The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-23
Talk Savannah First, Last and
Always.
Every Dollar Spent Away Leaves
Its Blight at Home.

These mottoes among the many dis
played on the walls of the Chamber
of Commerce rooms last night, were
the keynote of the sentiment that per-
vaded the annual meeting, one of the
largest gatherings that has ever at
tended a similar affair in Savannah.
Nearly three hundred were present.
1t was a most harmonious gathering
of business men. and, though called
for business purposes, it resembled
more an assemblage for a banquet 50
general was the spirit of good fellow
ship and so great the interest taken in
the reports and addresses, and the en-
thusiasm they created.
That the work done during
the first year Of the Cham
Der of Commerce was satisfac-
tory to its members may be gathered
from the fact that not only were votes
of thanks extended the president and
other officers and the directors OF the
organization. but the entire board OF
directors, with one exception. was re-
elected, a suspension of the rules being
voted The place of Mr.. J.
J. Kirby, made vacant by his death.
will be filled by the directors.
The board of directors chosen is as
follows: ]. H. Estill. Leopold Adler.
G. w. Tiedeman, Herman Myers, w.
W. Williamson, w. F. McCauley, B.
H. Levy, Lee Roy Myers, VIM. Kehoe,
p. A. Stovall, c. H. Dorset, w. w.
Gordon, A. S. Guckenheimer, T. NJ.
Cunningham. Jr.. Roy c. Foster ]. Fer
ris Cam, Walter Coney, F. c. Battey,
o. S. Kulman. Geo. F. Tennille, S.
Krouskoff, Geo. j. Baldwin, w. w.
Mackall, I. A. Solomons, w. D. Kren-
son. Nicholas Lang, ]. Lawton HERS.
]. D. Carswell, Thos. Nugent, D. ].
Rosenheim, T. E. Youmans, A. B.
Moore, J. NJ. Barnard, Jr, John NJ.
Egan, and w. B. Denham.
The directors will elect officers at
their first meeting. to be held within
the next day or two.
Rooms Handsomely Decorated.
The Chamber of Commerce rooms,
in which the meeting was held, were
artistieally decorated and contained
several exhibits of more than passing
interest. The walls were draped in
red, white and blue, and portieres of
the same colors hid the doors of the
inner rooms, in one of which the
Decays orchestra was stationed.
In the other refreshments were served.
Two American flags were draped on
the north wall above the ia
bic, where President Estill and
the other officers sat and smaller
flags were hung around the room.
Streamers, made fast in the middle
of each of the four walls, met at the
center, and served as a support for
an ornament of cotton bales in minia-
ture and samples of rosin. 1t bore
a card showing that Savannah has re-
ceived 1888 bales OF cotton
this year. The exhibits were
two lots of resins that form
a part of the proposed exhibit of
the Board of Trade at the st. Louis
Exposition, the bole of a pine tree
showing the method used for getting
the gum, and panel of pine wood
made by Mr.. David Cockshutt of the
Dixon Lumber Company. The resins
and the pine were secured by Mr.. John
r. Young, vice president of the Board
OF Trade, while the panel, which also
is to be a part of the exhibit at ST
Louis, was made by the order of the
Granger-Stubbs Lumber Company.
Savannah Notices on the walls.
What excited the greatest interest
however, was a series of placards.
each giving advice or suggesting some
thing that should be done for the
interest of Savannah. One of these.
'Savannah's Opportunity" gave the
distances between Panama and the
chief seaports of the Atlantic. show
ing that Savannah is the nearest
10 the proposed canal by several hun
cred miles. A part of the same series
showed the distances between Savan-
nan and San Francisco. Sydney, Yoko-
mama and other far away ports by the
present route around Cape Horn and
what the distances will be by the
Panama Route.
Other placards bore the information.
Savannah Still Leads in Naval
stores, Increase the Factories and
You Increase Trade Stores, Banks
FopuiatlOn and Pocket Books" There
were pleas, too, to keep trying for
deeper water and for a larger popula-
ton. These matters were arranged nv
Mr.. Roy c. Foster chairman of the
entertainment committee. who with
the assistance of Mrs. Foster and
Secretary w. J. Donlan, put them in
place and decorated the rooms. Upon
motion Of Maj. J. Ferris Cam these
workers were extended a vote OF
thanks.
The First Years work.
The reports Of the officers showed that
the organization had busy
year and that II has accomplished re-
suits that for lis first year, are re-
inafkahle, both IN number and their
importance 10 this city and section. S.
curing the re-ratiuR Of the city by the
southern Tann Association. b. which
some 10000 vas saved 10 the rner-
chants The first year. the bringing os
q number ~ conventions here. N value
pom because ~ The amount u money
fpfni ny those who attended fhem ana
bffause q fhe advertising that they
gave ne cify fhe effort a. seriife deem,