The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-09-26
FARMERS DAY AND
HOMEMAK[RS DAY
AT BIG EXPOSITION
SPEAKERS OF NATIONAL .REPU.
TATIoN WILL BE PRESENT
AN6sHEARD.
Demonstration Of What the South ls
Doing and Can Do in the Breeding
Of Live stock-competitt6A for
Prizes viii Be Very Keen.
Special to The Herald.
Special to The Herald.

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! KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 2O.-
III there are not more people on the
grounds of he National Conservation
Exposition on October there will
be badly disappointed lot Of per.
sons who are in charge of arrange
ments for farmers day and home
makers day. 1t is expected hat
practically every farmer and every
farmers wife in East Tennessee will
come to the exposition for this day.
The attendance Of farmers, 1t is
thought, will be the largest OF the
kind ever held in he state.
For the farmers there will be two
meeting arranged and there will be
Speakers OF national reputation pres
ent to discuss subjects OF particular
and peculiar interest to agriculture
lists and breeders Of live stock. For
the homemakers--the women--a very
attractive program has been arrahg-
ed by the women of the woman's de.
partment of the exposition. The wo.
men Of the city will make a special
effort to entertain the women from
the rural districts on this day. There
will be meetings, demonstrations and
q reception for the visitors from out
of town. &C.,
On September rs will be celebrated
at the exposition Safety League
Day" This Is day especially for
the children. Arthur williams. pres
ident Of the Edison Illuminating Com.
pany Of New York, will be the speak
ers on that day. Thousands Of child
rem will come to Knoxville. There
will be organized the first branches,
in the South Of the American Museum
OF Safety. This organization has for
its object the teaching Of childre1.
how best to avoid the common dan.
gers Of life.
What seems likely to be the larg-
est week. OF the National Conserva-
tion Exposition will be the week Of
Oct Gil. From Oct. to Oct. II,
inclusive, viii Be held at the big ma.
tional exposition the live stock show
and the corn show. On the nights OF
Oct. 7. 5 and 9 viii be held the night
horse. show.
Every sail and every available bit
Of ground at the exposition has been
engaged long since for the live stock
show. The Glasses win be well all
ed. The exhibits Of dairy cattle, It is
promised, will be exceptionally fine
and SO will the exhibit Of hogs There
will also be shown a fine lot Of sheep.
Breeders Of fen grades OF sheep are
coming from distance in order to
impress upon live stock. men. in this
section Of the country the fact that
here is an ideal location for the estab-
fishing Of sheep industry
The best horses in the South will
be seen at the night horse show.
Competition for $1,000 cash prize for
the best fve-gaited saddle horse Will
be very keen and will bring to the
night horse show as fine a lot Of sad
die horses as ever has been shown
in the South.
Manager John A. Jones. of the live
stock department OF the exposition, is
"a most conservative man., He does
not like to promise anything on which
he cannot make good. He says, how
ever: "The corn show and the live
stock show are going to surprise q |
whole lot Of persons. II win show
what the South is doing and can do
in the way of breeding better live
stock Of all kinds wish every |