The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-10-08
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget Of State News Items Gathered by Our Special
Correspondent at Jackson.
The State Fair.

Hammer and nails and brush, /
We're putting things thro' with a rush.
Is the song of the Fair Grounds workmen
these busy October days.
And the result of this splendid chorus
may be seen IN every hand, so great Is
the improvement in every section OF the
gro.int.s and buildings.
4..t management has put eyr"y part of
the place in order and now there remains
only the finishing up and the pa ing,
whitewashing and other incidental !
the whole will be in readiness fof 49,
Fair, Oct. 24-Nov. 3. The first exhibit to
catch the eye and hold the interest of
the visitor will be the great poultry |
show, the house being on the crown OF
the hill. This show is strictly a home
institution, no foreigners being encour-
aged to come in with their giant stocks,
and take the premium from our own fine
home raised fowls, and then sell out to
ignorant buyers. Instead of anything
of this sort we have Mississippi, Louis
lana and Alabama fowls, and they are
the finest ever. 1t is simply beyond the
| power of the best fancier to estimate the
financial benefit these fairs have been to
| our people; especially TO the small farm
ers, who have been thereby encouraged to
add to their yards, or to go into the busi-
ness as a business.
Last year saw every pen filed. This
year so many are the entries that every
pen is filled, and many new ones are
being put in place for the later entries.
And we are going to have all kinds OF
fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, birds and,
mayhap. the beautiful pheasants; the
latter lust for show, along with the pea
fowls.
Near the poultry house are the dog
kennels. and these promise to make a
better show than has ever been the case
before.
Along the board walk the spaces nave
been taken by various concessions, ana II
will present an unusually brilliant scene
down its full length. Within the great
coliseum. up and downstairs alike, thu
space will be entirely filled with eXhib
|, its and booths, in which exhibiting mer
! chants will display their wares.
But it is the Agricultural Building tina
i, draws the daytime crowds. There are al
the entries for premiums, the homc-tarn
displays. the fruits, the vegetables. tn
, dairy products, the A. & NJ. College dis
plays. and various other educational eN
hibits. There, likewise, is the wonder
full Corn Club exhibit, and there wi
foregathcr the young farmer boys OF tn
e State; the men upon whose broad shou
# ders the States future depends.
e The housekeepcrs, the cooks, the ne
dlewonieu, and the artists of every kin
o both household and fine arts, will the
g make their displays. and in consequent
It the place will be very popular with a
Ii the visitors.
Outside the space is well taken up wit
Re the usual variety of exhibits, but II
II display of machinery, or fencing. or bu
+ gies. and similar necessities on a tarI
N are much larger than usual, or so the
sc ouirements for space indicate.
And then there is a great place left op'
for the amusement companies, and the
are great. The secretaries had IA TIN
n securing these people; but once accor
lie plished, they have il right to be proud
G. their job.
Last year circumstances maze the
h fall down on this feature OF the iar' al
t, the resultant exhibitions on the Midwa
k. were mo great shakes as the small be
:, says. This year they will be somethii
n really fine. and the people can nave som
thing worth while every evening IN u
caily decorated and brilliantly lllun
mated pike.
or Nor is the fair the only place whe
G. the visitor may find entertainment. II
10 whole city has taken a greater intere
no this wear in the success of the fair thu
g has ever been the case before this, al
. as a result they are throwing open The
nj homes. and preparing to entertain on
"a much more extensive scale than ever
in fore. The theaters will have good
of fractions on that week, and the pla
h. and people generally are making rea'
for the biggest time they have eN
known; ever in fair week.
As for our guests, we hope to ha
them with us. from every city, Nlllas
hamlet and rural neighborhood IN t
. State: and once here, we hope to he
them until they and theirs have seen
~ that is ours to show; and enjoyed all t
IS pleasures incident to the greatest iair
!. the gulf coast States.
~ Next week we shall give our readers
=. program of events, so that each one M
" know lust what to expect on each da
and may regulate his visits according