Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-09
Everything Is Practically Set
and Ready for the Coming
Event-Wide Range of EX-
hibitS Will Be Displayed

Lakewood will swing wide it's gates
on next Saturday morning prepared to
give the glad hand to the whole
southeast on the opening day of the
Southeastern fair, Atlanta's great pros
perity show, said by it's sponsors 10 be
the greatest exhibition held in the
south in years and the greatest event
Atlanta has had since the days of the
southern exposition in 1896.
Everything is practically set and
ready to go for the coming event. This
week the finishing touches will be put
on. How Old Man Prosperity Dame
Fortune. and the Goddess of Good Luck
are bestowing their blessings on Geor-
eia and the southeast, even in these
war times. will be exemplified in the
elaborate exhibits OF live stock and ag-
riculturai products.
The grand circuit races, beginning
Monday. October Is, and lasting the re-
mainder of the week, will bring TO the
track at Lakewood the fastest and high
est bred horses IN the nation.
The automobile show will be practf-
cally doubled in magnitude through the
building of a large new building espe-
cially for that purpose. The dog show
will bring high-bred CANNES from all
PARTS of the country. The woman's ex-
hibit under the direction of Mrs. Sam
uel Lumpkin, will present gorgeous
spectacle Of woman's han ilwork.
Eight free vaudeville acts. beginning
Monday, October 10. will be given twice
daily. in front of the grandstand One
Of the most spectacular exhibitions or
fireworks this section has ever seen will
be shown each night following the
vaudeville program. In this feature
nr~xr ntIf he
spirit of patriotism in the pyrotechni-
cal designs that will be flashed in the
heavens.
President II. G. Hastings. of the fair
association, and Secretary r. M. Strip
lin made an inspection tour over the
fair grounds Friday afternoon and the
improvements that have been made in
the last week were perfectly amazing
to them both. They found all the build
irgs spick and span and prepared TO
receive the exhibits. They found that
the highways within the fair grounds
had been improved with crushed rock
and that the midway lane would be
perfectly passable in any kind of wealth
er by reason of the asphalt pavement.
CHILDREN'S DAY.
Every preparation is being made to
establish a record attendance at the
fair on Children's day, Tuesday, Oc-
tober I6- The city board of education
has declared a holiday for the $50
scnooi children on this day. The coun'
ty board is expected to take similar ac-
ton next week.
One of the features of Children's day
will be an exhibition of daylight fire
works Elephants, balloons, and many
other objects will be shot in the air.
This has proven a great hit in other
cities where it has been shown.
Last year the attendance on Chic
dren's day was more than $4,000 The
mark set for the attendance this year
is 900 and Secretary Striplin be-
Iieves that from the inquiries he has
received from over the state that TINS
attendance will be registered.
special admission fee of 10 cents
for all school children. college students,
school teachers and principals, and MEM
bers of college faculties has been ar
ranged for Children's day.
One of the features at the fair will be
a number of restaurants and rest rooms
in spaces reserved on the terrace of the
agricultural building and rented by Ia
dies societies of various churches and
various civic societies. Fifteen of these
spaces have been reserved.
Oscar Mills, chairman of the swine
department, is highly enthusiastic over
the prospects for the pig club exhibit.
He says that from Fulton county alone
there are $50 exhibits and that from
other parts of the state there will be
$50 more entries.
The musical program at the fair will
be liam up" and bands will be playing
almost continually. Both BARRIERS band