The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-13
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OF SCHOOL
CHILDREN CROWD WEST
FLORIDA FAIR GROUNDS
They Came From ALI Sec
tons of Jackson County
and Saw the Sights
(Staf Correspondence


Marianne, Oct. To-day was
Children's Day at the West Florida |
Fair and thousands of school children
from all sections of jackson county |
with their parents and friends saw
the sights at the big exhibition now
under way here.
County Superintendent c. B. King
agreed that today should be holt
day for the public schools Of Jack
SON county and there was general
appreciation of this fact shown by
the different schools by the way in
which they came to the fair.
Mr.. VIM. James of Montgomery, the
agricultural expert who is sent from
place to place by the L. N. rail-
road, is acting as the judge in the
agricultural and live stock depart
ments here this week. He will be
very busy until late Saturday try
ing to do judges part by the hun
dreds of exhibits displayed here.
In the live stock department quite
a number of prizes have been award
ed already. Frank Peacock of Green
wood, was awarded first prize for
the best mule colt. He also receiv-
ed first prize for best 4-year-old
| horse; first prize for mare and colt;
sweepstakes prize for best utility
horse.
i S. J. Wall received second prize for
hest 2-vear-old stallion
Flake Clambliss of Greenwood, Sec
ond prize for best mare and colt.
Henry Bowers (colored) second
, prize for best 4-year-old mare.
George Barclay (colored) first
, prize for 4-year-old stallion.
Il c. B. King, first prize for g.
months-old colt. =.
i WI. Dekle, first prize for Swear.
! old mare.
Al4.sHsyss. first. prize for s
Imonths-old colt.
FL Florida Reform School, first ant
second prize for Jersey mich COW.
Ell ]. M. Dillon, second for Jersey COW
q Dr.. Rifles, first for Jersey bull.
: Mr.. McAnulty of Malone, first fol
d Hereford bull.
Florida Reform School, second fo
a goats.
I Burton-Harris Co., of Mariana
second for Jersey bull.
y Leonard Bros, Grand Ridge, frs
;, for OK team.
u Leonard Bros, first for heaviest OK
). Weight 1875.
: C.. E. Pledger, second for heavies
0 OK. Weight 1915.
It The poultry exhibit is being Judge
!; as rapidly as possible and by tomor
q row noon everything will be in readi
ness for the big fair to begin t
: slowly wind up the present, year
e show. Saturday is Colored Folk
y Day and much interest will be man
g Tested in the fair by the colore
e people, many of whom have alread
q attended the exhibition from the yer
e first day.
EXHIBITS COMPLETE.
s In the agricultural department tn
# exhibits of R. ]. Pleas, the Jackso
/. County Boys Corn Club, w. F. Cham
= bliss, Joseph Eubanks, Mack HOLLAND
4. w. n. Smith, Asa Davis, Mrs. C. N
e Messer, Pennington & Evans, w.
q Jenkins, M. L. Dekle, E. F. Mills,
l. Wiselogel & Son, Bronson Parke,
o Florida State Industrial School fo
Boys, W. B. Wynn, J. " Folsom,
L. Smith, C. A. Langford, ]. D. Smit
and many others deserve special mer
I ton. These exhibits embrace ever,
thing that can be grown upon an
I farm anywhere. In the exhibit Z
L Mr.. Chambliss there are fifty-seve
Z varieties Of products put up on HI
farm near Greenwood. The Boy
Corn Club has nineteen splendid e,
ID hibits.
t. The woman's department is bein
OF judged today and Saturday. Tn
e. department is very complete in ever
al detail and many blue ribbons hay
" been awarded already. The exhib
ne here embraces a great variety
u home products and thousands of il
n terested spectators have viewed Il
he display all through the week.
a SOME RARE TREASURES.
g. In the woman's department may
en- found some rare treasures from I'll
past centuries handed down to Il
nm present age by their owners. One
re these exhibits consists of cap-an
"a ball pistol and dirk which were us.
al by John M. Ormond Of Mariann
an during the various Indian wars fro
nd 1880 to 1910. The Ormond fami
Bible is also exhibited. It is mo
M than $50 years old and there a
ed | family records in it dating back Ion
az before the Revolutionary war. Oh
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