The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-11
TO MAKE UP THE AWARDS.
Fair committeeman Must Begin
Their Work shortly.

The business of making the awards
to the contestants for the numerous
prizes offered by the Savannah Fair
Association is DE of the most import
ant matters to be disposed of this
week. There seems to be a rather in
definite idea as to how the commit
tees which will make the awards will
be made up.
President Brown of the Agricultural
Society, when asked about the matter,
said that the superintendent of each
department would select his own COM
mittee and that the Fair Association
would furnish experts where required.
The impression of the Fair directors
was that the association would name
onehalf the committeeman and the
Agricultural Society the other half 1t
is not likely that there will be any
hitch on this point, however, as the SUI
perintendents will probably name Sa-
vannah men, as well as members of
the Agricultural Society, on their
committees. This was done by Supt.
G. w. Holmes of the fine stock de-
partment, who appointed Messrs. 7. j.
Davis and E. E. Cheatham to serve
with himself on his committee.
This committee practically made up
it's list of awards, but Mr.. Holmes and
his committeeman decline to make the
list public on the ground that there is
some hitch in the matter and that this
must be adjusted before the awards
are made. What the hitch is Mr..
Holmes and Mr.. Davis, both of whom
were appealed to. declined to state.
The list will not be given out before
Wednesday," said Mr. Holmes. Il had
my own reasons for taking time by the
forelock in making the awards. The
Fair will not be injured by this as the
awards will not be announced until
Wednesday. One or two exhibitors
may want to get away after that date
as they have engagements elsewhere.
The entries for fine cattle have been
closed so no on can be injured by the
early action of the committee Pres
ident Brown and some of the superin-
tendents were disposed to think that
Mr.. Holmes had been premature in his
action. President Brown said that 1t
was not customary to announce the
awards until the Fair Is drawing TO
close as unsuccessful exhibitors are
likely to become dissatisfied and to
withdraw from the Fair. The commit
tees, President Brown said, Will have
to begin their work early in the week,
but they should take plenty of time in
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hasty in reaching decisions.
The committee on agricultural ex'
hibits is naturally the one in which
the greatest interest will center, az
these are not only the main feature of
the Fair, but are contending for the
largest prizes. Col. A. Q. Moody of
brownsville, who is in charge of this
department, is a veteran in State Fair
work and his committee of experts viii
doubtless be so composed as to be be-
yond criticism. 1t will not
be an easy matter to sat
isfy the county exhibitors as
several of the exhibits are so nearly
equal in merit that the decision as to
the first prize will be a delicate mat
ter. Judged by their meritorious dis
plays at least half of the exhibits are
each worthy of a first prize. 1t is safe
to say that no committee on awards
at Georgia State Fair was ever call
ed to pass upon such an extensive and
complete lot of displays as will face
the committee at Savannah this week,
and because of this fact the task of
the committeeman is not an easy one.