Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-10
ATLANTANS HAIL
MERCHANTS IN
CONVENTION
Hundreds of Visitors Here for
Week to Inspect Wares Of Job
bers-FunCtions Planned.

parts OF the south are gathering III
Atlanta Monday for the annual
Merchants Week" Of the Atlanta
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation. Hundreds had registered at
the downtown hotels Sunday after
noon and Sunday night and the ear
ly morning trains brought in many
more It is estimated that there will
be 500 visiting merchants in the city
before nlghtfall although no definite
idea Of the number can be obtained
until Tuesday. when the figures Of
The registration bureau that will be
opened at the Piedmont Hotel viii
be available.
The week promises to he one of the
most successful in the history Of
merchants meetings. Neither time
nor money has been spared by the
local association In its efforts to prop
erly entertain the visitors, and enter
tainments have been planned that
VIII send them away with pleasant
memories Of the progressive spirit Of
manufacturers and wholesalers here.
Great Week Ahead.
Everything points TO one of the
greatest weeks Atlanta has ever
known" declared Harry T. Moore. Of
the Atlanta Freight Bureau and the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation, who Is In active charge of
the plans for the week We expect
to have a greater crowd than ever
before; the weather promises to be
fine, and our manufacturers, whole
salers and iobbers have the finest line
OF goods in their history TO attract the
visitors. The arrangements for bust
ness and pleasure have been so di-
vlded that neither will take up all
the time of the visitors, and will leave
them with plenty of time to do what
ever they wish
They are here in force Mr. Moore
repeated. More than 400, as a sort OF
advance guard, have registered at the
Offices in the Piedmont Hotel At
least 900 will be officially received
Monday and Tuesday, and The next
two days will see that many more. n
all we are certain OF 5000 business
guests"
%nd that is no inflated estimate "
The attendan p at the fourth seasonal
buying week given by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association in Al
lanta.
Trips Advertise City.
1T isn't by any means The goods
they order and buy while in the city
Mr. Moore explained That's one
feature Of course-and a big one. But
these retailers and buyers come here
from all ever the South, and they have
a royal good time. and they see not
only the goods Atlanta has for safe
but also they see the kind of city At
lanta is.
And then when Mr.. So-and SO,
representing such-and such a firm in
Atlanta. calls later in the season upon
MI. Smith. who was in Atlanta this
week-why, Mr.. So-and SO is going to
have the inside track over his com
petitor from Nashville, or Birming-
ham, or Montgomery. or wherever L
is"
The gathering viii be a convention
and yet not a convention. There VIII
be no stated meetings of delegates,
no routine business TO hustle through
and no weighty business II transact.
1t is TO be joint meeting of the
Southern merchant who needs Allan
ia and the Atlanta dNalers who need
the Southern merchant 1t Will be
the opportunity Of a lifetime for the
small merchant to see with his own
eyes that there is no necessity for
going North or West to buy goods;
they can find everything in Atlanta
that they need.
Good Value" Is Attraction.
The local association has set its
most powerful magnet-Good Value
as the attraction that will bring
hundreds Of Southern merchants here
regularly and make them glad they
came The recreation and entertain
ment planned is in the nature of a
"sldelight," designed to show the visi-
tors a good time and not with view
Of impressinG them--the goods will do
that
No entertainment OF a general
character is planned for Monday or
Tuesday, the executive committee
having decided that these two days
should be left open for the visitors
to do as they please Tuesday night,
however. the local association has
engaged the Forsyth Theater from
gallery 70 orchestra, and the visiting
merchants viii be guests. The bin
this week, according to critics, is one
Of the best of the year,
Friday Biggest Niaht
Wednesday and THURSDAY. also.
there will be nothing of a general
nature to distract the visitors. al
lIuuEu NtN ti III W. ttlt ltN a. huSAItSN
houses have planned automobile tours
about the city for some of their pa
irons These are the days when the
visiting merchants will partake of the
delights Of the local mercantile
houses. when accommodating sales
men will be on hand. and the volume
of business is expected to exceed that
Of any former week
Friday night will he the big night
Of the week A banquet win be
served at p m. at the Auditorium,
at which al least 1900 visiting and
local merchants and statesmen are ex-
pected to partake Of one of the great
est feasts ever spread in Atlanta II
will he served by J. Lee Barnes.
whose fame as a caterer is State
wide
Prior to the dinner there will he
reception at which the Fifth Regi-
ment Band, one OF the best musical
organizations In the South, will fur
nish the music.