The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-11-02
THE COUNTY FAIR WAS A Big SUCCESS

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routine and make it worthy of the
pest thought of the best minds.
Inc Exhibits a Revelation,
At the conclusion of DR. son1e,e
auufess steady stream of visi+ore
soon filled the different rooms 800
Gn9ir EXCAVATIONS of urprise and
oehght were heard on everv hand
one tnlng all agreed upon and that
was that Terrell county was pres
enC with the goods. It was rave-
Io'!oh 10 our own home folks and
VISITORS from other sections went
away with fine Impressions of the
Iertlllty OF our soil and the varied
products Of our favored county.
practically everything grown On
d laIni was shown, and this being
Agricultural Day special attention
was given to the different booths
made attractive with the ripened
products of the field and garden.
ms display covered almost the on
tire first floor.
The national colors were used
with fine effect in the decoration
Hags and bunting waving from every
part OF the building.
Inc poultry exhibit was one feat
ure OF the fair constantly being ad
mlred. This was well arranged on
the west side of the building, and
showed a variety of fine fowls. There
were in the lot several prize win
ners.
Inc domestic department was one
OF the most popular places of the
talr, as here were found not only a
teast for the eyes in the jellies, pre-
serves, pickles, cakes, bread and
other good things displayed, but
tempting lunches with hot coffee
breWed just right to put one Eat
peace with himself and the world"
were served each day for the con-
Venience of the crowd. This room
was artistically draped in pink.
The Clifton Hardware Company's
exhibit in the county court room at
tracted a great deal of attention,
and was a fine advertisement for
this enterprising firm.
Wednesday afternoon the live
stock which had been entered for
the day were paraded in front of the
court house, and prizes awarded.
Baby Show and Auto Parade.
Thursday morning opened up
bright and beautiful and people be-
gan coming very early. 1t was not
necessary to announce that baby
shows was on for the morning, for
there was evidence of it on every
hand. There were babies and ba-
bies, but not an ugly one in the
crowd; and they were remarkably
good natured little fellows cooling
and laughing, serenely Indifferent
to the fact that they were the ad-
miratiOn of all eyes. They passed
in review around the auditorium and
out of the building for a parade
down Main street while the judges
puzzled their brains over the diff
cult task of awarding the prizes.
Seven manly little boys represent
ing the schools contested for the
prize in defamation at 2:30 O'Clock.
They were remarkably self-Dosseeeod
anu SuOWtu uOI OIIIJ udIlNG dDiIlIy =,
but the most careful training. They
were: J. B. Petty, Earl Foster. Ray
mond Turner, J. M. Glass. Moses
Harper, Hunter Bell, Carlton Mar
shall.
In the afternoon the automobiles
parade drew the crowds from the
building to the sidewalks The
line was formed in front of the Meth
odist church and anyone who failed
to enthuse over the gaily decorated
cars had no appreciation of the beau
tiful and artistic. There were u
vehicles in line, and hand-clapping
and the waving of handkerchiefs
greeted them as they passed down
Seventh avenue to Main street and
from Lee to Stonewan. encircling
them twice. The parade was over
Just in time to escape the down
pour of rain from a cloud that bad
suddenly overcast the syk. 1t fell
for several hours, and while a God
send to this dry section it caused
considerable inconvenience to those
here from remote parts of this and
other counties. A description of the
floats will appear elsewhere in The
News.
The School Exhibit.
Friday morning the largest crowd
of the week filled the streets and
made their way leisurely through the
different departments of the fair.
Great interest conferred in the school