The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-17
FAIR PLANS
 UNDER WAY Forty Members of Board Attend Meeting. THE REAL WORK BEGINS Committee Considers Several Sites
 for Fair Grounds. Farmers wnI be onered sIo,OeO In Pre- naIans for Exhibits at Great Ag-
 ricuItarai show Here in
 October.

With the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Agricul- turaI Association yesterday. the me chanfsn of the big State Fair which is to be held on Montgomery, octoneF 22 to 27. was put in motion
 Tn this meeting. lasting trifie less than an hour, action was taken Wnlch pIaces the organization on firm work- ing basis. the method of procedure which is to be followed was outlined and there was inaugurated the hfst real steps in the preparations whlch will be actively continued from now until after the conclusion of the great event The following results were accomplished; ..,. ,,,i.h
 The anpointment of a committee, with power to negotiate and make recom- mendations regarding the selection or a site for the Fair grounds.
 The appointment of committee on rules. .,... or
 The appointment of committee on premiums .,.... .o
 The election of four new members 10 the Board of Directors.
 The election of an attorney to repre- sent the Association.
 The preparation of premium nst with nrizes approximating $f0,OOO, by the committee appointed for thls pu,- nose at a meeting held immediateiy mon the conclusion of the meeting or the Board -
 Seldom has an enterprise hdu more suspicious beginning than tnat os tbe Fair yesterday. Of the fifty four Directors on the Board, forty were nresent when President w. F. Vandi- yer called the meeting to oraer' TLronphout the deliberations and dis oussions of this body, the greatest m terest and enthusiasm was appat CT :, And when the final adjournmeht Waa taken, the members carried "itn mn mn the realization that somethlhE us1,.ise .r,,iss ! had been accomplished. The enterprIse which should mean so much to Moht- gomery. and to the agricultural lnleF- ests of the State. was no longer <,Isionarv movement. It was tanglnle fact. pt r,aatir q | that the interest of the pubic III gen eral in the undertaking was on tMne M | increase. and that subscriptions 10 tne t, stooI of inc Association were stiii coming in. the total amount or stock taken thus far having almost reached the voint at which the charter or the corporation will be filed;
 srba meeting was held in the head. ouarters of the Association ~ Commerce street. at oclock, Al lnp s,,sIgestion of President Vandiver, Tour !ta stv vacancies left in the Board of Direetors at the preliminary meet ins when the Association was formeo' were filled, the newly elected mem hers heinz l.. Steiner, B. Woln' J. N' Haas and A. s. Knowles.
 Another preliminary step which was ss taken immediately atterMaIu' Ias e1ectIon of Major R. E.. Steiner. as le-
 fo, Association.
 The Standing Committees.
 reouest was then made oy the nrasident that he be empowered 10 ap- noinf three committees,-a coInHilLteo nn inc selection of site for the Falr Grounds. a committee on premluils' and a committee on rules. ihotloi' to this effect was made ana uhahlitous- nus ,., U nassed whereupon the committees were named. composed or the iolio" AH~ members of the Board: .,5
 Copnnoittea on Incation--H. .. paNlu- son F. B. Fiske, NJ. L. Greil, M. 'Le- crand. John G. Crommelin' J. C' hdas' and l.. H. McCurdy .,.
 Committee on Premiums-h Foole' w M Teague. ST., M. C. scott Seorse W. Jones, B. Wolff, Alex hlce' D. L' tIolt | w. Tulls, Jr., w, k. Pelzer' tIorace Hood, Sr.. A. NJ. Baldwin, K. H. T,Iiis w S. Webber. Nj B. Houghton' IInnter Vaughn, w. D. Judge, A Sellers. L H. McCurdy, R. o; Blakey' Ssnonsen smith, w. M Wilkinson. M. Cody, W. A. Gayle, F. A. Gulledge ana W T. Robertson. o.-,- l Committee on Rules-R' E' steIneI' i,lei | ]. c Adams, s. GassenheimeT L' S'1l- ', nor w H. Ragland, F. P. Glass E; E' 5ra,or Iai, q Forbes. F. D. Kohn, T. J. Rsvnolds, Henry Abraham, w. D. Vest cott R. J. Chambers, William Francls R. H. Jones, W, H. Seymour John A | Yung, Dr. J. B. Gaston, J. W. Kennedy w N. Cox. Massey Wilson, E. M Dyinon
 and B. s. Greil. .. | Following tho appointment or thess %
 committees the matter of the preIniut ~ | Iisf was discussed. While nothing def
 mite was decided upon at this time, | | was the consensus of opinion that thl' l liat should be prepared and publlshet