The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
THE FAIR HAS ENDED
GATES wERE CLOSED At o
O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT.
WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
PRESIDENT MooRE AND OTHER
OFFICERS SATISFIED WITH RE
SUITS.

All Work In Making Of Awards Was
Concluded by Noon spaldinG
County Takes First Place in Coun-
~ Contest-Awards in the WOm-
ans work Department-The PouI-
try Winners-Ohicc of Fair VIII
Remain at Grounds for Several
Days and Then BE Removed to
Chamber of Commerce building.
The Savannah Agricultural and In
dustrial Fair closed its gates shortly
after o'clock last night. In spite of
the counter attraction OF the Geor-
gia-Savannah football game, the crowd
at the grounds was large, and the gate
receipts We're gratifying. The final
round of the buildings was made, and
the last visit was paid to the Midway.
1t was a good closing day, and every
one was satisfied.
Ladies were admitted free to the
grand stand, and there was a large
number of the fair sex at the races,
which were made a fitting finale. After
the last race the Midway was the CEN
ter of attraction, and the crowd surged
up and down the enclosure until Man
ager Saussy announced that the fair
was over. By midnight many of the
exhibits had been removed, and by to-
night nearly all will be out of the build
ings.
The attendance in the morning was
small, and the shows did not open I'M
Ill o'clock, the hour announced. AS
the time for the races approached the
numbers on the ground began to in
crease, and when the first race was
called the grand stand was comfortably
filled. After the Georgia. Savannah
game had concluded the spectators hur-
ried to the grounds. and made the Mid
way a scene of fun and jollity until
dark.
Awards Completed by Noon.
By noon all the awards had been
completed by the judges in the various
departments. The county judges gath
cred as soon as the gates had opened,
and began further inspection of the
county displays. They had completed
their work at II o'clock and at once
began awarding the prizes, and plac
ing the ribbons on the managers of the
different displays.
The blue ribbon was placed on Mr..
Rigel of Spalding. There was no for
|
the judges simply announcing their de-
cision and placing the ribbon indica-
tive of the place won upon the sue
cessful managers. The red ribbon was
given to Mr.. Miller of Bulloch county,
and the black to Mrs. Monk of Worth.
The other county managers, Mr.. God
ley of Camden and Mr.. Paul Of Dodge
were told of the results by one of the
judges.
Mr.. John P. Barnwell had completed
the work of tabulating the returns on
the poultry display, and the formal
announcement was made shortly after
the noon hour. The judges of the
Womans Work Department had also
completed their lists by noon, and the
winners of premiums were told of their
awards. This completed the work of
awards, and after the closing hour
the different exhibitors began remov-
ing their displays.
The Fair IA Big Success.
AS the hour for closing the gates to
the public approached a number of the
| officers of the association We're asked
for an opinion as to the success of the
fair. One and all seemed to be conf
dent that it would be a success from
the financial standpoint. and in point
of attendance there was no doubt.
President A. B. Moore, when asked his
opinion of the fair, said:
"Of course we can say nothing def
mite as yet as to the receipts but it
appears that we are going to come out
winners. In point of attendance the
fair has been a great success. We had
several disappointments in regard to
our special days, but the crowds turn
ed out nevertheless, and 1 see no Tea-
son why the fair should not be stamp
ed as an unqualified success"
Secretary Doyle said: II have all
| Of 70 dot
those of to-day. Judging from the con-
ditions as far as l have gone in the
work of making up the report. think
1t is safe to say that the association
will come out ahead. The fair has
been a success in every way"
Gen. Mgr. Gordon Saussy said: at
has been a great success. In several
instances we were disappointed on
| programmes which had been arranged
| but nevertheless we have succeeded
| 1t was a united effort on the part of
all to make it a success. and We won
You may say that the fair has been a
| good one in every sense of the word"
Mr.. James C. Shaw, the manager of
the Midway said: I'm my department
everything has moved off smoothly The
| show people are all satisfied and we
have made a good percentage from
them for the benefit of the association
From my observations the fair has
| DeeI q success III every sense or the
word, and has been a credit to Savan-
| nah"
Closing Work of Association.
Secretary Doyle, Manager Saussy and
! Assistants Barnwell and Hitzfeld will
! to-day begin closing up the business
of the fair. This will require some time
to complete, but by far the greater
! part of it will be done within a week
! or ten days. For the present the
headquarters of the association will re-
main at the Fair Grounds, and later
will be moved back to the room in the
! Chamber of Commerce building.
! The principal business yet to be done
! is that of sending the premiums to
! those to whom they have been award
! ed. In almost all others respects the
| entire business of the fair has been
! wound up. There are still some minor
matters to be concluded with the
shows, but all these will be up by IL
| o'clock tonight.
! In point of attendance die fair has
been good. Savannah Day and Bulloch
! County Day were the largest, with the
| latter slightly in excess of the former.
| Governors Day was also a drawing
| card, though the Governor was unable
| to be present. Every one is satisfied,
and all are praising the management
| for their efforts in behalf of Savan-
| nah.
SPAlDlNG COUNTY