The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-17
STATE FAIR WILL OPEN ON THURSDAY Six Hundred Troops to Escort
 Governor JeIkS EXHIBITS ARE ARRIVING
 -- Paul cilardoni VIII Feed All the soI- dlers On Military Day-Rrandon Light Artillery VIII Fire
 Opening Salute.
EXHIBITS ARE ARRIVING


 next Thursday, october 9. Governor Jelks and eight members of his stan will be present, and will be escorted to the grounds by more than 600 troops.
 Word was receiver at fair headquarters yesterday that the blank ammunition for the Brandon Light artillery has been shipped from the Rock Island arsenal, Illinois. The battery will practice before the fair opens and will make q fine ap- pearance on the opening day.
 The officials of the fair will meet and welcome Governor Jellks and his military escort at the fair grounds. When the governor has addressed a few words to the people. and declared the fair to be open. salute of seventeen guns will be fired in front of the grandstand.
 The board of education at Bessemer has given the negro schools of that town a holiday for Negro day Monday, No vember 8. It is expected that a similar privilege will be granted to the white schools of Birmingham and the sur rounding towns as the fair association has made rate of 15 cents for entrance for all public school children who pur- chase their tickets at the schools or come in a body with their teachers. Those coming alone to the fair gates, if under tickets at 25 cents.
 All Shows Daily.
 All the shows which have been adver- tised will be given each day Reports have been spread that these shows will go away before the end of the fair, and that they vii; not take place or negro day. General Manager MacKnight says that none of the shows will leave the grounds until after the final performance on Mon day night. November 3. Our contracts with all shows" he said, Absolutely for bid them to leave the fair grounds until the fair is officially declared to be at an end The diving horses, the guideless wonders, the dog driving race horse; AIvinfs cannon-balloon act, Memolfs band, the Indians and cowboys. with all other free shows provided by the associa- tlon, will take place on negro day, as on all other days of the fair Besides all these, the midway shows and all other at fractions are obliged to remain till the | CuTtaln ldflS tu tue ldSt dCts
 Superlntendents Meet. The meeting of superintendents of de- partments was fully attended at head quarters last night The only unfavor- able symptoms were in the department of agriculture, and these are due to the long drouth, which has cut off many of the crops MT. Reilly of the minerals de- | t,o rf,oeY,+ acpaoto1Ixy ,,road fhaf fbosa in tending to send in exhibits would hurry them along The same was urged by all other superintendents.
 1 MT. McCafferty reported that the poul- 1 try show will be the finest ever seen in Birmingham. Many new exhibitors will enter the lists, as interest in fine poultry is growing rapidly in this section.
 The Fancy Fowl, a leading poultry journal published at Hopkinsville, Ky. has just given the Alabama state fair 1 good "send-off," and says that great many exhibits will be here from Ken l lucky.
 Several car loads of exhibits have al- ready arrived, containing the state dis plays, county displays, and some few of an individual character. The first county exhibit to arrive is that from Morgan county, shipped here by L. T. Baker, of 1 New Decatur. A. r. Hutchings, of Shell | by county, has arrived. and the Shelby exhibit will reach Birmingham today State Fair Herald.
 l The State Fair Herald is out. and gives an interesting resume of the fairs many attractions. It is a neat four-page paper containing nothing except information about tho state fair.
 Paul Gilardoni will begin to serve meals at the restaurant under the grand stand 1 on Monday. Many of his old patrons say they are going there to eat each day while the fair is in session. Paul wil, feed over 600 soldiers of the National Guard at noon on Thursday next before l the prize drills take place.
 The fair grounds presented an ani- mated scene yesterday, and this phase 1 of the fair will increase in interest each | day. Horses are being exercised on the track all sorts of show buildings and I pavil.ons are being erected; machinery Is being installed. and the decorators have l gone to work. The whole place is yer itable hive of industry. The new gates l will be built at once to stop all traffic through the grounds until the fair opens