The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28
ARGUMENTS FOR
HOLDING A FAIR
Meeting Of Farmers and Citi
zenS Held In Columbus
MUCH INTEREST is SHOWN
Stock Is Readily Sold to Those Who
Attend the Meeting and Efforts
VIII Be Continued to Have
Fair Every Year.

Columbus, Miss, February 2L-1Speeial)
A meeting of farmers and citizens was
held at the courthouse yesterday to dis
cuss the condition of the Mississippi
and West Alabama Fair associations
finances and to hear an address peril
nent to the movement from prominent
gentlemen we'll informed in this branch Of
agricultural industry
The principal address was delivered by
DR.. TAFT Butler. editor of the Southern
Farm Gazette, Starkville, Miss DR. But
Ter has been connected with the agricul-
tural work throughout North Carolina
for many years prior to January l, but
when this year commenced he removed to
Mississippi and purchased the property
of Mr. Scherer. This is the publication
which has come so prominently before the
public on account of the violent attacks
made through its editorial columns on the
president of the Agricultural and Meehan-
ical college at Starkyille and some of the
members of the board of trustees.
DR.. Buffers address was along logical
and forceful lines He closely followed
the theme of agricultural and like pur-
suits. He said a section, agrculturally
speaking was known by its exhibited
products. county or sectional fair was
the only way to exhibit these products. A
county once having enough stimulated
interest in this line to band themselves
together and hold a fair and then to pub
licly acknowledge that their interest was
no longer tuned to this pitch by allowing
their fairs to become obsolete, was admit
ting to the world that their interest along
agricultural and farming lines was dead.
He urged the people of Lowndes county
to awaken to the great possibilities before
them; push their farming industries all
they possibly could make the soil of Mis-
sssippi as fruitful as that of any other
great state, and lastly show the result
of their labors to the world through the
mediums of annual county fairs. lie
strongly impressed the people of Column
bus and this county that it was tinan-
eially suicidal to allow the fair assoeia-
ton to give up their fairs in Columbus
He said the discontnuance of a fair
which has held six successful gather
ings would do untold harm to the landed
interests of this section and would cause
a financial slump in the value of farm
ing lands.
The financial statement of the local
association was then viewed and the
showing was pleasing. Besides owning
property worth in the neighborhood OF
$4,000. the association is in position TO
sell $2599 worth of additional stock and
operate on this cash received from its
sale. A good batch of this stock was SUBJ
scribed by residents of this county at the
close of the meeting this morning, 100
shares at SIS per share being placed on
sale One-fourth was about taken.
committee of prominent planters j.
W. Cooper, NJ. \. Franks, w. S. Muslin,
Charles F. Sherrod and John Oliver, was
appointed to solicit purchasers for the
other IS shares.
A mass meeting was called for Satur-
day March 6, for the purpose of organic
ing a Boys Corn club for Lowndes coun-
ty. Three prizes first prize $25, second