The age-herald., 1900-10-14
ITS ONLY IS DAYS
 TILL STATE FAIR
All the Buildings Completed and
 Are Ready.
IS CASH FOR EVERYTHING
Demand for Space Much Greater Than Anticipated, and Every Foot of Room Will be Occupied
 Labor Day Great Day
Eighteen days until the State Fair.

Eighteen days until the State Fair.
 All of the new buildings for the State Fair have been completed and turned over 10 the association. The contractor will be paid in full in cash for the work tomorrow. The new buildings erected al the fair grounds cost something over sSe3a but when the Alabama Fair Association takes charge of them tomorrow they will have been paid for.
 When the gates of the fair open on No- yember there will be no debt hanging over the fair association and it will have money enough in the bank to pay all pre- miums. Under these conditions there can be no such word as fail in the vocabulary Of the Alabama Fair Association.
 The railroads have all made a rate of one fare for the roundtrip, plus 50 cents, the price of one admission to the fair grounds. They have also agreed to haul all exhibits intended for the fair to Birming- ham and return at one-half rate; that is, full tariff rates will be charged on the shipment to Birmingham and nothing on the return.
 The employees at the headquarters of the fair association in First avenue vert busy yesterday sending out programmes for the annual meeting of the Alabama Poultry and Pet Stock Association, which will be held in connection with the State Fair
 Secretary John W. ONeil said yesterday tEat the demand for space was much greater than expected and that every avail able foot of floor and ground space suitable for the purpose would be taken.
 The laboring people will make Labor Day, Saturday, November 3, one of the biggest events of the fair Their parade will be mammoth procession, and will be made up of representatives from every labor or. ganization in the Birmingham district and from every organized labor union m the State.
 Military Day, November T. will also be a big day, and thousands of people from all sections of the State will be here to witness the competitive drill.
 The outlook for a successful fair grows brighter every day.
 Rates by Rail
 Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 19. John W. O'Neill, Secretary, Birmingham. State Fair tickets will be sold at half rate, plus fifty cents admission, from all points in the state, and from Columbus, Atlanta, Rome, Dalton, Ga; Chattanooga. Tenn; Columbus, Miss; Meridian, Miss. and intermediate stations. Date of sale October 31 to November Il. Rates will also be made for military companies and brass bands in uniform, twenty or more on one ticket, at one cent per mile each way. suggest that you get this in the Age-Her- ald tonight.
 (SigneD J. NJ. FAULKNER
 The Negro Exhibits
 To the Negroes of Alabama.
 Greeting:-Once more an opportunity has been offered to us to show our advance ment and worth and it behooves us to take advantage of it.
 The Alabama State Fair Association, un- der the management of Col. J. M Falkner of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and others, has decided to give us a build ing in which to make exhibits at the State Fair to be held in Birmingham November 1 to 10. The building is two-story struc- ture and will accommodate quite a large exhibit. and we should have it crowded with all kinds of exhibits showing our progress. Farm produce of every kind, chickens, ducks, hogsand everything which is our own work. We should all do our best to make a creditable exhibit, espec- ially since we did not avail ourselves of this same opportunity last year to any great extent.
 The ladies can do their part by giving exhibits along all their lines of work, such as sewing, preserving, quilting, hat-mak- ing, etc. We ahe sure of a great school exhibit from all over the State. Over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad exhibits will be sent at reduced rates, which will make the cost of sending exhibits very small. One day will be given entirely to us and will be known as Negro Day.
 Let us all get interested in this matter and make the negro exhibit one of the special features of the fair.
 Exhibits are solicited from every person in the State. For further informat ton ad- dress ALBERT JOHNSTON, Chief Negro Department, 11S North 18th street, Birmingham, Ala.