The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-03
FAIR NOTES.

Fair, next Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, Nov. 7th, 9Th and 9th, 1900.
Ono fare On the railroads.
Interest 10 the Fair is intense. Horses
are coming in and the grounds are be-
ginning to show a busy appearance.
Everybody pays at the Fair,-no com
pllmentaries. 1t is a long pull, a strong
pull, and a pull all together for success
and profit.
II you have friends to whom you owe
a social courtesy; invite them to spend
Fair time with you. 1t will be a solid
week of entertainment and fun.
You can save money by buying season
tickets. You can also save delay and
money at the gate by buying admission
tickets in town at Smith g. Carriers,
Moore Bros. and G. w. Eatman's.
The Free Street Parade next Thurs
day will be well worth seeing. Our
merchants will have attractive business
floats, and the first part Of the parade
will be the floral and decorated We
hicles There will be some beauties.
The rocking chair offered byGabbert,
Moore & Co., for the best bale Of long
staple cotton is in the premium list as
worth $2.5 so. This was a mistake as it
is an elegant chair worth $500 at
wholesale.
Solid old Carroll county stands by the
Fair, and many valuable exhibits and
an immense attendance will come from
that county, Our sister, Montgomery
county, aud especially the progressive
Duck Hill community, is also helpful
and enthusiastic.
A. S. Bartoro g. Co., Wholesale deal
ers in fruits and produce, Memphis,
Tenn, through their local agent, DR..
J. H. Campbell, offer two lunches OF
extra fancy famous Port Lima bananas
tor the best float In the Trades Display
next Thursday.
The Judges in the Poultry Depart
ments, appointed by the Committee to
make the awards are as follows: MRS.
NJ. w. Rose, Mrs. Pearl Lickfold and
Mrs. Durham. These Judges are re-
quested to pass on and tie blue ribbons
ia the Poultry Department, on Thurs
day morning,
Fair week is good for the body and
4 a.. x-s-l T.. II II ~.
relaxation and recreation, and can be
made an opportunity for recreation and
profit. People get hide-bound when
they are serious and severely econom-
ical without variation. Then it adver
tises our town and surrounding Ter
ritory, and active communities lose nc
chance TO attract people to inspect
| them.
Owing to the street parade, which
will be over by eleven O'Clock, the dis
> play OF fine saddle and harness hcrsei
: on the grounds will not be taken up un
til after the parade is finished. Thi
will not be much If a delay and man.
: horses in the parade will be in tn
. saddle and harness contests, and tn
spectators who lore to see the fiae an'
: pretty horses will not go out until afte
: the parade. Let the saddle aRd har
> hess men take note of this change.
= The effects. Of past Fairs are alread
: evident in our livestock. We hav
a., many good home-raised horses, and tn
most exciting contests will be smongs
horses aud owners well known to a
- our people. Renember the magnif
cent displays at the last Fair, whe
eighteen good brood mares in thei
! ring, fifteen stations in their ring, an
: nineteen saddle horses in their rims
competed forithe blue and red ribbon
A Tennesseean present at the last Fa'
: said that in Numbers and quality III
. rings compared favorably to the be-
Kentucky and Tennessee rings, thong
= there was not the high finish eviden
. That will come later.
: The orders and line Of parade Of ii
Street, Trade and Floral Parade is
y follows: All the floats and carriag,
. will assemble att o'clock a. m. sHAR,
on the street known as Plum or Sar
> street just West OF the residences
. Mr.. Horton and Mrs. Ransom, then
Barbee's corner, then down Norge
= street to DR.. Scruggs', then Soui
4 along Line street by the Public Soho
building to the Female College, them
- North along Main street from the CO
. lege to the public. square. thence
4 South side of square to Mrs. Knox
- then along the street by Mrs. S.
& Georges to the residence of j.
Barksdale, thence South In front
p residence of W. (. Smith to residen
& of G.. w. Eatman, and then disban
1t is of the very greatest importan
that all floats and floral vehicles sh;
be at the starting point at 8 o'clock,
m. sharp.