The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-08-15
R. ". STORRS IS
MANAGER TRI-
COUNTY FAIR
Association Made a Fine
Stroke When He Was
vi Secured.
WELL KNOWN DEFUNIAK MAN
HAS TAKEN HOLD AND GONE
TO WORK IN EARNEST FOR
PROJECT WHOSE SUCCESS is
NOW DOUBLY ASSURED,

The Tri5County Fair Association
has made a ten-stroke in securing R.
w. Storrs, Of DeFuniak, as general
manager of the project. If there was
any question about the success of the
fair to be held in Pensacola Nov. 8
to II, all doubts were dissolved when
IL became known that Mr. Storrs was
to have charge of ii. He has not only
conducted the several fairs at De-
Funiak with marked success, but he
has continued to make a study of
West Florida's resources and needs
until he is without doubt today the
best posted man in this section on
every subject which pertains to the
success of the success of the fair
movement now on.
MIR Storrs has now taken hold of
the matter in earnest and the work
IN every department of the TTi-
County Fair is progressing rapidly,
and nothing is being left undone to
insure the fulfllment of the predic-
ton that 1t will be the biggest thing
OF the kind ever held in this section
of the south Inquiries being received
by the secretary show that already
there IL widespread interest being
manifested among the farmers
throughout the three counties that
will participate.
The liberal premiums offered for
collective county exhibits ensure that
all of these counties will have large
exhibits showing in a general way
what the soils will produce, and with
500 offered for the best exhibit from
8 single farm. we may look for some
thing extra fine in that line.
A splendid line of advertising mat
ter has been ordered and every van
tage point in this section will set
forth in brilliant colorS the date and
attractions of the big fair. This week
President Stillman and other fair Of
hcials will make a tour of this county
visiting the farms and farmers and
interesting them personally in the
work of preparing exhibits, and a
1 little later trips WILDE made
through the other counties.
In Santa Rosa county Mr.. c. H.
Simpson, of the Board of Directors,
is working like Trojan in the effort
to have that county made the banner
county as to exhibits. Over in Baldwin
Messrs. Carney, Koehler and FessIer
and others are whOoping it up and
from every section of Escambia comes
word of enthusiasm among the farm
ers, who after all must make the
fair.
The directors and every official can
do all that is possible but il is after
all the farmers, hOrtieulturists. stock
raisers, and last, but by no means
least, the ladies, who must make this
fair, for be it remembered always
that this is to be a fair and not a
mere gathering OF side-shows and
penny grafting appliances. There will
be attractions of course, no fair is
( wholly complete without them, but
they will be of the highest class and
the management is already in CORE
spondence with some of the largest
booking agencies in the country in
reference to these and is every day
receiving applications from managers
OF independent high class attractions,
SO that there viii be no trouble in Sc
curing the very best, but after all
these are but secondary. 1t is, as
said before. the agricultural exhibits
which are the real fair, and the pur-
pose OF this exposition is to show not
only the world at large but the
doubling Thomas (no pun on the sec
retary) at home what can be done
and what is being done in an agricul-
tural way in this section.
In the i've stock section the South
ern States Lumber Co, Mr.. Simpson
and others have already signified
their intention of making exhibits and
the chicken fanciers who have been
literally provided for are many of the
already figuring on where to place
the ribbons they expect to win.
II is going to be a fair right and
every Pensacolian should be a char
ter member of the third degree in
boosters club