The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-20
FAIR PEOPLE
 ARE. ALL BUSY Making Final Prepara- tions for Displays. RAILROADS TO RUN SPECIALS One Fare Rate Will Bring Big Crowds. Exhibits Being Placed, Races Filling Rapidly, Midway Assumisg shape, And All radieatisas At Present
 Time Are Rosy.
 

If there> are any features of the big State Fair that opens this week that are not being cared for. the of ficers and directors of the association do not know of them. If there ever were a Fair that deserved to make good, from the efforts of the men at the head of 1t, this is that fair. And everyone who is connected with 1t is confident that 1t is going to be win ner. from every standpoint.
 Every railroad entering Montgomery has agreed to run special trains to the Fair, bringing the crowds of peo- pie from the various cities and towns along their lines to the Capital City, to see the displays of every nature and description to the bigNFair. These spe- cial trains will arrive in Montgomery during the forenoons, leaving on the return during the early evenings. This arrangement will permit people with in a radius of a hundred milesN or more to come here, visit the Fair. perhaps do a little shopping. and return to their homes between breakfast time and bed time.
 The railroads, too, have agreed to very low rates fer the occasion. this fact alone assuring the success of the Fair, as it makes 1t certain that thou- sands upon thousands of visitors will
  the special trains to come to Mout- goEasFy to sss the Fair.
 <. The rates granted by ali the differ ent railway lines are one fare, plus twenty-five cents. for the round trip. This is as low rate as has been grant, ed for any occasion in long time. and the managers of the Fair fell very much gratifled at the treatment of the Fair patrons by the railroads.
 GaF0umHa q Hmlv pnaNe.
 In the meantime the work at the Fair Grounds has been going on steadily. There are pig crews of workmen at every turn all over the grounds. Car- penters are putting up the temporary buildings for the Midway attractions, the new inachinery hall the fnishing touches are being put to the new cool ing off paddock. and workmen are dec- orating and installing exhibits in the main exposition hall.
 Secretary Taft is giving every bit of the work his personal supervision. and things are moving along as smoothly as though they were greased. If a question comes up as to which of two exhibitors is entitled to . certain space, it is settled by the genial Secretary now, instead of waiting until the Fair opens. There are usually two or three tiers of people ranged alongside of Mir. Tait, with others waiting at one side to see him, but through 1t all he is keeping his equilibrium, and maintains the same smile, of that sort that won't come off, that he had few months ago.
 Meanwhile the exhibitors are mak- ing some very severe calls on MT. Tait. They are wanting to get this or that space, and as the proauce they have had shipped comes in. they md it ne- cessary to get "just a little bit more" at one side or the other of the origi- nal allotment. This has grown to such an extent that even now, some days before the Fair is ready to open it's gates, space is something of a scarce article. "
 Mir Tait, indeed, said yesterday that the demands for space were such that he would be unable to hold or the clamoring much longer.
 You can say" he said to reporter, "that all exhibitors must get their displays in shape by next Wednesday, the day befote the Fair begins, or they will be very apt to find themselves without any space .at .all at noon of Thursday We cannot hold space for people who evince no disposition to use it, when others are demanding the privilege of making exhibits"
 Races Filling Rapidly.
 A0OLuGT VH1AC O1 h4AS AEA9HA CAAlGNfo for the Fair contains great promise to the management. That is the FaDidity with which various events on the rac- ing program are filling. Not Q day goes past, not a mail comes in. but that from a half dozen horsemen on up write letters of inquiry about this or that race, the epistles being varied with the receipt of the filled-out en- tries
 Nearly all the races are filled now. and the management has no doubt but the racing program for the ten days will be one of the very best features of the entire exposition.
 Among the. displays. at the Fair Grounds during the coming ten days, will be the Worswick cotton picking machine, or cotton harvester, which was given @ demonstration on plant ation about i've miles from the city last Wednesday. That is an exhibit in which every farmer in Alabama will be greatly interested.
 About fifteen shows are expected to come to Montgomery Wednesday night, upon the conclusion of the Fair at Selma, forming a part of the Mid way, Some of the Midway attractions are already in place. and others arc having structures erected for their usa during the Fair.
 Word has been received by Secretary Tait that Gilbert Brothers or Emln- ence, Ky. the stock raisers whose herd attracted so much attention last year. would send a carload of fine cattle to Montgomery for display.
 Other exhibitors who have indicat- ed an intention of shipping a car load or so of thoroughbred stock to the Fair include McCurdy Brothers of Lowhdes- boro; Mir. Thomas, of Prattville; Col, W. F. Garth, of Huntsville, and F. H Bates, of Hamburg.
 But the biggest attraction of all," laughingly~ declared Secretary rait. just as he was dragged away by an anxious exhibitor. twill be that mo- torcycle Why, I tell you that machine goes so fast 1t takes three men to see 1t go."