Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-28
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR OPENING Of
SOUTHEASTERN FAIR
Everything viii Be Ready
When Gates Are Thrown
Open to Public on Octo-
Der 16

practically all arrangements have
been completed for the Southeastern
Fair which opens on October 16.
Discussing the prospects for the
fair, Secretary R. NJ. Striplin said
Saturday:
Everything will be in place at
the Southeastern Fair Saturday, Oc-
tober 16, which is opening instead of
preparation day as it has been in
the past.
Monday, Octobe. IS, which is
Atlanta day. will End the fair in
full swing and it is expected by
the management that it will be one
of the biggest days of the fair, for
there are thousands of people who
are not going to take any chances
on weather and are coming Monday
because they have positive assur-
Hnce that every exhibit will be in
place and every attraction ready.
"A complete fair on Saturday is
possible for the first time this year
because there is a full week between
the close of. the Alabama State
Fair at Birmingham, which releases
some of the agricultural and live
stock exhibits entered at the South
eastern Fair. 1t even makes it pos
sible for Johnny Jones' Carnival to
play a pre-fair engagement.
This great amusement organiZa-
ton will open at Lakewood on Mon
day night, October 10, and continue
Eve nights without any admission to
the fair grounds. This will give
Atlanta a chance to compete with
Toronto. where the two weeks en-
gagement resulted in admissions
amounting to s194,219.50.
= ut must be admitted that there
IL some merit to a carnival COM
.pany that can show such results
the answer is that there is nothing
connected with any show on the
midway that offends any one. The
Jones organization requires almost
half as many cars to carry the peo-
pie and shows as do Ringing
Brothers and with the new rail con-
nection completed into the park, this
great show can be handled in one
fourth the time that it required for
merly.
Pageant at Opening
''Since we are to have a pageant
on opening night and the 25-26,
three nights in all, I have been. CIV
ing much consideration to the big
entertainment feature. 1 saw the
great pageant at Toronto, 1.-THE En-
nj TriI1
that the stage settings in our scenes
will be fully as interesting to the
people of Georgia, as the historical
incidents at Toronto were for the
Canadians. We have a setting and
background at Lakewood which if
possessed by Toronto would have
added much to their episodes.
"The active management Of the
Southeastern Fair association was
very much encouraged by the re-
sponses of the civic organizations
Of Atlanta to the call of President
Hastings and Chairman Kreigsha-
Der of the civics committee. at the
luncheon Thursday.
1.-THE Southeastern Fair has never
called on the business men of At
lanta for anything needful without
receiving it. We are going to need
more revenue this year and we feel
sure of the success of the move
ment that has been started by the
civic clubs of Atlanta to sell fair
tickets in advance, for certainly now
there is no one who prides himself
on being public spirited and pos
eessed of the means who can refuse
to buy these tickets. 1t offers an
opportunity for the public, press and
pulpit to boost the fair to the limit.
for we have the most expensive
show that has ever been staged in
Atlanta.
cit is within the realm of reason
to say that the National Hog and
Cattle Show will represent pure bred
live stock worth a million and a
half dollars. This feature of the
fair alone will be big enough that
il it were staged as a separate en-
terprise the admission price would
be rs cents just the same. Then
there is the agricultural building
woman's building, auto show. poul-
try show, rabbit show, tractor ex'
hibit and big government exhibit.
when it comes to the amusement
feature we present a bill that lasts
all afternoon and if our admission
were based on the cost, exclusive
ness or novelty and was staged
outside the fair it would be neces-
sary to charge four dollars admi Ec
sion. The grand circuit races alone
would be 81; the auto polo 81; our
hippodrome acts 81. Then at nlgnil
we have the fireworks thrown IN
for good measure.
I'VE are spending three times mes as a;
the first fair. and the budget at tha
time almost gave our executive VI te ICON com
mittee, collectively, heart tallure
each My year ear because they have faitt
in the Atlanta Spirit that aspir pf
the Southeastern states, and is al al
ways ready to back anything 10 th'
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