Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-09-18
BIG CROWDS
ATTEND FAIR
Weather Conditions Prove Ideal
For Second Ssquachse
Valley Fair.

The weather conditions for the Sc
cond Annual Sequschee Valley Fair
were ideal, Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday bei4s fine days for the ocea-
s,on. The Ifewdsi we're mammoth.
the attendance. being fully as large
as last year. Despite reports to the
contrary the management had plenty
OF good cold water in barrels on tie
ground free, and these barrels were
kept constantly filed for the thirsty
multitude. There were many stands
erected, selling sandwiches and coffee,
and almost anything one could wish,
and the amounts apportioned for
nickle were not as stingy as reports
would make out. Odors of frying fsn
filled the air, glass reservoirs of lemon
ade cleaned alluringly. and 1t was
good lemonade, too, in portly glasses.
Very elaborate peanut roasters rattieo
and clashed as they cooked the ground
mt to finish, and incidentally flied
the air with most impelling smell a
gentleman With most engaging smii'
filled frying pan part full with pop
corn. sprinkled salt upon 1t, ponrea q
little grease in semicircle, popped ~
into another machine, and, presto,
in a few minutes the interior was niieo
with exploding hulls like snowfiakes.
Ice cream cones filed with PINK ana
white cream were being devoured on
avery hand, and an unknown quantity
c.,asnmed. There were vendors OF
iewelry, who used shrill bird caiis "
4 lure to attract a crowd, and sold
them as much jewelry as they could
carry for quarter. fake jugglers who
ostensibly had knives thrust through
their wrists, and who threatened for
bours 10 do the same trick to a negro
ON the platform beside them, or as long
as.bs cuuid stand the omiuousp portents
declared in store for him by the Jng-
gler.
A gang of negroes, male and female
unfer the direction of a white man,
made demonstration before the door
Of their tent. regarding an @aiieged
old plantation performance. One oi
the crowd got started in q tremendous
below, and couldn't stop, and a fei-
low actor quietly but firmly snapped
his Jaws together SO that the noise bad
30 caasa There were snake charmers,
wearing snakes on their arms as sort
of bracelet, and urging entrance into
+heir tent to see the rest OF the per
formance. lots Of alluring banners pro-
claiming all sorts of freaks and hideous
monsters A. negro sat on contrap-
ton 60 arranged that when ball
thrown by man standing below hit
the end of IL, the colorsd gent aforesaid
AVas precinitated into the water. His
face was black. but the washings OF
the three days fair had got his feet
nearly white. He would gibe and jeei
at the throwers, and escaped many q
plunge by so doing as he got them
over r-anxious to hit the withholding
,eysr. There were the usual throw
ing at stuffed figures for the cigars,
ana number of devices that IL fortune
favored you. you won something oi
other. from q jackknife up, and some
a. them were SO clearly Of gambling
nature that the sheriff had to step In
and stop the performance. Reports
were that tome parties lost big sums
an these devices. but you can believe
that il. yvh want to, they may have
losr money more or less. and they may
mot A whirling device, ocean wave
n wbatnot, shrieked in one direction,
and a merry -go-round rushed in ano
ther accompanied by a mechanical or
ssyap which sought to resemble, q
brass band playing. On this latter thu
borses went up and down in making
the circuit, and were elaborately carv
sd representing how fiery and untam
ed they wele.
Tn ia the grandstand Friday ther'
,,era hundreds of people seated
,yatcbing the awarding of ribbons t
n,,za- winning stock, and listening Z
the address OF State Superintendent o.
puhlic instruction. ]. W. Brister. Of
Nashville, on school matters in Ten
nsssee On Thursday Prof. Peck O
.ha state Board of Agriculture, made
.he address. Public addresses on sucf
aays a,e not heard with the attention
.hsv deserve, as owing to other mat
.ars the minds of the people are di
rartsd. Then there races wherein
,orses that were trained for an houl
= more before the race until the,
,aoLad I, As il they were ready TO drop
.aoL ! whirl around the track twice
.ss,ch made sn even mile. Some rec
~ time was made. bnt It Is WONDER
@ =, NOW the animals made 1t after fh'
=. .s,,ss they were run getting ready 70
~ races. Some motorcycles tnei
IN 'sr a Al found the track. getting np