The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-11
EDGARR. MALONE HEADS AMERICAN NATIONAL BANF
ATTENDANCE AT GREAT
MARIANNE FAIR GROWS
LARGER WITH EACH DAY
Today Is Good Roads Day
and Flower Parade Is to
Feature Forenoon
(Staf Corresnondencel

Mar1anna, Oct 10.-The crowds at
tending the West Florida Fair here
this week continue to increase from
day today. A large number passed
through the gates from the very first
hour of the opening yesterday, but
today the attendance has been great
ly increased over yesterday.
Thursday and Friday are expected
to be the banner days in point of at
tendance during the present week.
Thursday 10 Good Roads Day and
many people from a distance are ex-
pected to be here to take part In the
work to secure the great highway
from Pensacola to Jacksonville via
Tallahassee.
Thursday morning a floral parade
will take place. In this parade every
business firm in Mariana is expect
ed to have part The parade will
start from the street in front of the
Methodist church at 1890 a. m. and
traverse every principal street in the
city before going to the fair grounds,
where the Good Roads meeting will
be held.
Friday win be Children's Day. The
school children Of jackson county will
be admitted to the fair for 10 cents
each and several thousand of them
are expected to see the sights of the
exhibition that day. A specially in
teresting program has been arranged
for Children's Day, including an
aeroplane fight by the celebrated
Fred Dekor, who is doing such splen-
did work here with his big bi-plane
this week.
Saturday will be Colored Folks
Day. The negroes have some extra
good displays here this week. Their
exhibits Of quilts, fancy work, car
pentry, mechanical work, canning,
agricultural products, vegetables,
and many other things has caused a
great deal Of favorable comment by
the white people who have viewed
them.
A GREAT SECTION.
In the agricultural department one
never gets through viewing the
sights. There is no discounting this
section Of West Florida when it
comes to productiveness Of the soil.
Everything that is grown here Is of
the very best and anything grown on
any farm in the whole country can
be and is being grown here.
In one exhibit in the agricultural
hall may be seen eight distinct vari-
cites of fine pecans. They are the
Curtis, Moneymaker, Van Buren,,
Stewart, Allie, Russell, Frotscher,
Rome, Pan-American. In several of
the exhibits there are displayed five
or more varieties Of papershell pc
cans Of the choicest kinds.
The satsuma oranges, lemons and
grape fruit on exhibition speak
volumes for the thrifty farmers and
fruit growers Of this section.
The races at the fair this afternoon
were quite interesting and a great
crowd of visitors yelled their ap-
prevail Of each spin around the track
Of the spirited horses being shown
here this week. The motorcycle races
were also very interesting and well
received by the visiting thousands.
THE HORSE RACES.
The first race was one-mi1e, trot,
best two in three. Three times around
the track required for mile.
First heat-Cheerless, driven by
Jennings, first; Glenegan, driven by
Tansy, second; Jack Todd, driven by
Amis, third. Time, 2.34.
Second heat-Cheerless first; Glen
egan, second;. Jack Todd, third. Time,
2.32.
Second race-One mile, pace, best
two IN three. Surprise, driven by
Tansy, first; Country Girl, driven by
Smith, second; Reuben A, driven by
Parneli, third; Frank, driven by DIR.
Pierce, fourth. Time, 2.31.
Second heat-Surprise, first; Coun-
try Girl, second; Reuben A, third.
Time, 2.27.
Each race this week is for a purse
of $50 offered by the management of
the fair.