The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-06
COUNCIL TO
ARRANGE PLANS
=OR LEAGUE MEETING
AND FOR THE LAYING OF THE COR
NER STONE.

Mayor Has Called Meeting of Com
mittee of the Whole, This After
noon and All the Aldermen Are
Asked to he Present-RepOrts WIZ
be Made by All the Special Com
mittees Having in Charge the
Various Details and Anything
That Has Been Overlooked Will
be Attended to at Once-Number
OF Mayors Have Already Secured
Hotel AccOmm OdatiOns.
There will be a meeting of the Com
mittee of the Whole of Council to-
day at lis O'Clock for the purpose of
reviewing the arrangements made for
the entertainment of the League of
Georgia municipalities and the laying
of the corner stone of the City Hall,
SO that any details which may have
been overlooked may be attended to
at once. The meeting was called by the
Mayor yesterday.
Il think practically everything has
been arranged" said Mr.. Myers, in
speaking of the call, ''but 1 want to
hear from all of the committees and
see exactly what has been done. The
meeting is almost here and 1 want
everything arranged in time. We in
tend to give the visiting officials a
good time if possible
The Mayor is the general chairman
of all the committees. The other COM
mittees having in charge the various
arrangements are:
The Committees.
Reception Committee-Aldermen Oil
yer, Wright and Dixon.
Automobile Ride-Aldermen Dixon,
McKenna and Messrs. Wilson, Con-
nerat. Bryson.
INTERCHANGEABLE Garfunkel,
Grayson, Harmon.
Parade-Aldermen Grayson, Davant,
Schroeder.
Arrangements for Laying Corner
Stone-Aldermen Thomas, Glatigny.
Canty.
Railroad Rates-Aldermen Wright,
DaVant, Thomas.
Invitations and Programme-Mayor
Myers, Secretary Gamble.
Corner stone Question.
Mayor Myers learned yesterday that
it is customary to place the Masonic
year as we'll as the regular year on
corner stone, and this may be done,
though the stone has already been pre-
pared with the year, 1904, carved in the
center of the two exposed sides. The
question will be submitted to the Com
mittee of the Whole to-day and will
be decided.
The matter will be left entirely with
the committee, Mayor Myers says. 1t
had been intended all along to put the
Masonic year on the tablet which is to
be placed over the box that is put in
the corner stone and this will of course
be done whether the year is put on the
outside of the corner stone or not
This is 1904 A. L., or Year of Light,
according to the Masonic calendar
The plate that was taken from the
old corner stone, it will be remembered
was marked with both years.
Arrangements Complete.
The arrangements are all practically
completed now, though some of the
work has not yet been done. The
parade and the corner stone laying
will require a good deal of work on
the very day they take place, but
everything else, it is thought, has been
so arranged that it will move along
smoothly with very little more work.
The entertainment features have all
been arranged. The route of the au-
tomobile ride and the nature of the
entertainment at the Casino has all
been given in this paper. The ar
rangements are far more elaborate
than are usually made for entertain
ing the league.
Big Crowd Coming.
Every day Mayor Myers receives let
ters from some of the Georgia mayors
or other city officials announcing their
intention of coming to the convention.
foN I, ~
crowd through the efforts of the Of
ficials here. but the membership of the
league will be materially increased.
Many of the expected visitors have al
ready engaged hotel rooms. At the
De Soto. which is to be headquarters
for the league, it was stated yesterday
that quite number of the officials
have already written for accommo-
dations. Mr.. Watson says there is nc
| doubt that there will be large attend
| ance judging by requests he has had
for rooms.