SOUTHEASTERN PASSENGER ASSOCIATION \V. H. Howard, Secretary. C. D. Wayne, Supt. Tariff Dep’t. ATLANTA, GA. May the Second, nineteen Seventeen Mr.S'. R. S. Phillips, First Rational Bank Building, Tallahassee, Fla. Dear Mr. Phillips: I heg to acknowledge, with thanks, receipt of your letter of the 24-th ultimo, enclosing an invitation to attend the Old Spanish Trail Convention to be held a Tallahassee, May 18-19. "While I should like very much to attend the Convention, I fear that other engagements will prevent. With kind regards, I remain, Very respectfully, II-r Secretary,