The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1910-10-22
LINCOLN COUNTY FAIR
SCORES IA BIG SUCCESS.
and Grounds Surpass any Previous Efforts
in this County.
in this County.

canned gOOuS, ana Lnefo We're sew
eral other large displays made.
Last year only few Jars were OF
Exhibition at the Fair. This yea
there were several hundred, anc
there seemed to be great deal d
interest taken in this department..
1t Is to be hoped that there will bt
many more premiums offered by
the Association next year, so as tx
stimulate even more interest anc
to encourage the farmers wives al
well as the town ladies. in making
fine displays.
In the same room with the pre-
serves and jellies, was the breac
and cake display, which was pre-,
sided over by Mrs. Tom McNair.
This department was new venture
and so was not such a success al
were the others. However, there
we're some very fine cakes, bread
and rolls displayed. and 1T made
one hungry to go near them.
There were three ornamented
cakes which deserve special men.
tion, and especially one decorated
in fair colors, red, white and blue.
1t bore the letters L. G. F. A. 2O-1
and had good imitation Of the
American flag on the top.
Mrs. Rosa Berger made rather
an odd shaped loaf of bread, which
had been made out of Obelisk flour
and was placed on display in the
bread department. by Abrams Bros.
Mrs. Lilly E. WooIf presided
over the Dainty Flour" booth and
handed out souvenir sacks Of -four
on Thursday. Friday morning she
had charge of the Dainty Flour
cake contest, which proved such a
success. Miss Carrie Terry was
the prize winner of the barrel of
-four, and Mrs. M. G. Applewhite
came second.
Out in the court yard between
the court house and armory were
the displays made by the different
merchants Of this city. Those who
had displays were, Hartman Mer-
camille Co., Henderson & Turn
bough, A. G. Seavey & Sens. Max
Priebatsch. Jno. McGrath & Sons, !,
g. B. Perkins and F. B. Noodle.
Mr.. Ebert Lowell also had some Of
his pIows on exhibition.
The farm products and chickens
fe insthe armorg and attracted
a great deal of attention. The
poultry department was presid ed
over by DR.. w. H. Frizell, and
was the largest ever seen in this
county. In this department were
chickens. ducks, guineas. pigeons.
geese. turkeys and peafowls.
Mr.. i. M. Click had very large
and fine display of farm products
which included canned goods, veg
etables. eggs, butter. ham, five
kinds of corn. four kinds of hay.
rice, peanuts, two kinds of sugar
cane. pumpkins, pie melons and a
homemade broom.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures Of the fair was the report of
the corn club results. This was in
charge of Mr.. S. P. Oliver, who
stated that lat boys registered for
the contest and 27 of them finished
and made their reports.
4 There we're two classes. those
cuItivating one acre and the little
fellows. who cultivated half an
acre. In the acre class Leslie
Anderson won first prize with 225
bushels: Tommie White came out
second with 1876 bushels. and Wal
ter Russell came out third with 1T
bushels.
In the half acre class Bennie
Beeson, only 9 years old, won first
prize with log bushels; Ernest Bris-
ter came second with 63 bushels.
and Eugene Neal came third with
s. bushels. The general average
Of the eleven-acre boys who finish
ed. was 80 Til bushels, and the
average of the 16 haIf-acre boys
who finished. was 40 5-8 bushels.
The swine. cattle and horses were
on display in the lower court yard
and the entries were unusually
large Especially was this notice
able in the swine department,
where 1872 animals were shown.
OF this number 65 were registered
Berkshires. When it is remember
ed that the first registered Berk-
shire hog was brought to Lincoln
county only three years ago. it will
be seen how eagerly the farmers
have taken to hog raising as q
means Of diversification.
The display Of horses and mules
and Of thoroughbred cattle were
also very fine.
Thursday night proved quite a
success inasmuch as il gave those
who could not come in the day time
an opportunity to come and see
the exhibits at night. A moving
picture show and an old fiddler's
contest were special attractions and
proved quite treat. The grounds
we're well lighted with electric
lights and the different merchants
booths were open to all who cared
to see their exhibits.
The baby show was the star at
traction on Friday. and the judges,
Messrs. Willard Seavey, Louis Cohn
and Mrs. MolIIe Deunan. had a
very difficult task before them
when they undertook to judge be-
tween So many pretty babies. one
Of whom had to be selected. Mrs.
NJ H Penn had charge Of the baby
show SO little ones were On ex-
hibition, including a pair Of twins.