The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-10-06
SECOND TO ATCHISON.
The BelIevilIe Carnival a Huge Sue
cess With Thousands Present.

cess With Thousands Present.
BeIleville, Oct 6.-Republic county
has been holding a three days corn
jubilee in BeueviIIe. The big day was
Thursday. Ex-Sheriff Kent, who has
been here about as long as anybody,
says the crowd outnumbered two to one
any other crowd ever seen in BelevilIe,
and Kent has seen all of them. The
crowd reminded everybody of the great
Populist rallies and picnics of 1890.
Republic county has a just right to
rejoice this year, and her people are
celebrating over the most bOuntifuI
crops ever raised in the county. Her
farmers had out over 100000 acres in
corn. There is not a poor field in the
county, and they estimate not less than
ten million bushels as the product for
1893. And they make the claim that
when the statistics are all in, Kansas
viii then credit Republic county the
banner corn county for the year.
And this year her people are holding
a great corn jubilee, the like of which
has perhaps never before been seen in
Kansas. Atchison came nearer to it,
but Republic county can go them sew
eral lengths better.
A mammoth tent has been secured
where the cereals of the garden and
farm are shown by townships, and for
which liberal premiums are offered for
the best display The contestors have
been spirited. The inside of the big
tent is worth going miles to see. 1t is
full Of the products of Republic cOun-
ty farms Ex-State Senator Savage,
who came to Republic county in 1871,
and who was one of the assistant COM
missioners to the Centennial from Kan
sas, says the display of corn at this
jubilee beat anything in the corn line at
that exhibition when Kansas made
such an effort to get the best by so per
cent. He says the display of farm pro-
ducts at this jubilee beats anything he
has seen in all his travels
Every merchant bore his mart in dec
oratiOns of windows and buildings,
each one trying to Guido his neighbor
in neat and artistic corn emblems or
other farm cereals Suffice to say that
all the business men were with one &C
cord to see the first corn jubilee made a
browning success
The parade was magnificent 1t was
headed by the queen of the corn jubilee,
Miss Effie Chaplin, the BeIleVille mill
tary band in the lead. Union township
came with a float representing a ship
made of corn and farm products and
drawn by a traction engine. Scandal.
township had another ship float loaded
down with vegetables, corn and farm
and garden cereals The float of the
! Sons and Daughters of Justice of Belle
vile council No. was a most attrac-
tive one in its decorations. Rose creek
township float was a house tastefully
trimmed with corn and cereals, and
filed with young girls, the beauty of
| this township Freedom township float
was a large wagon, in the center of
| corn, and tastefully trimmed with the
| products of the farm and garden. Jeffer-
son township had a float laden down
| with young girls and boys, with the in
| scription; Crop that never falls It
was also artisticaIly decorated with
| corn and other farm embIems.
Every float was gotten up to attract
! They were all good. There wasn't a
| bad feature in the parade. They were
gotten up to entertain, and the jam of
/ people went away satisfied. To speak
4 of each one separately, and they all
| deserve special mention, would fill
| columns. Many of the decorations and
| floats would be creditabIe to picture
| out in the leading magazines and news
| papers of the country.
! Liberal premiums were offered by the
/ committee which tended in q measure to
! Neighboring towns sweIled the crowd un-
/ I'll Belleville was overlooking with a per
/ feet jam of people estimated from z 600
/ to 1900 The attractions put on the bills
| hackers, though the main one was Re-
| Republic is the first county in Kansas to
/ hold purely farm and garden carnival.
! vile ever had And the townships
/ croWdtng advertisement and draw the
biggest crowd Republic county and Belle
many displays for premiums in the pa
! rade had to correspond with the exhibits
| of their townships displayed in the big
| tent.
/ The crowd was orderly as it can posi-
| bly, be at corn jubilee, and when day
! light came the streets were white with
/ corn meal. Not a serious accident oc-
/ CURED.
The corn jubilee is the biggest adver-
I tisement Republic county and BelIevine
/ has ever had. The crops are large this
year, specimens of which are on exhibit
| ton from most every township in the
! county. All of AtChisOn, which is the
| father of the corn carnival enterprise in
| Kansas, would praise the first successful
/ efforts of the people of Belleville and Re
public county. in making SC. complete a
! success of their jubilee In fact her peo-
| pie will not take a back seat in their
first successful attempt at a corn Jubilee.