The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-16
FAIR ENDS TO-DAY
AT MIDNIGHT THE LIGHTS WILL GO
OUT FOR GOOD.
WILL BE cHILDRENS DAY.
EXHIBITORS GETTING READY To
MOVE OUT.

Last Opportunity 10 See the BIZ
ShOw-Attendnnce Has Not Bee
What Was Hoped For, But Savan
nah Has Done Her Part-The Tota
raid Admissions to Date 0nl!
About Observation-Disclosures vii
Meet This Morning to Receive Re
port of Directors and Take step
to Meet the Situation.
To-day is the last of Savannah's Fair
Wy midnight the gates will have clos
ed, the crowds have gone, the cries Of
the midway spielers, the bass tones
of the megaphones, the seductive voices
of the concessionaires, the monotonous
tones of the grafters and the click Of
the wheels under the grandstand viii
all have ceased. Daredevil Kilpat-
rick will have made his last ride and
the waiting crowds viii no longer strain
their ears to hear Starter Lehman pro-
claim the result of the last race in
his basso profundo voice.
The fun will all be over; so will the
hard work, and a great many people
will be glad. Not only the officers and
directors of the Fair and their CO.
workers have had enough, but the ex-
hibitors are anxious to get away. So
are the cencessionaires, most of whom
declare that their stay in Savannah has
been an improbable one.
To-day being the last day and the
grand finale, as it were, of the first
State Fair at Savannah it is to be
hoped for the sake of the Fair that it
will be a grand success. There are
still a great many people in Savannah
who have not yet seen the Fair, who
will seize this last opportunity. Sat
urday afternoon is a half holiday with
many and these will naturally
seek the Fair grounds. There are usu-
ally a good many country people in
town on Saturday and there will help
to swell the crowd.
ChiIdrenss Day.
Best of all to-day is Children's Day,
and the children of the city are expect
ed to turn out in large numbers. The
attendance of the children heretofore
has been limited, and this will be a
good chance for them to have a look
at the sights. Special precautions will
be taken for their safety and welfare,
and the police win be given special in
structions to look out for the children.
The remarkably low rate of ten cents
each is all the children will have to
pay to enter the gate. For their eld-
ers the rate will remain the same as
heretofore, so cents.
h.
full in a financial way as was hoped.
This will be more fully brought out at
the meeting of the stockholders of the
Fair Association this morning. The
rosy predictions of the railroad men
as to the great crowds which they ex-
pected to bring, and the enthusiastic
views of the outlook expressed by the
promoters of the Fair generally, fail
ed to be realized. The attendance is
little more than so per cent. of that
upon which the Fair people were bas-
ing their calculations. Surprising that
the attendance to-day should reach
1000, the average for the Fair this
would bring the total up to only 40,-
900 for the entire Fair, and a closer
inspection of the records will probably
reduce these figures.
The Record of Attendance.
CSlliildlC vi the dILSllQdiCG 10
based upon the following figures as
given out each night in reports from
headquarters: First week: Wednes-
day, 4,000 Thursday, 1000; Friday, 81
600; Saturday, 3,000 Second week:
Monday. 5000; Tuesday, 5000 Wednes-
day, 5000; Thursday, 5000; Friday. 81
900; total to date, $4,000. 1t must be
remembered that at least half the adj
missions the first. day were without
charge, and the figures for the other
days probably include a percentage of
free admissions. A conservative esti-
mate of the actual paid admissions
is $4,000. and of this number many
were children at half rates. The bulk
of the admissions yesterday was at half
rates.
OF course the admissions to the
grandstand and to the night perform
ances will figure out tidy sum, but
even this will not bring the receipts
up to the point on which the Fair d.
rectors had based their calculations
A statement of the financial condition
of the association will be made at the
meeting of the directors to-day and the
course to be taken decided upon.
Exhibitors Move Tonight.
The exhibitors are preparing to pull
out and many of them will begin tho
movement tonight. The agriculture
and live stock exhibitors have already
made good Roadway in selling out anc
will continue this work to-day. This
goods viii not be delivered, however
until Monday. Practically all of the
fine hams and bacon, hay, grain, syr.
ups, honey, fruits, nuts and vegetables
which compose the bulk of the agri.
cultural exhibits will be sold here
Some of the exhibitors viii carry theil
fxf clio al.
lies, pickles and so forth, back home
with them, preferring to keep them fol
their own use. Others viii dispose o,
their stocks.
President Pope Brown of the Agri.
cultural Society, Col. r.. F. Crittenden
superintendent of the Department @,
Horticulture, and Mr.. G. w. Holmes
superintendent of the Live Stock De.
psrtment. left for their homes last
night. Col. Crittenden and Mr.. Holmes
have been two of the hardest workers
of the Fair and have labored most
faithfully. not only in their own de.
partments, but in much other work as.
signed them by the president. AS mem.
bers of the committee which passed
upon the country agricultural displays
they put in at least two days on thi,
work alone and while they received the
thanks OF the prize winners, they die
not make any friends for themselve:
among the losers.
The Finest Georgia Has Ever Had
President Pope Brown, before his de
parture last night, said I'm the mat.
ter OF agricultural display the Faii
exceeds anything OF the kind we have
ever had in Georgia. In many other
apartments the Fair showed up well
There were some departments which