The Elbert County tribune., 1906-09-27
Though Attendance Was
Smaller Than Usual
Owing to Rain.
Display of Agricultural Products
the Principal Feature
Exhibits 0ood--Base Ball
and Racing Please
the Big Crowd.

The weather man tried his best to put
the Elbert County fair out of business
last week, rain falling almost continu-
ously from Saturday night till Wednes-
day night before the fair. The fair man
ayers, however, had lots of faith and de-
cided to go ahead and hold the fair. rain
or shine, and it is well that they did so,
as the weather cleared up Wednesday
night and Thursday was as beautiful
and perfect fall day as could be de
sired by anyone. The fair grounds stu
ated on a gentle slope were almost dry
by 10 a. m. and a little mud here and
there down town did not deter the peo-
pie from enjoying themselves to the full
est extent.
The rain OF the previous three days
kept many from distance from attend
ing, and cut the number of exhibits down
some, but the fair was in many respects
highly successful The stock exhibits
were not extensive but the quality of the
animals shown could not very well be
improved on. j. II. Jones, A. Carnahan
and f. Dotson exhibited SONS fat cattle
and Cyrus Cox of the Kiowa locality had
the best showing of swine ever seen on
the grounds. A. G. Cornforth as usual
had on exhibition pen OF fine sheep.
The agricultural display is where the
Elbert County fair shines and 1t shone
this year as never before. 1t was a
grand exhibit and had the weather of
the previous days of the week been bet
ter the number OF exhibits would prob
ably have been twice as great. There
we're splendid specimens of wheat, oats,
rye, barley, speltz, alfalfa and wild
grasses, corn, beans, pumpkins, squash.
beets, potatoes and various other vege-
tables, etc. The exhibit was indeed a
magnificent one and was credit to Ell
bert county and the Divide country, as
well as the citizens of Elbert and vicinity
who have made this annual exhibition
possible.
The poultry exhibit was fair one and
included several coops of fine birds.
l. o. o. f. hall was used to display the
fine arts and pantry stores exhibits and
the number of exhibits in both classes
far exceeded any previous showing
The pantry stores or culinary exhibit, on
account OF its extensive and splendid
showing attracted more attention than
usual and caused favorable comment
Ii there was anything missing in this
class We failed to notice it, SO complete
was the array of canned fruits and vege-
tables, pickles, buffers, bread, cakes and
pastry of all kinds. 1t was a splendid
exhibit all through. The art and edu-
cational exhibits also came in for their
full share Of praise.
THE BALL GAME.
One of the best ball games ever seen
on the local diamond was played in the
morning by the Elbert and Eastonville
teams, Elbert winning by the score of Z
to D. The game was closely contested in
every inning and some fine playing was
done by both teams Charlie Nichols OF
Denver, a brother of Mrs. r. H. Denney,
twirled for the home team and his good
work was the feature of the game. Will
Morgan caught him and played good
game behind the bat. Al Hilbest was
in the box for Eastonville and pitched a
good game. Martin Wolfe caught him
and played star game for the visitors
Harry Lamont umpired.
THE RACES.
The race track was somewhat soft
after four days rain and fast time could
not be made, but the races were all
warmly contested and just as exciting as
2:10 trot Following is summary:
Free for all Trot or Pace-George Will
son, first; The Pony, second; Killing, third;
Billy, fourth. Best time 1.23.
Green Trot or Pace-The Pony, first:
Club, second; Blanche Moore, third