The farmer and mechanic., 1911-10-17
THE FIRST FAIR
OF MOORE COUNTY
Old Fashioned Homespun
Fried Chicken and the
Billed Ham all There.
TWAS A HUMMER SURE

UhJ n IIuUltlIllI UUlIL
People of Moore County Proud Of the
Great Success of Their First County
Fair, the Precursor Of Many to Fob
Iow-Correspondent Writes Telling
About Some of the Things Which
Most Impressed Him.
To the Editor:-You and the read
ers will note / say our Fair; let all
Of the people of Moore county say our
fair and feel that it is.
was very pleasantly surprised on
entering the county's fair grounds to-
day, opening day Of our first fair. AS
you enter the general exhibit build
ing, imm ediatly on your right, you
find the splendidly equipped lunch
counter U should have said beautf-
fully equipped) for there were many
Of Moore's bright, strong and pretty
girls ready to wait on the hungry.
On the wall hung a placard bearing
and Then Boost More" Yes, lots of
fine girls there. I could but think OF
what golden opportunities for our
young men; max es an old fellow feel
like quoting: "Backward; roll back
ward, Oh Time in thy flight and
make me young man again just TOR
this day
There was just plenty Of Moore's
good, old-fashioned "homespun" fried
chicken and billed ham, the same kind,
you know, as our mothers used to
cook and just the best coffee, too.
Who was that good brother in Bible
history who said TT is good to be
oil 1/r,n Of h M
Well that is about the way the writer
felt.
Being a little old, and our teeth
bad I fingered at the lunch counter,
eating and er, we'll. just looking. that's
all. Leaving there I passed through
tn building looking at the other ex-
hibits Here was treat for the
stranger: doubly so for a citizen Of
Moore. We cannot mention them all,
but everything to be found in the
garden and on the far1n-wheat. oats,
corn, peas, potatoes, pumpkins,
squash, cotton and even fine gourds,
the kind grandma used to milk in.
all of these products Of superior size
and quality. You could hardly realize
such products raised right here in
our midst, here where it has long
been considered a worthless waste of
land, a visit to this fair will convince
any and all that Moore county is to-
Gay Ill the lTOIt id1lh anu last IOi
ing ahead
Leading merchants of our county.
with the latest models Of improved
farming machinery. showing the peo
pie that we must do more work with
horse and other power in order to re-
duce the cost of production and thus
increase the profit
The splendid exhibit of Tyson s.
Jones Buggy Co. latest and best We
hicles manufactured at the capital Of
Moore. These vehicles have wide
reputation throughout our country
and across the Big Pond
The very good and we'll arranged
exhibits of Carthage's progressive
merchants were there too. Now we
go around to my side. the ladies side,
with their fancy needlework, pillows,
Quilts and just lot OF pretty work.
They all have real names for each
piece and kind, but they must tell you
all of them, would do credit to our
State Fair.
We pass out to the stoekyards: pass
the merry-go-round and the boy with
the balloons-wouldn't be half fair
without these. The splendid horses
cattle, hogs and pouitry-a credit to
anv county-its hog and hominy in
| Moore, and plenty Of it. The exhibit
from Lakeview Of three eight months
old Black Orpingtons, rooster and
two pullets. rooster weighing eight
pounds, every one said was the finest
they ever saw. The whole fair is as
great as our State Fair, but not so
large. of course
Let US remember that this idea is
only a few weeks old, but well deyeI-
oped in that time. The promoters Of
this progressive move deserve the
thanks of the entire county. not only
this but a hearty support and co-ope-
ration in their efforts for another
year. On account of the rain in the
| m orning many of the exhibits did not
get in until the afternoon
/ trust that this good start will be
| continued annually and that every
| movement in this direction be given
| all the encouragement and financial
support it SO much deserves To build