The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-29

With a gathering which had mount
ed to hundreds by three O'Clock ana
which had swell to thousands By
nightfall' the Fourth Annual Inter-
state Fair in Pensacola yesterday on
Joyeo an suspicious opening.
The attendance yesterday "a .a,A -
nave outnumoered that of any prev
IouS opening and the attractions Of
.oreu visitors were better and more
oLVerslrieo than those OF the first day
OF any OF its predecessors.
Inc Fair was opened about j o'clocx
py Governor Albert w. GflchriSt ana
was ruled by King Baby. The former
SPOKE 10 the assemblage before him
from a bale OF cotton sinned at Mus
cogee and the latter held infantile
sway from the weather beaten grand
stand at the race track
JUST as soon as the governor had
finished speaking, the Pensacola Com
cert Band made its way TO the race
track, where the horse show and sew
eral acts by the London Hippodrome
Company constituted the basis OF a
two and half hour program.
Immediately after the races by the
Hippodrome riders and drivers ana
the showing of six classes in the
horse show, the unique exhibition OF
bee-handling by Frank @. Odell OF
Lincoln. Nebraska, which will be one
OF the daily free features thpt Is not
only highly entertaining but unusually
instructive. was given In a large cage
before the grand stand.
THE VARI- I-coLoREp MIDWAY.
At o'clock last night the midway
was opened and presented bright,
gay aspect with It's many terts and
shows spangled performers. lights ana
barkers. While there IL large num-
Der OF shows and numerous tents in
which interesting games are found, the
small run of catch-penny artists and
fakirs is not this year In evidence.
While the fair association figured 1t
might lose a little this year on con-
cessions by barring them, the public,
the fair and the lessees OF show priv
ileges were all considered and. with
the thought that the people would get
more for their money and the worthy
shows would have better attendances,
thus making concessions more valu-
able and more readily let, the order
Ben II. Klein, superintendent of tho
grounds and shows, made his book
ings with the order in mind and Il IL
doubtful If a better aggregation could
have been brought together.
JACKSON COUNTY ExHIeIT HERE
Owing to a wreck on the main line
this side of Montgomery, according to
two or three large aRri-
cultural exhibits that would have 9TH
erwise arrived yesterday morning were
delayed. Several big wagons loaded
with the display OF the jackson county
exhibited arrived just after noon and
those accompanying II went to work
at once to get It placed. II is prob
able II will be completed by 10 o'clock
this morning.
There will be no Judging in the ag-
ricultural department until tomorrow.
Judging of culinary exhibits and
art in the woman's department went
on most of the afternoon and develop
ed that there is great competition in
nearly all of the classes there.
GOVERNOR ON GROUNDS.
Governor Gilchrist was on the
Grounds early and spent more than
an hour before taking the rostrum i'm
gathering material for his address by
observation. In company with Captain
T. e. welles, president OF the Fair
Association; Colonel Frank Mayes.
Kirke Monroe, Emmett Wilson and
others he visited all OF the buildings
and larger tents, stopping every few
rods along the rambling way 10 shake