The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-29
MAYOR CULVER LEADS
 PROCESSION IN AUTOMOBILE
Soldiers, Fire Department and
 Policemen Swell Parade.
Secretary Hymnnf ef Commercial Club Originator of .Greater Mentsom- cry Day" Idea, Acts as Grand Marshal and is Ably
 Assisted.

Greater Montgomery Day" was a huge success. But the parade was the greater part of the day. The pageant os the city's business, clothed in car nival hnery and unique in originality and designs. was the spectacle afford- Fair week. made possible by the man. sufacturers and merchants of Montgon- cry. the trades display parade yester- day morning marked an epoch in the history of parades in this city.
 And the people. Everybody got up early yesterday morning and came down town to see 1t. The. sidewalks. crowded: every available spot was packed with sightseers and visitors; .manysremarked that it was the largest crowd ever seen in Montgomery.
 Although all of the different divisions formed at the corner of Lee and Church Streets. according to the plans, the parade was trifie late in start ing. little before II o'clock the first division. headed by Chief of Police w. H. Taylor and Grand Marshall E. H. Hyman. and a squad of mounted patrol men. was started. Division after di- vision fell in. and the three mile trades display parade was in motion.
 People lined the sidewalks and streets all along the line of march. But when Dexter Avenue and Com fnerce Street was reached the crowd became the thfckest. From the side- walks almost to the middle of the manity.
 They looked on. and marveiled. Some cheered at various portions of the great display. and when the display was over. everyone was satisfied that Montgom- cry had done her best.
 The decorations. too, were beyond de- scription. Every float, every fire en- ried some of the ffnery which added to the brilliancy of the occasion. Flags and bunting was mostly used. 'drapery of every shade and color covered some of the floats. The merchants vied with one another in their desigus and decorations and the floats were Q great advertisement of the business of the local firms and mer. chants.
 Gunter in AufomobiIe. 1 Following the police in the first di- vision of the parade came the automo- bile containing Mayor Gaston Gunter. the city officials, the officers and direc- tors of the Commercial Club and the directors of the Fair Association. Bar ney Oldfield. who will race Saturday at vandiver Park, was also out in his pTtEe Vourlu8 cars
 starke's cadets. in full drsss uniform. and the Greys. clad in the khaki uni- forns elicited rounds of applause from the great crowds. Following the sol- iiers came the prize team of white thoroughbreds of Madame Marantette. The fire department of the city formed the last of this division. Chief Brow der had every engine out and the show ing was superb. Hook and ladder trucks hose carts. engines and chem icals were all adorned with flags and bunting in keeping with the situation.
 The second division comprised the floats. They spoke for themselves yes-- terday morning in the parade.
 Unique in It's delicate decorations of pale blue and adorned with bevy Of pretty girls, the float of the Knowles Dry Goods Company won second prize for the most artistic float.
 Original Float.
 For the most original of designs, the float of the Citizens Light, Heat and Power Company was awarded first prize by the judges. On It's float was a field gun and a company of flying artillery and was intended to depict the