The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-12
FAIRS SECOND WEEK
LARGE ATTENDANCE IN SPITE OF
CIRCUS COMPETITION.
BIG CROWDS COMING TO-DAY
AWARD OF PRIZES TO CONFETTI
TORS BEGINS.

Blast To-day With 1000 Birds on
Exhibition-Mr. s. p. Shotter Won
the Prizes in the Floral Contest.
The Georgia State Fair is now in
it's second and concluding week. The
weather and the crowds continue good.
Monday is not a very good day for
either the city or the country people
| to attend fairs or anything else; the
| circus was a big competitor and yet
the attendance was satisfactory. With
no competition to-day and big crowds
of people coming in by the night and
early morning trains the attendance
should be the largest yet.
All the departments of the Fair are
in full blast. There were many visi-
tors to the buildings, the races were
good, the Midway people were doing
a good business and the night per-
Torrance was the best yet given. The
moving pictures, showing the assassi-
nation of President Mckinley, the cir
culnstances attending his death and
the funeral ceremonies at Buffalo and
Canton, were put on. The pictures are
|
enc. During the mournful scenes de-
| I;icted upon the canvass the band play
| ed funeral dirges. The effect was i'm
pressive. Fitzpatrick gave his dare
devil ride and at the conclusion a bril-
liant display of fireworks was given.
Appointed the Judges.
| The features of the agricultural por-
| NJ "a h0 nf
the poultry show and the appointment
of the committee to award the prizes
! for agricultural displays. This latter
is of very considerable importance 10
the ten county exhibitors. In order
that there might be no ground for hard
feeling or talk of favor or discrimina-
| ton, President Brown gathered the ag-
| ricultural exhibitors together in the
Agricultural building at noon and told
them that he was ready to appoint the
| committee on awards, but that he
| wished before doing so to submit the
names he had under consideration for
the information and approval of the
exhibitors in order that if anyone had
objections to make this might be done
before the committee was officially ap-
pointed.
President Brown announced that
he had in view for this committee Col
h. f. Crittenden of Randolph, Mr. G.
| ". Holmes of Morgan, and Mr.. B.. H.
| Baker of Warrenton. The announce
ment was received with decided ex-
| pressions of approval and on motion
of some of the exhibitors the selections
| by the president were unanimously en-
dorsed. The committee will begin it's
work to-day.
The three gentlemen who compose
the committee are all we'll known
members of the Agricultural Society
and in the best of standing with their
fellow members. 1t goes without say
ing that they will not make up their
decisions until they have made a care
ful and conscientious inspection of ev-
| cry exhibit and that their decision will
be based upon what they believe to be
the merits of the case. Mr.. Baker said
yesterday that he had not yet accept
| ed the appointment, as he has his
hands so full in looking after the poul-
try department, of which he is super
intendent, that he will have little time
| to give to the committee.
This Is Poultry Day.
The poultry show will be in full
blast this morning. According to pro-
granlme it opened at noon yesterday,
but the arrivals of new exhibits were
so large that almost the entire day was
exhausted in getting the new arrivals
| installed. The poultry department
~
but those who visit it to-day will find
it one of the best features of the Fair.
| Several hundred new coops arrived
from the Ravenswood farms at Balti-
| more, the Belmont farm at Smyrna
| Ga, and other exhibitors.
The exhibits have not all been tagged
up, but they show the finest lot of
chickens ever seen in Savannah. Spleen
did specimens of all the best known
varieties are on exhibition, besides
many rare and beautiful birds. Be-
sides the chickens, there are a number
of cages of beautiful pigeons, besides
! ducks, geese, turkeys and a number of
white guineas. Supt. Baker, when ask
| ed about the matter yesterday after
noon, said that he had not had time
to count up the poultry, but that in
all there would be between 800 and
900 coops. with probably over 1900
birds.
A very creditable feature of this ex-
| hibit was the changing of all the
coops and the. placing of the birds in
new and clean coops constructed es-
pecially for exhibition purposes. About
900 coops had been supplied by the Fair
Association for this purpose.
Any lover of fine poultry who misses
the show will have something to regret
all his life. Mr.. D. NJ. Owens of Knox
vile. Tenn, has been engaged as spe-
cial expert to judge the merits of the
fowls. He will arrive this morning.
MIR. shotter Wins Prizes.
Superintendent ]. E. McElroy of the
department of Horticulture began the
work of awarding the prizes in his
department yesterday. The exhibits
being few Mr. McElroy made the
! awards himself without taking the
trouble to appoint a committee. Mr..
! s.. p. Shotter won all the prizes for
which he competed in the amateur ex-
hioition of chrysanthemums and roses.
| Mr. Shotter was without competition,
| but the result would have been the
same had there been many COMPETE
tors. 1t was generally agreed by the
| Fair people and visitors generally that
| Mr.. Shelters display was one that was
| beyond excelling and that in merit IL
exceeded anything of the kind at any
| previous Fair. Mr.. Shotter got cash
| prizes as well as blue ribbons.
After the blue ribbons had been tied
on by Mrs. McElroy. wife of the super
| intendent, she was presented with a
large and handsome selection of the
| Shotter flowers to take home with her,
| much TO her qualification.
After the premiums had been award
ed Mr.. Shelters manager gave away
TO the lady visitors all OF the cut
flowers OF fhe exhibit, some very
handsome specimens being thus distri-
buted. The large vase containing fifty
| premium roses was sent 20 the Morn
ing News bureau as "A compliment 10
the young ladies' In charge
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