Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-09
ALLAN ANS HAIL
MERCHANTS IN
CONVENTION
Hundreds Of Visitors Here for
Week to Inspect Wares of Job
bers-Functions Planned.

Hundreds Of merchants from all
parts Of the South are gathering in
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. 1t is estimated that there will
be 500 visiting merchants in the city
before nightfall, 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 will
be available.
The week promises to be 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
| will 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 jObbers have the finest line
of goods in their history to attract the
/ visitors. The arrangements for bust
! ness and pleasure have been so di-
vided 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 1000 will be officially received |
| Monday and Tuesday, and the next
| two days viii see that many more. in
all, we are certain of 1000 business
guests"
And that is no inflated estimate Of |
| the attendaH e at the fourth seasonal |
/ buying week given by the Merchants |
and Manufacturers Association in At |
/ 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 over the South, and they have
| a royal good time and they see not
only the goods Atlanta has for sale
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
MIR 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 It
Is"
The gathering win be a convention
and yet not a convention. There will
be no stated meetings of delegates,
no routine business to hustle through
and no weighty business to transact.
1t is TO he a joint meeting of the
Southern merchant who needs Allan
Ia and the Atlanta dealers who need
the Southern merchant. 1t will he
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
"sidehght.' designed to show the WISH
tors a good time and not with a view
of impressing them-the goods will do
that
No entertainment OF a general
character-ts planned for Monday or
Tuesday. the executive committee
having decided that these two days
should be left open for the visitors
to do rs they please. Tuesday night
however, the local association has
engaged the Forsyth Theater from
gallery to orchestra, and the visiting
merchants viii be guests The bill
this week according to critics, is one
Of the best Of the year
Friday Biggest Night.
Wednesday and Thursday, also
there win be nothing OF a general
nature to distract the visitors. al
though several Of the local business
houses have planned automobile tours
about the city for some Of their pa
irons. These are the days when the
visiting merchants win partake of the
delights of the local mercantile
houses, when accommodating sales
men will be on hand and the volume
Of business is expected 10 exceed that
Of any former week.
Friday night will be the big night
Of the week, A banquet will be
served at p. m. at the Auditorium.
ut which at least 500 visiting and
local merchants and statesmen are ex-
pected to partake of one of the great
| est feaStS ever spread in Atlanta IL !
/ will be served by J. Lee Barnes. |
whose fame as caterer is state
/ wide
| Prior to the dinner there will be |
a reception at which the Fifth Reei- !
ment Band, one Of the best musical |