The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-03
SECOND WEEK OF
 THE STATE FAIR
Mississippi Exhibition Is Best
 Held to Date
SPLENDID FARM EXHIBITS
A Number of Single Farms Have Very Creditable Samples of Everything Grown-Very Little Inter
 est In the Election.

Jackson, Miss, November 2.-(Special)- The state fair enters today on the sec- ond week The first week was a great success, and there is every reason to predict that the last will be equally as well attended, provided the weather con- tinues crisp and clear
 There is no doubt that the fair this year is the best that has ever been held here-it could be hardly be better from the standpoint of the farmer and the agriculturst, except, perhaps in the live stock department. There are few cattle and fewer mule and horse colts in fact the writer has not seen a horse colt, and only two or three mule colts. There are more colts in the state, 1t is said, then ever before, the county colt shows having been we'll patronized, some of them by as many as 100 colts, but their owners never thought enough of the state fair to bring them down to Jackson, and as a consequence that department is almost bare of exhibits.
 On the other hand the swine depart ment is filled to ocerhowing with great many of the finest Poland China and Berkshires ever seen in the state, show ing that unusual interest is being taken in this branch of farm work. Several young animals have changed ownership, one exhibitor having sold three or four pigs at prices ranging from $40 to s75.
 The poultry exhibit is the best ever seen in the state, there being more than 1000 birds on exhibition, and many of them brought from other states. This depart ment has been crowded with visitors ey cry hour since the fair opened, and great many good sales have been made and orders booked for eggs.
 In the agricultural building are several exhibits of the products of single farms which attract a great deal of attention. E. c. Jones of Hinds county has lit tie of everything grown in the state, and captured the first prize, $15O. while F. M. Berryhill of Amite county, was award ed second, $10O. Both men are success full farmers who live at home and board at the same place.
 Larger and finer sweet and Irish po- tatoes never came out of the ground than
  sugar cane from many sections of the state Is declared the best ever produced, which means that Mississippi is going to make a world of fine molasses this fall, the grinding being now under way.
 There may be states in the union that are taking as little interest as does Mis- sissippi in the presidential election to- morrow, but not one is taking less. Of couise there is kind of general inter- est, born of the hope that MT. Bryan and the demo0 acy may be victorious, but It IS not heiieved that more than half the voters of the state will go to the polls. Possibly the democratic vote will reach 60O0O, not more, if so many. The repub licans will pcl about 5000; the populists 1500, and the socialists 500-maybe.
 Political lines have not been drawn very taut here the past few years, due to the fact that there is rarely but one party, and republicans, prohibitionists, socialists, populists, anarchists or members of any other party are seen walking up to the democratic primaries with as much of an air Of proprietorship as do those who have never voted anything but the straight democratic ticket, and there is never a challenge. The reason is that it makes no particular difference for whom they vote,
 
 or the other.
 While there is but one sentiment in Mississippi, and while there can be but one result on the night of the presidential election, the result in other states will De awaited with a great deal of interest, and Jackson will sit up half the night hearing and reading the bulletins. At the COT rclusion of the address of well come by Lieutenant Governor Manship to the drummers who assembled nearly 1000 strong at the State Fair Saturday, Col Lavin Lake of Grenada, the oldest drummer in the world, no doubt, was pre- scented, and received with cheers. Colonel Lake is now in his 92d year, and while quite feeble his voice is strong and clear and every word he uttered was heard by every person present. After thanking the drummers for their evidences of affection, this Nestor of commercial travellers ad- vised them to look closely after their morals, ana while they are making up remember they will also have to render an account to their Maker one of these days, and 1t is important that both ac- counts be correct. Colonel Lake has been traveling for Armour & O. for more than half a century, and was great personal friend of the elder Armour who often offered to retire him on a pension, but the old man would not hear of it. He was accompanied to Jackson by his son, a citizen of Crystal Springs, who is also a i Confederate veteran.