The Sentinel=record., 1910-02-11


strongly lndorced the State Fair and
offered to give ii his (warmsst per.
scnal suSpsrt HIS syaked, However.
making direct pledge cali on the
Legislature to make an appropriation
In aid Of the faif, giving as MS reason
that 1t is far too early 70 make prom.
ises of that kind. as 1t is not yet ap.
parent what the condition of the treas
ury will be when the legislature con
venes. He referred regretfuly to the
exigencies which compelled him to cut
the appropriations for various state
institutions this year, but positively
asserted that if the amount of funds
on hand when he formulates his mes
sage will justify it, he will make the
desired recommendation. His remarks
throughout were felicitous and he was
frequently applauded. He urged the
delegates to go ahead and demonstrate
their patriotism and local pride b.
making a success of the state Fair
this year.
Senator Hamp Williams urged the
governor to place his stamp of ap.
proval upon the petition then and
there, and declared that he thought 1t
was no more than justice to President
Cole that this should be done. He
added, also that such action upon the
part of Governor Donaghey would
contribute greatly to the solidity OF
the institution and dissipate any err
roneous ideas that the fair was purely
local enterprise.
Capt. c. Rix in forceful address,
in which he went into the finer details
Of the proposition, pointed out to Gov
ernor Donaghey the benefits that
would accrue to the State Fair
through the latter's endorsement, and
also suggested somewhat pointedly,
that the governor could not well afford
to Ignore SO rare an opportunity to
enhance his own popularity with the
great masses of the farmers and pro-
ducers of Arkansas. With reference
to the canard that the citizens of this
city were endeayoring to shift the
problem of financing the fair entirely
onto outsiders, Captain Xix said that
he believed enough of the. representa-
tive residents of Hot Springs were
present to conclusively demonstrate
that such was not the case, and to
put the matter to test he would
subscribe for ten shares of stock.
AT this juncture, President Cole
came forward with subscription blanks
and within a few minutes I40 shares,
totaling $4,000 were disposed OF. the
takers, with three or four exceptions.
being citizens of this city.
Harry Westcott of Chalybeate
Springs. with his usual magnanimous
spirit, arose and stated that he would
subscribe for "a shares, amounting
10 5000. This announcement was an.
piauded to the echo and made strong
impression upon those present, espe.
ciaily as Mr.. Westcott has not been
identified with the interests Of Hot
Springs and Arkansas but a short
while.
The stock subscriptions are payable
IN three equal installments, viz:
March |, April l. and May 1.
With the impetus already given the
state Fair here at home, and with
many other liberal public-spirited cit.
izens to come forward yet, President
Cole reels that he will have no diff.
Guilty whatever in raising whatever
balance may be required to success.
fuily finance the State Fair next DC.
tooer He urged that the stock sub.
scriptions be made payable early N
order that the promotion work NAV
not be seriously hampered as it has
in former years.
The delegates distributed 5000 nos.
tai cards In Little Rock bearing a coI.
Ored lithogranh of tha f~...