The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-10-01
JACKSON
Our State Fair.

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Beginning Oct. 90 and continuing
through Nov. ), there will be held i'll
Jackson the fifth annual State Fair, at
which one-half Of our people will come
to display their products, and the 1ther
half will come to study them, with
hopes of profiting by their ~neighbors'
experiments.
The progress of the State, since the
first of the ear, along lines Of agricul-
ture, stock raising. horticulture I'd the
lesser improvements of HON and farm,
is nothing short of marvellous. >4nd q
great share of this progress is att ibuta-
BILE to the wholesome rivalry engen-
dered by the exhibits at the fair. With
the hope OF making a better show than
the '.other fellow" entire counties have
brought. their best and pitted them
against other counties. Splendid home
farms have titled their acres to the last
inch, and brought the products of this
industry to the fair, where, with other
home farms, they have made a display
most creditable to the farmer, and to
the State as well. Specialists in corn,
cotton, poultry, cattle, stock, dairying,
and in many other lines, seeing the
wonderful achievements of others in
their lines, have gone home and taken
proper steps to equal, if not Guido, these
results.
The good cooks and housekeepers, the
needlevomen, the artists, the florists,
and many other workers, have, year by
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that has been i'll steady progress among
our people, until now, in the year 1909,
we are preparing for a State Fair big
ger and better and altogether more
worthy the State and the people than
anything we have had heretofore.
From al parts of the State exhibitors
are coming, and they are bringing with
them th~oroughbreds where formerly they
brought scrubs; they are bringing corn
that is making the Westerners sit up
and take notice." where before we had
e mighty poor crop. If the boil weevil
leaves enough to be gathered, the cotton
planters will have displays which in
quality, if not in quantity, will far ex~
coed the bales we used to have. As for
such truck as potatoes, fruits, vegeta-
bles, and other smaller products of the
earth, there will be shown at the fair
quantities and qualities of which IL
early planters did not dream. We have
so much of which our neighboring
States cannot boast-we have so many
products which the best of them have
not. And now it begins to look as if
we have the energy, the skill and the
"get-up and get" that was formerly our
only lack. And the fair has stirred up
much of this most commendable energy.
To keep on stirring it up is the aim and
desire of the management, consequently
these gentlemen urge our readers to
make an effort this year to be with
them anl their many friends at the
State Fair at Jackson, and there enjoy
the wonderful and varied exhibits.
For those who enjoy racing, there will
be an abundance of entertainment. Not
only in the horse races, but in the auto
mobile races, the Marathon, the balloon
races and other contests of speed can
they find enjoyment.
The entertainment features will be
far in excess of any former efforts of
the kind, and altogether the management
is planning for the greatest show that
has ever been given in Jackson or its
neighborhood.