The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-02
A SP|ClOU Us
IS OPENING Of
.ESCAMb|A FAIR
Exhibits Are Large and
Varied and Midway At
fractions Good.
GOVERNOR DELIVERS
OPENING ADDRESS
Agricultural Exhibits Are
Of the Best Ever Wit
messed Here

Amid the crash of the saw and
the noise of the hammer and brass
bands with great crowds on every
hand watching the various scenes and
the movements which usually make
up the opening day at great Fairs,
the Escambia County Fair opened
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at
Kupfrian's Park.
Many of the midway attractions ar
rived late Sunday or early Monday
morning and the midway presented
a scene of great activity as booth
after booth went up and as hawker
after hawker cried the many wares
usually offered to great crowds at the
various Fairs throughout the country.
In all the departments of the great
Fair there were scenes of special ac-
tivity as the exhibitors tried to round
up their affairs end hook after the
little odds and ends which are always
left undone until the very last mo-
ment. Many exhibitors worked hard
until midday yesterday getting ready
for the weeks display which will
prove one ofthe best ever held in
Pensacola.
GOVERNOR DELIVERS ADDRESS
There was so much activity in the
various departments that only small
crowd found time enough to listen
Iattentively to the splendid address of
Governor Park Trammell at 10 o'clock
Quite number of state officers were
present and there were candidates on
almost every hand. A telegram was
received by Manager Lillard from
Comptroller w. v. Knott, candidate
for governor, expressing great regret
that he could not be present yester-
day, but expressing the assurance
that he will be here sometime during
the present week. The prominent
state officers here yesterday with
Governor Park Trammell were Treas
urer J. C. Luning, Commissioner Of
Agriculture w. A. McRae and Audi
to Ernest Amos, State Senator F. M.
Hudson of Miami and State Senator
R. A. McGeachy, of Milton were also
in the party of prominent politicians
at the Fair grounds. Auditor Amos
is prominent candidate for comp
troller and Comptroller Luning is one
of the prominent candidates for
governor. Governor Trammell is
making the race for United States
Senator Each of these gentlemen
was in the best of humor yesterday,
and a jolly crowd followed them
,, about the Fair grounds and seemed
to think they were great part of the
. days attraction.
! The various exhibits, though many
Of them not thoroughly arranged un-
til afternoon yesterday, afforded the
crowds excellent entertainment as
!. they gathered here and there about
the different exhibition buildings and
viewed whatever suited their fancy
most.
n AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS
), The agricultural exhibit Is one o.
: the best ever seen here. There j,
exhibited something of almost every
It thing grown on the splendid farms o.
s Escambia county, while severa
y splendid exhibits came from beyond
e the borders of our own county. /
e was very interesting to those il
Is charge of these ezeellent displays o
} the agricultural produces of Escam
y bia county and West Florida to not
s. the great interest being taken h
II such exhibitions by the general public
If Many of the Pensacola merchant
d and business firms have exhibits a
he the fair and there is much advertis
X ing of the various kinds of merchan
= disc handled by them. Souvenirs wer
handed out Unfortunately and man
v. of them were of the kind which al
< ways find ready takers, they bein
both useful and costly. Free coffee