The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-24
GATES OF ALABAMA'SlBIG FAIR
 THROWN OPEN WITH ECLAT
(contlnued from First Pase)

| company. Heinz pickle Simpson-Curt-
 wright company, Jesse French Piano and | Organ company, the public schools, the l News, the Christian Endeavor Rest
 Stowers Furniture company, Underwood l type writer, Birmingham Realty com | pany, Birmingham Mattress factory, Mu-
 tual Life Industrial association, Birfn- | ingham Railway, Light and Power com | pany. the Birmingham Seminary Moton | studlon, Massey Business college Zinzer's 1 Mammoth Furniture house, Alabama En- | graving company, the Jemson Real Es-
 tate and Insurance company and the Ca 1 ble Piano company. Other exhibits are l beiHg installed
 1 One of the featutes Of this floor is the 1 Birmingham Realty company's booth. l Miss Lucille Sparrow, dressed to repre- 1 sent Realty distributes the booklets en- | titled Birmingham Today and Tomor- l row"
 l Adjoining the main building the Ala 1 bama Steel ana Wire company has an 1 extensive exnabit of the products of it's i plants showing the various processes l through which the iron ore passes be- l fore it is placed on the market as a finish l ed product
 The International Harvester company 1 has large exhibit under a tent also. It 1 is showing farming impllments of all kind, 1 and they are being run by gasoline en- l zines.
 l "The Hot Sands" otherwise, known as l the midway, will be in full blast today i and tonight. There are several shows 1 Of the higher class included among those l on the Hot Sands" The miniature rail- | way which operated during the summer l conveys passengers from the entrance to 1 the Sands"
 1 The negroes have assembled very 1 creditable collection of exhibits. All of 1 them have not arrived and number have 1 not been out into place. but those which are complete attracted considerable at l tention yesterday. Several were from in- l duStrial schools.
 The tent where the live stock exhibits are to be seen is on the right of the main | entrance and several hundred head of 1 cattle will be on exhibition before tonight. A number of fine specimens were exhibit l ed yesterday and others arrived last night I The superintendent of the poultry and pet stock department has secured large number of exhibits and has arranged his l cages to great advantage.
 | The paddock and stables are on the ex- | treme left of the grounds from the main entrance In the stalls are several hun | dred running, harness and show horses, and several car loads are due to arrive 1 today.
 The gates of the fair were opened at o'clock yesterday morning and there were | a number of people waiting for that hour. | By II o'clock the grounds were well filled l and the people were coming through the gates in goody crowds. As it was ladies' | day all women were admitted free until l noon.
 Dr. Cunnlngham's Remarks. One entire section of the grandstand was packed when President Fies intro duced Lieutenant Governor Cunningham, 1 the speaker of the occasion. l Dr. Cunningham briefly reviewed the various sections of the state of Alabama | and then continued with a detailed ae- 1 count of the valuable and natural re- sources in each section of the state He | gave a number of figures to show how 1 Alabama compared with other states in | the union and expressed the blief that l 1t compared very favorably with any Of | them both in the way of agricultural and | mineral resources, and also as to the class of people who lived within it's bor- ders.
 He said that Alabama possessed num- | Der of the most intelligent people that were to be found anywhere in the United 1 States, and that through the efforts Of 1 the intelligent class the people were building LID and would continue to build up until the great state of Alabama stood | first and foremost of any state in the | United States This, he said, was due as | a matter of fact to her boundless natural resources and also to the high quality of | the brains that were working these re-
 sources. He said that in agriculture. horticultural and floral development Ala bama stood among the first in the coun- try according to government reports, and as there was much of the state already | undeveloped he did not think 1t was an exaggeration to say that In very few years the state would rank among the first in the land.
 In commenting on the Birmingham dis | trict and the work that has been entailed | in the opening exercises of the fair, he
 spoke in part as follows
 '"rhe Birmingham district has moved | along during the past few years with | rapid strides and today ranks with the
 first in the country in the matter of
 coal iron and steel industries. Within her city limits are men of the brightest
 calibre and brains, and 1t is through the | efforts of these men that w today are | able to present to the entlre country and to the entire world an array of ex- ! hibits and shows such as were never
 equalled in this section of the country | before.
 "The growth and the development of
 this district during the past three or four
 years has been phenomenal. and 1t is a
 matter for wonder that they have achiev-
 ed what they have in the short space of
 time of merely a few years. It affords
 me great pleasure to stand here today,
 ladies and gentlemen, and expound to
 you the wonderful work that has been
 done by the management of this fair
 association during the past few months
 If you will but take a walk through
 the various buildings here on these
 grounds you will the enormity of the
 propect that these gentlemen have under
 taken I heartily commend the work of
 the fair management to the people in all
 parts of this city. state, county, and, in
 fact, the entire world.
 "Friends, on behalf of the management,
 it gives me pleasure to declare the fair
 formally opened"
 The Areana Glasses.
 Following the address of Dr. Cunning
 ham, the arena classes were judged and
 the prizes awarded. In class A. No. l
 S-year-od mules to halter, Theo. Roose-
 welt won, and Maud was second. Nos. l2, B. and I were not Tiled. In No. 5, mule any age to single cart or wagon, Roberta Williams was first and Maud was second In No. 6, pair of mules to single wagon or dray, Carrie Nation and | Theodore were first. In No. z. mine mules Fies X Sons won the championship cup.
 In class B, No. l, stallion, mare or geld ing, 4-years-old and over, Artellion won and Billy McEwen was second. Judge sem won class No. ?. stallion, mare or | gelding, S-years-old and under {, and | Chestnut Belle was second. The classes