The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
BIG FAIR WILL OPEN
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t1$hs&.~Ht0 Ak81sA &A~ CAAO'P grounds this morning, however. they will witness great transformation.
 During the night the concessionaries were busy getting their places in readiness for the early morning crowds, and by this afternoon everything will be in readiness. There will be electric shows of every description, cave of. the winds. fire dancers, untamed wild men, snake charmers, museums of all kinds. curous from all parts of the earth. vaudeville shows, Egyptian dancers, Igorrote villages, and every conceivable form of amusement.
 The Fair Association made an entire ly different arrangement for the amuse- ment features along the Curve this year. placing the entire contract with one man. who Is to look after all of the shows. and guarantee the line of attractions that he brings here.
 He has been unusually busy, and has contracted for the very best of the shows that were at the various fairs throughout the South during the last few weeks. That Montgomery will get all of the best of these is due to the fact that this is practically the last Fair that is to be held in the South.
 Scene of Activity.
 During yesterday afternoon the scene of the greatest activity was in the main exhibit building. Five county ex- hibits were being installed, while the number of individual exhibits was such as to take up every foot of avail able space in the building. There is still some space left for the County exhibits, a number of which arrived in the city too late yesterday after noon to be installed.
 Everybody was rushing to get through as quickly as possible, and to haYa fhair hAnfha ndxr for ha ing this morning. The County exhfb- its from Baldwin Montgomery. Mar shall, Cullman and Macon counties were being installed and those in charge expect to have these ready by the time the gates are open this morn ing.
 Captain w. M. selden Is in charge of the Baldwin County exhibit this year, and says he expects to beat the proud record of Cullman County. With the exhibit from Cullman last year he took the first prize here and at Selma.
 He has a splendid exhibit from Bald win this year. but was so busy un- packing yesterday afternoon that but a slight idea of what he intended show ing could be gained.
 The other exhibits were being placed in position. There was the prize pumpkin, the great glittering row of canned fruits and vegetables of all kinds. festoons of scarlet peppers. gol-' den corn and beads of rosy checked apples. to say nothing of the largest lemons ever seen on Twentythree Street, with oranges, bananas and a thousand other products testifying to the fill Of Alabama's cornucopia of ag- ricultural wealth.
 Keen RfvaIry for Prizes.
 There is keen rivalry this year for the handsome prizes offered by the Fair AHQnNiaftnn ha .ntx exhibit, and perhaps never before has Alabama's great resources in agricul- ture as we'll as in mineral products, been so handsomely displayed as will be during the fair.
 State Commissioner of Agriculture ]. A. Wilkinson was an interested spec tator yesterday and said that he was very agreeably surprised at the splen- did showing that is to be made by the counties whose exhibits have already arrived.
 There were no less than hundred persons gathered about the adminis- tration building as late as o'clock yesterday afternoon waiting an oppor- tunity to secure permits for one con. cession or another. as we'll as to secure assignments of floor space for ex- hibits.
 Secretary Taft and his associates had 0 II The final rush was unprecedented, and is looked upon as an indication that the interest of all of the State this year is centered in the Montgomery fair, which is to be the crowning glory of all institutions of like character which have been put on on the chain all the way down from Nashville.
 As one of the directors expressed it yesterday, "the best has been saved for the last. "In this he, meant that all of the attractions divided between the other fairs would be assembled at Mont gomery.
 con the Curve.0
 This years pleasure street at the fair will be known as "The Curve" and there will be plenty doing there. Sev- enteen of the attractions that win he open to the public on this pleasure ground arrived last night, and the pro- prietors immediately set about raising tents and other appurtenances neces- sary. About ten attractions have al- ready been installed. and some of them