Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-09-29
SUPERB EXHIBITS
AND INDUSTRIAL
DISPLAYS AT ALABAMA STATE
EXPOSITION AT MONTGOM-
cry WILL BE EL.AB-
CRATE.
Machinery, Poultry and Livestock Ex-
hibts viii Be CompIete-Secre-
tary Barnes Is Very Enthusi-
astic Over the Bright
Prospects for the Big
Exposition.

| prospects TOR the Big
Exposition.
Montgomery, Ala.-One of the prin
cipal features of the Alabama Agri
cultural and Industrial Exposition
Which VIII y hs.d ii montgomery DC
tober 16 to 20 will be the agricultural
displays. Nearly every county in the
state will have an exhibit, and these
will be on more elaborate scale than
ever before seen at a Southern expo
siiion.
Oh the Central of Georgia railroad
alone 81 Alabama counties will com
pete for prizes offered by that road,
and besides these there will be ex-
hibits from counties in Middle Ala
bama and in South Alabama Every
thing that is raised on the farm will
be displayed at the State Exposition
this year, and the results of diversi.
fled farming will never be seen to a
better advantage, it is said. These
agricultural exhibits will be gotten up
IT. most attractive manner, and Ala
bama's wealth in this line is sure to
make most favorable impression on
visitors, both natives and those from
other states.
The machinery hall will be an In
teresting place for the exposition Wis
itors. Never before will there have
been such an array of machinery,
farming implements, automobiles, ETC.,
as will be displayed in this building
this year. More exhibitors have so
far contracted for space in the ma
chinery hall than for the past two
expositions at Vandiver Park COM
bined.
Poultry Display Elaborate.
The poultry display will be elabo-
rate, and poultry raisers and lovers of
fine chickens will find this exhibit to
be of unusual interest.
The livestock display, including the
model dairy, will be another interest
ing feature of the exposition this fall.
The woman's department will occu-
Ply considerable space on the second
1loor of the main building, and all in
dications point to the most successful
exhibits of womans work this year
than ever before. Needlework of ev-
cry description will be on display, as
we'll as all kinds of home made cakes.
bread, preserves, pickles, catsup, etc.
This department will be the head
quarters for the women visitors to the
exposition, and every convenience for
their comfort will be provided. Free
rest rooms for the ladies will be pro-
vided
The free attractions this year will
be sure to delight the thousands who
attend. Fifteen free acts will be on
the program each afternoon, which
will be similar in effect to a three-ring
which no admission whatever will be
charged. The races between two bal
looms each afternoon, with three par
achute drops from each balloon, will
thrill the thousands who witness them
Nothing of its kind has ever been seen
before in Alabama.
Each night there will be a grand dis
play of fireworks, which the manage
ment of the exposition will put on at
a big expense. There will be plenty
of music, two great brass bands hay
ing been engaged for the entire week.
The Imperial Italian Hlnd and the
American Military Band will be on
hand and render music for each race
and free attraction, and play concert
selections morning, afternoon and
night
The midway this year will be most
inviting. Twenty of the highest class
carnival shows will pitch their tents
On the fair grounds for the week, and
there will be plenty of entertainment
for all visitors.
One of the busiest men in the South
for the past two months or more has
been Secretary George II. Barnes, but
the hardest of the work is over now
and he is wearing a happy smile, for
this hard work has already brought
amazing results. There is scarcely q
bit of space left in any of the exposi-
tion buildings, which speaks exceed
ingly well for the exposition this far
iii advance of the opening. Contracts
for the free and paid attractions, mu-
sic, ETC., have been closed, and Mr.
Barnes Is now at work on other de-
tails of the big exposition.
"Never before in my experience in
exposition work have | seen the pros
poets brighter than they are for the
Alabama State Exposition this fall"
said Secretary Barnes yesterday.
More Alabama counties than ever
before will have exhibits here, and
the people of the state are taking a
great deal of interest in Montgomery's
show. From the interest being mani
tested and from information sent me
from various sections of the state. we
are going to have the largest crowds
here during the week of October 1922
that Montgomery has ever had before.
We are at work advertising that ex-
position thoroughly in the various
newspapers of the state, and the bill
posters will start out within a few
days to plaster the old state with our
advertising matter from one end OF #
to the other"