The Democratic advocate., 1909-08-13
mt. AIRY TOURNAMENT.
GREAT CROWD PRESENT ON FRIDAY TO
HEAR GOVERNOR CROTHERS
COrnatIOn Address by Charles 0.
Clemson, OF the Westminster Bar

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The great event In the life of Mt.
I Airy Is the annual fair, tournament
and horse show participated In by the
farmers OF Carroll, Howard, Freder-
lex and Montgomery counties The
seventh Of these annual gatherings
was held on Friday and Saturday OF
last week, and, like all the others.
vas largely attended.
Governor CTothers was present on
( Friday. and made a brief address,
! speaking Of the improvement OF our
( public school system by the addition
/ Of an agricultural course. the aboli-
/ ton Of toll roads and the betterment
Of our highways. the maintenance OF
high standard Of public sentiment;
I the great mistake Of devotinR all Of
ones energy TO the building OF a for
Z tune 10 the exclusion OF nobler OBJ
i iectA. aud wound up with O high trib-
ute 10 women. whom. he said. are
superior TO men Ia virtue honesty
I and often intelligence" rbe Cover
nor WAS introduced BY r. l. Lewis
/ Mayor Of Sit Airy
I Professor Nicholas. Schmitz, of tho
Maryland Agricultural College. spoke
/ Of alfalfa aud the possibilities OF rails
I Ing Il n Maryland.
Professor Patterson gave many
valuable suggestions as to the ways
I ~ which our present rural school
gyetem might be Improved
( After the addresses, the crowd turn
/ ed its attention to the horse show. the
prize winners being ns foiioRH
/ Saddle lioraeB-Frank Hobbs. of
Carroll county. hrst prize. Roland
I Dorsey, OF Carroll county, second
/ John Bohn, of Frederick county. third
/ Year-Old CoitN~-Howard EnRle,
I of Howard county. irat Aubrey Cia-
/ ~, Of Frederick county. second
4 -Year-Oid Colts -~Somerviile
\ Condor. of Howard county. first.
I Charles Smith. Of Mount Airy, second
The young people enjoyed themHei-
! veg IN the dancing pavilion. where
F., the ST Airy Cornet Band furnished
music
The crowning event OF Saturday was
the tournament. In which the most
I expert riders of the four counties
took part. The course Of the tour
namcnt was lined by thousands OF
/ peraons, Col. Caleb Hohba was grand
Marshal Ills aida weru Riggs Dor
sey. GuHtayuA RgRs. Cart Horn and
Nathan Dorsey The horalda were
Holland Dorsey aud Frank VI L0Nia
The charge TO the knights was made
by J Harry Steele in q well deliver
cd address The HncccaHfui knights
7 we're J. Gordon IlobDs. .nrat. carrying
with Il the right to crown the queen
! r. u Mercer. second, g. Dorsey
Hobbs. third. and Frank y. Hobbs
fourth Tho other knights tnuiestlng
we're Vernon Carver. John BRADY
Harry NBrtken and Robert Zppp.
Lee Amos won The championship con
tost
Mr.. Hobba. the winning knight.
crowned as his queen Miss Rachel
jones' of Lisbon, SIR Mercer, who
Was second reiinqul8hed his right 20
] Mr. Brady. who selected Miss Elsie
Mcdonald aH tho FIRST maid oi honor.
Dorsey Hobbs. who WAS third iu the
list. gave the coronet OF second maid
20 his wife. and Frank Hobbs. the
fourth, conferred the wreath of third
maid upon Miss Berit Etxier. 0i Mount
Pleasant
The coronation address wHs de-
llyeTed BY Charles o Clemson. OF the
Westminster bar. as follows
II Is but coincidence IN time and
events that this occasion la She
seventh annual horse show, farmers
fair and tournament held by The bust
ness men Of Aft Airy In this grove
and my own seventh appearance here
Ia the capacity Of a speaker Incl
dontally, too, II IL the conclusion OF
my seventh year In the practice OF
law.
THE ladies frst. men and other
lesser things afterward. shall be the
order OF my talk Tournaments, for
this is tournament day, continue TO
keep aud hold our interest because
there Ii yet alive In mans heart she
relic OF that old chiyalry. that touch
OF romance, that needs but the en-
kindling and ennobling influence Of
a pure woman's love to transform
the baser virtues into manly strength
and fortitude. Let us, then, do the
ladies homage. for that is our reason
for coming together here today. Be
fore all else. they are. This was not
always so; man was FIRST by creation.
However. the order OF creation has
been reversed, and creation itself has
taken on a new and different meaning
Creation once reverted TO that MR.
rative In the Book OF Genesis that
recites the assembling of the forces
of nature In the making OF the world
and OF man Then woman was Gre
ated, taken out Of man. II Is said
made OF rib. Before woman came
creation meant every event that had
happened on earth. In the sky and
In the waters under the earth. But
what wondrous change was
wrought by Eve and her daughters
Creation is superseded. the existing
order of things rearranged, and time
dates from her advent. We no long
er speak OF creation as referring to
the assembling and making of the
world Creation" now means that
mysterious assembling. arranging
tucking. pieatlng and beribhoning
crowned with a peach basket. that
men like so much to try to under.
stand. and for want of answer call
My Lady"
So much we willingly yield to the
ladies as theirs by right.
What we Yield not, the ladies take,
Our walk, our clothes, our talk oi
note,
; And now woman has her all at stake
Demanding even the right to vote.
Since she has gotten everything
else she has asked for. II is but tC
be expected that the Legislature oil
Maryland Will pass a law comforting
the right OF suffrage upon women II
this State, and this IS all the more
likely with a bachelor Governor y