The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-10
Everything Points to Most
Successful Event In His
tory of Mariana.
GOV TRAMMELL
DELIVERS SPEECH
General Manager Smith
Makes Short Address Out
lining the Work Done.
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Mariana, Oct. 9.-The West F,or.
ida Fair opened here this mornino.
with a large crowd In attendance.
Practically all preliminary work has
been completed before the hour for
the opening and every department
swung into line with perfect har-
mony.
Governor Park Tramnel1 addressed
a large crowd in front of the grand
stand at IL o'clock. He, smoke for
thirty minutes and from all appear-
ances made a splendid impression
upon his hearers.
Just before the governor snota
General Manager Smith made a short
address to the assembled crowd, en-
phasizing the work of the fair ASSOC
citation and urging the exhibitors ia
cooperate in every way possible with
the association In the work of making
the different departments of the exhi-
b1tion great success. He mentioned
several features Of the present weeks
program. An aeroplane flight was
arranged for today. It came off verv
successfully. Another fight 20
scheduled for Thursday and another
for Friday.
Thursday is Good Roads Day. Fri
day is Children's Day. Saturday Ia
Coiored Peoples Day. A splendid race
program has been arranged for every
afternoon during the week.
Manager Smith urged the, whites
to encourage the good work now be-
ing done by the negroes in agricuI-
ture.
OPENED BY MILTON.
Mayor John Milton, Jr., introduceds
Governor Trammell and urged all
persons present to have a good time
this week. The privileges of tina.
whole town were extended to all Wis.,;
itors during the fair.
Before and after the governors .d-,
dress the Mariana Amusement Band.
consisting of sixteen pieces, gave a,
very interesting concert in front of
the grand stand. This band is we'll
organized and makes good showing.
both by the quality of the music fur
nished and by the dressy uniforms
worn.
The live stock exhibit at the pres
emit West Florida Fair is one of the
pest. There are nearly one hundred
stock pens and stalls for showing orf
live stock. Most of these are full
and every department shows that spe-
cial care has been taken to make the,
exhibition successful and interesting.
The colored people have some sue-
c1ally good exhibits in their depart-
ment down in the forestry building.
These exhibits are under the sunerin-
tendent of A. A. Turner of TaIla-
hassee, organizer among the negroes
of poultry, pig, canning and corn
clubs In the state of Florida. He has
worked up much interest In the fair
among the colored people of West
Florida and many compliments can
be heard on the excellent showing
they have made.
INTERESTING EXHIBITS.
Mr.. z. L. Harris, Marianna,s IN
dustrious blind man, has a very in
teresting exhibit in the agricultural
department. He has several useful
articles of his manufacture on exhibi-
ton. Among these may be men,
TONED hall tree with polished cow
horns as hangers, a sweetheart
swing, settee, rocking chair,
walking canes, axe handles made from
second growth hickory, oars, fishing
rods, etc. Mr.. Harris informed The
Journal representative that for sew
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