The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-19
THE CITY IN GALA DRESS
THE STREETS ABLAzE WITH Lam
TERMS. FLAGS AND BUNTING.

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Wednesday-Th Festival Commit
tees Address.
The preparations for Jasper week are
completed down to the last detail, and it
only remains for the weather clerk to do
the handsome thing.
The city began putting on It's holiday
dress yesterday, and by Tuesday the streets
will be a blaze of colors Wagons loaded
with decorations-hags and bunting and
lanterns-were on the go all through the
city last night, and the decorators from
now on viii have their hands full of work.
BULL STREET IN CoLoRs.
Bull street will have the most elaborate
decorations The Festival Committee will
begin its work Of decorating tomorrow.
There will be no arch as was at first pro-
posed but everything on the street will
have some sort of decoration. The Electric
| Light Company will decorate the towers in
Wright, Chippewa and Pulaski squares. 1t
has strung line Of lamps all the way out
| from Bay street to the park for the night
| illumination, and they also will be decor
ated. The Mutual Gas Light Company will
| light all Of its street lamps at night.
The Pulaski House and Olmstead e. Co.'S
bank-the Festival Committees head
Quarters-are the first downtown buildings
to be decorated The broad front of the
hotel is a perfect blaze of bright colOrs
Flags and bunting completely cover the
southern front and gayly decorated stream
ers run from the flag pole to the corners OF
the roof. The main entrance is underneath
an archway of silken flags, and the office
ceiling is covered with handsome decora-
tions
THE TWO GOVERNORS.
The headquarters of Gov. Gordon and his
staff, and Of Gov. Richardson, of South
Carolina. will be at the Pulaski The Gov
ernor and Mrs. Gordon will be the guests
of Capt. w. w. Gordon, but the Governor
will have his headquarters at the Pulaski.
He will occupy parlor No. 10. The south
rooms on the Office floor fronting the square
have been assigned to his staff. Gov. and
Mrs. Richardson will occupy a suite of
rooms on the second floor, near that of Gov
Gordon. They will arrive from Charleston
Tuesday night, and will be formally re-
ceived by the Festival Committee and
escorted in carriages to the hotel. The
rooms occupied by the two Governors and
by Gov. Gordon's staff will be handsomely
decorated Gov. Richardson will be I'M
attended by his staff, but he may be ac-
companied by party of friends,
THE FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS.
The committees headquarters will be
made the general headquarters for visitors
and for the Bureau of Information during
the festival casper Festival Head
quarters is the inscription in big letters
across the front of the building facing the
square. The entire bank building will be
covered with flags and bunting when the
decoration is finished. The entrances to
the headquarters will be from Bryan and
st. Julian streets on the north and south
sides.
On Broughton street quite q number of
buildings are already decorated of the
handsomest being the Lyons building-and
| tomorrow morning the work will begin in
earnest. Already number of residences
are in the decorators hands The ST.
JOseph's Infirmary is covered with flags.
and piles of decorations were delivered last
night to be put up tomorrow. The demand
for them has been 50 great that nearly all of
the dealers telegraphed orders yesterday
for new stocks. The enormous sales of dec
orations are prophecy Of the gala dress
that tho city will wear during the festival.
THE PRESIDENTS DRIVE.
The streets through which the Presi-
| Dental party will drive will also be hand
somely decorated Col Garrard. Chairman
of the General Committee, received letter
yesterday from Representative Norwood IN
| which he stated that the President expressly
desires that there shall be no handshaling
or speech making He expressed a wish to
see the city and said that he would like to
drive through the principal streets and see
as much of the town and the people us he can
during his stay here.
Col. Garrard called a meeting of the Re
ception Committee at once and the drive
was arranged. 1t will be from the Savan-
nah, Florida and Western depot through
| East Broad street to the Bay; along Bav to
| Oh al y
the east side Of johnson square to Congress;
then to Barnard, to Broughton, to Aber-
| corn, to President; along President and by
the north side of Oglethorpe square through
President, and by the north side of Wright
square to the west side of Barnard through
to South Broad and through the center of
the street to Bull, out Bull 10 CASTOR, to
| Whitaker, to New Houston, to Drayton, to
| CASTOR, and back to Bull.
THE HOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED.
The hour at which the line will start will
be announced as soon as it can be deter
mined, everything depending upon the
arrival of the Presidential train.
Col. Garrard telegraphed Representative
| Norwood the main features of the pro-
gramme, and they will be communicated by
him to the President. The Reception and
| Executive Committees will meet at 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon to arrange the further
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ami Congressional parties, and also for the
reception Of the two Governors.
The General Committee has issued the
| following address:
TO THE PUBLIC.
| /. 1t is impossible for the General Committee
| to canvass the city thoroughly for subscrip-
tons to the Jasper Festival. Many citizens have
not been approached because time has been so
| limited. Those who have not subscribed and
| desire to do So are requested to send their sub
| scrlptions direct to Col. Charles H. Omstead.
| Treasurer, by p. m. Tuesday, the 2lst.
instant.
| .. The committee earnestly appeal to em-
| ployers to do all in their power towards Secur-
| civic societies on the 22d instant. aud large
turnout tor the trades display on the 22d in
| slant
| 3. The trades display will be very imposing
| affair, and from the present outlook win be of
vast benefit to Savannah. It's probable large
| proportions should stimulate those merchants
| and Others who can put in floats, or who can
| otherwise take part therein, to make prepare
| tons at once, notify Herman Myers, Esq, the
| chairman, and enter the procession. Nothing
can advertise the business of Savannah so
well as this public demonstration, attractively
made.
| 4. The merchants are requested 10 close their
| offices and places of business from 10 O'Clock a.
| M TO O'Clock p. IN. on the 22d inst, SO as 70
| allow all clerks, employees and visiting patrons
| to witness. the parade and other ceremonies
pertaining 70 the occasion.
| B. The citizens are urgently requested to deco
| rate buildings on South Broad street on which