The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-11-01
Exhibits Best Seen in West
Florida and Are Repre-
sentative of Section.
Fruit Exhibits Remarkably
Fine Showing What Can
Be Grown Here.
JOURNALS SPECIAL REPREsEN-
TkTIVE WRITES ELABORATE
REPORT OF DEFuNlAk'S GREAT
EFFoRT-eovERNoR eRowARp
WILL SPEAK THERE TODAY.
BY Ben. n. Thomas.

DeFuniak Springs, Oct. 31.-All
roads lead to DeFuniak to-day, and
that all of them have been well trav-
e!ed is evidenced by the crowd in at
tendance at the Gulf Coast Fair and
Agricultural Exposition which opened
here at noon. The exhibit is one OF
the best that has ever been held in
West Florida and the immense
AMOUNT of farm and field products,
an OF the very highest grade, that
are on exhibition here will prove an
ey, opener to the natives as well as
10 the visitor Every conceivable
product that it is possible to grow or
rise in the country west OF the Chat
tahoOchee has been sent to the fair,
and the list includes every thing from
E'tlc smell melons to a gigantic
pumpkin that tips the beam at nearly
81 pounds and, from batam rooster
10 & hog biz enough TO feed an ordin-
ary family for about a year. There
are great ears of corn, sweet pota,
toes so large that one would make q
meal for an average family; Irish
potatoes as fine as can be grown in
the celebrated potato district of Colo
RADIO or anywhere in the north; great
CasSava roots almost without num-
Der; MANY different varieties of
squash, one or two of them fully
three feet long: pumpkins that make
a fellow think OF the pies mother
used to make; Cabbages, peanuts.
velvet hecnS and beans OF every
other kind; oranges as fine as can be
grown anywhere in the state OF Flor
i'd: pears in endless variety: japan
csc persirmOns: home cured hams
ana bacon; Florida syrup and other
articles too numerous to enumerate
y an illustration. The Journal repre-,
sentative counted seventeen varieties
o. peppers alone.
Canned Fruits, Etc.
IN canned fruits and vegetables
there is everything that an ordinary
person could think of and great many
kinds that the average person would
not recognize IL it were not for the
Jgg. or label, on the container.
The exhibit of fine chickens is the
best that has ever been entered here
nearly every variety being represent
ed by one or more pens. OF turkeys
there is also q fine exhibit and no
one of the birds but what would hs
fit TO grace the Thanksgiving table
Of a king, or a Roosevelt.
There are three exhibits from
~ ~
compete for the county prize, the
third being a private exhibit of thu
products of Marlborough farm, operat
ed by Collier borthers, sons Of J. T
Collier. the nurse of the quarantine
station who lost his life during thu
hurricane, about two miles southwes
of Chipley. All of these exhibits arr
exceptionally fine and reflect mucl
credit upon the enterprise of the gen
tlemen who prepared them. TIT
only other county exhibit is that o
Walton. which is complete IN ever.
particular and an exceptionally gooC
showing for the county, although
there are numerous exhibits o
special products.
Broward To-day.
There is considerable disappoint
mont here over the fact that Con
gr"ssman Frank Clark will not b.
an" 10 meet Governor Broward in ;
dah1t" upon the drainage question to
morrow. However, it has been ar
ranged for Hon. Charles Dougherty
"'o Is we'll posted on the subject, {,
a'",1 with the governor, and it 4
predicted that their meeting will b
IN .n'.ro5ting one. The speakin.
VIII ja," place in the Chautauqu
latcnac',
Wcmen's Department.
No exhibition of this character ca
.. Il success without the assistanc
" The ladies', and in this instanc
'ney nave Fairly outdone all previou
eHor'S. Too much cannot be said @
we spirit and enterprise they hav
"Nrl@yod in gathering together sue
Ihaeni,iccnt showing of the work G
ul' women Of West Florida. In
N'm'n's Department of the fair ]
III charge Of board of lady maj
"-'FS Composed of Mrs j. r. Brow
P NldoHt. Mrs. T. H. CawthOn, secr'
,arF Miss Edith Skiles, Miss Ann
,,",lS, Mrs J. G.. Downs and Mrs.
l. Mcdonald
Two large tents are occupied b
me Nomen's Department and the
s'' hiled to overlooking with tn
.'hIlWO:k Of the fair sex, both us'
,ul ana ornamental. There is a PR
.1slon OF fancy work of every descril
,"h: Battenburg work; hand mad
'''"' beautiful doilies and cente
lr''S; drawn work; fine specimen
. biography; hand painted pieces
-Iil2s: unique silk quilts; en-