The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-21

Department M-woman's Work.
 Department F--Swine.
 Department. G-Sheep.
 1:30. Races.
 Band concert afternoon and evening.
 Free attractions start at o'clock promptly and at o'clock at night. MT. isube Shields sofficial announcer and in- formation man:
 l. The Four Pulaski Brothers. nov
 ?. James E. Hardy. the high wire
 {. spellman's troupe of performing bears
 ,. Rube Shields. comedy bicyclist. s. Mat Gay will make his high dive at end of The Curve" at 4:so and 9:30 ?. m.
 The following days have been desig- mated for the balance of the week
 IhuIsday-Farmers Day, Good Roads Day. Fireworks Day. Auburn Day.
 Frida day-Montgomery. Day. Children's Day. Athletic, Day. Automobile and Rube Shields Day.
 satu~day-carnlvai Day and Frank P. Spellman Day. "
 There will be special program of speaking and variety of special at- fractions for each of the above men tioned days. on Ahursday. Senator B. D. Smith. oI south Carolina. one of the finest 1saaors or the entire South, will speak to the farmers.
 it-is expected that the st.ooo n,rse onered in the automobile race Fri uay and other special attractions ar- ranged Tor that day will mark if as one or the biggest days of the week
 put after all the visitors themselves form form the greatest attraction. The .rankly enthusiastic delight of the children. the ponderous dignity of tbe older generations. who consider inc patronage of fair their sacred hound- en duty. and the nonchaIant hIasa pose taken by the general run of inc younger men who try to look bored when they are really tickled to death, is worth going there to sec if noth- ihE eise IS neheld. And the excuses" that is an old feature under a new name Young fellows crazy to go into shows who consider it beneath their dignity, eagerly seize a neighbcr's pet ulant child, kid who generally he won't notice, but now as an excuse he seizes the little fellow and asks the mother if he can take him to see some show for the kids sake, which the young man in reality is crazy to see. There Is a whole lot to be seen at the fair besides the attractions that are regularly boothed or are on "The Curve.'
 The races have come. up to the mark. too. in every respect and at the ap- pointed hour there Is steady flow toward the grandstand and track fence. Rubbing elbows with the most impossible sort of people. one rub bers adown the track as the racers come swinging into the home stretch and waves delightedly with the rest if the right horse happens 10 be in the lead.
 But the best part about the races is watching the darkies who have heavy bets placed with each other, running from T. sometimes to IS cents. Their expressions of joy or woe. as the case may be. so frankly expressed, both facially and vocally are a show all to themselves And the ever-pres- ence of the possibility of a scrap adds l a charm to this feature that is almost | their fun out of the fair as well as anyone else.
 The cars had not started running | good in the morning when the early | goers began to journey out to the l grounds. By 10 o'clock there were as many people out as there had been the opening day and steadily the throng increased. The management reports business better than was expected for the first two days and if good weather prevails it seems that those who are backing the enterprise will not lose any money even if they do not make any. Of course they are not "cut for the cola" but if a little extra money Is made 1t win be put away for q nest egg for the fair next year. If the crowds continue for the rest of inc week as they have increased the second day over the first, there will be no complaint made by the management about the fair this year.
 Course of Lectures.
 The course of lectures that VIII be given throughout the fair began Tues day with Professor R. s. Mackintosh' | oS the A. P, I. faculty. pr. Mack l intosh discussed horticulture and fruit growing, laying especial attention on the packing of fruit for shipment. | His lecture was listened to by a large | crowd of interested farmers. Profes- sor Hines. of the department of ento- mology. of Auburn. also spoke, deal ing with the boil weevil and other az riculturalf pests.
 Governor B B. Conner will deliver