The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1911-09-24
SMITH SHOWS ARE SECURED
Eleventh Exhibition u Missis.
sippi and West AIsbsms
Fsir Association viii be
Quite Classy"

enth annual exhibition Of tn
Mississippi and West Alabaml
Fair Association. and the duec
tors promise the people Of Colum
bus and the territory contiguou
thereto the biggest and the bes
fair that they have ever witness
ed. Both the exhibits and spe
cial attractions will be superio
to anything ever offered in thu
past, ard each day will bring III
full quota of interesting and en-
tanning events.
The opening day has been SCI
apart as Lowndes County Schoo
Day, and children from all por.
tons of the county will be present
to participate in the fine pro-
gram that is being prepared foi
the occasion. The boys and girls,
as well as their teachers, are
working hard to make the occa-
sion a success, and the rural as
we'll as the city schools will have
numerous fine exhibits on dis
play.
There are many handsome au-
tos in Columbus, and Tuesday
has been set apart as Automobile
Day. There will be a speed con-
test and an auto drill, and at
tractive prizes will be presented
to the victors.
Wednesday will be Agricultur-
al Day. and while the entire fair
is primarily for the benefit of the
farmers. the officials of the asso-
citation have made extraordina-
ry efforts to prepare for this day
a program that will appeal es-
pecially 10 them. Farmers Un-
ions throughout East Mississippi
and West Alabama will send
delegations, and the day will be
gala one for agronomists in this
territory.
Columbus will have her day
Thursday, and the people of the
city will vie with each other in
an effort to make it one of the
eventful days of the week. Many
of the leading merchants and
manufacturers of the city have
attractive booths at the fair
grounds, and those who visit the
grounds not only on Columbus
day but at any time while the
fair is in progress are extended
a cordial invitation to visit these
booths.
For many years past football
games between teams represent
ing two of the leading Southern
colleges have been special feat
ures at each annual fair, and the |
contest this year, which will !
take place on Friday, will be be-
tween aggragations from the
Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
chanical College at Starkville
and the University of Alabama
at Tuscaloosa. These teams are
not only strong but evenly
matched. and the contest promi-
ses to be a close and exciting
one.
Saturday, the closing day of
the fair, will be given over to
the negroes, and the colored peo-
pie in charge of the program will
arrange for attractions calculat-
ed to please members of their
race. For a number of years past
it has been the custom of the d. /
rectors to turn the grounds over
to the negroes on the last day of
each annual fair. and they have
never taken advantage of the
privilege accorded them. They
have always conducted them
selves in a most decorous manner,
and not on a single occasion has
there ever been any boisterous-
ness or rowdyism.
In addition to the program as
outlined above. there viii be
many special features to interest
and amuse those who visit the
fair. There win be races each
afternoon. and the Midway will ,
be unusually attractive. Secre- l
tary Randle has signed a con-
tract with the John r. Smith :