Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-30
MAINTAINS RECORD
FOR BIG ATTENDANCE
thursdays Crowd at Rockville
Fair One Of the Largest
IN Recent Years.
CANDIDATES ARE ON HAND
s,,e..i c,.rsspoudenee of rhs Star.

Special Cssrsspondenee Of Ths Star.
HOCKvILLE, Md. August So.-Tnurs-
DAY has always been the big DAY OF inc
Rockville fair and today was no excep-
tion to that rule; Those VINO speHu ya III.
one day at the big show almost invari-
ably select Thursday. and the Iesu!, rs
that more people attend on thar Gay ma,
On Al the others combined Inc ciowu
foday WAS one of the largest that mas at
tended in recent years and has made Ger
tain the financial success OF this year :
exhibition, so,.,,,,,,s
enough to own autonlooiies PECAN art ~
ing IN vehicles of various descriptions ne
fore Rockville was through with break
fast. and along about the middle OF the
morning a perfect stream OF autos oesaH
pouring into the grounds ana eohtlilueu
10 arrive until well into the AFTERNOON.
an~cIal <teanI trains and electric cars
brought thousands from Washington anu
other places. and not Few came ps Ao o
The size of the crowd mace the taii
managers smile with satisfaction. Tor they
r~aUzed that II would do much toward
fslieying the financial stringency unaer
~hioh The fair association has labored Tor
oosne years
Parade of Horses and Teams.
9vha crowds that came in the morning
were entertained by parade OF hors eIs
and farm teams around the race iraek
and a drill by Company h. ISL MARY
land Regiment. the latter neing re-
pSated this afternoon Inc I,,
eideshow people and others hoiuihs
concessions got busy early and put In a
strenuous day raking in the dimes ana
quarters. The exhibits. of course, We're
inspected, and, in fact, nothing ina.
might tend to promote the enjoyment
Of the day was overlooked.
The sun had hardly reached the me-
ridian before visitors from the country
spread tablecloths on the grass or on
the seats of their vehicles and partook
Of luncheons. Those from the city
soueht the lunchrooms and stands. and
IL was about l o'clock When the
crowds got on the move again men
they did, 1t was almost impassaple
along the midway and in front of the
booths.
Shower Lays the Dust.
Dust. which Is frequently a most an
moving feature of the fair. was today
conspicuous by it's absence During the
night heavy shower fell ana not oniy
allayed the dust, but cooled the at
mosphere, thereby adding much TO the
comfort of visitors
Prominent on the grounds during the
day were the candidates for the demo-
cratic nominations for office soon TO ne
made and the first real campaigning
Of the week was done There were
noticed IN the throng, buttonholing and
shaking hands with the voters, James
n. Barnsley, Charles Z. Brooke Rob
ert E Kanode, William H. Fawsett. Jo-
siah W. Jones. William II. McCeney.
F. Hazel Cashell. Francis Snowden.
William L Aud, George +. Nicholson.
William L. Welt, John l. Lewis. j. Dali
las Young, Clarence NJ Grifhth, Crit
tenden H Walker and Samuel Riggs,
all candidates for nominations, and nu-
merous other politicians. large and
small.
During the day additional premium
winners were announced. some of them
being as follows:
Premiums Announced.
Preserves etc-BIackberry Miss Arie