The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-11
Big FEATURE FOR
THE STATE FAIR
Agricultural Department Will
Make a Fine Display.
COMMISSIONER AT WORK
Governor Johnston Pledges Financial
Aid-President FaIkner Greatly
Pleased, and is Leaving Moth
ing UnGone to Succeed
COMMISSIONER AT WORK

Age-Herald Bureau, Clancey's Hotel,
| Montgomery, September 1O.-(speclal 1.-The
State of Alabama will be represented at the
| coming State Fair, to be held in Birming-
ham this fall, by the most magnificent ag-
ricultural display ever arranged in this
| State.
Commissioner of Agriculture Poole has
become interested in the fair, and he stated
| this morning that he proposed to arrange
an exhibit that would excel anything here
| tofore attempted The commissioner had a
conference with Governor Johnston, and the
| latter told the commissioner to go ahead
with the exhibit, and the State would foot
the bills. AT least $500 will be expended
on the exhibit. Mr.. Poole said that he had
| not outlined the plan of his exhibit yet but
that he would Immediately begin Its ar
rangement. Mr.. Poole is one of the most
| progressive men that has ever filled the
commissioner office in this State, and this
fact guarantees the success of his exhibit.
President Falkner, of the fair, was much
ated over the action of the Governor in
allowing the exhibit, and he stated that it
made the success OF the fair absolute. Since
his return from Birmingham Friday, Col.
Falkner has been very busy with the de-
TAILS OIL the IdlT, anu ne 10 HdhulS "oh-
derfu progress.
h-..tlng with Encouragemt
IT am meeting with every encouragement
possible he said this morning, and there
is no doubt but that we are going to have
the greatest fair up at Birmingham that
has ever been arranged for this State. 1t is
our purpose to open the fair with great
trades display, and prizes will be offered
for the best floats seen in the parade. Then
we have arranged for a Labor Day at the
fair, and we propose to make the grandest
display of labor ever seen in the south.
I'VE are advertising for contracts for
two new buildings of vast Importance
First we will build great machinery hail
150x50 feet, and here we will make fine
machinery display. A competent man has
been placed in charge of this department
Then we will have a negro building 10Ox50
feet, in which the negro will exhibit the
progress of his race.
Mr.. Frank V. Evans, who has been
placed IN charge of the mineral display,
writes me letter this morning that he is
meeting with splendid success. The Ten
nessee Coal and Iron Company the Sloss-
Sheffield Company the Ivy Leaf Coal
Company, and other mining concerns have
promised creditable exhibits. An exhibit
which can not be shown probably in any
other State in the Union will be magnif-
cent marble column three feet in diameter
by forty feet in length This column will
come from the Talladega quarries.
Union Labor
You can say for the benefit of your
Birmingham people, that union labor will
be employed in all the buildings.
IT have written to the Commissioner of
Agriculture at Washington asking him to
assist us in the fair. I have also written
the Fish Commissioner asking for the use
of the display from his department. Sew
implements have agreed to make exhibits,
and am in communication with two of the
largest dairymen in the West asking for
exhibits. We propose to have nice stock
exhibits from Alabama. The Continental
Gin Company will erect a complete ginnery
on the grounds. and have 1t in operation
during the fair.
IAN attractive feature of the fair will
| be the floral parade, In which we hope to
have many handsomely decorated vehicles
We are going to make 1t progress every
day and get livlier as the thing goes on"
Colonel Falkner will have a creditable
exhibit at the fair from his famous farm
near Montgomery, including his dairy ex-
hibit, another such as can not be found In
the South. Montgomery will take lively
interest In the fair, since it is understood
that 1T Is to be run on a strictly business
principle, which guarantees Its success.