American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-12-06
[ComBunicsted.)
TIE STATE FAIK.-.CARD FROM
THE SECRETAkY.
JACKSON, MISS, Dec. 3, 1873.

Editors American Citizen Dear
iSirs My attention has been called
to a communication in the last issus.
of your journal, signed Mrs r. L.
W., winch does such gross injustice
to our State Fair that l feel called
upon to notice rhe same.
Mrs. T.. T. w. assumes that ''Our
State Fairs have not been Il sue
CESS" and attributes the cause to
'.an incompetent, inefficient and bi-
ased directory" That is not pat
ting it very mild. But this is TO-.
lowed up by the charge that ''lhe
ward Of premiums, not only this
year. INIT every ntnrr Year, have
been unjnst and par'iai," and that,
as a consequence. "eXh;hi'ofs have
become completely iisgn-ted." Now
it seems thar Mrs. L L w. assumes
IL ''speak from the r~c"r,i," because
on the fifth day of the FAIR her ats
tentiUn was '!particnlarly cal!e.i' to
2.an.i that "this department consist
e. OF gent!emen's clothing made by
ladies' Mrs T.. 7. W. should have
added that one reason why her att
ten,iOn was s.,articulariv calle<P'
to that class was that she WAS q:
connection therein, having entered
suit Of gents clothing tor tn" fif:y
dollar premium, and Il pair Of gents
pants for the ten dollar premium. |
am inclined to think that she i.e-
came ''rnmple'e!y disgHste'f for the
sole aud only reason that the SAID
entries failed to gel the blue ribbon.
Had the award been to suit her the
Fair wOnld be just the thing. and
the three ''incomimteni, inexl"rl
enced young ladies'" wHu'h have
ben excellent Judges in her esfima
ton. There was only one young
la,Iy on the committee. There were
two married ladies on the e mini tee
and one gentleman, the latter from
New Orleans, and all known to he
good Judges OF that class of work.
Only one mem.,er of the committee
resides in this city. The award on
gentleneu's snit was given to Mrs.
A. Aimis. of StaIkvilie, anu the
award On the pants 10 Mrs. Nj. 5.
McCracken, IF Sar,lis. Neither Of
these ta,iie& attended the Fair, and
had 40 friend to imp.r' une among
d ahGS.. the committee. Their
articles were receivrd by express,
and sent On to the exhibition hall.
Mrs. T.. +. w. takes rather "A selfish
and .'biased' view OF this matter,
and in her disappointment in,iulg-
cd IN. st. At = ,S,t fn h.A
Fair AssOcilt ion, and i'm which she
cannot be sustained by the facts.
So far from the enterprise being
a jackson Fair" i'm the sense in
which Mrs. f.. L. w. would have it
unders'O Od, | submit. Messrs. Edi-
tors. that in the matter of houors
and substantial ava rdS, the reports
of each year will show that Madison
county has been behind none. 1t
would he marvellous indeed if the
people of jackson aud vicinity who
are convenient to the exhibition,
sEOrli not contribute considerably
to il. and should not receive II due
Of premiums. In all the
of the Fair The directory
Ia get persons outside
of Jackson, and only put then, on
" hen others could not he found will
ling to serve. The Fair ia an adj
70 Jackson. and we apDre.
ciate il. and hence we are anxious
TO make it still more popular ny
awards according to
merits. regardless of locality.
Respectfully,
J. L. POwRR. Secretary,