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


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 it's efforts to prop
erly entertain the visitors, and enter
tainments have been planned that
will send them away with pleasant
memories "f the progressive spirit Of
manufacturers and wholesalers here.
Great Week Ahead.
Everything poiAs 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
Wis Tho ar1.a N ppt11pptS for b11 Gi -
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 a 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 will see that many more. IN
all, we are certain of 5000 business
guests"
And that (no inflated estimate IF
che attendan q at the fourth seasonal
buying week given by the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association in At
lanta.
Trips Advertise City
they order and buy while in the city,
Mr. Moore explained That's one
feature, of course-and 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 sa -
but also they see the kind of city At
lants is.
And then when MIR So-and- SO
representing such-and- such firm II
Atlanta, calls later in the season upon
Mr.. Smith, who was in Atlanta this
week why. Mr.. SO and-So is going tc
have the inside track over his com
petitor from Nashville. or Birming
ham, or Montgomery, or wherever =
is"
The gathering will be a convention
and yet not convention. There vii
be no stated meetings OF delegates
no routine business to hustle through
and no Weighty business to transact
1t is to be Joint meeting of tht
Southern merchant who needs Allan
ia and the Atlanta dealers who neeC
the Southern merchant II will b
| the opportunity of a lifetime for thu
| small merchant to see with his owl
eyes that there is no necessity TO
| going North or West to buy goods
they can find everything in Atlant;
| that they need.
Good Value" Is Attraction.
The local association has set it
| most powerful magnet-Good Nalu
as the attraction that will brin!
| hundreds of Southern merchants her
regularly and make them glad the,
came The recreation and entertain
ment planned is in the nature of
'sidelight,' designed to show the visi
tors "A good time and not with a viev
of impressing them-the goods will d
that
No entertainment Of a genera
character is planned for Monday o
Tuesday the executive cOmmitte
having decided that these two day
| should be left open for the visitor
to do as they please. Tuesday night
! however. the local association ha
engaged the Forsyth Theater from
| gallery to orchestra, and the visiting
merchants will be guests The bill
this week, according to critics, is on
of the best OF the year.
Friday Biggest NIGHT.
Wednesday and THURSDAY. also
| there will be nothing of a genera
nature to distract the visitors. al
though several of the local bushes
| houses have planned automobile tour
about the city for some Of their pa
| irons. These are the days when tn
! visiting merchants will partake of tn
! delights Of the local mercantil
houses. when accommodating sales
men will be on hand, and the volum
of business is expected to exceed tina
of any former week
Friday night will be the big nigh
Of the week, A banquet will b
served at p. m. at the Auditorium
at which al least 1880 visiting an,
/ local merchants and statesmen are eX
| pected to partake of one of the great
est feasts ever spread In Atlanta. I
| will be served by j. Lee Barnes
whose fame as caterer is State
/ wide
Prior to the dinner there will b.
a reception at which the Fifth Regi
ment Band, one of the best musiCa
organizations in the South. will fur
| nish the music,