The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-08
SELMA FAIR OPENS WITH B|G PARADE Everything Starts Off Very
 Ausp'clously UNIQUE ENTERTAIN MtNT Harmony Club Gives Brilliant Affair In Form of Miniature Street
 Falr. Other News of Selma
 and Dallas County.
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and Dallas County.
 Selma, November 7.-(Special. )-Today about 12:3O, with an imposing parade through the principal streets of the city, the formal opening of the Central Ala bama fair was made. The parade was headed by Memoli's band of Birmingham. consisting of twenty pieces and making excellent music as they marched through the city. The Abbott Rifles, under com mand of Capt. w. F. AycocS, followed the 1 band and then came detachment of the Dallas Dragons acting as escort for the distinguished visitors and officers of the association. In the first carriage was Pres ident J. B. Ellis of the fair association, Mayor " B. Atkins. J. Craig Smith, treas urer of the state of Alabama, and R. R. Poole commissioner of agriculture and 1 industries.
 The directors of the association followed in the next hacks and then members of press, young ladies, several fancy horses | which will take part in the horse show. the paid fire department of the city and l lflcI ICIdntS liOdlo.
 The parade marched out to the fair grounds where Mayor Atkins formally de- clared the exhibition open. and gave cor dial welcome to all visitors. R. R. Poole 1 was also called on and made short ad- | dress.
 l The races were put on beginning about 1 2 o'clock and everything starts off under | the most suspicious circumstances. Ihe .I~ 41.s. GAlf fp I Is universally accorded to be the best that has been shown in the south, and many I times better than at Birmingham. There 1 are more pigs, more sheep, more cattle | at the Selma fair than at Birmingham, l and In fact 1t is said by those who viewed them both that the Selma fair compares l favorably in all respects to the Bir- l mingham exhibition.
 The exhibits in the main building arc very creditable to those merchants who had enterprise enough to secure space
 Gala Social Event.
 The Harmony club, the oldest social organization In the city, and one of the oldest in the state, noted for the brill liancy of it's entertainments and the great pleasure always enjoyed by its guests, eclipsed all former efforts last night in it's initial affair of 1905-06.
 The scheme for the evening was minia- l ture street fair and under the able dre0 ton of the chairman, Sam Straus, assist ed by M. M. Rosenberg, who was director l of the street fair, a most successful enter | tainment was given. The guests began ar- irving about 9:30, and were met on the Midway, the long hall of the club rooms, by the Chinese theatre band, the freaks of the sideshows, and the animals of the big arena. The spiels of the door takers for the fat womans show, the skeleton man, and the other attractions framed up in the various parlors and dining room of the club attracted the visitors, and a performance stupendous in stupendousness and overwhelming in it's colossal magni tude was given by each show.
 | The big dance hall was the stadium Here blue and white bunting formed complete tent over ceiling and sides, ant 1t was in the "big show that the mos fun was had. Here were the animals ant their trainers. Monroe Gusdorf conducted the animals through various feats the ele phart. monkeys and bears being repre- scented by Jerome Seigle, Harry and San Marx and M. M. Rosenberg. In the Chi nese theatre a decidedly novel entertain ment was given as was the "Plantatior Show. The fat woman was taken of by Leo Krauss. while Walter Bloch made a splendid and life-like skeleton.
 The burlesque over dancing was in dulged in until about 1 o'clock. Dunklln's orchestra furnishing the music. The en tire evenings entertainment was one that will not soon be forgotten. It's novelty and the good humor the burlesque in the fore part of the evening put the guests in, made up an affair that carried witt 1t unstinted praise for the committee, and those who assisted in every way.
 Funeral of Edward Robert Owen.
 This morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence on Alabama street, oc- cured the funeral of Robert Owen, the son of MT. and Mrs. R. L. Owen, whose death occurred yesterday afternoon The services were conducted by Rev. A L. Andrews. pastor of the Church Street | Methodist church, and the pail bearers were. Will McMullen, Ernest Seals, Town send Kincey. Truly Kincey. Ted Kincey and Tom Mccullough. A large number of friends followed the remains to their resting place in Live Oak cemetery.
 Local and Personal.
 Sam Johnson, a negro youth who pre- tends to attend to the herding of COWS of MT. Gayle, was before the mayor charged with allowing stock to run loose The COW nuisance is again to the front and the mayor hopes to put a stop to it. The trial of the boy was postponed until tomorrow.
 Joe Nix will be tried before the mayor tomorrow morning on the charge of lar. ceny of cap stolen from H. B. Spier and of assault with a weapon on Henry Spier. It is alleged that Nix when ac. cused of stealing the cap, drew a pis. tol
 Pat Shelby, formerly porter at G. R Dunklin & Co.'S will have a hearing to. morrow on the charge of stealing mer. chandse.
 Emma Thomas and Laura Burns, charg. ed with disorderly conduct. were before the mayor this morning and the Thomas woman was discharged while Laura Burns was fined s10. Ed Burns, charged with interfering with an officer, was discharged.
 Dan Childers. charged with stealing a bicycle. which he claims to have pur. chased, from a negro, whose name he did not know, was fined $45 in Mayors court this morning.
 A petition was circulated this morn. ing and readily signed by pradticall, all the merchants, agreeing to close thell places of business on Thursday at noon in order that employees may attend the fair