The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-27
ITS PREVIOUS
EFFORTS WILL
BE OUTDONE
Marion COunty's Tenth Annual Fair
Opened With Excellent Pros
poets this Morning

poets this Morning
The tenth annual Marion County
Fair opened this morning, with pros
poets of outdoing all its former eff
forts.
With the first rays of the morning
sun the people began to arrive in the
city with Marion county products of
every description for exhibition at
our big fair, and by noon the space
allotted for each department was well
filled.
The first number on the days pro.
gram, practical demonstration of
dipping cattle for tick eradication,
conducted by DR.. Chipman, the local
state agent, and Prof. Niblack of the
University of Florida. came off with
out hitch, and was witnessed by
many interested in our most import
ant industry-cattle raising.
At 1890 President earn of the
fair association, after short speech,
introduced Senator D. U. Fletcher,
Mr.. Fletcher began his speech by
throwing many bouquets at Marion
county for the conspicuous position
she has always maintained as farm
ing and stock growing county, and
he said he was especially proud of
her on this occasion for having the
spirit to conduct a fair under the
present conditions of the country,
when many like organizations had
temporarily abandoned such projects.
He said that successful fair like
that launched today was the biggest
advertisement that a county could
possibly have, and to prove "it pays
to advertise" cited many of the larg-
est corporations who are today spend
ing millions of dollars annually for
this purpose alone. He said that
county fairs do more for the develop
ment of agriculture and good fellow
ship than any other agency. Senator
Fletcher named as the most import
ant item in farming county's de-
velopment tick eradication, good
roads and the proper use of the farm
loans now being made by the gov
ernment.
He also made most patriotic
speech upon the present world war.
AS Congressman Clark was being
introduced an American flag was re-
leased from the fireworks stand in
the center of the racetrack and the
audience stood and sang the Star
Spangled Banner.
Mr.. Clark's speech also dealt with
the great possibilities of Florida and
said that though it was at present in
a more or less undeveloped condition,
it offered greater opportunities than
any other state in the Union. He
highly praised the spirit that made
county fairs possible, and like Sen
ator Fletcher, declared that nothing
aided more in the development of
section than these same annual gath
erings together of the products of
section.
Mr.. Clark's address concluded with
a most patriotic appeal to everyone to
aid in every way the great cause into
which the country is at this time con-
cerned-war for world democracy. He
cited that as important as the fur
nishing of shot and shell is the proper
care of our boys at the front and that
through no other channel can this be
done in as efficient manner as the
Red Cross Society is doing it. He
urged every possible assistance to this
worthy organization.
Both these speeches should have
been heard by every citizen of Mar
ion county instead of by the compa1.
atively few who were present on the
grand stand today.
The various departments of the
fair are being ably presided over by
the committees appointed, and by to-
morrow morning it is expected to
have everything in more presentable
shape than was possible today.
In its present rather unsettled con-
dition it, is impossible for a descrip-
tive write-up of the fair, but this will
be attended to as the big show pro-
crosses. Suffice to say that it prom
ises to be the biggest yet, not only as
to exhibits of our products but also
in attendance.