Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-07
THE GUARDS FAIR CLOSED.


The scenes at the Hall Last Nieht-The
Final Sale of the Articles in the
Booths and the Result of the Rallies
Counting the Votes for the Sword,
Saddle and Cane and who Received
Them-The Receipts not yet Deter
mined.
The Guards Fair was closed last night
by the sale Of the articles at the various
booths and tables and the closing of the
rattle lists, The General Committee met
at o'clock to arrange for the even
ing and the Fair ball was opened at the
same hour for the disposition of articles at
private sale. Early in the evening the
hall was crowded. and by 5 o'clock, when
the rallies We're decided and the auction
sale began, it was packed, the attendance
being as large as upon any night during
the entire fair. The sales were very
gratifying to the General Committee, and
all the articles remaining upon the tables
Were disposed Of at good prices. The
raiiles were decided as follows:
At the Col. G9rrard booth the O'Clock
tea table was won by Miss Julia F. Muir
ply, the embroidered plush mirror by Mr..
Thomas Wayne, the brass scOnces by Mrs.
Allan FullartOn, and the Russian leather
fan by Mrs. Harris.
The piano was decided a tie between
Jos. Hull and Z. }. Lewis-the latter throw
being made for him by Mr.. 6, r. Ros-
signOl.
At the Forest City table the silver epergne
was rallied. VI. VI. Thomas. John Lyons
and Lewis Charlton each throwing l..
These ties will be thrown off tomorrow
night at the Guards armOry, and these
parties are notified. Mr.. J. NJ. Gutman
won the p tickets M the Grand Distribu-
ton.
The pink satin doll was won by Miss
Hattie Mcmillan. The Parker gun and
- tickets Will be ratified tomorrow night
at O'Clock at the armOry. The names of
the cTayOn picture have been transferred
TO the elegant embroidered table-cOver.
ANY parties Directing to the transfer can
have money refunded by sending notice
TO the armOTy tomorrow night. The re-
naming chances on the cat orchestra will
he filled out at the same time and place.
On the Scott gun there was a tie between
W. g. Hull. J. NJ. Dixon and Charles
Hubner, and will be settled at armory
tomorrow night. J. S. Powell won five
tickets.
An intense interest centred in the result
OF the votes for the most popular officer
outside the Guards, who would receive
the elegant sword, and the counting was
closely watched. The nRmber of votes
cast was 602. Lieut.. Jordan F. Brooks, of
the Savannah Cadets, received 345, the
highest number, and was awarded the
sword. Lieut.. G. B. Pritchard, of the
Georgia Hussars, received 1872 votes, and
Capt. J. f. Wheaton, of the Chatham Ar
tillery, A.. The other votes were receiv-
ed by Capt. W. W. Gordon, Capt. g. A.
Mercer. Capt II. NJ. Branch, Capt. Robt.
Falligant and Maj. B. J. Burgess.
The handsome saddle and cloth was
awarded to F. A. Habersham, of the
Georgia Hussars, who received 40 out of
$50 votes cast. Sergeant r. NJ. Demere
127. The remaining 50 votes were re-
ceived by W. :. Cherry, G. A. Keller, Ed
Pritchard. Beirne Gordon, A. r. LawtOn,
Jr, f. B. Philput, |. W. Keller. Thomas
Hunter. j. Z. Shuptrine. Isaac Minis.
Abram Minis, Taylor WalthOur, c. d.
Russell.
The book of tickets in the Grand Distri-
button was won by the Savannah Cadets
by IS majority.
The gold-headed cane for the most pOpu-
lar Alderman was won by Alderman Han
ley, who received 81 votes. Alderman
Thomas received % and Alderman Green
3.
The grand distribution will be announced
hereafter and will take place at the The
tire. 10 be preceded by a concert by the
Ludden & Bates Silver Tone Band.
The General Committee has not yet been
able to determine the receipts Of the affair,
as the various departments have not yet
reported. but so far as can be learned the
result is very gratifying, and the net
receipts Will exceed the amount anticipa-
ted when the enterprise was undertaken.