Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-11-28
ALAcHUA At THE FAIR.

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state Fair:
Zone OF the substantial, as we'll az
one OF the most attractive exhibits at
the State Fsiris that made by the en-
terprising citizens Of Alachus county.
BY reason Of geographical position
! Alachua county comes within the cot
ton district of the South. The e1hib-
its in cotton are among the best in the
great industrial hall, and will unques-
tlonably receive due recognition in the
award ing Of prizes.
"A practical demonstration Of the
ginning OF cotton is given within the
booth. An engine furnishes the power
for the operation OF a cotton gin. Gin
ming Sea Island cotton as IL should be
done il no easy task and not 90 simple
as people generally suppose. To gin
cotton clean and have it sample well
is 70 have the work done on q machine
that is as nearly perfect ss possible.
THE machine that is on exhibition
&C the Fair is the reFult OF the mechan-
icsl genius Of a citizen Of Gainesville,
James Doig, who worked for years in
fetching HE invention TO perfection.
The fact that this cotton gin, every
part OF it, Is manufactured in the city
Of Gainesville, makes it Of peculiar i'm
terest to the people OF Alachua county
and the hundreds who have watched
It's operation
The exhibits Of cotton raised with.
in the borders OF the county are made
by @. o. Williams, J. @. Dampier, w.
L. Clinton and Edward X. Anderson.
The bale exhibited by Mr.. Anderson,
who halls from High Springs, is con-
ceded by everyone who is interested in
the production Of cotton to be among
the best that has ever been exhibited
in the State.
1.-THE thriving city Of Gainesville
prideS itself that II 10 \ manufacturing
city aS we'll 90 being in the center Of a
county that produces fruit and vegs.
tables. AlAchuA county suffered from
the big freeze Of few years ago, and
the growth Of citrus prod uctS Was nat
orally retarded. The farmers and
fruit growers we're undAunted, and
their display 10 q very creditable one
and worthy OF particular attention.
persons In full enjOymen Of health
are naturally not interested In such .
RFueSome exhibit &c that made by the
Gainesville Planning and CON. Com.
pany, bot those who realize that in
the midSt Of life We are in death and
who appreciate how important IL 10 20
properly dispose Of the dead will see
an exhibit Of CSSketS that are OF the
best make In the country, The pro-
ducts Of this company are clipped to
every part of the United States.
Sugar cane goes TO make up one OF
the most interesting features Of the
AlSchuA county exhibit. There are
many fine specimens Of ribbon cane,
white cane and japanese cane. The
collection was made by the leading
farmers and growers Of she county,
Corn, oats, peanuts, cheStnuts,
hiCkoTynutS and pecanS make up an
other fine exhibit, The school board Of
Gainesville made 40 offer Of q paid trip
to the State Fair 90 the boy who made
the laFReSt collection Of native woods.
Master Tom Doke collected seventy.
nine vaFieties and received the prize.
In = geological way nature has been
very kind TO AlAchuA county. In vast
quantities are found rocks that may be
used for paving purposes, This ma.
teTiAl 10 sent to different LArts OF the
cOuhtry and IL one Of the leading in-
duttries, The eIhibi, shows the ma.
teFiAl in different varieties,
"Turpentine and FoSin, which are
produced Ia large quantities, make up
the naval stores exhibit The Golden
Rule BottlinR Works Of Gainesville has
an interesting display Of ginger ale and
other sott drinkS that are prepared by
IL for the trade
wv, q. Smith Of Tacoma haS brought
to the state Fair . gross Of lara OF
guAya Jelly, giving fair idea OF the