The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-23
PULLMAN TOOK
 FIRST PRIZE Baldwin Ran Her Close
 Second. COUNTY ExHIBITS JUDGED Fair Committee Gave Montgomery County Third in Contest. Crowds Thronsed to Grand stand to Hear senator-eIect E. D. smith
 ef south Carolina, and
 Other Speakers.

Four days of the Fair have passed. and every one of them has shown im- provemsnt. The big show is swinging along at a splendid gait with almost everyone satisfied-that is, except Tn the horse show department, where general expressions of disapproval Tor the way 1t Is conducted are heard and strenuous kicks against the Juog- ing expressed.
 Several of the best horses shown have been sighted, and one in par ticular ruled of the grounds for an alleged offense. The horse show be- gan with a rosy future. but unless It's modus operandi undergoes drastic change at once, so many enemies will be made that in future 1t will be hard to get acceptable entries.
 Tn one of the events Wednesday night the prettiest horse that has baen shown was disqualified and a yaount ridden by one of the managers Of the show took a ribbon. Although the entry of the managers horse was perfectly legitimate. the incident ere ated bad impression.
 The police have been rendering most efficient service all during the Fair. and Thursday they rounded up lot of suspicious characters they have been watching. It is believed when Police Justice Baber sorts over the lot, some finished picl<pockets will be held up to the light.
 The day began with the sky over east and slightly chilly wind blow ing. and since the rain did not fall in the early part of the day, 1t was considered perfect weather. certainly an improvement on the first days, which were quite warm.
 The principal exercises of the day began with speaking in the grand stand on subjects of paramount inter- est to the State and to the farmers in particular. Senator-elect B. c. Smith of South Carolina made the chief ad- dress, speaking of The Cotton Crow CTS of the South" Five thousand per sons of the big crowds in the grounds collected in and about the speakers stand to listen.
 Afr. Smiths Fine Address.
 Mir. Smith laid particular stress on the cotton growers of the South. pay ing more attention to cooperation. He said that in hanging together their chief interest lay. and that in that manner, and that only, could they suc- ceed in overcoming the low price sIIu- ation prevalent at present. and liable 10 occur again any year. He said the prices of cotton were fixed by inter ests and influences out of sympathy with the farmers, and they would have Go organize ef1ciently to be able to combat this opposition to their well fare.
 Eis plea in speaking of cotton-g grow ing was not for more muscle in the work on the farm, but for more brains in directing the muscle.
 At times the Senator elect would H. lustrate his talk with pungent and ptthy witticisms and humorous tales apropos of the subject, that brought forth peals of laughter and applause.
 President Charles L. Gay of the local Eesm @Nr. of the benefits to be derived from the big hold" meeting that is to be held in Memphis Nov. 10. He was followed by J. A. B. Lovett of Bessemer, who spoke in the interest of the Ragsdale amendment to the Constitution submit ted by the last session of the Legisla- 1ure. which provides for the creation of more counties.
 By the time the speaking was over, 1t was time for the races, and soon She stand was a swarming mass of people. which overhowed to the fence, standing thirty deep along the rope line. The races are being Fun with exceptional success and many fast en- tries are on the track.
 The judging of exhibits has been in full swing for two days, and depart ment after department is a futtering mass of ribbons with the exhibitors standing by explaining and happy. .1he Fair, fin general, Is pronounced by all decided success and daily the crowds are increasing. By o'clock Thursday the turnstiles had registered more than 15,O00, and in the evening the people kept on coming, "and still they gazed and still their wonder grew."'
 The Curve" is damned with patrons rom morning until closing hour now and the concesslonaires are happy. There is not bum" show on Ine grounds and the business Is said by the owners of the shows to be way