The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-28
Dancing Pavilion New Feature

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 A brand new feature of the fair. and one which will be given much attention. this year, is the dancing pavilion, which will be ready for use this afternoon and tonight The dancing hall is to be of permanent construction. with read hard wood floors. There will be ample pro- tection and no rowdyism will be toler- ated.
 The Stase Fairgrounds are in better con- dtion than ever before on the opening of the annual show and every exhibit Is in place. All individual showings and county exhibits were in place yesterday and many bonuses of $50 each were dis trbuted among those exhibitors who had their showings ready at o'clock yester- day morning.
 Among those who received bonuses were the following: Morgan county Crenshaw county, Shelby county, Montgomery coun- ty, Cullman county, Marion county and Madison county. Among the individual exhibitors who received the bonus were. Mrs c. E. Bruce, Clanton; w. c. Macon, vinemont; H. M. Reid. Montevallo; Her. tert Frye, Cullman; Odd Fellows lodge, Culman. in charge of MT. Miller; J. W. Treadway, Grove Park; Charles Crotch field. Cullman William McGrath. Asso- ciated Charities, local; B. l.. Baker, Hanceville; A. Zimmerman, Hanceville.
 Superintendent c. Fl. Frye of the agri- cultural exhibit building said yesterday that he believed the agricultural show ings this year were better than ever before and cited examples to prove his claim Products from every part of Ala bama, and a point he stressed was the fact that every exhibit was in place and that there would be no confusion, no fixing up' at the last minute, and his department would be ready for the influx IA x>tIx at tnf "a hour.
 Mrs. Reid a Busy Woman
 Tn the woman's department Mrs. J. B.. Reid, superintendent, was seen yester- day. very busy and very happy over the fact that all her showings were ready for the opening of the fair The. ex- hibits this year are prettier than ever have been seen here, as was testified to by Mrs Wilson Searight, who was vis- itor at the building in the afternoon yes terday.
 One of the ideas of Mrs. Reid in con nection with the advertising scheme she has every year is the Banner booth IF this are contained 12 banners inscribed with the advertisement of a local mer- chant Mrs. Reid had intended having a parade of the 12 banners each day a young girl being delegated to carry each banner. This was abandoned. however, TOT MTS helu ueclueu that IL would De better to place the booth at the head of the stairs leading to the woman's depart ment and have it well lighted Enormous tungstens will be installed and the booth will be lighted night and day.
 An idea upon which Mrs. Reid has been working for sometime eliminated in one of the prettiest booths in her building this yeRr-the showing of the Marion Fancy Work club. Mrs. Reid has lcng cherished a dream of organizing clubs of ladies for doing fancy work throughout the state. There are several such clubs now organized. but the Ma rion club is the only one which has a showing. The exhibit is in charge of Mrs. Haley. Mrs. Hart and Mrs. Mur- phy Bates.
 The fancy cakes already have been judged. according to the rule of the de- partment, while they were fresh. The prize winners will be announced later in the week. however.
 Live Stock Showing Is Fine
 The showing of live stock. according to Dr. J. A. Kiernan. in charge. will be the best that ever has been exhibited There are about nine cars of Alabama raised cattle on exhibition and any of them would compare favorably with the
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