The Savannah morning news., 1904-04-17
TIP. A. PRESIDENT
POST AIS GUEST
TO BE GIVEN RECEPTION
IN THE MAIN PARLoRs OF THE DE
SOTO TOMORROW NIGHT.

Head of the order Is f. w. Donham.
of observation-disclosures by
Mrs. DOnham, He Reached Savan-
nah With the Returning Dele
gates From Augusta Last Night.
Met by Committee and Escorted to
De SOtO-At Reception Mayor My
ers VIII Extend n welcome for
the City.
The national president of the Trav-
elers' Protective Association, Mr.. E. w.
Donham of Cincinnati, accompanied
by Mrs. Donham, reached Savannah
last night with the delegation from
Post A, on their return home from
the state convention of Georgia di-
vision at Augusta. Mr.. and Mrs. DON
ham came at the invitation of Post
a, whose guests they will be to-day
and tomorrow.
They were met at the Union Sta
ton by a committee Of ladies and
gentlemen, who, in company with a
number of those who had arrived with
the guests, escorted them to the De
Solo, where a suite of rooms had been
secured. A pleasant surprise awaited
Mr.. and Mrs. Donham. On entering
the rooms they found huge bouquet
of cut roses bearing a card on which
Post A welcomed them to Savannah.
To-day Post AS guests will be taken
for drive about the city. Tomorrow
they will be shown something more
of the city, and in the evening will
be the guests of honor at public re-
ception to be given in the main par
Tors of the De Soto. Mayor Myers and
the members of City Council and all
oBcers and members of Savannahs
trade bodies are invited to attend the
function. Mayor Myers will welcome
the visitors to the city and Hon. Rob-
ert NJ. Hitch will make an address
as the representative of Post A. Col.
j H. Estill has been asked to make
an address as the representative of the
Chamber of Commerce.
In Charge of Committee.
The committee in charge of the en-
tertainment OF Mr.. and Mrs. Donham
consists of Mr.. Hugo 1. Frank, pres
ident of Post A, Mr.. A. w. Morehouse,
Mr.. Joseph Lovenstein, Mr.. O. S. Kul-
man, Mr. George M. Williams and Mr.
Max Krauss.
and is known to a large number of the
local Travellers Protective Association,
with whom he is most popular. In ac-
cepting the invitation to come here.
he said he had to postpone a number
of pressing business matters, but that
he did so cheerfully. as he is in love
with the city
Pleased with Augusta.
All the members of Post A, who at
tended the recent convention, are
pleased with their visit. 1t was a har-
monious gather ng, they state, and what
pleased them most was that Savannah
received the undivided support of every
other post in the state in it's effort 20
secure the national convention in 1906
Mr. Donham was impressed with the
unanimity shown in this regard and
1t is understood that his assistance
can be counted on.
Post A Jared we'll at the hands of the
convention, as has already been shown
in the dispatches in the Morning News
Mr.. Maurice F. Myer, the former state
secretary and treasurer, received
practically unanimous request to accept
that place again, but when, for bust
ness reasons, he was forced to decline,
another Savannah man, one of the most
popular and best known of Post A,
Mr.. A. w. Morehouse, was elected.
Post G, Waycross, was another that
was we'll treated. Mr. j. A. Davis
of that organization was made chair
man of the State Press Committee.
and also appointed a delegate to the
national convention.