The age-herald., 1899-09-13
The Matter of Exhibits

Secretary Rountree now has a perfect diagram of the floor space of the eXposi- tion building in his office and the work of awarding the space for the individual ex- hibits must begin within the next few days.
 The center of the building, including 1,124 square feet of floor space, will be devoted to the splendid exhibit now being gotten up by the state. Around this will be strung in attractive style the exhibits from the diff ferent counties. This will leave 4,OOO square feet of floor space for sale to the merchants and manufacturing concerns.
 Already much more than this amount of space has been asked for and from neces- sity the size of many of the applications must be cut down. .t.t...
 Those desiring space now would do well to put in their applications at once.
 Letter of the Press Club
 The Birmingham Press club recently or ganized is taking a lively interest in the success of the fair. The club will have general headquarters at the fair grounds, where visiting members of the press will be received and entertained. Papers from all over the state will be kept on file and an eUOrt Will De Hdue lO Scl up ihtSl- esting exhibit. An attempt will be made to get the oldest printing outfit in the state and compare it with the most improved methods of printing newspapers.
 The following letter was sent to the members of the state press yesterday
 "The management of the state fair, through the Birmingham Press club, in charge of the press department, extends to you cordial invitation to attend the fair which will be held in this city November [ to IS, inclusive, and hopes to see you present. Headquarters will be fitted up in the main building, where members of the fraternity and their friends will find hearty welcome.
 ''We especially desire to call attention to the prizes to be offered in the press depart ment for the best and second best weekly newspaper published in Alabama, from an editorial, typogra phical and business office point of view. The first prize will be $15 in cash and a diploma, and the second prize s10 in cash and diploma. All weekly newspapers are invited to enter the com petition, which will be decided by com- mittee of competent judges to be selected from the Alabama press. Competitors
  each of the four issues of their paper previous to the opening of the fair on No yember z.
 "Editors and publishers are requested to cooperate with the press department by exhibiting such things of interest to the craft as might be in their possession. Ad- dress all communications to M. B. Mayer. secretary Birmingham Press club, Bir- mingham, Ala. Very respectfully,
 "J. A. ROUNTREE,
 "Secy Ala. State Fair.
 "R. J. JOHNSTON,
 "Prest. B'ham Press Club.
 "M. B. MAYER,
 "Sec'y B'ham Press Club"
 Secretary Rountree has already made arrangements to have weekly letter pub lished by over sixty of tine weekly papers. In each paper will also be inserted dis play announcement of the fair.
 Work on the Buildings
 Thirty of the stalls at the fair grounds to accommodate the horses that Will enter in the races have already been completed. All the structural work on the grand stand has been completed and the work of laying the floor and putting on the cover will begin today.
 All the pillars for the exposition hall have been erected and the task of putting up the heavy timbers will be completed in a few days. Wonderful progress is be- Ing made on the race track.
 Cullman county will hold another meet ing next Saturday to discuss county ex- hlbit and Coosa county has asked the fair management to send man to a meeting to be held there on September 25.