The Sentinel=record., 1913-01-22
ANNUAL REPORT PROVES LAST STATE EXPOSITION WAS sUc-
 CESS IN EVERY WAY.
PAY PRINCIPLE ON OLD NOTES
New Directors are Elected But Furth CT Organization Goes over Until Legislative Intention is Evil
 denced In Some Way.

The Arkansas State Fair of 1912 earned s3,161,61.
 At least that much solid cash is within the various city banks to the credit of the last fall festival and ex- position, and is to be applied to some of the old notes that were made sev- eral years ago when citizens had to rally to the support of this institution in it's feebler moments.
 At the annual meeting last night the best financial report that has ever been made on a fair in this state was submitted Here are some of the figures:
 Receipts -$S7 ,SS6,60.
 Expenditures 34,724.99.
 On the receipts there was $l3,S79, ,-90 taken in at the gates, and $9,032 from subscriptions. These were the lar gest item. Of the expenditures the principal items were as follows Operating expenses, $4,791; office ex. penses, $4,7gl, speed department, $4,- 705; amusements, $4,609; advertising $2.22S.
 The total cost of the exposition last held, was S34, ,423.49, and the total re- ceipts were $37, ,431.72.
 These figures were shown from the reports of Auditor w. 0. Crieson and Treasurer Lehman.
 In the selection of the new board of directors there were but two chan ges, T. A. Cockburn and Bob Hunt. ingtcn dropping out and ]. c. Rush and ]. W Parrish being added to the directorate.
 organization until after President Westcott could be present. He was on important legislative committees yesterday at the state legislature and unable to be present, but will come over soon and submit report on the prospects of state aid tor the next fair.
 By a vote it was decided to carry out the recommendation of Secretary Bedding and pay 16 2-3 cents on the dollar on the old outstanding noses.
 The report of Secretary Bedding was exhaustive and will be read with enthusiastic interest, and is self ex planatory, in the following:
 To the President and Board of Di-ec'
 tors of the Arkansas State Fair
 Association.
 Gentlemen:
 The report that you have just heard read by the auditor covering as it does the entire financial history ol the State Fair Association for 1912 is sufficiently comprehensive and leaves nothing for the president or secretary to say along this line, and will only attempt to offer a few sug gestions and give a general review of the great work accomplished by the 1912 fair
 The State Fair has passed througf the experimental stage and is no lon ger a question in the minds of tn, people as to the great benefits to bs derived not only by the c.ty of Ho Springs, but the entire state of Ark ansas. The best evidence of this wa! conclusively shown by the intense in terest manifested by the people throughout the state, by the large at tendance at the last State Fair.
 The railroads were taxed to thei capacity, and many hundreds of peo
 
 at different depots who were neye able to get here at all
 The great amount of publicity givei Hot Springs cannot be figured in dol lars and cents as 1t reached far be yond the confines of this state, en listing as we did, all the national live stock journals, poultry journals amusement journals and machiner, journals and periodicals, besides ef fecting arrangements with two hun dred and sixty-five papers in the state most of them dailies, who run a least, if not more than a full page O exploitation matter each month fol at least four months prior to the open ing of the fair. This gave us tota of more than 75,O00 inches of publi city matter with an estimated circu lation of 325,0G0 copies per week
 csc covered every county, ever, city and every town and hamlet in ths state of Arkansas, entering the homes of farmers and citizens, reaching every class of peop,e, besides attract ing national attention by virtue o the publicity given the State Fail through the metropolitan press witt reference to our guest of honor, tn, speaker of the house of representa- tives, Honorable Champ Clark. ans the moving pictures taken by tn, great Pathe Freres Moving Pictur. company, showing the pictures of ths opening ceremonies of the State Fail throughout the entire civilized world There were many expressions iron citizens to the effect that they re gard the investment good one i we should treat the State Fair in tn.