The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
MANY COUNTIES TO
 MAKE EXHIBITS
State Fair Officers Working on the Finishing Touches-Brewton
 to Exhibit

News was received yesterday by the of- ficers of the Alabama State Fair who throw wide the gateways to the greatest exposition this state has ever known on October ,, that Butler county would make an exhibit and that the specimens for the display. requiring several cars for ship
 ment, would leave for Birmingham Sat urday.
 This announcement, coupled with the news, made public few days ago, that
 the agricultural colleges of the state, To- cated in the nine congressional districts of the state, would also make handsome displays, assures the people planning to attend the great 10 days enterprise, the and arbocutural exhibition ever known of in this section of the south.
 The 100 club, Brewton boosters, have about completed their car of exhibits for the Birmingham and Montgomery fairs. They intend to carry the first car to Bir- mingham and from there they are going to take it to Montgomery.
 The car contains quite an interesting collection of farmers products from the bItWlOl NiClhilSs VI. iN' iOthee'iiAt tiAS government farm demonstrator and H. l.. Reed, secretary of the Brewton Booster club, have been untiring in their efforts to get up interest and enthusiasm among the farmers for the state fairs. This is the first time that the farmers of Es- cambia county have ever had an exhibit for a fair. This collection was not raised for exhibition, but was gathered at ran dom from the different farmers of the county.
 MT. Burton, Frank P. Chaffee. secre- tary, MT. McCord, Mrs. John B. Reid, superintendent of the woman's depart ment, Mir. A. P. OConnor, official deco rator Col. s. E. Greene, in charge of the exhibits to be made at the fair by the three southern railways, the Southern, Mobile and Ohio, and Queen and Cres- cent, with large staff of experienced assistants, Capt. Reuben r. Kolk, state commissioner of agriculture and indus try, who is in charge of the agricultural department, with Hector D. Lane. and MT. Sheldon of his staff, c. M. Cook, su- perintendent of the grandstand and re- served seat privileges, with many other members of the organizations in charge of important departments, are nov spend ing their entire time on the grounds.
 In addition, there are many others busy on the grounds, among whom are the official superintendents of the various counties which have already shipped their exhibits and are now engaged in install ing them.
 Among this group of active spirits are George I. Notes of Madison county, J. G. Shand of Chiffon, Robert Lisle of Cone cuh, R. L~ Rhodes of Baldwin, G. s. Jones of Marion, and D. c. Burson of Es- cambia.
 Each one of those named have already from one to three and four cars of their county exhibits already unloaded and in shape and this work with the scores Of others energetically making the final preparations, gives the grounds the sY- pearance of extraordinary confusion, though in reality each detail, each de- partment, is being carefully worked out' to the best and fullest advantage, shat the Alabama State Fair this year may really be worthy of the motto adapted from the name of the associations presi- dent, (B. B. Burton), Bigger, brighter and better than ever"