The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-20

Savannah.
Col. Estiu stated that he always
made it a point to buy of local dealers
and mentioned the case of surrey
which he had bought in Savannah
cheaper than the same article had been
offered him from any other place. he
said he Endorsed what Mr.. Foster had
said in regard to allowing the merchant
to order for one such an article as ne
may not have in stock.
AS an instance of the want of home
patronage, even in reciprocity, he stat
ed that of two bills that he recently re-
ceived the work on the stationery had
been done. in one case, in st. Louis, and
in the other in Nashville
Must Develop Territory.
Mai. G. NJ. Ryals said that Savan-
nah should take more pains TO develop
the part of the state that from its To-
cation should be her territory, refer
ring to South and Southwest Georgia.
Drummers from Atlanta and Macon
houses are all through this section, he
said, and they are there because they
sell goods
AS to how Savannah should help ad-
| vertise herself he cited the instance
of a traveller for the Chattanooga Plow
Company who distributed printed mat
ter not only giving all possible infor-
nation about the company he repre-
scented, but about the whole of Chat
tanooga. showing, as Maj. Ryals ex-
| pressed it, where in one town, you
could buy everything from a steam
I ship to q fish-hook."
You can't get rich trading among
yourselves said the Major, you must
/ create. originate. something" Speaking
I of Savannah's territory in Southern
Georgia. he said it is the greatest
country in the world; that everything
can be grown there, and there is Moth
ing that it can't raise. The inhab-
: itants have got to learn better meth
DDS, he declared, and said that 1t is
| the province of such a body as the
| Chamber of Commerce to encourage
f, and help them in such matters.
Mr.. W. S. Harris, referring to the
| same idea, the patronage of home in
(. dustries. said prominent member of
8 the Chamber of Commerce had recent
( ~ let a contract for building and that
/ in this contract it had been specified
the plumbing work should be done by
a Boston firm. He felt that some sort
of protest should be offered against
/ such an act as this.
Invitation to t. p. AS.
| An invitation to the T. P. A. National
Convention to meet in Savannah in 1905
was given in the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted
/ Resolved. by the Chamber of Com
merce in monthly meeting assembled,
/ That the Travellers Protective Asso-
| citation of America be and the same
I is hereby rendered a most cordial and
/ pressing invitation to hold it's nation
+ al convention for the year 1905 in this
/ city.
The unexampled development and
prosperity now visible on every hand
/ throughout the Southern States of the
American Union render it peculiarly
! hitting and appropriate that a body
/ composed of such active, alert and
1 wide-awake business men as the T. p
A is, should honor with its presence
q section of our country which can
| boast such an inviting present and
/ such an suspicious future.
/ Georgia, the Empire state of the
South, leads the vanguard in this on
/ ward march to prosperity and power,
and no city of Georgia shares more
l fully in this great awakening than the
/ famous and historic municipality which
/ witnessed the birth of the great South
/ ern commonwealth.
The mutual benefit and profit that
[ would ensue from the holding of
I convention of this character in that
/ section, affording, as il would, an op-
4 portunity that might otherwise be de-
I MED TO those living in the North East
E and West of personally seeing and be-
coming acquainted with the manufac-
! turing and commercial opportunities
OF this favored locality, are too obvious
TO be questioned.
"A more beautiful, prosperous and
hospitable city than Savannah cannot
/ be found between the two seas. A city
/ that has never known bank failure
in 1l3 years of history, that has an an
nuai commerce of $3.50, 600 900; annual
bank clearings greater by $4,000. 900
than those of any other city in the
! state, terminal facilities valued at 800
F, 100000; eight miles of wharves; fifty
six miles of electric street railways;
| sixty-f1ve acres of public parks; one
hundred miles of paved streets and
| roads, and suburban resorts that are
unsurpassed, certainly offers un-
equalled attractions as a convention
city to an association of commercial
| and business men.
The faith and fair name of this
beautiful and progressive city is
pledged to insure most delightful
and profitable visit should the T. p.
| AS of America meet there in conyen-
tion in the year 1905
President Estill asked the chairmen
of the various committees to get down
| to work, but asked them to look after
matters themselves and not call on the
secretary of the organization. both to
get the information desired and then
put it in shape, as he is kept busy with
numerous other matters
Mr.. Foster suggested that an effort
be made to secure some man of ma
tional reputation to address the cham
Der on some matter of general impor-
lance, citing the fact that Secretary
| Shaw of the Treasury had made an
address at a convention some time ago.
and that Secretary Wilson of the De-
partment of Agriculture had recently
spoken before the Cane Growers Con-
vention in Macon. He said he thought
that Secretary Cortelyou of the new
portfolio of Commerce and Trade
should be asked to deliver such an ad-
dress.
The matter was referred to the Com
mittee on Entertainment, of which Mr..
Foster is chairman. report will be
made by this committee at the next
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.
Anderson Was Arrested.
Waycross, Ga, May NV. H. An
derSon car builder at the Atlantic and