Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-11-15
Fair for All.

/ see several articles in the Macon pa
pers in regard to Noxubee County hay-
ing a Fair next fall,
Now, these people are on the right
track to bring the grand old county of
NoIubee from the one crop basis, and
ruin, to prosperity and riches. We
have tried the one crop system for the
past forty years and what does it show
Old worn out lands, poor stock, no hogs
few cattle and stock, no bank account,
and busted land owners, with plasters
all over themselves and lands too, held
by banks and syndicates in the north
and England Now, gentlemen, what
are you going to do about this state of
things Just sit down here and plant
cotton, make no crops and lun all the
labor out of the county and finally turn
over our dear old homes to foreigners
1t looks to me like this is the road and
very Short one we are travelling We
know that fair is the life Of the coun
ty, for we tried it ahoHt ten years; no
county eyer had better fairs than Noxu'
bee, and there is no reason on earth why
we cannot do 1t again.
When we had our fairs here Few
years ago, the whole county would look
forward to the time when this grand oc
casion would take place, for they ali
seemed to have a good time meeting each
other and friends, also strangers from
outside the county, to say nothing of the
hard struggle to capture the premiums
from each other on stock, cattle needle
work. cakes, jellies, farm products,
poultry and many other things prepared
for the fair. In the days when we had
our fairs ii acted as a big advertisement
for what we had to sell, FROM the fact
that people came here and saw the best
stock that was to be had in the state and
made purchases, or went off and told
their friends where they could go and
buy a good COW, or horse, or hog, or
sheep. or fine chickens, and many other
things they would see at the fair And
in those days a man could come to Nox
ubee county and in one days time bay
one, two or more car loads Of rs fine
CT WIS as he wanted, or he could get a
car of young mules, or a good horse, or
a pair or several pairs Of good horses
Can it be done now No; you would
ride to death every horse in the county
looking for them and then go to Lowndes
or Oktihbeha and make the purchase, -
Why Because they have Fairs and
put their stock in good shape and show
them to the prbljc Now, this is no ex,
pertinent, but hard facts, for we have
tried it on and know the above is true.
We have the old Fair Grounds with
the buildings and race track, and with
a new fence and a little work on the
building and track, we would be in fine
shape for a Fair next fall. This prop.
erty is now owned by Individuals who
who will take cost for it, and take some
stock in a Fair association, and work to
make it big success.
A Fair helps the whole county, helps
the town, helps the merchants, helps
the hotels, helps the livery and feed sta
bles and helps to make all have big
time once a year. Let US have a great
big Fair, open to this great big world,
and in few years the Improvement in
stock, cattle, grass and lauds will make
us independent Of the cotton crop and
the labor agent, l hope this will be fol
lowed by communications from others,
who | know are as much in favor of the
Fair as l am. will close by asking you
to keep this matter before the people
until a Fair Association is organized.
N. S.