The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-06
WILL ASK FOR STATE FAIR.
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION wITH CAPT
TAI Of $4,000 TO nv ORG tNIZED.


Five Thousand Dollars Even sob
scrIbed In Many Minutes.
Though the Attendance Ws- small
and Not over Enthnsinsttc to he
kin Nith-Committee of Twenty
ase 90 ne Appointed To-day 10
Canvass FOR Subscriptions for
stock 10 the Amount Of S5o,0OO in
an Associatabn 80 Conduct the
Fair-Thc Qurstfon seriously and
ConservatiNeIs Discussed by the
Meeting.
Savannah wants the state Fair ana will
undertake 10 ralfo coco ia SUBSCRIPTIONS
90 "a stock aomrany for the furosc %
holding Tho fair. or as much o. that
amount as may he needed
This Be- thc decision o. tho meeting %
citizens held 90 the city Exchange yca-
tcrday afternoon just 20 show Their
faith IN tbe movement those present sub-
scribe.l 90 oven $500 to the stock 81 the
company 90 be- organised later on. Tfer.
wore 1let eighteen subscription. Farylr-
from ST." 30 500 each. There wen. ahout
ha.f a dozen others present. some II whom
t.atei their intention Of subscribing
vas net ver- good mee.lne 10 ro.rt
OF numbers. nor was there ans hlrrh
business about d. THe q4eslian co.
whether or not Savannah should ask for
ths state Fair was discussed seriously nni
earnestly There was 49, doubt iu tho
minds q anyone lhat savannah could
take hold Of and run a state Fair in go1l
style but there was some question as 90
whether sufficient interest could De-
aroused 10 insur, the necessary funds ana
The managcmcnt ot tre fair in manner
creditabie 10 Savannah. d was agreed
that 81 would boz betfer not Co have tac
fair than 90 have it ard not make a sue
cess o. ID. ana therefore IL was decided 60
take steps 90 hnd out whether or not the
people 81 Savannah really want the fair
hy the .uflHini~ test 81 tho pocket nerve
Il Is believed that the ready response on
the meeting Will have good effect
TIL. crowd was rather slow Zee gathering
ana IL was noariy o'clock when Mayor
Nyers called rsle meeting 10 order 10 me
Council room. on motion Of Capt- a.
Do,Ie Mayor MYERS was elected chairman
Nc J.. w. Neeson was elected secretary
Others present AZ the meeting were Col
J II. Estiu. Capt .. @. Purse. Mr J. "
jackson. T.. \. Stovan J. A. Solomon
s l. Iazauon. George O. Sehwarz. Maj
g. n Ryuls r. ~ Hull = e. Adams
Leopold Adler. VI. j. so.ouous. II J. Dcs-
verre-s. T. ColIas D. a. Falk. S. krous-
kon. b. II. Levy. Phil " Russell. John a
-lIiiE.fsI joan j. Archer. Robert 81
Hicks II. Dryfus, J. T. pkarula. GeOrse
n Nlchcis. Fred 81. Hull
The cali FOR tine meeting. published by
the Mayor wns mad by the secretary
and Mayor Myeru made statement OF
the situation. The Indication are that
under proper auepices savannah can se-
cure the next State Fair. he said.
u think Savannah shoud make an Of
fort 30 secure the fair for next year
raid tine Mayor.
"It IS customary with oar merchants to
provide some form u entertainment each
year for the purpose Of attracting the
people bat recent entertainments have
rot proven a. satisfactory as is desired
The state Pair would be on larger scale
than anything Of the kind We aave at
tempted in recent years. % would inter
est the people % nhe state generally. aud
there - every reason 90 believe that D.
wisl attract many thousands OF people
Co Savanna"
Mayor Myers SAID he did not think the
exposition At Charleston would interfere
iu any way with the holding Of STATE
Fair at Savannah. The fair viii be held
tu November. whereas the Charleston tx
position does NOT open untA December
Many eXhinitors viii naturally take ode
vintage OF the opportunity 20 exhibit az
both places
To conduct tho fair creditably. consii-
erable money viii be- needed said the
Mayor. and u VIII - necessary 10 form
an association for the purpose, and 10
secure subscriptions 70 stock These sub
scrptious wih not be To- tho nature Of do
nations. but the subscribers VIII have tn
prospect 81 getting the greater part ~
ali of their money returned 70 chem
The Mayor Acknowledged tho efforts
made - Mi. Ryols To- taking up this
question win the Executive Committee
81 tn State Agricultural Society. ana
called upon him for statement.
Mai Rynls said there s. not the slight
est doubt about savannah ability 20 see
cure the fair The officers Of the Agri-
cultural Society and the members Of the
Executive Committee are anxious 10 have
IL come here. he said. The only question
u whether the people % Savannah an
Wiling 90 undertake tho fair in manner
20 put 10 upon a plane which would be
creditable both 20 ihe city and the state
Agricultural society The Vaidosta fair
was credtable one and the Agricultural
Etrtett people Nhd been fnnHH pleased
but Sevannah wouh De expected 20 do
much better
Heretofore. Mnj Ryals said. INC state
Fairs have simply been local amairs un-
der state supervision. what Savannah
should b is 90 hold "a real State Fair. one
which will arouse she interest Of the .co-
pie Of the entire state By Offering sur
ncientiy large premiums for county eN-
hioits a large number % counties could
be induced 20 make exhibits and every
county exhibiting means a large attend
ance from that county lie suggested pre-
miums % 100 FOR the best county OK
hihit. grading down 70 $50. with several
800 premiums as consolation prizes
Atlanta, Augusta. Macon and Valdoeta
all made profits on tho faIr when
held In those towns Major RIVALS said.
ana there - no reason why Savannah
should not DO az well. His estimate OF
the necessary fund for conducting the
fair wns 5000 to So on and ln arriving
~ this h. had taken care 60 make an
outside estimate. With this fund in hand
he believed that the fair could make an
expenses and "a surplus OF $1,000 besides.
with this money Il could repay the stock
holders their subscriptions with a divi-
dend besidcs
other cities Major Ryals said had