The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
TO BE FORMALLY OPENED.
THE MILITARY TO ATTEND THE N
AUGURATION OF THE GUARDS
FAIR.

The Arsenal 20 Be Deeked With
Flags in Honor of the Event-The
Entire building Being Trans
formed Into BaEaar-The Pro-
Eramme of the Ceremonies.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards fair
win open Tuesday night. The fair VIII
run the remainder of this week and all Of
next week. eleven days in ALL The MEM
bers Of the committees were hard at
work yesterday making the final pre-
parations for the orening. Merchants
who have been somewhat slow in send
ing out the circular letters requesting
contributions for the fair are being urged
TO get them out at once as there is plenty
Of time to reach those for whom they
are intended. and for contributions to be
received before the close Of the fair. This
method has proved very successful, sew
eral merchants having returned donations
to the value of $500 or $500 each.
Donations to the value of about $4,000
have already been received, besides a
number yet to hear from. The ladies' COM
mittee has not yet made its reort, but it
it's work, and to have secured a number
Of valuable contributions. Mrs. John NJ.
Bryan is at the head of this committee
and it is needless to say that the ladies
are largely relied upon for the success
of the fair
The work of putting the arsenal in
shape for the fair was begun yesterday
morning. The entire second floor of the
sv,4H Ain
ing room, parlor, reception rooms and
whist room, VIII be used, and the board
Of governors of the club has had all the
club fixtures removed to the upper floor.
The drill han will be used as the main
bazaar room. The carpenters were at
work last night dividing it up into booths,
erecting platforms and other fixtures for
the fair committees. The reading room
has been cleared and will be used for
dancing from II to y o'clock every night.
During the earlier part of the evening il
viii be used for other purposes of the
fair. The work of decorating the hall was
begun last night, and will be completed
tonight.
The donations and articles to be used
at the fair win be carried to the building
and classified and arranged by the COM
mittee tomorrow and Tuesday. The ma
jority of the donations consist of articles
and materials of general use and will be
disposed Of by direct sale at usual market
prices. Those articles which are not in
general demand will be disposed of other
wise during the second week of the fair
Col Garrard, the officers of the battalion
and the members Of the various commit
tees viii devote their efforts to making the
fair success, assisted by the other mem
bers of the corps and their friends, espec-
tally the ladies'. Mr.. j. Cooper Myers is
chairman of the floor committee Mr. l.
NJ Fleming first vice chairman nd fr
Il. II. O'Connor second vice chairman
The committee is a large one and the
chairman has the right to increase it as
he may see fit. The members of the COM
mittee will be in attendance in uniform
every night and will wear distinctive
badges in order that they may be readily
distinguished. The members of the exec
utive committee will also wear badges so
as to be distinguishable. Special invita-
tions have been sent to all the military
companies of the city and also to all the
secret societies. The members of the mil
itary companies are expected to attend in
uniform whenever 1t is possible for them
TO do so. Col. Garrard will request the
members of the battalion to wear their
uniforms when attending the fair when
ever It is not inconvenient for them to do
so. The battalion will be ordered out in
fun uniform Tuesday night and will be
marched into the drill hall in a body to
| dance is expected on the opening night.
Col Garrard said yesterday that he ex-
! poets the fair viii net the battalion be-
| tween $4,000 and $4,000. IF times were
good" said he, we would expect to clear
$4,000, but, under present conditions, we
shall feel satisfied if we get $4,000 We
hope that the donations will reach nearly
$4,000, and with the revenues that are de-
rived from other sources we hope to
/ clear considerably more than that amount.
The people of Savannah have not been
/ pressed to contribute to the fair. and we
| think that we are justified in calling upon
| our friends to spend few dollars each
/ with us. Most of the articles offered for
/ sale will be articles of general use, and
will be sold for the same prices for which
they can be obtained elsewhere so that
the purchasers will really be giving moth
ing to us. We shall endeavor to make it
/ pleasant for all our visitors"