The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-09

thousands of persons gathered at the
fairgrounds yesterday afternoon at
2:50 o'clock to hear the sacred band
concert given by Memoirs band. The
programme was one of the finest ever
rendered on an occasion of this kind,
and won the appreciation of the large
audience.
With the stroke of o'clock this
morning the second week of the great
Alabama State Fair will be on in full
sway. Today is to be turned over to
Birmingham, and will be known as
Birmingham day at the State Fair.
and the attendance is expected to be
exceptionally large Birmingham proper
is expected to turn out IN full numbers
and Birmingham will be the guest of
honor on the grounds throughout the
day.
The programme for today is excep-
tionally strong, being featured with
horse racing, band concerts, free acts,
live stock show and fireworks to-
night Work of judging the live stock
will begin today, and will last through
Thursday. The swine will be the first
to come under the inspection of the
judges, passing from them to the sheep
goats and then to the beef cattle. 1t
is thought that the judges will be busy
all week. as the live stock exhibit this
year Is the greatest ever assembled at
the fairgrounds.
With good weather conditions the
outlook for the fair this week is ex-
ceptionally bright. Free acts, fireworks,
racing, exhibits. dancing and the mid
way are among the features. Although
more than 40 policemen, deputies and
riainclothes men are on duty at the
fairgrounds, not single arrest has
hten made, and no disorder has been
noticed in any quarter.
Midway will be at its gayest all this
week, and the Great Dominion shows
are presenting some of the cleanest
carnival attractions ever shown at the
State Fairgrounds. There is something
that will interest every person in this
variety of amusement.
The agricultural, mineral, raw products
finished products, mining, handiwork, ar
tistic designs newest model automobiles
of all makes, together with the magnifi-
cent display in the woman's depart
ment are attractive features
Beginning this morning it has been
announced that extra car service would
be put on to the fairgrounds by the
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company. A number of special cars
were put on Saturday to help handle
the increased crowds. but 1t has been
decided that in order to more easily
convenience the crowds that more cars
would be added from day to day in
order to give better service.
The automobile transportation to
the fairgrounds has been made more
convenient by the repairs on the east
and west highway leading from Bir-
iningham to the grounds. This read is
now in better condition than it has
been for number of years, and IS
ready to receive the thousands of au-
tomobiles that will pass over it car
rying the thongs to the grounds
MANY VISITORS COMING
Following efforts to entertain the
Birmingham attendants today, the
grounds will make ready for the in
fiux from Gadsden, Admission, Talla-
dega and Huntsville tomorrow. The day
will be given over to the visitors from
these parts of the state. and reports
from the various towns indicate that
a large number of persons will attend
from each town. Special trains are be-
ing put on this week by all railroads
running into Birmingham to assist In
handling the crowds. while all roads
are offering reduced rates for the fair.
Wednesday will be Governors Day
and Rotary Club Day. The Rotary club
will attend in body and will be on
hand for everything going on the
grounds. They will have a luncheon in
the woman's department. and a general
meeting will fellow, after which they
Will proceed to take in the fair Gov
ernor Henderson promised to be on
hand with his staff also.
Again Birmingham will be host to
hundreds of visitors from Tuscaloosa,
Jasper, Selma and the sections of the
state represented by these towns,
Thursday, which will also be Fraternal
Day. One of the features of this day s
programme will be the live stock pa
rade before the grandstand, and the
announcement of prize winners This
is a permanent feature of the fair,
much interest being manifested in the
parade last year.
The day of days is to be Friday
when all the public schools will close.
and children will flock to the grounds
by the thousands to take advantage OF
the 15-cent gate admission for school
children. School day at the State Fair
probably is the most looked forward to
day of each fair. This is the day when
the midway furnishes the most in
spfring scene the day when fireworks
look best and when free acts receive
the most applause.
Next Saturday will not be the least
of all by far. 1t will be known as
Prosperity Day, and while it is the
last of the big annual event, promises
to be one of the most interesting of
them all.