The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-10-21

fulan products and arrangement that i.
creditable indeed. 49,.
Ths famous jackson cotton, high il
~ as well as high in price OF seed, wa:
Cd exhibition. !.
Mr.. James W. Legg, our enterprisinp
druggist. was the only merchant that fitted
up place and made an exhibit. He had
o fine display OF articles in his line as vel
as some catchy and unique advertising
matter. which he distributed freely. Gov.
eriDg his booth was mammoth umbrells
that kept revolving, like per petual motion
all the while. and attracted a good deal O
attention. Mr.. Legg uses every legitimate
means to introduce his business to the
public, thus displaying an up, to Date pro,
gress that is creditable to his intelligence
and energy.
The Marietta Pottery Works had men
in the building who interested everybody
IN the manufacture otjIgs, &c. The little
folks were carried away" with the novel,
~ Of the sight. rs
Miss Ollie johnson, blind young lady,
Of Roswell had some beautiful crochet
work on exhibition, that shows what hands
can do without the direction pf sight.
ME-. J. Northcuts had English wall
nuts raised on his home place.
The finest apples We saw were raised by
DR. r. 7, Ham5y, Of Marietta.
4 Avery notable feature of the fair was
the poultry exhibit. At no time or
place have we ever seen finer chickens,
turkeys, geese ard ducks, Tie different
fine breeds were there TO show what Cobb
county is doing inthis line.
Mr.. L w. Glover bad Eve half Berk-
shire and half Essex hogs in pen that
would cary off the premium az any fair.
He had a two.year-oa boar that weighed
$40 pounds. There were other fine speci-
mems Of swire that Showed that we can
raise our own meat in Cobb county with>
out being dependent on the west.
The cattle, while not many, we're very
beautiful.
The races we're fine each day and held
the interest OF the people from beginning
to end, and>fike Oliver Twist, they seemed
to cry for mora
The officers Of the fair worked hard.
M G Whitlock, President; A P McLain
and W L Richardson, Vice Presidents; j
T Anderson, Treasurer; J Gid Morris,
Secretary. The Directors include the
above and also the following gentlemen:
John l. Manning, DR. A P Kemp, Fl s
Manning, W P Hardage F Mayes, d W
Blair, Dick Carpes, W C Keteley, T Il
Hubbard. w ] Frey, N n Mayes, and c
M Crosby 1t is needless to say that some
of these gentlemen were unremitting in de-
vising and planning and carrying to suc>
cess the fair. These were Mr. Whitlock,
Mr. ] Gid Morris, the Secretary, NJ John
L Manning. Mr. M Crosby, Mr. WI
Richardson, and DR. P Kemp. They
worked in season and out Of season. allowed
nothing to discourage them and pushed
things with vim.
Below we give the list OF
PREMIUMS.
Lost Mountain Club, best display,
first premium, $109 90
Hercules Club, second best dis
play, second premium, 5000
j A Manget, best individual dis
play, IL so
j Gid Morris, second best display, $50
j A Manget, best display market
gardener, 20 90
Mrs Lot Reeves, best crochet or
knitted spread 200
Miss Anna Logan, best calico
quilt, made by girl under u
years old, 90
Miss Fannie Glover, best display
of needle work, ) 90
Miss Lou Burton, best cotton or
worst6d quilt, 200
Miss Anna Lacy, best silk quilt, 100
j L Groves, best quilt made by
lady over 70 years old, 200
Miss Ella Kemp, best home
made counterpart, / 90
Miss Leila Jackson, best pillow
shams, 90
W f Granting, best one-horse
wagon, 200
George Walraven, best trio White
Plymouth Rocks, 81 90; best
trio Pit Games, 81 90; best
trio Indian Games, 200
W F Maury, best trio Wyandottes,
81 90; best trio Light Brah-
mas, 200
J L Anderson, best collection of
Bantams, 200
J A Manget, best trio Pekin
ducks, 200
VI G Whitlock, best trio Bronze
turkeys, 200.
" p Hardage, best variety excel
sior, $50
A l. Born, best field peas, 100
G Morris, best rye, 90
A Manget, best sheaf oats,
81 90; and ground peas, 90
\ j Walraven, best sorghum
syrup, 100
[ B Griffin, best trio geese, 200
Mrs G Morris, best collection
common turkeys, ) O0|
A Kemp, best Leather, 25O
I ii Robinson, best sweet pota-
toes, 90