The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-05
SMOKER WILL Be
HELD MARCH 22
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL HOLD ANNUAL MEETING AND
ELECTION AT THAT TINE.

Judge Emory Speer to Be Asked to
Deliver an Address-ShOrt Adj
dresses VIII BE Made by other
Prominent Men-Chairman Roy C..
Foster of Committee on Enter
tninment Made Report of Its
WOrk-President EstiII Announced
He Is Not Candidate for Re-eIec-
ton.
The annual meeting of the Cham
Der of Commerce, and the smoker
which will follow it, will be held on
the night of March % at $3.50 o'clock.
ing of the board of directors, when,
also, the plans of the smoker as sug-
gested by Mr.. Roy c. Foster, chair
man OF the Entertainment Committee
were adopted.
Mr.. Foster submitted a report of
the work of his committee in which
he reviewed the facts that led to the
adoption of a smoker instead of a BAN
quet, as had at first been discussed.
He stated also that it had been the
intention of the committee, in case the
banquet had been decided on, to in
vite Secretary George B. Cortelyou of
the Department of Commerce and La
Dor to be present and deliver an adj
dress.
Since the smoker was planned, Mr..
Foster said, he had called on Secre-
tary Cortelyou and explained the
pleasure that visit from him to the
city would give, and had received Mr..
Cortelyou's assurance that he should
be pleased to come to Savannah, and
can do so, some time in the spring.
Mr.. Foster received letter from the
secretary in which he again expressed
his willingness to come.
VIII Ask Judge Speer.
The matter of this visit was not dis
cussed at yesterdays meeting, which
was devoted in great part to the dis
cussion of a suitable date for the an
nual meeting, and to the programme
for the evening. Mr.. Foster suggested
that Judge Emory Speer be asked to
deliver an address, and that one or two
other gentlemen also be asked to make
| short talks. The report was adopted
| in its entirety.
The plan of the annual meeting Is
to have the business meeting, which
means the reading of the president s
report, and the election of directors
| first, then having the smoker. The en-
| tertainment part of the programme is
| under the direction of Capt. Fred w
| Garden. The menu, as now planned
| will consist of sandwiches, chicken
salad, relishes, punch, beer and cigars
1t is expected that it will cost between
800 and $125. This expense will be
borne by the directors.
Col. EstilI Not n Candidate.
After the transaction of some mis-
| cellaneous business, and just before
the meeting adjourned, President Estill
who had called the meeting and whC
| presided, announced that he thought j
well at this time to announce that HI
is not a candidate for reelection. Hav
| ing served a year, he explained, and
with the assistance Of the directors
carried out his ideas as to the worl
of the organization, he felt that i
would be to the interest of the organiza
tion to put new man at it's head.
II believe" he said, that in an in
stitution like this it does better Il
| change it's head often, for new mer
| have new ideas, and so l wish to say
\ that l am not a candidate for re-
| election, and would suggest that yol
look around for a new president. YOU
have plenty of material from which
to select and as, this is the meeting
before the election you should begir
to consider the matter now"