The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-05
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITS AT THE
FAIR UNUSUALLY FINE.
EIGHT COUNTIES IN LINE.
CONTEST FOR THE BIG PRIZE
WILL BE WARM.

SAhhtu anu PRESERVED NOOub ana
Hams and Hay Are PIentiguI-su-
perintendents Take Charge To-
day.
OF the many features of the State
Fair the leading one. from an agricul-
tural standpoint, will be the county
exhibits. In this respect it is, now ev-
ident that the Fair at Savannah will
make better showing than has been
made by any state fair in many years,
both as regards the number and va
riety of exhibits. OF the ten or more
counties which signified their intention
of entering the contest eight are al
ready on the ground, the greater num-
Der of which have their exhibits in
such shape that they will easily COM
plete them to-day.
The counties which are now flying
their colors at the Fair are Brooks,
Barlow, Cobb. Spalding, Sumter, Eff
fingham, Camden and Worth. Lowndes
county and possibly Bibb and Dodge,
are expected to send in exhibits today.
OF these counties the first five named
ed to warrant the assertion that the
contest for the first prize, and that for
the second as well, will be exceedingly
close. There is a remarkable profusion
of agricultural products of every de-
scription, all of which are being taste
fully arranged to present the best ap-
pearance. That Georgia ought to be a
great hay-producing state is evident
from the quantity and variety, as we'll
as the evident quality, of exhibits Of
fered by the several counties of this
particular product. Bartows exhibit
is particularly well equipped in this
respect, there being a regular barri-
cade of sweet smelling hay around the
entire exhibit.
The committees in charge of the
county exhibits yesterday were so
busily at work that they had little
time to talk of what they had to show,
except that each seemed confident of
winning the prize. The committeeman,
in fact, seemed to be a class
Of men more given to working than
talking. The agricultural exhibits re-
quire so much space that it was inn
possible to get all of them in the Agri-
cultural UullulIlS proper anu HdlI the
county exhibits are located in what
was intended for the Mechanical build
ing but which is now spoken of as the
Annex to the Agricultural building.
Brooks Fine Exhibit.
vantage in the main building, It's eX-
hibit being located directly to the left
of the main entrance and to the right
of the east entrance through which
NEST of the visitors will enter. Mr..
j. NJ. Golding is in charge with Artist
O'Connor as decorator and together
they are making a handsome showing.
the color and lettering schemes are par
ticularly fine and show to great advan-
tage.
Mr. w 7. Gaulding of Brooks has
also an individual exhibit.
The main entrance to the building
was blockaded yesterday afternoon
with immense blocks of hard woods of
several varieties, taken from the for
ests and swamps of Brooks county.
Cobb Prize Winner.
To the right of the main entrance
the entire length of the half front is &C
cupied by Cobb county's exhibit which
promises to rival in luxuriance and va
riety that of Brooks. Cobb county has,
large and varied exhibit and it win
not be complete until this afternoon.
Cobb has just carried off the 81, 900
prize at the Interstate fair ar Atlanta
and comes to Savannah with the inten-
ton of increasing this amount by $1,000.
cobb has an unbroken record of
prize taking" said one of the commit
tee to Morning News reporter. I'VE
have never exhibited but four times
and each time we have carried off the
prize. We did not bring our exhibits
400 miles to Savannah for nothing and
we expect there will be something do
| ing for us when the committee comes
around"
Mr.. r. A. Manget is in charge of the
Cobb county exhibit. Mr.. Manget also
| has an individual exhibit of his own
in the annex, which is likely to be in
the winning class.
| In the northwest corner of the
building Barlow has a solid and sub
stantial exhibit with large bulwarks
| of fine hay and great variety of corn,
shelled and in the ear, with other ag
ricultural products too numerous to
mention. A splendid array of home
made preserves, jellies and canned
goods is especially noticeable. Capt.
Mccormick is in charge.
Sumter county has the northeast
corner of the building where very
large and substantial exhibit is being
y
and J. F. Rhodes are in charge. 1t is
said that a large part of the exhibit
is from Capt. Rhodes own farm.
In the annex Spalding is on the right
and Camden on the left while Worth
and bingham are farther down. These
exhibits will all be completed to-day
and promise to make quite
a handsome showing Messrs. F.
A. Whitfield and John Thomson
are in charge of the Camden
exhibit and the Southeast Georgia
county promises to equip herself in a
most creditable manner.
Ladies Conduct Exhibits.
The work of the ladies in the Worth
and Efingham exhibits was particu-
larly noticeable. Worth county's ex-
hibit is in charge of Mrs. w. w. Monk
and is said to be due largely to her eff
forts that Worth county is represented
at the Fair, a large part of the exhibit
being products of her own farm and
the work of her own hands.
Another Worth county woman, who
evidently knows something about
farming is Miss Susan Williams, who
is putting in an excellent individual
exhibit in the Annex. Miss williams
has won prizes before and does not ex-
pect to be disappointed this time.
The Efingham county ladies are do
ing some very tasty work in their
space. but few OF the exhibits were in
yesterday. over the front OF Ehing-
hams sections hangs a broad streamer.
announcing that county's exhibit, and
declaring It's financial independence
TAX rate mills. population 5000"
says one corner OF the streamer; pub