The Monticellonian., 1915-10-21
THE SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS FAIR.
 Four Big Days of Sight Seeing.
 FINE DISPLAYS, IN ALL LINES. < RECnRn AIIENnANCE ANn A SUCcESS IN EVERY WAY
4 RECORD ATTENDANCE AND A SUCCESS IN EVERY '

passed Dy, anu ailoelel DlS oii has been pulled off at Monticel- To. The 3rd Annual Fair of Arkansas is now re- galed to the precincts of history and eliminated from the events s to come.
 ! A short account of the first days proceedings of the Fair was given in the last issue of this paper, which we deem 1t unnecessary to repeat now. At that time we told of the misfor- tune and misadventure of the aviator to aviate, by running his machine into the race track fence. It was thought that, per haps, the machine could be righted in time for aerial flight for some of the future days of the Fair; but no such good luck was in store for the interested parties. It turned out that the propeller was wrecked beyond remedy and recognition, and as new one could not be had in time, this part of the amuse- ment program was abandoned, and the flying man boxed hls machine, and left. Of course, this was source of annoyance and great disappointment, but was something that could not be avoided and no one was to blame for the failure.
 On the second day of the Fair, something near 5000 people pass ed through the gates, and were soon viewing the various and varied specimens on exhibition.
 At eleven O'clock, Hon. J. w. Crockett, one of the cadidates for Governor, was introduced, and spoke in the interest of his candidacy, for about one hour. Tn the afternoon and just before the opening of the races, Hon. L. E. Sawyer, of Hot Springs, and Hon. Havis Nixon, of Pine Bluff, candidates for Congress, made speeches. After the speaking there was some good racing, both in harness and horse back.
 Thursday-the 3rd day, was the real big day of all. On this oc- casion, excursion trains were run on all railroads, and hun. dreds of people came from all the adjoining towns. Estimates placed the attendance on this oc- casion at between 5000 and 10000 people. It was the larg- est crowd that ever assembled here on the Fair Grounds. In the forenoon Hon. T. c. McRae, one of the Gubernatorial asplr- ants, made strong, sensible and statesman-like speech in behalf of his claim to the important place he is seeking. He promis- ed, if elected, to give the people a business administration, and put the State on a cash basis, MT. McRae was followed, in the afternoon, by Gov. Geo. w Hays, who gave an account of hls services as Governor, and de- tended his official acts. The Governor did not announce fol reelection, but spoke in such manner as to leave the impress sion that he will be a candidate for the office again at the coming primary election.
 Again, as on former days, af- ter the speaking, there were races, galore. First, harness races, in which several horses took part, and then came the horse, pony and mule races, which gave the country boys the golden op- portunity of showing the metal in their favorite steeds. The racing program lasted from ? o. clock until 5 O'clock, the closing hour.
 Friday, the fourth and last day, brought forth a good crowd, perhaps 5000. The ex- ercises of this day were in line with previous days. In the early hour of the afternoon, Hon Hogan Oliver, of Ashley county, Southeast Arkansas favorite son, announced his candidacy for State Auditor, and then Hon, Earle Hodges, the present Secre- tary of State, was introduced, who announced himself as a