The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-29
FAIR is
A CREDIT TO COUNTY
First Exhibition Ends in Blaze of Glory -Spen.
did Showing Of Farm Products and Live
Stock w Woman's Department a
Great Feature

Great
Especial to The -Dispatch.l
Powhatan, Va, September 2S.-What
was really the first annual exhibition
Of the Powhatan County Fair Associa-
ton closed icre this afternoon and to-
night in a flame of glory, and the
successful pulling off of the county
exhibition Is a source of congratuia-
ton to the good people of the county,
because 1T has put the fair on a per-
manent basis, and there is no longer
any doubt of the fact that Powhatan
county, will have fair and a county
agricultural exhibit every fall for many
years to come, and If all of them do
as much good for the county and
create as much new interest IN TWEEN
tieth century DEVELOPMENT as this one
has done, the time is not far distant
when old Powhatan will be right In
the front rank among the progressive
and up-to-date counties of the State
The fair, which opened orly Yesterday
morning. and closed this afternoon.
with an old fashioned tournament, fol-
lowed by the coronation ball tonight,
was in all respects success. The poo
pie turned out in great numbers, and
they were not at all shy about show
ing what they had made on the good
lands of the county this year. The
exhibits Of farm products of all kinds
from the tiniest seeds to the bulklest
stalks: from the humblest of grasses
TO the aristocratic timothy and alfalfa
hay; from the most insignificant look
ing squash to the most gorgeous OF
pumpkins; from the merest samples to
~ of e1 from the
little beans to the greater ones; from
the smalles. of potatoes to the great
tubers from the old-time bullet to-
matos to the great crimson fruit of
latter days; from the old fashioned
crab apples to the most enticing OF
the latter-day winesaps, and so on
along down the line the exhibits We're
great.
They did not stop there for, while
there is not vet track on the grounds.
and the facilities for the exhibition
of live stock were rather limited. the
few pens that were provided for hogs
and pigs were well-fllled, the stalls
that were hurriedly arranged for
horses and cattle were crowded, and
the exhibits in the poultry department
were we'll worth going miles to see, and
all Of this exhibit was confined to Pow
hatan county.
Beginning of Fair.
Last year a number of Powhatan
folks, encouraged and helped by #.
S. Farrar. the assistant State agent
OF tho farmers cooperative demon
stration work made little show at
the courthouse, and while no prizes
We're offered, real good show was
made. This effort encourG gad the peo-
pie, and this year they endeavored to
exhibit on larger scale, and their
effort took the form of county fair.
Now, to get up county fair there must
needs be an offer of premiums, and
all that kind of thing. Demonstrators
Farrar and his co-labolers were equal
to the emergency The Richmond
Chamber of Commerce, at Farrar's
solicitation, came to the rescue with
cash contribution to provide for pre-
miums; the Wood Seed Company, of
Richmond Clipped in, the tobacco men
CT Richmond and other sections of Yir-
ginia got busy; the people of the coun-
ty took financial interest, and alto
eether a lot Of cash premiums amounts
ing to $780, were gotten together. and
a whole lot of premiums in the way
CT what the old wartime folks used
to call tax in kind" also came to the
front. These additional premiums
We're made up Of all kinds of farm
household articles, and
many other useful things offered by
merchants and manufacturers, and al !
together the premium list amounted tc |
q good deal more than the actual cash
offered.
The Powhatan Tobacco Company,
Inc, owns near to the village a whole
lot OF ground a great big warehouse
and numerous outbuildings. All of |
these We're placed at the disposal OF |
the fair folks. and thus they had room,
for all of the exhibits.
q Not far away from kere is the ST. |
Emma Industrial and Agricultural Col
lege, an institution established some
years ago for the industrial educa-
ton and development of colored boys,
by Mrs. Morellc, OF Philadelphia. !
Among other good things that this Bel
meade school has brought to the sur
this good band volunteered to furnish
the fair with good music and real good
music they made
An additional musical aggregation |
that would make Polk Miller and his
crowd ashamed of themselves when 1t
comes down to old-time Virginia |
music, furnished indoor en-
from variety of stringed
II this aggregation play
ed any tune that was born since 1850.
the writer's accurately trained musical
ear failed to detect It. but perhaps
that was all the better for the folks
who heard It, and apparently enjoyed
it. When folks are very busy taking
In the fine exhibits that such fine pro-
ducers Of good things as are the people
of Powhatan county they do not care
to waste Very much time listening to
any kind OF music.
Plans for Next Year.
The affair which started last year
as a mere side exhibit of tho farmers
cooperative demonstration work, I'M
der the guidance of +, s. sFarrar, mas
hloomed out into county fair assoc
citation, With a corps of officers who
Will push 1t to great success. ALREADY
plans have been perfected by the as
ISOLATION to have a great fair next
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