The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-24
TROY

Troy, October 3.-(Special )-The gates of the Pike county fair grounds will be opened to the public Monday, October 25, at F o'clock. Whistles and bells will proclaim the fact to this section. The heads of committees are rushing work on all exhibits in order that everything may be ready when the gates are opened. Great improvement will be seen on the grounds. as much repairing has been done to the exhibit buildings, fences, etc, and everything neatly whitewashed.
 Tuesday will be Automobile Day and on that day a big parade will be givep of au- tomobiles, beautifully decorated. All au- tomobile occupants will be admitted for
 half price on that day.
 School Day will be celebrated Wednes-
 day and that fact assures a mammoth
 attendance, as general holiday will be
 observed by all of the schools in the
 county in order that all may attend.
 The educational awards will be made for the exhibits on that day. Wedpes- day morning an athletic tournament will
 be given on the fair grounds at 10 o'clock. It will be in the nature of track meet and prizes of money will be given the
 winners.
 The State Normal School will give an elaborate cotton pageant Wednesday morning. The parade will consist of ! twelve beautifully decorated floats on automobile trucks loaned by the mer- chants Eleven counties will b. repre- scented in costume and their cotton usage shown, so that the pageant will be in structive and will influence the thoughts of all along the line of better cotton prices The floats will be: A cotton patch scene; France, England. Italy, Ja- pan. Spain, Holland. Belgium. Ireland, Scotland. China and America. Tho pageant will form at 1o:30 o'clock anu proceed around the business section oi the town and then go to the fair grounds appearing on the race track at II O CLOCK. I Thursday is Montgomery Day at the
 fair, and that will be red letter day. as large parties of Montgomerians VIII come down. Special programmes will be arranged for their entertainment.
 T. o. Burgess of Brewton narrowly es- capped death here Friday when his car collided with passenger train on the 1 Atlantic Coast Line road MT. Burgess 1 is interested in hardwood milling and | had been to Troy on business connected with that and had started to return to
 his home when the accident occurred l The Skinner crossing has . deep cut on either side of the road and this ob- secures an approaching train- Ar. Bur | gess says he neither saw nor heard the train until too late to prevent the acci-
 dent. His car was badly demolished and he was hurt about the body by his steer ing wheel. One rib was broken and sew eral bad bruises and cuts resulted Ths train stopped and brought him to Troy, where he was given medical attention l Miss Gladys Rice the noted soprano, assisted by Miss Adeline Packard. vio- linist and pianist. gave splendid re citai at the Troy High School audito- lrium Friday night. They used the Edi- son recreation in the recital. which was rendered the music-loving public by the tCarroll Mercantile Company.
 John Parish. whose store at Linwood was burned some time ago, has bought the store and stock of Mir. Crowder and will continue to run 1t as bsfore.