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TH Kl(«b!I«kMi *** fritff f* 1 Publtebi»| Go.*; Ad Uaprecedented Attel at tlie Dixie Fail Yesterday. 20,000 PEOPLTfERE Tf It Was left for the Drut Break the Record for Special Days, TOMPEIl TURNED PEOPLE All The Pompeiian fironndi Couldn’j commodate the Great Crowd Night—Col. Bob Plant** HorceJ Merman, Won the $1,000 —Broke the'Record* It was left for the drummers to have the biggest of all the days,, and more l>eople were seen on the fair grounds yesterday and last night than during the whole of last week and Jurlug any other two days of the fair. This statement might be doubted by those who are uuused to sizing up crowds, but when one familiar with * this sort of tiling begins to figure It down he pretty soon finds that the at- 'leudance yesterday surpassed all off hand calculations. Ho figures say, at 3 o’clock, MOO people scuted In the grand stand, with 1,000 more on the outside and he Nsecs 2,000 more hanging over the fence all tlie way around from the grand stand to too Pompeiian grounds, and there he has 8,000 people lh sight. Jle goes at once to Midway and finds 2,000 more packed and jammed in the streets and discovers an extra thousand seated In the different theatrts and beer gar dens. He looks over the crowd gath ered to see the De Comas and sizes it up for another round thousand, making 12,000 In all. Ho secs 2,000 more peo ple sanding elbowing batweeu the. front of floral ball to the far end of old dining ball. He flnds a thousand more scattered in the rear of floral hall, a good thousand on the top floor of tho building and 2,000 on tho first floor, making in all 13,000 people In sight, and then he safely counts on 2,000 more scattered around In tho stock pens, clivus tents, peep shows and the thousand and one other little deadfalls, and when he sums It up no has a crowd of 20,000 pwplo within the park enclosure. There Is no mistake about this, as the secretary's books will show, fur over $8,000 In gate receipts were hoard . from before uigfit, aud It must be taken Into consideration that tots dees not Include courtesy tickets, season and helpers’ rickets, all of which usually put several thousand people Into tho park each day. OUT OF THE WOODS. Just one more day like yesterday and tlie Dixie Fair will bo out of tho weeds and reasonably certain of piovlug a grand financial success. The munugc ment Is already feeling good and Dixie Fair stock is going right up to par again. And It all comes from giving the peo ple a big show. A smaller show- might have lost money, but. with such an ar ray of attractions na tho Dixie Fair presents the people can’t keep away, and its success is assured. This Inform ation Is written advisedly, ft comes from headquarters, hut It Is not uec- ewary to state from whom It epianated. It Is sufficient to know that the fair Is now a oomplete success, or will be before the gates close for tlie week tomorrow night. Then the show begins ovor again aud holds for four days next week. The city will remain full of people and tho big fair will eontlnne to attract aud entertain thousands of people every day. There Is yet another week of the Dlslo Fair, and If the rule which baa applied so far holds good, It will to bigger and bettor each day. THEY DID THEIR PART. Macon can but feel proud of her drummers, as well as a host of their brothers, who came in yceterday to help them make drummer's day a suc cess. It was a conspicuous success In ev ery sense of.the word and to the Jolly drummers belongs the credit. The Ma con drummers left their gripe down the road a day oritwo ago and began run ning in home to take a hand in drui» lner-s day. They were all.here yester day and no city la Georgia could have a bettor thowing. One drummer eald he would pay a reward .of |to for Rny Macon drummer who was. found working his trade yesterday. If any- uts ' ! h uame of a single Mucon drummer who spent the day outside of Macon he can get paid for The drummers met at the Brown bod?,? 1 ,!! 0 ocI S ck a!ld marched liTi body to tile park over 100 slronr rJI ' vm Hateman and Julius’ otto V r *e the marshals of the parade , t-mi-raM DJ Tho tll d pr '-’ cc ’ is:ou like born dnimrrairs all -nvtr* asSSMKsrS friends OnJaycdlhlcHy w?'h ffii rftvi bull and edit