The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-31
|lND GOOD OLD TIMES.
eeet,rIt Of a Fair Held at
liberty Chapel i'm 1863.
mo THE JUDGES WE'RE.
|ho Great Advantage to all the
peoplc OF Such institutions.


Recently while erummaging around
long some old papers the editor
THE STAR came across the pre-
nm list OF the second annual fair
the Attala Agricultural Society
Id at Liberty Chapel the first
bursday and the day following in
Ovember, 1895; and from it we
can some very interesting facts,
Prizes aggregatlng several hun
led dollars were offered for eleved
bneties Of products, a committee
three being appiinted judges
YER each variety. All the prizes
ere cash, ranging from $40 to 50
Ents, except four, these being
stihcates Of excellence.
For held,crops we find that.eleven
lsh premiums, footing up in all to
b we're offered. In this depart
ent B. I. Conner, T. D. Savage
pd |. Kimbrough were named as
dges, The first prize was ten
pllars for the best yield of cotton
eracre on bottom land, and the last
as five dollars for the largest
ed Of sweet potatoes on a quar-
+ acre
Fifteen prizes were offered for
Sk, VIM. Boyett, James Hub
't and ames Bridges being
dges. The premiums amounted
H2.
The mechanical department was
Tlded into two parts with two
sof judges. James Riley, John
pore, and Paul Cagle'were judges
The wood and iron products ex-
hted and S w. Jamison, w. D. !
nmer, and S. M. Rosamond |
arded the prizes for homemade |
ther goods, such as harness
oes, etc, There were two dozen
emlums in all under this head.
. 7. Strickland, A. r. Hines.
Jason Harrison were judges of
usehold goods. Utder this head
ne'cured hams, butter, vinegar,
ven, flour, cakes, bread, etc.
re exhibited. The prizes were
70 80 and the ladies no doubt
great interest in competing
them.
oae OF the best departments was
OF Southern manufactured
oos' which claimed ~ premiums.
rs ! included various kinds of {
w. such as jeans, linsey, blank
carpets, etc; hosiery, quilts, ! !
needle-worked handkerchiefs. |
a. W. Herring, John A. Was |
ana 4 Ratlff were Judges. +
number OF premiums were +
1a"arded -, for knitting in silk,
W OF cotton and embroidery in
:, cotton floss, 4. M. Harris. :,
+ p. NJ, = Savage, and Miss NJ. :, =
/ lAnpn1Foush N 1,, being the judges. \ \
l f. ,, ! hines, w. T. Grow, and :. y
[.n .a, Cook { K were judges of poul- s. s.
'pu ~ ". Cole, VIM. Mccain. :
G ., Nes'brook Of fruits and .
N rrn a thee was a ladies depart is
{ 1 PRESIDED over by ]. T. Mathis, W
/ !. =, A. bickerson and Mrs. f. y,
i DIherSon. IN Only two premiums f.
|s,tsD D.efed here; one for painting Ie
|,s' ,asl colors and the other for 4,
\ pPt0 W. Galloway, ohas. w. v, w
|. aad Dishman were ap. - -
r@u rsI' q committee to look after -
'S'aneous articles not listed i, -
y, y award such prizes as they ~, ~
u ~ proper. Lewis NJ. Nash IL IL
,0s;s' as corresponding secretary Of n nc :
! | tn aalf was held in 1880, one Fl, I
! TWO ,%o years of greatest pros be-,
;.I. 'lls country ever saw; and ~, ~
tnr,l nsilltp''oas = as the Attala Ag- ert
arol ,mSi Society did a great dea co
0ds 0ddoalase u and promote the IN
By lss n ,hai made tim 5 prosper Do I,
y ~ 'nls talr every farmer in foo
V0unty was encouraged to era