The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-20
THOUSANDS WILL Be
GIVEN IN FAIR PRIZES
Premium List One of Larg-
est Ever Offered
S140O IN SWINE PRIZES
Letters Received From Different
Sources Asking About Woman's
Department-Swine Show
on Larger Scale

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One of the largest premium lists ever
offered by southern fair is nearing COM
pletion for the Alabama State fair this
fall. Thousands of dollars will be Of
fered by the State Fair association to the
winners of the different prizes which they
are now arranging. The list will be COM
plete and ready for publication within the
next few days.
The reputation and fame which the
women's department of the fair has ac-
quired has been ably demonstrated with
in the last week or two. Several letters
have been received from different sources
asking about some phase of the depart
ment this fall. some advice to a county
fair official, some offering from another
party, and so forth. A letter was received
yesterday by Superintendent Mrs. J. b.
Reid from Gertrude Lane managing edi-
tor of one of the departments of the
Woman's Home Companion, asking if a
Better Babies Contest was going to be
held at the fair this fall and requesting
that the ladies' department of the Home
Companion be allowed to participate in
the way of offering cash prizes, medals,
certificates, model score cards and other
features. 1t is probable the services of
the magazine will be secured.
NJ c. Allgood of Blount county, SUPER
intendent of the swine department, was in
the city yesterday and stated that every
indication was that while the swine show
last fall was the best ever held, the one
this fall would still be better and larger.
Mr.. Allgood is making arrangements for
featuring Alabama raised and Alabama
owned hogs not allowing them to com
pete with the world. Alabama is so far
down the scale, 1t is said, in up to date
hog raising that when competing with
outside stockmen the prizes are always
taken by the outsiders. Mr.. Allgood pro-
poses to arrange matters SO the home
man will have a fair chance at some of
the prize money He will have about $1400
for prizes in the swine department.
There will be about $4,000 in prizes in the
agriculture department. $3.50 in the wom-
ems department, $500 in the cattle de-
partment and SO on in the poultry depart
ment and other departments until the
total premium list is one of the largest
ever offered by any fair.
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will the immediate intersection of Ave-
nue. and Nineteenth street be allowed
to be blockaded, therefore all floats will
approach their position either from Ave-
nue. D or Avenue B, and automobiles will
approach their positions from the direction
of Seventeenth street.
"All brass bands will please report
promptly at 1 p, m. Yours truly,
"E. j. MCROSSIN, Grand Marshal"
Firms Having Floats
Among the firms and business concerns
which have already made arrangements
to have floats in the big day parade are
the following, which, however, is but
partial list:
We, the undersigned commercial. indus
trial and fraternal organizations of Bir-
mingham, agree to have one or more dec
Grated floats in the potlatch Birmingham
on Wheels" parade. to be given on Friday,
April 25, 1918:
Cable-Shelby- Burton Piano company,
Birmingham Ice Factory company, Rob-
erts G. Son, Birmingham Grain company,
Excelsior Laundry company, Goodall-
Brown Dry Goods company, Southern
Wesco Supply company. General Machin-
cry company, Pep-to-Lac Company or
America, John L. Parker, John w. O'Neill
company Caheen Bros. l.. L. Doty, Boy
Scouts of America, Loveman, Joseph &
Loeb, Frisco Coal company, Birmingham
Packing company, d. o. *. K, knights
of Columbus, Company B, Fourth infan-
try, Drennen Motor company, the Sal
walton Army II. Abel, Louis Saks Wood
men of the World, Red Men, Company X,
w d. Wood Lumber company, Louis Piz-
its, Oster Bros, Singer Sewing Machine
company; Wittichen Coal and Transfer
company, Forbes Piano company, Ala
bama Products company. Jefferson Pow
der company, Coco-Cola company, Oak
land Motor company White Swan laun-
dry, Alabama Grocery company, Griffith
& Schegel, Birmingham Railway Light
and Power company, Harris Transfer
company.