Daily Republican., 1882-10-07
PRICE ONE CENT
A LIVELY TOWN.
rHE EFFECTS OF LOCAL OPTION
DURING THE FAIR-SCENFA
AND INCIDENTS.
ELKToN, MD, oct. 9, 1882.

! plaCS GulS week Ii Gn6 bulru annual eXs
hibition of the Cecil County Agricultu-
raj Society, which closed to-day under
the most favorable circumstances after
successful run of four days, during
which time thousands of people visited.
the exhibition. Elkton, as generaK
thing is quiet little place, but during
fair week the town is full of people and
everything is hustle and confusion. So
exciting is the event that it is with
difficulty that clerks in the various
stores can be found lin their wonted &
places and the same fever strikes many
of the prOprietors them selves, and as @
rule but little attention is paid to busi--
| ness, but nearly every one devotes all
his time in the fair grounds.
The grounds where the exhibition is
held are beautifully located o short
distance from the P, W. & B. railroad
station and are quite extensive, cover
! ing several acres of land. The race
track is laid off in an excellent manner
and is said to be the finest half-mile
track in the country, although it is
considered little long. The judges
stand is constructed in a neat and at
tractive manner with a platform at its
base in front and one at the side, the
latter being covered with canvass and
designed for the accommodation of the
band, which, by the way, is a first
class organization for country town
and their music during the fair was
highly appreciated, and many were the
compliments paid them.
The most Objectionable feature of the
fair grounds is the Grand Stand, which
was evidently constructed without any
regard for the comfort of its patrons.
The seats arc 30 constructed that it is
impossible for persons sitting down, to
see the races only when the horses are
ON the quarter stretch and as a result
of this, when the horses are turning the
circle and coming down the home
stretch, the occupants Of tho stand,
with one accord rise to their feet aDC
then have to stretch their necks to Sc
anything. TIE managers talked O.
remedying this evil before the opening
of the exhibition this fall, by maxim
the seats move Blanting, but as the eX
pense was too great and the time linn j.
ted, they concluded to let the matte.
rest for another season, when 1t is to
be hoped the trouble will be averted.
Another trouble exists, which should
by all means be averted or else in the
future the exhibitors will not be so
plentiful, and even this year it has
caused considerable growing, The
Ievil above alluded to effects the exhi-
bitors, as each and everyone, as far as
could be ascertained were charged for
Ientering their exhibits and those who
utilize considerable space were charged
extra, according to the space oc-
cupied. Even tho ladies were mad
to pay an entrance fee much agains
their will. The carriage exhibitors
were not at all pleased with this or
der of things as their exhibits occupied
considerable space and the cost upon
them was not small amount. With
1.-THE two above mentioned evils ramedied
EIkton could BOAST of one of the finest
agricultural fairs in the country,
everything else being in strict accord
with the wis hes Of the most critical fault
finder and is 10 De hoped that the man
ayers will see their error and remedy
the same. -
LOCAL OPTION DURING THE EAIE
WEEK.
Our many readers are. .pe'dOubt cog
infant of the fact that local option pre-
walls in Cecil County, as several p,e-
vious Letters have appeared in these
columns in relation to the subject and
from which it was made to appear that
its effects had "killed the bown." The
: article published at that time caused
considerable unpleasant comment from
q writer on an Elkton paper, who was
inclined to think that the article was
/ bgotteu up for effect and that the writer
g was in the employ of the liquor men OF
Delaware This, however, was not the
: !: case, and it was not the design of the
writer to oppose local option, but his
. views we're taksu solely from local
;. standpoint, and it is not, at the present
; time, the writer's intention of uphold
o ling the liquor traffic, but merely to give
2 the condition Of affairs, as they appear
7, ed to him, in a local option county,
Z during the progress Of an agricultural
exhibition, and they will not compare
It favorably with that of similar eXhl-
., bition at Middletowp, where the poison
q is dealt out openly, the only difference
y being that in Elkton liquor is sold on
Z. the sly while in MiddetowE there is no
10 fear of detection and if the number OF
y, men, under the influences Of liquor dur
ct ing the progress of both fairs, were
counted, ElktOn would carry off the
premium in point of numbers.
This state of affairs may beattributed
VI to men bringing liquor with them, but
re as those under its luluGnCe carried no
= satohel it would BE- almost impossible
3 for them to have over pint bottle full
III and this, divided with friends, would
ia hardly be sufficient to make them drunk
III and as a natural consequence they must
~ have got their bottles r8-hllod IN Elk
!d ton uOtwiJhstaudiug the fact that it ID
~ against the law 10 sell it, Your cor
IA res ondent, while viewing the town by
~ gal ight, saw several mysterious pack
le al come from certain places and the
OIL col ents divided among sat o. nen
III wi are 10th to drink water and IL Is
le no to be supposed that the package
le col tainah "Clder" and az a proof ol
49, this underhand selling quite q num bel
Ae of persons have recently been indicted
'g for selling liquor in this vicinity, so II
81" will be seen that its beneficial effects
ep are not perceptable to any great extent
es non Thursday last, during the pro
~ gress of the races, numher OF mel
m were on the track, betting and acting
in disorderly manner and when re-
50 monstrated with by the Judge, the!
an were loud in their abuses of him, TO
De which he fined one of them 500 ant
OF suspended him from the association
ne until it was paid. These men wer
9x- more or less under the influence Of TIN
ne ardent spirit and after leaving the tai
XII gronnJs endeavored to assault one o
The Judges, but were prevented by tn
efficient police force, who .E,,s were shaa 10
.ao owing them. Another instance no
'uo ticed in the afternoon was man fulL Q
benzine, elected from the bar room g
ok the hotel near the depot and it was diff
fioult that his friends, who we're not
full, could keep him from making .
assault on a colored man. Many moE
iat cases of drunkenness were seen durlnl
he- the day and unless they came tner
~ drunk, the sooner local option Is don
Al. lokEar ~ xuill hn for tn