The Tupelo journal., 1909-10-01


the fair before it closes which
are just as interesting to all.
At 1:3O O'Clock Tuesday after
noon Hon. Geo. 7. Mitchell de-
livered the address, and Mr..
MitchelPs eloquence elected fre-
quent applause by the large and
enthusiastic audience. His re-
marks were encouraging and
made every citizen of Pontotoc,
Lee and Itawamba counties who
heard him feel proud of the fact
that he lived in 50 favored a
county.
The fair is over, and with the
outgoing of the three brilliant
days the hearty applause Of all
attending goes too. Each day
was a big fair in itself. No more
can hardly be said of one day
than the other. In another col
umn we give account of the first
day being the Merchants Day,
together with a full and complete
description Of the floats. We'd
nesday was Old Fiddlers Day,
and some several hundred were
present and the old time tunes
rendered made tears come to
many eyes, and On the other
hand evoked great deal of
laughter. Few realize the fast
passing away Of the old time
time fiddlers, and it Is hard to
conceive the idea that it will be
only a few years until new
generation will be in their stead.
Still, the memory of the old tunes
and the gray haired fiddlers will
remain in the minds of all those
witnessing the contest, and it
Will be matter of interest to
relate in the years to come.
The horse racing and the many
minor contests and races were
very interesting and held the
crow ds until dusk was creeping
in on them. The balloon ascen-
sion is among the free attrac-
tions.
Tie feature of the Tri-County
Fair yesterday was the Farmers
Union parade, which furnished
an exhibition of what this Sec
tion was capable of in the way
of farm and garden products as
we'll as the superior quality of
stock to be found on our farms.
Wagons heavily loaded with cot
ton, wrapped in cotton bagging
and displaying the motto, Wrap
cottan with cotton" furnished
an object lesson and indicated
the tendency of the cotton pro-
ducer to hereafter furnish the
wrapping for his cotton from the
same field in which the cotton is
grown. Other wagons displayed
the country ham. the brown
smoke bacon, and other evidences
that some of our farmers still re-
ly upon their own smoke house
for table supplies; others were
loaded with the mammoth bronze
terkey, as evidence of the fact
that the Thanksgiving dinner
had already bern provided for;
another was loaded with every
thing to be found on the farm
and carried aloft fat o'possum
and the yellow yam potato with
which to garnish the dish when
the o'possum is served. Dams
with high-class colts were lead
in great numbers and the con-
tention that the raising of stock
is a lost art in this section was
refuted. The diversified interest
and the wide range covered by
our farmers was splendidly set
forth in the endless variety Of
those articles on exhibition in the
parade.
The Farm ars E lucational and
Cooperative Union of America
was formed for the benefit Of
the toiling farmer, not for the
purpose of squeezing any man.
1t means the cooperation of all
the farmers, and if it does moth
ng else but bring them together
will have been the cause of a
great good act. They need to be.
aeighborly, discuss their crops
md frura what to plant. The