The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-07
ENTHUSIASM over
The STATE FAIR
OPEN GUN OF OUTSIDE ENTHUsl
Assn FIRED YESTERDAY FROM
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Little Rock Automobile Association Is
Heard From and Will Cooperate to
Make an Exhibit of Cars at Fair.

The opening gun in the campaign
to bring the prze-winning products
from the respective county fairs to
the state exposition, with a view of
having the same included in the ex-
hibit that will be sent from Arkan-
sas to the Panama-Pacific exposition,
which will open in San Francisco, Cal,
next year has been fired by the
Washington County Fair Association,
the secretary of which, A. G. Flower,
yesterday wrote Secretary w. w.
Waters, of the State Fair Association,
requesting that officials of the state
organization provide a place where
the exhibits from Washington county
can be stored in Hot Springs until
the opening of the State Fair.
Il consider that letter the opening
gun" said Secretary Waters, land 1t
shows the interest that is being
aroused in every county that gave a
fair-and there are more this year
than ever before-to send the best
exhibits they have ever had to the
State Fair. We have made arrange
ments to store the Washington coun-
ty exhibit and it will occupy a promi-
nent place in the state exposition"
Secretary Waters was made the e.
cpient of another letter yesterday
that showed additional interest was
being taken in the fair so far as the
Little Rock autoists are concerned, A
! few weeks ago Secretary Waters and
George Bedding, of the Business Mems
! League, accepted an invitation issued
| by the Little Rock Automobile Asso-
citation to be their guests at a lunch
con given by that organization, at
which time the local men outlined
what they hoped Little Rock would
do in the way of an auto exhibit, and
told of the magnitude of the coming
| State Fair.
| Secretary Edward Brack, of the Lit
tie Rock Automobile Association, has
written Mr.. Waters, stating that at
a meeting there a committee consist
ing of Messrs. Bale, of the Shoemaker
Bale Company; Thomas, of the S. Il.
Thomas Company, and LaDue, of the
w. f. Bell Auto Company, had been
appointed to take up with the State
Fair officials the proposition to have
a big display of Little Rock autos at
the coming state show
Hot Springs mothers are to be re-
quested to take greater interests in
the Better Babies Health contest,
which, like last year, will be one of
the most interesting, instructive and
beneficial features of the State Fair.
! There were many local babies entered
last year, and one little man" cap
tured second prize.
Il believe there are sufficient
number of babies In this city to make
this feature of the fair bigger than
last year. said Secretary Waters.
land | would like to see a Hot Springs
baby win the first prize as the best
baby in the state.
Mrs. c. w. Garrison, wife of the
well known Little Rock physician,
will again be in charge of this de-
partment. Or. Garrison will also be
here to assist her, and II CUiiii SCt .o.ai,
with the babies feature there will also
be present some of the leading physi-
clans now working in the employ of
the United States government, who
will assist the local physicians in
Judging the babies and who will, be-
sides, also deliver a series of lectures
to mothers on hygiene and the proper
care of children. Every mother in
Hot Springs should be interested in
this feature. for the knowledge that
will be impoarted to them will b Q
most valuable"
Word has also been received from
Little Rock that the Board of Trade
of that City, together with the Young
Mems Chamber of Commerce, is al
ready talking Little Rock Day. to
their members, and at the proper time
Mayor Taylor and other city officials
will start a movement to bring all
of Little Rock" to the State Fair on
Wednesday, November IS.
Mayor Simon Bloom, of Pine Bluff,
has also written his friends in this
city that Pine Bluff will not be lack
ing in proper manifestation of pal.
ronage, and from all over the state,
from agents of the State Fair Asso-
citation and men connected with the
respective county fairs, comes word
that interest in this years state expo.
sition is greater at this time than has
ever before been manifested for this
great educational project.
Yesterday j. Frank Head, who has
charge of the amusements at the
State Fair, sent to all parts of the
state paper for billboards and SHOW
windows. This feature is particularly
attractive and the state exposition
will receive greater display from
this feature than ever before. In
fact, it can be truly stated that pros
poets are exceptionally bright for a
banner exposition--a record breaker
for Arkansas-and 1t is also notice
able that there is more local enthu-