subscribers, and it
uhought that they will profit con-
otuerdoly from their plan. The mer-
tHanls themselves will refund the price
VI tickets, and it is thought that many
oountry merchants and merchants of
smaller places will gladly take advant-
eee OF the opportunity that will be af-
.ofued them to add to their stock and
- zee the Fair without their transpor-
'auoh costing them anything.
SUBSCRIPTIONS from the railroads and
rom the banks were discussed, and it
was agreed that Mr. Moore and the
MEMBERS of the Finance Committee in
eiIe Guy should wait upon the railroads
anu Ihe banks to induce them to aid
=. the cause 1t is understood that the
tons. ~ A''''NS '"o'NiiP-
huItner efforts will be made to secure
9upscrloers. A meeting of the chair
nen OF the original soliciting commit
80 VIII be held next Tuesday at IL
o1ock when the names of possible
loers will be gone over in the at
boa rpl 10 md some who have not yet
oeeh approached.