The Forrest City times., 1911-05-26
ENFORCEMENT.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
\ County Fair.

HI tilcSc toluiilfiS last Week, JO Have d nice little Fourth of July celebration here. It is proposed to have speaking, we presume, and then a program of much interest, consisting of a stock show, few horse races on the fine new track in the Rolfe- Williams Addition, sack races, climbing the greased role, catching the gTeased pig, Q mule race, perhaps game of base ball, and many other amusements, to conclude with grand balloon ascension.
 Now this is all right, and will be the means of drawing large crowd to Forrest City, and every enterprising and patriotic citizen should go down ip hIs jeans and contribute of his means liberal share toward making the celebration success, but
 There is much greater outcome ill view, an d one in which we have long been deeply interested, and that is that this celebration should bring the farmers, ,stockmen, merchants. doc tors, lawyers, timbermen, and all other good citizens, and their wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts, to- gether, in order that the organization of permanent St. Francis County Agricultural, Horticultural, Indus trial and Stock Fair may be accom- plished, this Association to hold an nual meetings in the fall of the year, and offer and pay premiums for the lst, 2d and Id best specimens of any and all of these classes of products
 We presume that every grown man and woman in the county, and many of the children, understand the value of Fair" of this kind It is an eX- hibition of the products of your farm and orchard of your stock of all kinds, Of your or your wife's or any member of your family's handiwork, such as quilts, comforts, embroidery, painting cooking, preserving, canned fruits. vegetables, everything, in fact, that you raise, produce, make or manufac- ture, or even beget, as there must be baby show, too
 This brings all the people of the county together in daily intercourse for 3 or 1 days, and they become bet ter acquainted. they discuss their diff ferent methods; better feelings are promoted, and higher aims are arous ed, which will show in two or three years in the improvement of all stock, products, education, and even civili- Zation.
 The writer remembers the County Fairs ill Illinois in his boyhood days. They were looked forward to with the deepest interest, and when the time came there were thousands of exhibits and thousandso of friendly competitors The finest stallion, the best jack, the the best brood mare. the finest hogs. sheep, the best bull and the best year ling; the best needlework. tue best specimens Of home canned goods, cook ing the finest pumpkins and other vegetables, the best corn. wheat, oats, 1il1oAil ' >b' Sl l~il4 CNCi tilAilS. III tdCt . were shown and received premiums, and the people were educated and benefited in many ways, and social and physical even mental and rcli- gious conditions were improved
 Ample accommodations, in the way of refreshments were To be had on the grounds from the lunch stands or res taurants. and many remained over night in town with some friends and were welcomed.
 It can be made d trading time, too, and we like the idea. Let the farmer who has d blow, | cultiyator, horse, mule, COW, pig. wagon, buggy, or anything that he finds he don't re- quire for his own use farther, we say let him bring them along, and either sell for cash or trade them to some other who needs them, for something else that he himself needs.
 Such all association was talked up here good many years ago. We were instrumental in bringing it to q head and then the most enthusiastic and influential leaders lost their head and abandoned the very idea which was the founnation of their organization. and turned il into, or rather stopped it at, a mere horse racing association. and they lost their money. If they had gone ahead and had regular Agricultural, Horticultural. Industrial and Stock Fair. along intelligent lines, it would to-day have been paying divi- dends on every dollar invested, and would have been the greatest blessing this people ever knew
 There are quite q number of sub stantial, enterprising, influential citi- zens of this county deeply interested in this movement, and are enthuSias- tic in talking and working for it, and will put up their means. They under stand what it will do for this county. and they want to improve conditions. The fair will do if