The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-22
SAVANNAH AT THE BIG FAIR.
THE EXHIBIT WILL BE IN SHAPE
AND COMPLETE ABOUT OCT. L.

A Diamond Back TeFraDfn Crawl 90
BE an Interesting Feature-Capt.
Purse Says II Is Well Located ana
VIII Furnish Excellent Headquar-
tiers for All savannahians-Othe
Exhibits TO Be shipped to Atlanta
This Week.
Savannah's exhibit at the Cotton
States and International Exposition will
undoubtedly be one Of the best adver-
tised on the grounds. Capt. d. G. Purse
who returned from Atlanta yesterday
70 be home until tomorrow night, is
making arrangements to have posters
on different parts Of the ground show
ing up and describing one of the prin-
cipal features of the exhibit, and giving
its location.
These posters viii call attention to the
exhibit Of the Ocean Steamship Company,
with the Savannah display, consisting
Of large models Of the steamships ''Sa-
vannah," the first steamship shat ever
crossed the ocean, and the city Of Au-
gusta" now plying on the line between
Savannah and New York. The model
Of the old Savannah" with the brief
history of it, will undoubtedly prove an
Another novel feature of the savan-
nah exhibit will be q terrapin crawl.
The crawl has already been prepared,
and lot Of diamond back terraplns will
be sent up this week. Besides these,
there will be exhibits of live shrimp and
crabs, both Of the soft and hard shell
variety. Three carloads of stuff for the
Savannah exhibit have already gone up,
and another viii be loaded and ready
to leave the city tomorrow night. in
this will be the board of trade exhibit,
consisting of a pyramid made of rosin
samples and turpentine, a large number
of individual exhibits, including a fine
rice exhibit that viii be made by Mr..
John ScreVen, Jr., and several other in
teresting features. Messrs. Oelschig ana
Wagner will also send up floral exhibits
by that time. The cotton exchange and
fertilizer exhibit will not go up until
later day.
Cant. Purse says the Savannah exhibit
is in one of the most interesting buildings
on the grounds, the transportation build
ing, in which are some of the largest and
finest exhibits at the exposition. The la
dies exhibit there is in charge OF Mrs.
Fred Myers, who has everything IN
shape. She will be glad to hear from
anyone who desires to make any addi-
lions to the ladies exhibit, and will SUI
perintend the arrangement of any others
that are sent. Mr.. AuVergne D'Antignac
is also on the grounds looking after the
Savannah exhibit, and Mr.. d. H. Blythe
wood will 90 up there as soon as he has
arranged for the shipment from Savan-
nah Of all the exhibits which are to en-
The Savannah exhibit will be well in
place by Oct. ], Capt Purse says, and the
exposition will be entirely completed by
the middle of that month. The delay, he
states, has not been due to the admins
tration, but is rather the fault of the ex-
hibitOrs and the fact that the exposition
outgrew the original ideas of those who
began it. The concessionalres, too, have
been slow, he states, in putting up and
equipping their buildings. The admins
tration of affairs at the exposition, he
says, is as business like and thorough as
1t is possible to have them. Every head
OF department is thoroughly familiar
with his duty, and applications and com
plants are given prompt attention and
conclusions are reached with great celer
ity.
Quite a number of Savannahians have
called already at the Savannah headquar-
ters. There is no trouble in locating the
exhibit of this city, as there are four
flags flying above it at the north end of
the transportation building, those of the
city, county, cotton exchange and board
OF trade, and the military flag is yet to
be added. The decorations are charac-
teristic, consisting largely of rice and COT
ton
Capt. Purse is anxious to get for the
exhibit copy of every book written by
a Savannahian. The desire is to illus
trate the talent and ingenuity of Savan-
nahians in every line, and 1t is considered
that these would make a most valuable
addition. He has there now among others
copy of Judge William ID. Harden's
book on "Dogmatic Christianity" and a
handsomely bound copy of the prayer
book written in short hand by Judge Har-
den. 1t is desired that Savannahians
make the Savannah quarters a loanng
place when they are in Atlanta, and they
can have all their mail addressed ana
delivered right there.