The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-12
GOVERNORS DAY
. At BIG FAIR PROVES
TO Be FINE AFT AIR
Boys Industrial School Band
One of Features of the
Occasion
GOVERNOR SPENDS AN
HOUR AT CATTLE SHOW
Age-Herald Day One of the Big
gest of Week-Boys Have
Fine, Time on Midway and
in Grandstand
which was it?

Which was it?
\ Governors, Age-Herald or Rotary club
Day, at the State Fair?
1t was free-for-al, neck-and- meek race
for the stellar role yesterday, but the
Alabama Boys Industrial school of East
Lake came out in the lead, an easy win
ner. They were there in full numbers.
accurately speaking $50 boys, divided into
seven companies and band, which. un-
der the direction of Superintendent d.
M Weakley, made great showing in
their grand review before Governor Hem
derson, who stood in the judges stand.
The boys passed back and forth several
times in different formations, while the
splendid Apiece Boys Industrial School
band played number of selections and
marched III review. The boys formed in
companies at 1:30 o'clock on the grounds
across the race track from the grand
stand, marching out on the track at the
upper end of the grandstand and down
the track past the thousands who viewed
the march from the stand. The review
passed In companies organized according
10 age, the oldest and largest of the
boys leading the drill while a company
OF the youngsters, who were too small,
to carry the guns, brought up the rear.
Inc boys were in full uniform, bearing
on their shoulders the new army regu-
iatlon guns recently issued to them, and
with sabres swinging to their sides. thew
presented a spectacle as highly appre-
ciated by the audience as any attraction
or the grounds.
THE BOYS BAND
Whiie the boys, passed in review, Gov
ernor Henderson and party of friends
stood with heads bare in the iudpes,
stand just in front of the erandstand
Inc governor expressed himself as being
Wei pleased with the excellent showing
MADE by the boys, remarking at one time
mat school is credit and one of the
greatest assets of the state" Follow
ing the disbanding of the review, the
boys were given a place in the grand
stand anex, where they watched the free
acts and races. The band, however. was
rushed to the station, where they took
a train for the state reunion of the Con-
federate Veterans at Gadsden.
accompanied by President Brown of
the fair association, Governor Hender-
son and his staff and other friends Wis
tied the state fair in the fullest meaning
OF the word. From the grandstand they
LOOK in the big showing of swine return
ing and passing through the automobile
show, seeing Gebhard's famous clock,
which has been awarded a medal
In the agricultural exhibit hall, Gov
ernor Henderson showed much interest
Being interested in agricultural develop
ment of the state, a farmer himself, the
governor examined and questioned ev-
cry booth manager in the building, both
individual and county. He commented on
the artistic showing made by Lauder
dale county, while he praised CulIman
and other counties in the splendid agri-
cultural showing.
The woman's department was not over
looked by the party and sometime was
spent>in this building examining the va
rious exhibits, including the exhibit of
the state school, industrial school, Uni
versty of Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic
institute and others.
From this building they passed through
the poultry show, which is so large this
year that the fair association has de-
cided to build for them new building
for next year. Then they went to the
dog show, where the yip-yiping CANNES
were being judged on the bench. Hun
dreds of fine dogs were examined yester-
cay, while thousands of persons visited
this show with considerable interest.
VISITS CATTLE SHOW
More than an hour of the governors
time was spent in the cattle show where
ne showed more interest than in any
other department. Looking at the local
cattle, the governor was enthusiastic over
the progress being made in Alabama in
the raising of better cattle. He is of
the opinion that such displays as that
now being shown by the Alabama State
Fair can have but one elimination, and
that will be in the raising of more fine
cattle. More interest in the raising of
cattle in this state is being taken from
year to year, and Governor Henderson
thinks that with such encouragement, it
will only be a question of few years
until the cattle raising industry will be
the leading industry of the state.
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