The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-09-16
EXHIBITS ARE
AL N PEACE
DISPLAY IN EXPOSITION HALL
LARGE AND MOST ATTRAc.
TIVE.
LOCAL DEALERS VIE WITH EACH
U444kk IN THEIR Elk.
HIBITS.

ttph Hail III feduiheSS 1Of lnc 1hG
which opened today. The building
never looked better and the exhibits
Iare prettier and more numerous
than at any previous year.
Mrs. ]. f. Mccoy is in charge Of
the Domestic department, where
good things to eat Of all descriptions
are on exhibition. The Judges for
this department are Mesdames John
H. Hough, Charles Powell and A. F,
Peddicord.
In the ladiee' textile and fanc5
work departemnt, which is in charge
of Miss Magda Wiley. the exhibits
are numerous and beautiful. The
judges for this department are Mrs.
]. l.. Leech and Misses Ola May and
jeanette Bright.
The Fine Arts department has on
exhibition high class pictures and
other articles representing various
arts and the display is splendid.
Miss NoIa Mckinney is in charge
and has as her assistant Mrs. Fred
Hess. The judges are Mrs. Kemble
White. Mrs. T. Worth Fleming anu
Miss Rose Kennedy. ~
A number of curios are on cxlli-
bition which are attracting consid-
cradle attention, among these being
hand sewing machine over a hun
drcd years old a pitcher made in
the year 1851 and bearing the In
scrtption, General Jackson, Hero of
New Orleans" These articles are
the property Of Mrs. Anthony Bow
en-. An old woven spread, over a
hundred years Of age, is on exhibit
ton. beside an Indian collection nf
great merit. Rev. L. B. Bowers has
on exhibition a mission book case
which he made by hand. E.
Frank Hopkins, of Clarksburg, an
artist of much merit, has spIendlu
collection Of pictures. Mr.. Hopkins
graduates this year from the Mary
land Art Institute with high honors.
The Horticulture and Horticulture
departments have splendid exhibits
attravtively arranged. These are in
charge Of W. L. ArnetL and H. T..
Meredith respectively. .
The judges will begin this after
noon to make the awards in the va
riOus departments and tomorrow ar
ticles will be tagged with the red
and blue tags, showing them to be
winners.
The merchants Of the city were
hard at it yesterday arranging the
booths in which they are displaying
the wares which they carry.
E. G. Jones has a booth in which
is displayed women's rcady-to-wcar
goods.
Hartley's department store have a
booth in which they have on dis
play handsome line of furniture.
The Smith-Race Grocery company
maintain booth in which the mer-
its of Atlas flour is demonstrated.
This booth has been a feature Of the
fair ever since its inauguration. The
booth this year is in charge Of
Messrs. l.. C. Cook and C. W. Thomp-
son, representatives OF the Atlas
company, of Pittsburgh.
Dcnham's furniture company has
one of the most attractive displays
on the lower floor. The display pic
ture, Colonial Days" and Modern
Days" In the former picture. spin
ming wheels, looms, dried herbs, old
fashioned cradles, candle sticks. In
dians, tents, canoes, etc.. make real
istic the first picture. while a mod
ernly furnished dining room delln-
Gates the modern times.
J. l.. Halls hardware store has q
booth in which Miss Irene Trenary,
of Pittsburgh, demonstrates the
merits Of Chi-Namel.
]. H. Snidcr has booth attrac.
lively arranged with furniture and
carpets of all descriptions
The Ross Furniture company
maintains a booth which takes the
entire end of the lower floor. They
demonstrate two articles this year,
the ever famous Hoosier cabinet and
the Way Sagless bed springs. The
South Side Pharmacy maintains In
their booth handsome modcrnly
equipped bath room.
Kinkead's picture framing shop
maintains a pretty booth and pic
lures artisticaily framed form the
exhibit in this booth. Ebert Kin.
kead has charge of the booth.
The high school has booth con-
tanning articles made by the pupils
in the manual training department
the art department and the domestic
science department. Articles OF all
descriptions. including furniture, In.
dian baskets, etc., are displayed, as
is also q display Of corn grown by
pupils Of the schools Of the county.
The Union Business college has All
lattraCtiveIy arranged booth in which