The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-09-22
MAURY COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION MAKES
PUBLIC STATEMENT
EXPLAINS ATTITUDE AND PRO-
cEEDINos REGARDING THE
FLYING MACHINE.
tUBS IAN1IAL DAMAGES ALE PAID
Everything Done in Good Faith and
Aviator Only Offered "lmpossible"
AS His Only Excuse for Not Flying
According to Contract.

might have been some criticism
with regard to the failure of McCur
dy to fly at the fair held here Sep
TENDER 90, the Maury County Fail
Association makes the following
statement to the public
Realizing the disappointment OF
the public at the failure of the air
ship man to make his fights accord
ing to contract at the fair held here
September SO, 1911, the Maury Coun.
ity Fair Association feels that a state
ment to the public should be made.
I'VE realize the fact also that the
disappointment was keener and crit
icism more harsh on account If a
similar disappointment recently suf-
fered by the public when the Maury
County Board of Trade undertook to
furnish some airship fights at the
spring meeting held here in April.
I'm the first place, after the 1850
citation had abandoned the idea of
holding a fair on account of the pre-
vious lack of public support of such
an undertaking, some public spirited
citizens simply for the good of Mau-
ry county got behind the Associa-
ton with their money and influence
and determined to give the county
the benefit of a fair at great finan-
cial risk. The names of these gen.
tlemen are here given to the pub
lie, and these, without more, are a
sucient assurance to all of the Ut
mosts good faith of every effort made
to furnish the people with every fea-
ture advertised. The names are as
follows:
-. w. Howard, Horace Rainey, J.
c. Hardy, The Columbia Herald, E.
L. Armstrong, A. B. Harlan, G. W.
Nichols Produce Co, Gotham Bros,
Geo e. McKennon Joseph M. Ded-
man, H o. Fulton, Maury Dry Goods
Co., w. P. Woodbridge, McKennon,
Anderson G. Foster, highland Stock
Farm, John c. Sowell, Frank S.
G. A Parker, A. j. Fly, !
John W. Jackson, John W. Shelton,
James A. English, Fleming R. Shee-
cog, Harlan & Evans Co., John L. |
Hopkins, Alexander G. Vaughn, W. |
B. Greenlaw, j. Ripley Steele, 10
5eph Chapman, w. M. Cheairs, W. P.
Ridley, James H. Giddens, P Whita-
ker, John P. McGaw, R. F. Moore &
Son, D. c. Gardner, J. G. Long, Jo-
seph Hagey, R. H. Wright, w M.
FOLEY, John M. Burns, Austin Har-
Ian, Wilson B. Dobbins, john S.
Brown, J. NJ. CRANBERRY, Ed LAMAR
!. T. Jenkins, Thomas Simpson, l..
P Padgett.
Realizing the disappointment of
he airship performance, the Associa-
ion, backed by these gentlemen I'M
Iertook to make airship flights one
# the features of the fair, and with
his in view the officers entered into
contract with reputable company
hat was financially responsible. to
urnish J. A. D. McCurdy, an aviator
f frst-class reputation and great
chievement. /
Before making the contract Mr.. {
IcCurdy was mere, looked over the j
rounds and expressed himself sat {
SIZED. The Association agreed by
'ritten contract to pay Mr.. McCurdy 1
/ 800 for three days services, three '
lights to be made each day. This
honey was In the vaults of the Co u
lmbia Bank & Trust Company to 7
ne credit of the Association for the t
xpress purpose Of being paid to him, l
nd would have been paid to him t
500 each day after completing his 1
lights in accordance with the terms 7
| the contract. /
THE association could have pro- s
lred the services of other less a
nown aviators, and dealt with con- a
ems that could not have been held
for a great deal less ,
loney, but 1t preferred to deal with
responsible firm and to secure an
viator of more reputation and
The Association, how
yer much 1t may desire, is not able =
, give to the public any satisfactory G
eason why Mr.. McCurdy failed to e
y because Mr.. McCurdy has never a
wen to the Association any salts r
lctory reason. There we're many +