The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-12
BLUE AND GRAY DAY.
Veterans Do Their Part for the Fair
at Fitzgerald.


Fitzgerald. Ca. Sept. 11.-Yesterday was
Blue and Gray day at the exposition and
the ceremonies were impressive and ap-
propriate. The parade was the longest
of any that has taken place during the
exposition, the principle feature being, of
course. northern and southern veterans,
and the auxiliary organization. Blue and
gray draperies were much in evidence
The union of northern and southern sym
pathies and sentiments is certainly SYM
bolized in Fitzgerald. 1t is a matter of
eongratulation that the relations between
the people from the north and those of
the south are so pleasant.
Speeches were made by veterans from
both armies; patriotic songs were sung.
and two charming little girls, one the
daughter of southern soldier, the other
the daughter of a northern veteran, un-
yelled picture draped with blue and
gray, which was presented to the Wo-
mems Relief Corps. gift from p. II.
Fitzgerald. The picture is a beautiful
one, and represents a young woman dec
Grating the picture and arms of her SOL
der lover
Visitors from abroad were numerous the
crowd being larger than any previous day.
look is most promising. They hope to
make a great success of that feature of
the enterprise. 1t is stated that yester-
days receipts would free the company
from all obligations, except to stockhold-
ers. If that is true the stockholders are
sure to receive dividends, an entirely I'M
expected result by those who planned the
carnival. 1t was thought that If it only
paid expenses it would be a grand sue
cess.
The afternoon crowd was even larger
than that of the morning, and was
quiet, except for music by the
young ladies, the band and
the plantation negroes. The evening
crowd was still larger the attractions be-
ing various. The most popular was n
camp fire in the central space under the
dome. The usual songs, war stories, hui
morous speeches, were enjoyed by the
crowd, as were also a recitation by Miss
Louise Goodnow, the accomplished daugh-
ter of Mr.. c. c. Goodnow, and an excel
lent speech by Col. j. f. Stone of Savan-
nah The reputation of the latter for
highly entertaining his audience, and for
eloquence, was fully sustained and Col
Stone made many new friends.
Altogether the day was a perfect sue
cess. The visitors were thoughtful about
complying with the request to register,
and the two pretty girls in the reception
booth were kept busy.
Fakes and fakin are less numerous than
was anticipated. for which every one
is thankful. but those who are here seem
to do a fair business, though the larger
crowds are always in the corn and cotton
palace.
During all the excitement the charter
committee has held meetings, and a great
deal of earnest careful work has been put
on the revision of that document. It is
hoped that the document, when finished.
will be worthy the spirit that anlmates
everything else here. and the men who
are doing this work are a sufficient guar
antee that IL win be.
Prof. Saunders and the school board
also are working hard to put school mat
tiers in shape, and are determined that the
schools shall do all in their power to adj
vertlse the colony and build up the city