The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-01
BY WILL IT. sHEEHAN:

BY WILL T. STEPHAN.
 Selma for ali Central Alabama in the fall, beginning october IT;
 than ten years ago was to ceIeprate ,ne tion at St. Louis was to commemorate the purchase of the vast Loui5iana Ter ritory from Napoleon; the exposition at Portland, Oregon. is to honor ana cele- brate the exploration of the Norshwest by Lewis and Clarke, Selmas fair Will celebrate the return of prosperity to the farms and plantations Of the state.
 Its promoters and organizers have not so announced. but Ahat the tcea Tor the Central Alabama Exposition mad its origin in the sections restored and in- creased prosperity may not be doubted; In view of the conditions that surround 1t the forthcoming show at Selma should properly be considered not an exhibit, but as an event, as mile stone which mal ks not only the prog ress of the State but which indicates progress was heard and where the march was taken up with Guickened
 For Restored Prosperity.
 The Association which will give the fair Is composed of prominent citizens of Selma It has been formed with capital stock of $10,o00. Part of tnis has rehabiiitating the old fair grounds which are said to contain one of the finest half-mile tracks in the entire
 The corporation which will have charge of the fair is called the Central Alabama Fair Association. Its officers are James B. Ellis. President; E. c. Vice President. The directors of the Association are James B Eliis. J. E. Hooper, J: P, schpb, E; c: Melvin. ". smith and Isaac schwaz.
 The predominant purpose of the As- sociation is to give distinctly ayrfcul, tural fair. one which will httingiy ana ditions Of Alabama In this year of 1903: The fair will differ from those which Of late years have been held in Birming- Birmingham exhibits were more min eral than agricultural. Birmlngnam is the heart and the center of the mineral ore mines are almost under the city and the furnaces, the foundries and the steel mills are around and about the town. Small wonder 1t is that the exhibition halls were filled more with minerals than with the products of the farm And whatever of disappointment came from the Birmingham shows, was ex. looked for q full and adequate display of the agricultural resources of the State. In other State fairs visitors had displays as the predominant interest among the exhibits and to find s.t Bir- mingham, through force of circum- stances, agriculture had been made a subordinate interest was a shock to some of the visitors who came from Middle and South Alabama
 Distinctly Agricultural.
 Selma Is to the agricultural SectioT of West Alabama what Birmingham i' to the mineral district. Ever so close ly as may Birmingham's interest b. State, no less closely is Seimas inter. est a part and parcel of the interes of the farms and the plantations o Alabama. Even as the welfare of thu mines and the furnaces of the Minera District means the welfare of Birming ham, so is the prosperity of the farm the prosperity of Selma.
 authorities in Birmingham collected { With a minimum of effort Selma car collect an exhibit that will excellentl' bama. What Birmingham lacked il agriculture ,wills be more thai supplied by the display which will b. | display will of a certainty and of necessity fall short of that which ma! | be collected in the Iron City.
 Birming gham gives another fair. Tn l date of the fair Is just in advance O the date on which the Central Alabama Fair will seEin Both tbis 9iites Ssar Gn as Southern Fair circuit which means tha | the moving attractions, that Is the at fractions which are moved from city t. city throughout the South, will be seel in the one city just as they are seer | in the other. These, however, forn only g portion oi a fair, 1t might b | said small portion. They are wei enough for entertainment and wei enough for the purpose of catching tn
 small change of the visitors. Tn string of race horses and crcnt fhe b year, will make both the selma an' the Birmingham fairs interesting. An An, | the instructive and valuable exnloi
 ham will be moved from that cit Selma wit hcertain additions
 | Two Alabama Fairs
 The one fair is to be a complemen | of the other. What Birmingham ma | lack will be made up at Selma. Wha
 may be lacking in the selms a,rnI exhI6l5io 9b show. The man who may complai l that there are too many minerals an
 too little agriSsult,qtpTe bat at Ss Mg fn
 at Selma and the man who may car | less for the farm and It's belonging
 will find things to his taste at Bir
 'n Because c of different environment l and of different interests the two lair 1 should bear a different aspect ana to | Rether should form fine display O
 the States great wealth of diversine l interests. .A
 To assist in the success of both tn Birmingham and the Selma fair Gov ernor Jelks recently directed that tn
 sum of $4,OOO should be set apart fo
 the purpose of securing an adequatt l exhibit of the States resources. In tn | e~nenditure of this money the two fair wifi share and share alike. The nu cleus for both a mineral and an agri
 cultural exhibit which will renee credit upon the State Is already I | the hands of the State Department 0 | Agriculture. Between now and DC
 tober, however. in which month bot l fairs will be held, material addition
 will be made to this original exhibi | ton, part of which was seen at tn
 Buralo Exposition. At Buffalo tn it's attlactiveness and its impressive