The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-06
AT WORK ALL NIGHT
TO GET EXHIBITS IN READINESS
FOR STATE FAIRS OPENING.
MOST OF THEM COMPLETE.
RUSH of EXHIBITS AT THE LAST
HOUR.

The wOmen's Displays So Far Lack
ing and the Negro Exhibits seen
to Have Fallen Down-Sanders'
willie Industrial school Furnishes
the only Negro Exhibit So Far
r.. A. Manget's 25-Acre Farm-Col
Tom Lyon has Bartow's Mineral
Exhibit in Charge-Cotton ne
Longer Seems TO Hold First Place
with the Farmers, and Hay Is the
Favorite.
Yesterday was a busy day at the Fair
Grounds. Everybody was at work and
those who had nothing to do were kept
out, as far as possible. The exhibitors
were working like beavers in the effort
to complete their exhibits and have
them in readiness for the day; the
Midway people were getting their
shows in shape and scores of men were
at work all over the grounds putting
the finishing touches to the various
features.
It was impossible to complete all the
work by night, but practically all of
the exhibitors will have their displays
in readiness by the time the Fair opens.
There will doubtless still be the usual
additions and changes which always
follow the opening of any exhibition,
and a few belated exhibits are expect
ed. 1t will be day or two, of course,
before everything is in the spiek and
span order which the exhibitors are
seeking to obtain.
The committees in charge of the
county exhibits put in a hard days
work. Much new material was added
and in fact some of the counties SEEM
ed to be possessed of more products
and supplies than could be convenient
ly stored away in the very liberal
spaces allotted them. This was par
ticularly the case with Brooks, Bar
tow, Cobb and Sumter, all four of
which appeared to be overloaded with
high class products of the farm. These
four exhibits are practically complete.
Brooks had a large quantity Of fine
specimens of hard woods for which
there seemed no available space and
the other counties were struggling
with the problem of clearing the aisles
of their surplus exhibits.
Spalding. Worth. Camden and Efting-
ham were not quite so far advanced,
but will doubtless be in good shape by
the time the crowds arrive The Eff
fingham booth is very tastefully dec
GRATED and the exhibit when complete
will be very pretty one. Special at
tention is being given to the fine
syrups produced in the county and
these will be a prominent feature of the
exhibit. Mr.. A. p. Shearouse is In
charge, assisted by Mr.. S. H. Morgan,
secretary of the county agricultural
society. "a
Among the individual exhibits in the
agricultural department which are
likely to attract attention that of Mr..
r. A. Manget of Barlow is
worthy of special mention. Mr..
Manget prides himself upon being the
twenty five-acre farmer" This is the
size Of Mr.. Manget's farm, and he only
cuitixates about fifteen acres. From
the number, variety and quality of his
exhibits one would suppose that they
were the selections of a very large
farm.
'"They are all the product of my own
labor" said Mr.. Manget. There is
not a grain of wheat or anything else
you will find there that came from any
other farm. If anyone can show me
that there is he can have the farm
and the exhibit thrown in"
Mr.. Manget has several varieties Of
wheat. rye, corn and oats, both in the
grain and the milled products, besides
a fine variety of fruits and vegetables