The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-14
WAS A GREAT DAY
SsvANNAHIANs TURNED OUT FOR
THE FAIR IN THRoNss,
1900 PAID ADMISSION,
SUCCESS OF THE FAIR Is NOW Full
LY ASSURED.

Black With People-The biGHeS
Crowd That Ever Gathered Out
side the City Enthusiastically u
600 Visitors From Outside the city
HELPED swell the CrOwd-EN cry
body Was Good Humored-F"tr
work Goes steadily on and Sever
nj pepartments VIII Make Awards
To-day.
savannah did itself and the State
Fair proud yesterday. 1t was Savan-
nah's Day and the response was
grest one. such an outpouring OF the
people TO a point outside of the cat2
limits has never been seen. There
have been larger crowds in the Park
Extension on some public occasion
such as a Mckinley day, but they
were not very much larger.
The situation can be sized up in
very few words, when it is stated that
the paid admissions at the Fair gates
were just a little short of $4,000. This
means that $4,000 people were
on the grounds General Man
ager Moore and his assistants
were too tired to verify the count
last night. They had big piles of coin
and rolls of bills to sort out, and lists
to check up, and other things to do in
order that the cash, which had poured
into the Golfers of the association,
might speak for itself at the proper
time. The counting of the machines
at the gates may be few turns out
of the way. but a difference of a score
or two in the count viii not matter
much. and the figures will stand prac-
tically as stated.
There was a crowd all day. The
large number of visitors in the city
were out during the morning. AT noon,
however, the big rush began. and from
that hour on until nearly O'Clock
there was little rest for either ticket
sellers or gatekeepers. The business
houses in the city began closing at
noon. and from 70 TO $3.50 o'clock an
almost incessant stream of people
poured through the Fair gates. 1t was
the first opportunity many of them
had had TO see the Fair, their only
chance, in fact, and they were not
going to lose il.
Crowds of Visitors.
Savannah did not furnish all the
crowd, however. The country people
and visitors to the city generally were
very largely represented. Between a
fourth and a third of the attendance
was probably composed of non-resi-
dents. This was shown by the large
number of railroad coupons taken up
at the gates.
On ordinary days. when the races are
on and the grandstand is filled the rest
of the ground and particularly the ag-
ricultural buildings are practically de-
served. Yesterday afternoon, while
the grandsJand was packed with en-
thusiastic thousands, and thousands
more were gathered below. a Morning
News reporter went through the build
ings. Every one was not only nlied,
but the aisles were so crowded that
progress was difficult Clear down to
the poultry show, where hundreds of
people viewed the exhibit just as If
there We're no races in progress. 1t
was the first day that has such been
the case. Not only were the buildings
filled, but the Midway and the conces-
sionaires did a rushing business.
This is just what l have predicted
all the time" said President Brown of
the Agricultural Society. Il knew Sa-
vannah would make a success of the
Fair"
The biggest Day Yet.
at is our biggest day" said General
Manager Moore. but the interest of
the people is now fully aroused and If
9r,ar xzs, oh
have three more big days. If the Sa-
vannah people will just turn out as
well as the country people for the bal
ance of the week we will have nothing
to complain Of
For large crowd il was a most re-
markedly well behaved and good-nat-
tured one. The police had practically
nothing to do so far as handling dis
orderly people was concerned. Only
one arrest was made during the day.
AS might be expected the attendance
upon the night performance was also
the largest OF the Fair. Many of the
day visitors, who went out late in the
afternoon, remained for the perform.
ance. and hundreds more Joined them.
The full programme was given with
magnificent display of fireworks The
Midway people reaped q harvest. apd
IL was nearly midnight when the last
of the throngs left the grounds and
gave the weary gatekeepers a chance
to rest.
Judges Kept at Work.
The work of the various departments
of the Fair went ahead as usual. The
Committee on County Agricultural Dis
plays put in another full days work,
but did not entirely complete the task
assigned it. Chairman Crittenden
said that while most of the work was
done, there are still two counties to
be gone through with. This will be
done this morning, and the committee
men will then take their time in reach
ing a decision. There need be no haste
about this as IL was agreed between
President Brown and the committee
that the county awards should not be
announced until Saturday morning.
Where there is such close competition
IL is natural to expect there will be
some dissatisfaction with the result
and IL is desired to postpone this. If
such there should be. until the last
moment
In the Fine Arts department of
which committee Col. A. Q. Moody is
chairman. the awards will be made
to-day. Several Of the other DEPART
ment committees are expected to finish
their work to-day. the desire OF the
Euperintendents being not 10 leave any
work that can be disposed Of before
hand, hanging over until the last day
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