The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-09
STATE FAIR | IS LAUNCHED Will Give Annual Ex- hibits in Montgomery. THE STOCK IS SUBSCRIBED Enthusiastic Citizens Take Part in
 Organization. Company Starts on With Nearly a Quarter of Amount subscribed
 The Traction Company
 Gives S2,5O0.

Nearly one-quarter of the proposed capital stock of the Alabama Agricul- tural Association. Swhich will give a State Fair in Montgomery, launched last night at the rooms of the Commer- cial and Industrial Association was raised at an enthusiastic meeting of representative citizens.
 There seemed to be absolutely no doubt in the minds of the fifty prom inent men of affairs of Montgomery, who assembled, that Montgomery would have a fall agricultural fair in 1906 From the time that Temporary Chair man R. R. Poole made his preliminary remarks, the sentiment was expressed that the agricultural interests of Ala bama are demanding an annual fall ex- hfbit in Montgomery and that the money expended in organizing and put ting into operation of such an institu- tion would be well invested.
 So unanimous was the sentiment for the immediate organization of a Fair Association that it was decided that a committee of five members be appoint ed to incorporate the organization and solicit the necessary amount of stock.
 Subscriptions were Liberal.
 Before the meeting closed test of the general feeling of Montgomery in ref ,rence to the Fair was made by a call for voluntary subscriptions. AL though there were present number of the most affluent business men and rep resentatives of the big corporations, some of them had not consulted their partners and their firms and could give no definite sum but all promised lib- eral support. On the other hand, those who came prepared to give liberally. The Montgomery Traction Company gave $2,500 internationally and w. F. Vandiver expressed the opinion that if the site of the Fair was selected at all favorable to the car company $10,000 would be subscribed by that company. The meeting was called to order at o'clock by Hon. R. R. Poole, Com missioner of Agriculture and Industries of Alabama. J. c. Adams was appoint ed temporary secretary.
 In calling the meeting to order Mir. | Poole said that in his term of office as State Commissioner of Agriculture, he | had found a demand on the part of the | farmers of the State for an agricultural Fair at Montgomery. The annual State 1 Fairs at Birmingham had always been well financed. The people of Birming ham had been liberal toward the Fair l in that city, but it was impossible to | hold an agricultural Fair successfully | in mineral district. Notwithstanding
 this fact the Birmingham Fair has aI- | ways paid it's shareholders liberal divi- dends In Selma. he said, little Fair was held last fall with an average att
 tendance of coco day and the Fair
 paid it's shareholders dividends. He 1 therefore believed that the Montgom- | cry Fair would pay exceptionally well.
 Contributions for stock would in no
 sense of the word be donations but. in
 his opinion, would be conservative bus iness investments and still would be of | immense benefit to the interests of the
 agricultural people of the State of Ala | bama and to the city of Montgomery. MT. VnndiVer Reports.
 | He called on w. F. Vandiver to re- 1 port from the committee of citizens
 who formed the plan for the Agricult-
 ural Association.
 MT. Vandiver reviewed the history of