The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-18
TO GUARANTEE FAIR
CANVASS FOR $4,000 WILL BEGIN
AT ONCE.
COMMITTEES TO RAISE FUND
CITY DIVIDED INTO CANVAssING
DISTRICTS.

citation Confident the Guarantee
Fund Will BE Secured in Few
Representations Under which
subscriptions VIII BE Asked-City
Council viii BE Asked for $1,000.
Railroads VIII Undertake Adver-
Using for the Fair.
Savannah's fall fair is practically as
sured meeting of the Finance Com
mittee of the Savannah Racing Asso-
citation was held yesterday afternoon
at the Chamber of Commerce, and final
arrangements We're made for the rails
ing of the guarantee fund of $4,000 nee
essary to secure the fair.
Not a member of the committee talk
ed of failure, and every one expressed
full confidence that the amount needed
win be readily secured. The work of
advertising the fair will commence
within two or three weeks.
Few cash subscriptions will be asked
for. The guarantee fund will be Sc
cured on the principle of an under
writing board subscribers signing notes
for sums ranging from SIS up. The
notes will be made payable Dec. /.
With the guarantee fund secured the
Finance Committee will be in position
to make contracts and under
take all the expenditures necessary to
prepare for the attractions of the fair,
the fund acting as a financial backing.
However, there is little, if any likeli-
hood, that the guarantors will have
to- pay anything like the face value of
their notes. On the other hand the
men who are behind the fair believe
it will be such a success that a rea-
sonable sum will be cleared above all
expenses. But should the expenses
overbalance the receipts. the shortage
would be prorated among the guaran-
tors and the deficit made up In this
manner.
Committee Added To.
The names of many prominent bust
ness men were added to the Finance
Committee at yesterdays meeting and
arrangements for the raising of the
guarantee fund were completed. The
city was divided into districts, and
committees from the reorganized FL
nance Committee were appointed and
assigned to each district. This plan
was made necessary by the short time
at the disposal of the committee in
which to raise the subscriptions. 1t
will take about three weeks to get
advertising matter ready for distribu-
ton after the programme for the fair
has been prepared and there is much
other preliminary work to be done.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman G. w. Tiedeman with the
following members in attendance: ].
F. Doyle, secretary; T. ]. Davis. NJ. B.
| Ehrlicher, B. H. Levy. H. H. Hull W.
L. Wilson, Simeon E. Theus, ]. D.
Carswell, Sig. Gardner and A. B.
Moore.
There was a full discussion regard
ing the plans for raising the fund
and the personnel of the committee
! having charge of the canvass. 1t was
| finally decided that, owing to the very
short time at the disposal of the COM
mittee it would have to be enlarged
| and a canvass Of the city effected in
the shortest possible time.
On motion of Mr.. Levy the COM
mittee decided to appoint sub-corn-
mittees to be assigned to various sec
tons of the city to solicit subscrip-
tions from business men, and the
chairman of the committee and the
merce were instructed to sign the noti-
! fications to be sent to the newly elect
ed committeeman.
Committees to False $4,000.
The following canvassing committees
were named:
Bay Street, East. D. Carswell,
chairman; A. B. Hull and ]. ]. O'Neill.
Bay Street, West-T. ]. Davis. chair
man. A. Ehrlich and ]. H. HasIam.
| Bryan Street, East and West-Wil-
liam Kehoe, chairman; T. E. Youn1ans.
Congress and st. Julian Streets, East
and West-C. H. Dorset, chairman;
Charles Marks, D. J. Rosenheim,
Broughton Street, East and West
| B. H. Levy, chairman; S. E. Theus, Sig
| Gardner, William baltimore, A. l..
We'll, and Gus Mohr,
state Street and Oglethorpe Ave.
East and West-O. S. Kulman, Paul
Conida, A. S. Nichols and w. T.
Knight.
West Broad South of Liberty. H.
| H. Entelman, chairman; H. S. Leete.
| Liberty Street, East-W. j. Watson,
chairman; ]. NJ. Dixon.
/ Wholesale Grocers on West Side
Joseph Ferst, chairman, S. Sheftall,
and George w. Tiedemsn.
Retail GrocersAM. B. Ehrlicher,
chairman; N. Lang, A. H. Entelman
and F. H. Marshall.
Railroads.&c.. B. Moore, chairman;
B. H. Levy, George w. Tiedeman, w.
]. Watson. S. E. Theus and ]. F.
/ Doyle.
To Ask the City for $1,000.
1t was decided that the chairman of
the City Council in the interest of an
appropriation of $1,000 for the fair
The question of advertising was dis
cussed briefly, and it was left with
the chairman to confer with
the railroads and ascertain just what
they are willing to do The roads have
stated that they will furnish all the adj
vertising matter needed with the ex-
ception of a few large posters. The
railroads have practically assured che
committee one fare rates for the round
trip from tributary territory.
The secretary was Instructed to noti-
fy all the members of the sub-commit-
tees of their appointment as members
of the Finance Committee. and of the
work they have to do in soliciting
funds. The subcommittee will meet
when called by their chairmen.
One of the first things to be done by
the committee after it has secured
the necessary guarantee fund, will be
to elect a secretary of the Fair Asso-
citation and open offices. Mr.. DOYLE
will be secretary.
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