The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-11-21
ATTRACTIONS
For the Maysville Tobacco Fair and
Corn Show In the Liberty Ware
house This Week Will BE
Many-Valunble
Prizes.

The plans for the Maysville Tobacco
Fair and Corn Show to be held in the
Liberty Warehouse on Commerce
street the latter three days of this
week have about been perfected and
little remains to be done except to adj
vertise the fair and prepare the ex
hibits.
A large number of men we're busy
yesterday travelling over the surround
ing country advertising the fair. The
huge posters, which were printed in
the Ledger office, are being distributed
all over the county and other sur
rounding counties. Advertising is be-
ing placed in West Union, Ohio, and
other places equally distant The
managers Of the fair realize that adj
vertising will bring the crowds and
they are doing a great deal of this
work
The enthusiasm for the fair is at
veritable fever heat, and thousands of
people are expected to come from all
over this section Of the state to see
the fair. The entries for the various
exhibits are open to the world and a
large number of exhibits will be
shown. Already a number have ar
rived
Exhibits will be received at the
Liberty Warehouse as follows: Tues
day, November 81 from 2 p. m. to p,
m; Wednesday, November %, from
$3.50 a m. to p. m; Thursday, No
vember %, from 1880 a. m. to 1890 p.
m. Please enter your exhibit early.
Several attractions will be in the
Liberty. A palmist will be present
and several free attractions will be
shown. Lucaty and Costello, wizards
of the violin and ACCORDION will be one
of the attractions and Savvy's Aero
batic Bulldogs will undoubtedly at
tract a large number of persons inter-
ested in trained animals.
The warehouse is now being deco
rated by William Beck & Son of Gin
cinnati, famous decorators The IN
terror of the building, when completed
by the Messrs. Beck, will be a thing
OF beauty. Some of the booths have
already been decorated and all will
have their displays ready by Wednes-
day night. The local signwriters are
very busy arranging signs for the var
ious booths Nearly all of the booths
have been taken, and the remainder
will be sold before the fair opens.
The following is a list of additional
prizes offered to the school children:
Best specimen of writing by first
grade pupil taking that grade for the
first time; sentence to be written 81
love to write" First prize. $1.0O; sec
ond prize, so cents.
Best specimen of writing by second
grade pupil taking that grade for the
first time; sentence to be written,
Come to the Fair" First prize, $1.O0:
second prize, so cents
Best specimen of writing by third
grade pupil taking that grade for the
first time; sentence to be written, 81
am going to the Corn Fair" First
prize, $500; second prize. so cents.
Best specimen of writing by fourth
grade pupil taking that grade for the
first time; sentence to be written,
Come Father, let's go to the Corn
Fair" First prize, $1.0O; second prize,
so cents.
Best composition of about 100 words
by sixth grade pupil on "The Value Of
Trees" First prize, 800; second
prize, so cents.
Best composition of about $50 words
by seventh grade pupil on The Value
OF Birds" First prize, 500; second
prize, so cents.
Best composition of about $50 words
ny NlShbh 6iouo Oh "hJ NhN
Corn and Tobacco Fair is a Good
Thing" First prize, $1.OO; second
prize. so cents.
Best composition of about $50 words
by pupil of ninth and tenth grades on
The Need OF Good Roads in Mason
County" First prize, 800; second
prize, so cents.
Best composition of about $50 words
by pupil of eleventh and twelfth
grades on "The Commission Form OF
Government" First prize. 800; sec
ond prize. so cents.
To the Consolidated School winning
the largest number of prizes $4,000
Edison Photograph, donated by ], T
Kaokley 4 Co.
To the one room school winning the
largest number of prizes, 4-section
Globe-Wernicke Book Case. donated
by Brisbois, the furniture man.