The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-09-16
Meeting Now in Progress at Union City Greatest
Success in the History Of ObiOn County
Fair Enterprises.
Largest and Best Exhibits Of Horses Hogs, Poultry and Agi
cultural Products Climax of Art in WOmanS Depart
ment TrOtting and Pacing Events Unparalleled.
MECHANICS DISPLAY EXTENSIVE AMUSEMENT FEATURES

All efforts heretofore made in the as
sembling Of complete county fair in
this county have been laid in the shade
in comparison with the present meeting
now in progress at the fair grounds here.
On Wednesday the fair opened with a
large crowd, in which hundreds of school
children intermingled The early morn
ing cloudiness probably kept numbers
from venturing away from home, but
not enough to prevent large gathering
of people from different portions of the
county. In the afternoon the assem-
blage exceeded in numbers the best
openings we have ever had.
The grounds were covered with visit
ors and horses and vehicles of all kinds.
Beginning with the Woman Depart
ment, the finest exhibit ever seen in do
mestic and fine arts and culinary in
Obion County are now on display in that
department. There have been on sew
eral occasions exhibits as large in varie
ty and extent, but never a more attract
i've display nor a collection as fine as
the present one. The finest needlework,
the finest art, the finest culinary ever
achieved in the county and other
sections are to be seen, and they repre-
sent the product of some of the best
families of the country hereabouts. In
the building are also some special dis
plays. One of these is a double booth
by the City Schools, showing the stu
dent work of the schools in written ex-
amples and illustrations. This includes
the various public school courses and
branches. Another was an exhibit by
the Singer Sewing Machine Co. with j.
w. Foster in charge and Miss Lane as
assistant. In this booth the premium
$50 sewing machine offered to exhibitors
at the fair for the finest display of work
done on a sewing machine was on exhi-
bition. White Bros, grocers, had a
nice display with Oscar White and Mr..
NOEL in charge, dispensing Capital
Blend coffee and waters. The Dahnke-
Walker Milling Company had their us
ual display of Jersey Cream Flour.
On the grounds leading from the Wo-
mans Building to the grand stands are
some mechanical exhibits, including a
display of farm wagons, cultivators,
plows, drills, etc, by the Mailing Kei- |
ser Hardware Company, display of
Hickman Wagons by the Hickman Wa
gon Co., with Mr.. Chas Travis in charge, |
n display of thresher machinery and en-
gnes by r. +. Tisdale & Son, with Mr..
Dawson in charge, thresher outfit by
II. o. Head, one of the county's pro-
gressive agriculturists.
The finest and largest agricultural ex
hibit ever seen in the county was dis
played at the grandstands devoted to
that department. Apples, potatoes, to-
matoes, peppers, corn, wheat, oats, and
everything in season Of the finest yarie-
ties. There were IA displays of fine
corn Of 80 ears each and 16 displays of
90 ears each, representing the product
of our farmers. The products were not
only much greater in variety and extent
but displayed to much better advantage.
This department embraces the poultry {
display, one of the best of its kind, and {
better than has been seen at our fairs.
Three attractive individual exhibits of ]
farm products are installed in the de-
partment by Ike Wade, VIM. Walker |
and J. d. Mcbride. They include
large collection of products ingeniously ]
and displayed to great advan- {
tage (
Continuing to the hog department
was to be seen another record breaking a
exhibit. Exhibitors in this department
are O. G. Clogs, Geo. w Carter, S. I. g
Wade, w. j. Beauchamp, G. B. White, o
d. A. Edwards, S. r. Bratton, Herbert
Quinn, w. A. Mcneil, Geo. w. Tucker, /
Geo. Bufford, Bud Mayes. There are
some fine specimens of Berkshires, Du- p
rocs, Poland Chmas C. G. Clogs had
his fine boar, Artful Duke, Sd, 11o969,
On exhibition. This fine animal weighs K
over 700 pounds and he is beauty
The grounds are covered with tents O