The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-03
SUCCESSFUL FAIR
IN NORTHERN NECK
Great Crowd Looks Over Work
Done by Children Of
Public Schools.

Lancaster. Va. November a-Iu
spite OF raw and gusty weather a grea,
crowd OF people from all sections Of
this county attended the Lancaster
school Fair Friday. At the chesapeake
Fair Grounds. near kilmarnock The
exhibits n the departments Of liter
airy, agriculture. Horticulture. domestic
art and science manual training and
primary grade work IN drawing. writ.
ing and industrial arts, willie not so
numerous ~ last Year, were excellent
in quality. Persons Who attended til.
recent state Fair declared thar many
81 IN" products wcr. unsurpassed rs
ANYTHING they had seen ~ tn" great
{ Far IN Richmond The schools par
'icipat.ne IN the Fair wer. the high
schools At ottoman. Lancaster. Xii
mnrnock, lrNingtoa taDd White store
. For aone reason mono Of tho one ana
Two room schools tn the county wcr..
represented. and steps Viii be taken
Whereby the interest Of these schools
can enlist in tho Fair TO bc held Max
year. one III the most interesting and
Impressive features ~ tile Fair was
tn. parade OF all the school children
present I'll. pupils OF each school
forming 4 separate. division. A. the
children Of each division arrived at
sang their school song and gay. their,
school ycll amid Tho enthusiastic an
| piausc Of the people. The athletic con
tests, fifteen IL Number. consisting az
races. nigh jumps, broad jumps. poll
| vaults, etc. aroused the most intense
Interest and kept I'll. greater portion
\ OF the people on the grounds facing Il
ilcTce northwest wind until nearly sun
set While there was strong rivalry
among the various schools. the utmos,
good feeling prevailed. and no, ON.
/ unpleasant incident occurred Ia mar
the pleasure OF the occasion. All the
l!rst prizes are 10 lie sent To Lynch
/ burg to be exhibited ut the stat.
I Teachers Annual Meeting. TO bo held
there during the last week IN Novem-
Der.
5, The Chesapeake Agricultural Fair
VIII begin near Kilmaruock Wcdifes-
day and continue through three dave
An attractive list OF trotti,ig and run.
ming races is scheduled To take place
! each day. and il is hoped that the cX-
hiDits IL the departments OF live stock
agriculture and domestic arts Viii be
large and crcditablc The fact that
4 th!s Fair IL held so late In tho season
every year has somewhat initiated
against It's success. and repeated eff
forts have been made Ia have il held
at an earlier date. The date is said
to have been fixed many years ago
for holding this FAIR in order thai the
people might assemble At the grounds
and hear the news OF important an
nual elections. This Was before The
advent Of the telephone In these parts
aid though the reason for holding the
Fair Just after election day has long
since disappeared, the date has not
been changed.
The County Democratic Committee
met here Thursday and fixed the basis
OF representation on the county com
mittcc to he selected at the regular
election TO be held on Tuesday Ac-
cordinS to this rc-appointment Man
tua District Will have two mem bers
On the committee. White. Chapel Dis
trict three. and White Stone District.
six, they giving White Stone !. majority
OF one over the other two combined
II was provided. however, that the
members of the committee should he
elected In the following manner: In
White stone District. White stone and
Little BAY Precincts should together
elect two members, Kilmarnock and
Wccms Precincts together two mem
bcrs, and Irvington Precinct. two mem
berS Mantua District, with only one
precinct in 1t, will elect two members
In White Chapel District. Litwalton
and ottoman Precincts will each elect
one member separately. and together
one. This arrangement was opposed
!
trict. but was finally adopted without
creating any hardships.
During the past ten or twelve DAYS
the menhaden fishmcn have been hav-
ing better luck along the Atlantic
Coast. All tho steamers that have
been plying In the waters off Long Is
land Sound returned loaded to decks
with fine largo buniers which pro-
duce an abundant supply of fish scrap
and oil: and If the season continues
good till tho 18th Of the month. when
ii closes. the fish factories will be able
to repair their losses add to the
slender profits thus far made The
only drawback now to this industry is
the shortness OF tho season and the
long distance that tho steamers have
to go III order to catch tho fish
The funeral services over the late
Thomas c. Pinchard, who died very
suddenly Friday afternoon at Hard
ing's Wharf. on Dividing Creek, were
held this morning at his late resi-
dcnce near here in the presence of Il
largo crowd, Of relatives. ncighbors and
friends. The services were conducted