The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-13

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pay for the holding Of a Jackson coun-
ty fair and the sending Of an exhibit
to the Pensacola Interstate Fair have
been subscribed and q committee OF
influential citizens are out after the
other three hundred The city Of Ma
rianna has appropriated two hundred
dollars for the county fair, given tha
right to use the streets and will give
fl ee lights and water to the fair asso-
citation.
Tomorrow a meeting Of the directors
Of the fair association will be held at
the court house and at the same time
the county commissioners will he
asked for an appropriation TO help de-
fray the expenses OF the fair. Today
Manager n. J. Lillard Of the Pensacola
Interstate Fair Association, has spent
calling on the citizens and business
men of Mariana and has talked with
a number of farmers and business men
from other parts Of the country, all of
whom say they are not only interested
in the success of the two fairs but are
willing to work for their success.
r, J. Blease, who has been engaged
to manage the county fair and to pre-
pare the county exhibit which is to be
taken to Pensacola, has been in Mari
anna today conferTtng with the various
committees and told Manager Lillard
that Jackson county would 80 to Pen
sacola with an exhibit this year such
SbS Ids ilNN SA b0gll SllO"u III west
Florida. Last year Mr.. Pleas was in
charge of the Jackson county exhibit
and was awarded first prize by the
| judges, and he expects to do the same
thing this year,
RECORD COTTON CROP.
Unless there is an unusually large
amount Of rain and bad weather be-
tween now and the time for all Of the
cotton to be picked, the cotton farm
SaF T1l ~f11
harvest from the cotton fields. The
acreage is more than usual and the
yield at this time promises to be su
perior to any of recent years. Other
crops are equally as promising and the
year bids fair to be a successful one
| for the agriculturists.
The boys corn clubs and the com
petition among the farmers for the
buggy and wagon offered by Mr. Dill
Ion to the farmers for record corn
yields is making the farmers do their
best to produce record yields. The
prizes in both Of these contests Will
be awarded at the county fair which
will be held just prior to the Pensacola
WEST FLORIDA DAY.
In view of the fact that Jackson,
Washington, Holmes, Walton, Santa
Rosa and Escambia counties will have
an exhibit at Pensa cola Manager Lii
lard has concluded to make Tuesday Of
the fair week West Florida Day. He
reached this conclusion after discuss
ing the matter with the different peO-
pie along the route who are Of the
| opinion that as an advertisement the
| West Florida Day will have splendid
values
Manager I.ilIard and the ones who
will have the county exhibits in charge
will confer Immediately with he rail-
road officials with view Of putting on
| two special trains Tuesday 10 carry in
| the crowds which will go for that day.
! Those who have the work in charge
at Mariana believe that no less than
| one thousand persons will make tho
| trip from ia ckson county If the special
! trains NAV be secured in addition to
the low rates which will prevail during
'De eEiIjI Bull DING GOOD ROADS.
| Jackson county is building a sys-
tenn of hard roads which Will be sec
| ond TO none in the South. 1t will he
| 2 revelation to many uniformed on
! the subject Of road building that this
! county is doing this work at cost ot
! less than four hundred dollars a mile.
/ Several months ago there was con-
! siders bic dissa tiEfa cttnn among the
| people Of this county as to the man
! agement of the good roads fund, but II
! has been demonstrated that the large
! axnenditures at first necessary to pro
! cure teams and equipment, all Of which
will he needed after the roads are com
! pleted to keep them in a state Of re-
| pair It is planned to build seven hun
| dred miles of hard-surfaced roads in
| this city. a part Of that amount being
! the West Florida leg Of the national
| highway from New York.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.
Hon. Rivers II. BufoTd stopped The
| Journal representative today and gave
! him a check for FIVE dollars TO be sent
/ to The Journals campaign fund which
| II is raising for Woodrow Wilson
/ Roth Editors Moore and Sparkman Of
! the Times Courier and Leader Will be-
Il gin q campafgn this week TO raise con-
! tributfons to be forwarded to The
Il Journal to be added To the fund. -Four
Il wears ago this county raised more thar
Il three hundred dollars for the national
II Democratic campaign and Sheriff Hays
Il Lewis says he believes that amount
II will be exceeded this year.
n Manager Iillard viii attend the fair
II meeting here tomorrow, but will leave
in the afternoon for Laurel Hill, where
4 H., is to deliver an address on Wed
nesdav. There viii be a big farmers
II ra1lv and barbecue there and he ex-
meets to interest the people enough to
have them send a community exhibit
to Pensac cola.
on Thursday he will talk TO the
farmers Of Santa Rosa county al Baker
where he expects to secure the pledges
Of a community exhibit While in