The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-16
EIGHT SPECIAL DAYS
ANNOUNCED FOR THE SAVANNAH
INDUSTRIAL FAIR.
PROGRAMMES MADE UP.
FOR EACH DAY AND COMMITTEE IS
MAKING FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.

Day are Among the Features-A
Baby show VIII be Held on Chill
dren's Day-MiIItary to BE Present
On Governors Day-Main's Circus
VIII BE Attraction On Circus Day
Exclusive Privileges Were Let to
Highest Bidders.
Definite arrangements concerning the
Savannah Agricultural and Industrial
Fair have been completed in the ma
jority of cases. The programme for
the special days has been mapped out
and announcements were made con-
corning them yesterday. A large num-
Der of the exclusive privileges were
also let yesterday and the entire af-
fair is now assuming definite shape.
Manager Saussy, Secretary Doyle and
Mr.. James c. Shaw. the committee
authorized by the directors to COM
plete the arrangements, held a meeting
yesterday morning and arranged the
programme for the special days. In
Guiding the opening day these special
days will be eight in number. The
days and their dates, as announced
yesterday, are as follows:
Wednesday, Nov. 4-Opening Day.
Thursday, Nov 5-Automobile and
Flower Pageant Day.
Friday, Nov. 6-SaVananh Day.
Saturday, Nov. 7-Children's Day.
Tuesday, Nov. 10-Trades and Labor
Day.
Wednesday, Nov. 11-Bulloch County
Day.
Thursday, Nov. 12-Circus Day.
Friday, Nov. 13-Governor's Day.
Thursday, Nov. IA will be the closing
day of the fair and an endeavor will
be made to make this combine all the
best elements of the other special days.
Arrangements for the days programmed
above have been practically completed
and unless some unforeseen accidents
cause changes in dates, the above pro-
gramme will stand
Exercises for the Various Days.
Opening Day" will. of course. be de-
voted to general sightseeing and to plac-
ing everything in order. All the exhib-
its will be in place by the night pre-
cedng the opening, and will be ready
for inspection on the first day. All Of
the shows will be in place, and visitors
to the fair on that day can visit any
or all of them.
Automobile Day" will be one of the
features of the entire fair The day
VIII NC OpCliCh ny a lcil iuNCiiACOAlC
and flower pageant and handsome
prizes will be awarded to the best dec
grated automobile and for the best
handling of the machines by their own
ers. A grand parade of the flower
decked autos" will be held, the pa
rade passing in review before the
judges selected for the occasion.
Following the parade an automobile
race will be pulled off. This race will
be open to amateurs only, and only
road machines will be allowed to COM
pete. AS a further condition, all ma
chimes must be owned by residents of
Savannah and must be operated by
| their owners.
Savannah Day" will be devoted to
| displaying particularly the work that
| is being done in Savannah in all lines.
Her many advantages will also be
prominently brought to the front, and
everything possible done to thoroughly
advertise the city. On this day the
special projects which are now under
way for the benefit of the city will be
brought to the attention of the visitors,
and their influence in furthering them
will be solicited.
Governors Day and Children Days.
Governors Day" will be one of the
largest of the entire fair. The pro-
gramme as outlined in the Morning
News will be carried out in detail. An
effort will be made to secure the pres
ence of all the military of Chatham ana
surrounding counties to attend the fair
on that daY and help to make up
large escort for the Governor.
Circus Day" will be given up to the
interests of one of the big circuses.
Walter L. Mains big tent show eXhi-
bition has been ARRANGED for and
they will be here with their complete
company and all their wild animal
exhibits The agent for the show
will be in Savannah to-day and hnal
arrangements will be made Tor secur-
ing the big attraction.
"Children,s Dav'' will be devoted to
entertaining the children. The chill
dren of the orphans home will attend
as guests of the Fair Association, and
ii is hoped that a generous sum VIII
be donated to be given TO the children
for the purpose of taking in the en-
tire fair and it's many attractions. A
baby show" will also be a feature on
this day. and an appropriate prize will
be awarded to the prettiest baby on
the grounds.
The other Special Days.
Trades and Labor Day will be given
I'D to the members of the different
unions throughout the city, who viii
be asked to attend in body or 10
make some exhibition of their strength
and what they are doing. This VIII
also be Butchers Day and some anus
ing contests will be arranged in which
the butchers will participate.
"Bulloch County Day" promises al
so to be one of the big days of the
fair The residents of that county
are putting forth a strong effort to
make their exhibit a prize winner and
on "Bulloch Day" the residents of
neighboring counties will attend the
fair DIS guests of Bulloch county. The
products of Bulloch county will be
given especial prominence and some
novel exhibitions are also being ar
ranged.
The racing will be a feature on each
day. Five races will be run off daily
and some fast contests are now as
sured. Manager of the Racing De-
partment. Mr.. H. H. Hull. will return
from Atlanta to-day or tomorrow
and the list of entries will be made
shortly after.
A number of the exclusive privi
leges were let yesterday. Privileges
were given to a merry go-round COM
pany, Ferris wheel. a palmist COM
pany, glass blowers and engravers, and
several miner exhibitions and stands.
The midway will be under the man
agement of the Fair Association and
will be made at a later date.
All Savannah merchants and bust
ness men who have banners on which
their names and the characters of
their business are printed are re-
headquarters to-day. The manage
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