The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-19
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Retail iat~r~~t. Nre ANXIOUS 90 Have
the fatr Hrrr aRd the Mceting
rhis Afternoon Mul He trEed 80
MAKE >tr~uE Application Tor a..
Lack % Enthu~tastn on Bn1 street
and the Rvs.en for it-rnik OF the
JOCKEY ttue ~ R~~uIt at the
state tair ueN ~m~nt.
Satanrahan> wl o. So al Z o'clock
fhis sffernaeu whether or roo hey wN
insist an ne state Fflr peIng bells Ben this
c.-y Ia rel Tho niceang vii boz held
"a the C4,y Exenanra. ard 90 IS urrei that
uot oniy th,sse directly connected with
tac movement hui that I'D ~ those in-
tcr.-tfi 10 aavitg tac Fa,r .u sn.s city
o. present
Tho committees which have ne matter
~ sahsrripi.ons in hand. were a. busy
us thes conld b. yesterday end they
no1e 20 have something substan .ial GO nee
port % the NEE .ins to-day. There b one
tning certain. f they can report SUBJ
serptlons % se10o ~ the lowest cr per-
bags Naom Savannah VIII Insist on th,
committee saving ths Fa4r % this city
10 the meeting dsei1e- taaf savannah
musi have fhe Fair " Mayor Myers said
81 stcrday. "a rtprc-crtalive ~ the
cry WI so doubt 60 10 Macon
with MAJ g. 81 Ryals. who viii
also look out Tor the Interests
~ savannah. although be s membof
% tEe state Far COMMITTEE.
-Of course cannot say anything about
ANY propositions IT, aayancc % the mett-
INK ] would ike 10 see the fair hello
here. bat all who are interested and !
hope We VII have rum meetine. must
decide tomorrow what %. desire 20 DO
Those who represent the retail interests
are WORKING tooth 90 toenai 10 GET ihc
Necessary bonus o. Be- a Attle strausc.
however. that only one subscription has
been secured On the Bay. a section tha,
usually gives mos; literally 60 cnter-
prises thar are expected % heneat t1c
city. As one prominent Bay street man
put il yesterday
II DO not wish o. throw cold water or
he movement 90 Eet tne fair here. nu'
tle tact D. we are u9t situated right ion
o. The Feir IS nos iusf che tHuE We
Need. but it Is tilug INST l- uHc.-
el 10 the agricultural sections lie
that around Naldos.a or other places az
that kind and it seems to me We should
help a place which is oar uelghhor ami
COMMERCIAL ally There I- as mall OF
more advantage for us In doiue thlt .h'a
iu having the fair itself Tb. main rose
son is thar We are not properly sitatIet
ard We are THE handlers of products aui
not the producers"
This ls. OF course. a View which VIII be
opposed by those " ho are anxious o. -st
here a show that Wll attract 20 Swan
nah people from an parts of tne state
The State Fair would bring people from
North Georgia as well as from this ser-
ton Of the state The argument is ad-
vanrcd that there IS nothing more fhe
producers would enjoy FOR change than
20 come 10 Savannah aud see moss web
their products are handled
Ia spite of the lack ~ enthusiasm on
Bay street therefore % may ~ put down
az certainty that those who have boon
pushing the movement Will continue 10
push d 20 the limit. and ~ ans thing uelr
a satisfactory showing can be- made This
afternoon. the meeting viii insist or ask
ing the Fair Committee outright for the
fair III there is a lack OF the necessary
funds SavBnuahians would prefer 20 src
tho hir go 20 Naldosta than Thar b.
should go anywhere else.
The sugges. lon that in the event Sa-
vaunah should not get the Fair tne o.
thusiasm so lar aroused Dee used a. FUR
Their the movement FOR q Jockey club has
met with consids rable favor. especially on
the BAY but even there. Ct D. satj-
Let's have the Fair first. then Sayan-
nahians viii better understand the value
Of such a movement The Jockey club
movement m ght very well grow out %
that which sprarE up from a desire 90
got the fair"
Whether the fair movement succeeds or
mot. there IS no question chat it viii give
Impetus 60 THE EFFORT Co form Jockey
club here. anl make use q she o.d Ten
Brock track 4 well-krowu leader leo tho
Jockey club movement sAid yesterday
there De- every Indication that u the
necessary money 90 build stables. fences
aud graudstand were secured which
might be 5000 or less that Northern
racing men could boz induced TO take hold
and make the movement sure success.