The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-06
OUTLOOK FOR
FALL CARNIVAL
MOVEMENT IN GOOD SHAPE.
BUSINESS INTERESTS OF CITY
HAVE TAKEN 1T UP IN EARNEST.

If Guaranteed Advanced Sale of
Tickets Reaches $1,000, the At
fractions Desired for First Class
Show Can BE Secured-ResuIts of
one Days Work Were Crafty
ing-OR Week for shows Engaged
by other Southern cities Has Been
Chosen for Event-Up to Business
Men.
A promising movement for a fall fes-
tival and carnival has been started,
and every indication points to the sue
cess OF the efforts now being made to
that end by the Retail Merchants AS
ISOLATION.
For two weeks past plans were be-
ing quietly laid for the holding of the
carnival, but it was not until yester-
day morning that the moving spirits
thought that the time was ripe for an
announcement of the results of their
efforts
While the real decision as to whether
or not a carnival win be held in Sa-
vannah this fall rests with the bust
ness men themselves, the promoters
of the proposition will leave no effort
untried in order to enlist the hearty
cooperation needed for the success of
the enterprise.
Plan of the Carnival.
Briefly told, the plan is to secure an
advanced guarantee sale of tickets to
the value of $5.OOO tickets to be sold
for so cents each. With this sum GER
fractions to make a first-clas carnival.
1T is proposed to hold the carnival
during the six days beginning with
Oct. 81. The Jacksonville carnival
closes Oct. 29, and the Tampa carnival
opens Nov Z, thus leaving one week
when the attractions which have been
engaged to go from Jacksonville to
Tampa will be disengaged. This will
make it possible to cut down consid-
erably the cost of the attractions for
Savannah.
One price of admission will cover en-
trance to all of the shows. An en-
closed arena will be erected within the
city limits. Among the attractions will
be a well known band of sixty-five
pieces, a troop of United States caval-
ry, stadium with a number of high
class acts, and over twenty reputable
midway shows. Each evening there
will be a display of fireworks. The
50-cent admission will pay for the en-
joyment of all of the attractions named.
Merchants Taking Hold.
Though yesterday was the first day
of the advanced sale of tickets, a
good round sum was realized. Bust
ness men were urged to buy tickets in
quantities and send them out of town
to their customers as an inducement to
get them into Savannah. The rail-
roads will do their part to the sue
cess of the carnival by giving very
low rates to Savannah during the
week.
1t is estimated that the expenses of
the carnival will be i'm the neighbour
hood of $4,000, but if the advanced sale
of tickets reached $4,000, the attrac-
tions will take chances of getting
enough out of their share of the re-
ceipts to make good on the show.
To Bring Many Visitors.
With the assured cooperation of the
railroads, it is estimated that there
would be brought into Savannah dur
ing the week of the carnival no less
than 5000 visitors, the advantages of
whose presence would be evident to
every business man. The visitors them
selves would welcome the opportunity
to come to Savannah for their fall
shopping, and to see the big show
which will be offered.
In the case of Jacksonville, which
has made a great success out of it's
carniVals in the last few years, over
$4,000 tickets have already been
subscribed by the business men
this year, and it is reported
that they are planning to spend
not less than $4,000 in making
the show a success. Charleston, Au-
gusta, Charlotte, Columbia and Macon
are working the carnival and fair plan
with signal success. both as an enter
prise and as a means of drawing Wis
itors to the points named.
Snvnnnah's Advantages.
Indeed, so nicely have the plans of
contiguous towns and cities who have
tried the festival and carnival plan on
a much more modest scale than that
proposed for Savannah, that visitors
who could easily be induced to come
to this city on account of its superior
facilities, have been attracted by the
fairs at other places, to the detriment
of Savannah's retail trade.
Within the remaining days of the
present week the representatives of the
business organizations of the city will
ascertain the demand for the proposed
festival from the willingness with
which the merchants and business men
subscribe for tickets. AS soon as the
required advanced sale is completed,
deals will be closed for the attractions
and the carnival will be assured.