The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-02
THE ALLEGED -sTATE~ FAN.

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There's nothing in a names" call
ing a thing state institution. doe
not make il such; any more than call
ing a rose By some other name would
make it a cabbage.
Some Of the enterprising citizens o.
Nashville. in order to invite trade tt
Nashville, to advertise Nashville, tC
build up Nashville. conceived the
idea of having an annual state Fair
in that city. II was a good idea
and a very commendable purpose
But it was for Nashville. Il will in.
wife trade to Nashville, not to Column
bia. II will advertise Nashville, not
Columbia. II viii build up Nashville,
not Columbia. And because the Herald,
and very many if not majority Of
the papers outside of Nashville refuse
TO advertise that Nashville scheme
free gratis for nothing. the Tonnes
sean, who recently butted into jour
nalism in the Rock City, calls all OF
us narrow and prejudiced."
Now the narrowest little fellow In
the world is the man who thinks that
every one who differs with him is mar
row. We submit that to the disting-
uished Mr.. Suter from somewhere, for
him to masticate.
The State Fair is very properly
,held at Nashville" says the Tennes-
'sean. To-be-sure, because it is a
Nashville enterprise Just like the
Tennessee Fair Association holds it's
meets at Columbia, because it is a
Maury county enterprise. But be-
cause one is called a State Fair and |
the other a Tennessee Fair, does not |
make either one of them a State or a
Tennessee institution. One is for
and the other is for Maury
county; and that is all there is to it,
whatever their high sounding names
might imply.
The Tennessean speaks of local
jealousies." We have no local jeal-
Ousies at ALL We are simply for our
home town first; we are simply for
our home merchants first. We simply !
10 not propose to give our space to a
Nashville enterprise that will divert
rade from the men who pay us for
)ur space. We are just that provincial;
ms fhof An AhaA
DOESN'T suit Mr.. Suter he will have to
20 elsewhere to be suited, as we pro-
'ose to stand for our home interests
rst despite his naughty mein.
To illustrate the neighborly spirit
the Nashville Board of Trade; to
Illustrate that broad vision" of the
tate Fair, of which the Tennessean c
) so glib to talk, we are permitted to >
i've the following statement from u
If. John. P. McGaw, Manager of the =
Iaury County Fair Association. Mr..
IcGaw says:
The secretaries and managers of
lie Columbia, Shelbyville and Win II,
hester fair associations met Secre-
ry Shannon of the Nashville Board
Trade, Secretary Russwurm of the
ate Fair. and Mr.. Foster, Chairman
the Home Coming Department of
e State Fair, in Nashville. Rates 70
r the ;Home-Co Coming" were dis y
ssed, and the three fair associations
med asked that rates for the ~
Iome-C Coming" be made SO as to in w.
lde the Winchester, Shelbyville and
'lumbia fairs. To this the three
lshville men agreed, and the matter
asking the Southeastern Passen- Sn
Association for rates for the 90
ome-Coming' was placed in their
nds. See? Nothing further was sh
ard of the matter for some days, 'n'
d then a notice appeared in the
to the effect that the
sbv;lla oen+,or,a 49,, -, she
,s;derad ana mo,,, n hi,
IN other fair associations in secur-
, the Homecoming" rates. And cel
} rates when announced were fixed mo
as to exclude all the fair meets
,ept that at Nashville" u
Not only our Fair Association peo- -'o
, but our poultry breeders as well, o'e
practically unanimous in their
dict that if you want to get real -
I'd hard thrown down. you will oiio
the real thing in Nashville. SUI