The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-09-17

The Bombay Advertiser says: II 1t
be said that there appears in the Ad-
yertiser too much about the Holmes
County Agricultural Fair, answer may
be made that the agricultural interests
Of our county are of the highest i'm
portance, and that the Advertiser,
being the farmers friend, makes no
apologies for space devoted to them.
BY means of the fair the farmers,
their sons, their wives and their
daughters showing the products of
their industry do show forth to the
world their knowledge, skill and dill
gence. The live stock of all kinds
brought to the fair indicate the suit
ability Of this county for that industry,
and win be an inducement for others
t oengage in the poultry and stock bust
ness. The size, variety and quality of
the soil products at the fair will show
the fertility of our lands and indicate
the rewards that may crown the labors
Of those who put intelligence and in
dustry into the filling of the soil. The
prepared or canned" food products
that will make up a part of the ladies'
exhibit will show how the farmer and
his family can better than any one
blow to lay II low. And their speci-
mems Of fancy work and other needle
work are evidence of pleasant and
profitable employment for the leisure
hour.
These benefits would well pay for all
the effort ~ecessary to prepare the
exhibits an - end the fair, but they
are not all the rewards offered Over
and above these, there will be many
cash premiums for prize winners, and
also there will be desirable and vain
able articles offered as prizes by mer-
chants interested in their farmer
friends. The full list of prizes Is being
made out by the fair managers and
will appear complete In the Advertiser,
probably next week.
Some have lost praise and prizes
simply by neglecting to make entries
In previous fairs here. Others have
done so by putting off the matter too
long. Others perhaps have failed to
win by not properly planning and pre-
pairing their STUFF for entry. Some have
looked the exhibits over and remarked
that they had just as good at home
but Just didn't bother about it,
Time to Get Busy Now.
Let's get busy now. Let's not con-
slider 1t bother but a privilege and
a duty to ourselves and to our county
to have the best of everything on ex-
hibition at the county fair this time.
Some prizes were carried off from pre-
vious fairs altogether too easily, as,
for example, when there was only one
sample Of the thing for which a prize
was offered. Let's make the exhibit
30 full and complete that winning
won't be so easy.
Mr.. ]. M. Miller Of Bombay, has been
chosen manager of the fair. No better
man could have been selected. He is
already devoting time and thought to
the matters of fair planning. The way
10 reward him Is to have full line of
exhibits ready. to prepare them in am
pie time, and to have them in Bombay
at the right time. This will be your
best and most proper expression of
appreciat ton to Mr.. Miller.
October the Gath has been set as
Fair Day for Holmes county. Don't
forget: Thursday. October "a. Begin
now to plan all your affairs so you
can be in Bombay on that fine day.
And remember that four days later
the Pensacola Interstate Fair will come
off. 1t will last from October 28th to
November End. The best OF everything
on exhibition In the fair at Bombay
will be taken to Pensacola as the
Holmes county exhibit, to more widely
advertise our county and to herald
forth the industry of her people Have
no fears for your stuff. Everything
will be properly cared for and returned
to their owners after the fair. Holmes
county need have no fear of a COM