The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-19
THE BIGGEST STATE FAIR YET
SOME OF THE GREAT DAYS AT
MACON DURING THE SHOW.
Everybody Should Get Ready to Go
and See the Sights and Enjoy
Themselves This Year.

and See the Sights and Enjoy
Themselves This Year.
The interest in the Georgia State
Fair continues to grow and center
particularly along the line of special
days of the fair, list of which is as
/ follows; October 26 will be- grand
opening day, and we are proud to
note that the fair will be entirely
finished and in complete readiness.
| Not a single thing will be unfinish-
ed on opening day.
October 9th will be noted as
''Wiregrass Day." This day is es-
pecially designated to the towns of
| Georgia south of Macon that are
advertising and building up the
southern section of the state.
October 28th is Educational"
day, and on this day all the profess
: ors of the big colleges will be pres
| ent together with their students,
and all their fraternity orders will
/ be represented on the grounds that
! day with their school colors.
October 18th will be designated
as Travelling Mems" day and Chill
! dren's" day. Upon this day there
! will be given away two small farm
wagons, goats and harness. Every
child entering the gate, no matter
where he comes from, will be given
a coupon ticket free, and the goat
outfit will be awarded at o'clock
in the evening in front of the grand
! stand. The travelling men all over
J Wi hn in OF
day, and will mingle with their Gus
toners and help in entertaining
! them. Another great thing this day
will be the mammoth display of day
light fireworks
October 31st is Atlanta" day
/ Special excursion trains will bring
! thousands of visitors from Atlanta
! Special programs will be arranged
/ for that day, and many special feat
ures will be pulled off to advertise
/ the Gate City. Mr.. Fred ]. Paxon,
! president, and Mr.. Walter G. Coop
( er, secretary, and many of the di-
rectors and members of the chamber
of commerce will be present.
Nov LIST will be Governors"
day. Gov. JOS NJ Brown will attend,
accompanied by his official staff in
uniform. This will also be desig-
mated as Greater Georgia" day, and
one of the finest military parades
will take place that day on the
i streets of Macon.
| November End will be known as
Boys Corn Club" day, and the
boys all over the state will have
exhibits of their corn products. Sew
eral of the professors of the Geor-
gia State Agricultural College will
| be in attendance that day.
November Bird will be Greater
Macon day, and on this day will be
shown one of the randest floral pa
rades ever pulled off in the state of
Georgia. Many of the merchants
will have handsome floats in the pa
/ rade, and many automobiles and
/ carriages will be extensively deco
rated with flowers. Many valuable
premiums will be given for the best
decorated floats and carriages in the
parade.
November 4th will be Orphans"
day, and all the orphans of the state
viii be given free admission at the
gate and will be taken care of at all
the shows on the ground
November 9TH will be Press"
day, when it is expected that all the
editors of both the daily and weekly
papers of the state of Georgia will
De present with their wives and fam
lies, and it is hoped by the fair
management that they will take in
the fair and enjoy themselves to
the utmost.
President w E. Dunwody is now
working night and day to make this
the biggest fair ever pulled off in
the state of Georgia.