The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1916-10-19
THE BIGGEST EVER.
A Successful Ending Of A Most Sue
CeSSfuI Fair
More Than Thirty Thousand People Pass Through the
Fine Weather Excellent Exhibits Added the Pleas
ure of the Occasion.

worthy of more than passing no.
tice. These are those of Mr.. w.
S. McCloy, Mr.. Joseph Arduen-
go and Mr. +. L. Dellinger. All
Of these are unusually fine and
requires the skill of a much bet
ter expert than the writer OF
this to tell which one has the
best. Every known variety of
field crops are to be found in
these displays, and if anything
better was ever produced it has
failed of our observation.
Leaving the lower floor, we
walk upstairs and just take a
look in. Here is where the good
ladies of the whole District have
wed one with mother in needle.
work, art and pencil-painting
1t was all so good, SO complete
and beautiful that we simply be-
came bewildered and backed out,
feeling that we had spent a
moment in wonder land. Judges,
in this department, may think
they discovered what was best,
but we doubt if they could tell,
all was SO fine.
In the Stock Department we
found that half dozen or more
Herefords had been added to the
show since our first round on
Tuesday. These were owned by
Mr.. E. w. Gates, of Crossett,
and came from his big white face
stock farm in Ashley county.
They were fine specimens of
their kind, and prove that full
blooded cattle can be raised in
Southeast Arkansas, as we'll, and
to as good advantage as elsewhere.
A notable feature of the cattle
exhibit this year, is that they
are clear of ticks and tick-sign,
which is evidence that our stock
growers are using the tick eradl-
cation watts to good purpose. The
evening was devoted to races,
which are given further on.
Thursday-Third Day.
This was catalogued as
"Travellers' Day. and brought
out record breaking crowd, at
the lowest estimate of $4,000
people. At 10 a. M, the Com.
mercial Travellers, of Southeast
Arkansas, about sixty in mum.
Der, assembled at the East en-.
trance gate, under the marshal.
ship of Mr.. William Carr, OF
Pine Bluff, headed by two brass
bands, the procession, led by
Congressman S. M. Taylor and
Mayor, K. @. Knox, Jr., march
ed to the Grand Stand, where
reserved seats were in waiting
for the Travellers, and upon the
bunch being seated, Mayor Knox
was introduced, and delivered
an eloquent and most cordial ad-
dress of welcome; this was re.
sponded to, on behalf of the
Travellers, by Congressman Tay,
lor in his most happy vein. He
paid glowing tribute to the
worth, energy and high character
of the Commercial Travellers,
and then depressed for time to
give to his constituents an &C.
count of his stewardship as their
Representative, and to sincerely
thank them for their hearty
support in the past.
Mr.. Taylor also spoke of the
ACHIEVEMENTS of the Democratic
party, under the leadership of
Woodrow Wilson, whom he re-
CARDS as the greatest statesman
of this age. Mr.. Taylor's speech
was enthusiastically applauded,
throughout, and the only regret
that we heard expressed, was
that it did not last longer.
Col. Taylor, who was accom-
panied by his wife and son, Mr..
Chester Taylor, left that evening
at 4 o'clock for Pine Bluff, in an
automobile.
Some of the best races of the
Fair were had on Thursday even:
ing.
Friday-the Last Day.
While ON this day the attend
ance was not so large as the day
before, nevertheless, it was good
&c could no eypaetad and Soma