The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-09
STATE FAIR WORK
IS IN PROGRESS
Several Superintendent of De-
partmentS Are Appointed.
A SECTION FOR FAIR WOMEN
Railroads Will Charge Only One Freight
Rate on Exhibits-Wom Asked
to Meet at Commercial Club
Monday Morning

Active preparations were begun yester-
day towards collecting and assembling the
exhibits to be placed in the State Fair to
| be held in this city in November
Superintendents for the different depart
ments have been selected by the directors,
and to each will be left the selection and
| arrangement of the displays to be placed
| in their respective departments.
The directors also decided to set apart
| certain portions of the grounds and build
| ings for a woman's department, and the
women of Birmingham will be asked to take
| charge of this.
De- artment SuperIntendcnts
| The superintendent of the different de-
| partments, so far as they have been select
| ed, are as follows:
Machinery-Charles j. Geohegan
| Minerals and forestry-Frank V. Evans.
Agricultural. r. p Durham.
Mr.. Geohegan, who Is to have charge of
| the machinery exhibit, was for a number
| of years manager of the Warrior Machine
| Works in this city, and is q practical ma
chinist of long experience. Eyerythin per-
| tanning to the machinery department Will
| be in his charge.
minerals and forestry departments. was
| formerly Mayor of Birmingham and is now
manager of a stone quarrying company,
whose quarry is located in Talladega Coun-
| ty. Up to noon yesterday he had secured
the promise of four carloads of minerals,
such as coal, iron ore gold, mica, graphite,
pyrites, and so on, and had only seen about
half dozen persons Not man upon
|. whom he called refused to furnish an ex-
| hibit
| Mr.. Durham, who is to have charge of the
agricultural display, is a member of the
| firm of Simmons, Durham &c Co. of this
| city, and has had wide experience in ag-
riculture.
OLe Kate by Railroads
The railroads have agreed to haul the
| exhibits to be displayed at the fair to Bir-
mnglram and back to the shipping point
| for one rate. That is, they will collect the
| full tariff rate to Birmingham and haul
| them back free of charge.
| The directors of the Fair Association de-
| cided to have womans depar tment at the
| fair and to that end they have called upon
| the women who had charge of that depart
| ment at the fair last year to take charge
| of it this year. Everything pertaining to
| that department will be left entirely In
| their charge. A certain sum of money will
be set aside to pay premiums in this de-
partment, and it will be paid out only upon
the order of the womens committee.
Meeting of women
The women who are connected with the
women's department of the fair last year
and all others who feel an interest in that
department of the fair to be held this year
are requested to meet in the parlor at the
Commercial Club tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. 1t is expected that an organiza-
ton will be effected at that time, and that
the women will go to work Immediately
thereafter making arrangements for a
magnificent womans display.
Architect Spinks is drawing up plans for
the new machinery hall to be built, and
will have them ready for the contractors in
a few days
The premium list was given to the print
er yesterday, and will be ready for distri-
button the latter part of this week.