The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-04
THE FESTIVALS BOOM.
GETTING EVERYTHING IN SHAPE
FOR JASPER WEEK.


The Fund Reaches $5,1o9 25-The
General Committee Maps Out the
Work of the Sub-Committees-Go
Gordon's Formal Acceptance of the
Invitation to be Here-The Cavalry
Tilt-What the Committees are
Doing.
The Jasper Festival is hardly three weeks
Off, Washington's birthday falls on Wednes-
day, and the festival will begin on that day.
The committees in charge of the various de
partments are busily at work getting every
thing in readiness. The festival fund last
night had reached 50, los % and the canvass
will be continued to-day. The committee
expects to raise $1,000, and with that
amount the festival Will be made success
Of which Savannah will be proud.
GETTINGs THINGS IN SHAPE.
The General Committee met last night
and went over the programme and dis
cussed the various details that were sug-
gested by the subcommittee in their re-
ports. The Trades Display Committee,
Fireworks, Decoration and Amusements
Committees, the Committees on Cavalry
NbHJcSb anu on INeCtpllOu anu Inv ALdllOllo
submitted full reports.
Gov. Gordons acceptance of the invita-
ton for himself and his staff was read.
Alderman Myers, chairman of the Trades
Display Committee, made report embody-
ing substantially the facts as given in yes
terdays MORNING News report of Thurs
day nights meeting The committee de-
sires as full a representation of the various
trades interests in the procession as is pos
sible, and every individual, firm
or organization in the city
is invited to be represented.
The committee is anxious to make the dis
play excel anything that has ever been seen
in this part of the South.
THE AMUSEMENT PROGRAMME.
The Committee on Fireworks, Decorations
and General AmuScments is also in charge of
the torchlight display. Chairman holey
made general report of what the commit
tee is doing and what it proposes to do. In
making its appropriations the General Com
mittee appropriated to the Amusement Com
mittee 500 for gun club prizes, and 800
by ships crews, and will take place in the
afternoon of the first day. The gun club
contests will take place on the third day.
THE CAVALRY TILT.
The cavalry tilt at Ten Brock course will
/ take place in the afternoon of the second
| day. The Georgia Hussars will have one or
more teams in the tournament. The Eting-
| ham Hussars will have a team in, and IN all
! probability there will be half a dozen other
| teams. Letters were read last night from
Capt. Thomas r. Hill, formerly commander
of the Beaufort District Troop, and Capt.
John w. Clark, of the Richmond
Hussars, in reference to the contest.
Capt. Hill stated that he had turned the
committees invitation to take part in the
tilt over to the present commander of the
troop. Capt. Clark is uncertain whether or
not the Richmond Hussars will be able to
come Capt. Stony, of the Charleston Light
Dragons, wrote that it will be impossible
for the Dragons to be represented on ac-
| count of their annual inspection, which
takes place on Washington's birthday. The
total prizes for the tilt will aggregate $500.
READY TO GoTo WORK
The Transportation Committee has yet
| done very little work, and no report was
received from the committee last night
The other committees have everything in
shape, and the work of arranging the de-
| tails of the festival will now be pushed.
| AT the meeting of the Executive Commit
tee, held after the Adjournment of the Gen
eral Committee, a committee consisting of
| the commanders of the four military or
CARNATIONS and the chairman of the Jasper
Monumental Committee, namely, Col.
George A. Mercer, Col William Garrard
Capt. w. W. Gordon, Capt. John F. Whea-
ton and Col j. II. Estill, was appointed to
arrange the details of the parade on the 22d
A resolution was passed extending an in
vitation to the press or Georgia, Florida
and South Carolina to attend the celebration
and instructing the secretary to send to
each newspaper formal invitation.
Yesterdays SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The additional subscriptions reported