The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-13
VISITING FARMERS
WILL BE ENTERTAINED BY SAVAN-
NAH BOARD OF TRADE.
TO ARRIVE TOMORROW.
MAY BE TAKEN ON TRIP TO TYBEE
OR DOWN RIVER, OR BOTH.

Preparations for Entertainment BE-
gun Late and Some Difficulty Elk
perienced in Reaching Officers of
COngress-Its Secretary wires
That Two Hundred Members Will
Visit snvannah-DetaiIsO of the En-
tertaiDment to he Decided at
Board of Trade Meeting This Morn
inR-Trfp to he Made on Train
rendered by Macon, Dublin and
Savannah and sehbOard Air Line
Roads.
The details. for the entertainment of
the Farmers National Congress, of
which some two hundred members will
reach Savannah tomorrow, will be
settled at meeting of the Board of
Trade to be held this morning at 10
O'Clock for that purpose.
1t will be remem bered that the Con-
gress accepted the invitation of the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah road and
the Seaboard Air Line to visit this city
on a special train to be operated over
the joint lines of the two companies.
This invitation was accepted last
week, but nothing looking toward the
entertainment of the visitors was done
until Saturday, when Capt. D. G..
Purse. president of the Board of Trade
returned to the city. He
suggested that the visitors be
made guests of the Board of Trade,
and, that suggestion meeting the ap-
prevail of the directors of the organiza-
ton, an effort was at once made to
reach the officers of the congress in
order to extend the invitation. This
proved a difficult matter for they, with
the greater part of the members of the
congress, were then guests of the
Georgia Southern and Florida, and
were en- route to South Georgia and
Florida points.
viii Reach Here in Afternoon.
Not until late yesterday afternoon
were these officers heard from and then
a wire was received from John M
Stahl, secretary of the congress, stat
ilg that two hundred members of the
organization would visit Savannah.
reaching this city to-mor-
row afternoon at / o'clock. He ask
ed that arrangements be made for them
at hotel and also that carriages be Sc
cured for drive about the city.
1t is inferred from this message that
the invitation of the Board of Trade
had not then reached Mr.. Stahl. He
probably received it last night, how
ever. Anyway the visitors are coming
and such entertainment as will be pro-
vided will be none the less agreeable
because unexpected.
At the Board of Trade meeting it will
be decided whether to take the visitors
on a trip to Tybee, or down the river
to the harbor bar. Both trips may be
agreed on, and the visitors given their
choice. For the trip down the river the
pilot boat Estill will be used. that is
If the quarantine tug can be secured to
relieve her of duty off the bar. Capt
Purse is now in communication with
Washington relative to securing the
tug.
will BE Met by Committees.
OF course, the farmers will be met
or their arrival by committee, to be
composed chiefly of Board of Trade
members. Committees will also escort
them to the hotel and later to the train
or boat, or both, according to the way
the matter is decided. This will make
it impossible to include carriage ride,
and so Capt. Purse has notified Mr.
Stahl.
Though preparations for the enter
tainment of the visitors have been be-
gun so late in the day. yet all persons
or bodies who were approached for as
sistance have given it most heartily
Capt Purse praises the assistance Civ
en- him. especially by the telegraph
companies and the railroads. The Cen
trail of Georgia has placed at his dis
posal a special train to make the trip
to Tybee