The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-27
TO TURN OUT FOR THE FAIR.
MAYOR MYERS IDEAS FOR sAVAN-
NAH DAY AT THE EXPOSITION.

lie Wants Thanksgiving Day IL IL
Can lie Sccured-It Would Be 81
Good Day for school Children ami
Teachers-The Mayor Thinks sa-
vannnh should Make a Big Turn
out on the Day Set Aside for IL and
That Special Excursion Trains
with Low Rates of Fare should Be
Run by the Railroads.
Mayor Myers is interesting himself in
having the people Of Savannah take
proper part in the exercises Of the Atlanta
exposition for the purpose Of demonstrat-
ing in a conclusive manner their appre-
citation OF the enterprise OF a sister city.
For this purpose ne is moving TO secure
a suitable date for Savannah day" al
the exposition, when il will be convenient
FOR a large number of the people Of Sa-
vannah TO visit the exposition in a body.
Mayor Myers was very much in hopes
that Capt. Purse would be successful in
his efforts to secure thanksgiving day as
Savannah day al the exposition. South
Carolina. it will be remembered. secured
thanksgiving day, but the mayor is still
IN nope that a change Will be made and
Savannah assigned 10 that day.
1t is proper that Savannah as the
great seaport city of the state should
demonstrate her interest in the EXPOSE
ton, both out of friendship to Atlanta,
whose enterprise has brought about such
a wonderful Omplislment, and also
because il is an exposition for the whole
south, and Savannah should take steps
10 show her Importance and standing in
the south" said Mayor Myers. I'VE
have a Savannah exhibit there and we
should show our interest in that eX-
hib!t and attract attention to 1t. on Sa-
vannah day we should have as large a
crowd Of savannah people on the GROUNDS
are there in order that It may be the fea-
ture of the day at the exposition. My
idea is that we should run special eXcur-
siOns from Savannah on that day. We
can get a low rate from the railroads
with special trains TO carry our people
right through without stop. Thanksgiv-
it is always a holiday with us, and it
would be very convenient for a great
many Of our people to spend that day in
Atlanta. Thanksgiving is a holiday with
that is Il Is probable that that the he
school board will also give the Friday
following for the purpose OF allowing ne
teachers anu scholars to attend the expo
siti1n. With Thursday, Friday and Satur-.
day and Sunday following this would al
low ample time for the teachers and chill
dren ahd parents also to take in the OK
position fully and get back 10 the city for
the oncning Of the schools the following
Monday. Combining this with savannah
day at the exposition and cheap rates
from he railroads we could carry up
tremendous crowd OF people from Savah-
nah. The railroads could afford to offer
a very lcw rate for an excursion Of this
sort What we want is rate that will
put tho trip in the reach of everybody,
Workingr,cn and their families as well
as business men. With such an arrange
ment We could carry up enough people TO
take possession of the exposition for a day
or two.
Thanksgiving day is a good bit off yet
and Mayor Myers has requested Capt.
Purse TO fix things for Savannah for that
day, If possible Whether this day is Sc
cured or not. the day selected as Savau-
nah day viii be announced for some time
ahead in order to put everybody on notice
to that effect.