The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-20
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS
Opelfka.

| recently held one of the greatest edu- cational fairs ever pulled off in Ala bama
 had heard that some of the counties were doing such things. l remember Bibb county held such fair re- gently.
 I went down never dreaming that I would find the big courtroom at Ope- lika literally covered with booths eX- hibiting the work of the children in more than a score of schools. The exhibits were the best I have ever seen. I said so there and re- peat it here They were truly worth while.
 Now, behind every good movement is some man or woman In this in- stance it was a man. S. o. White, principal of the Opelika High school, is responsible for the fine showing made by the Lee county schools.
 Professor White is Alabama raised a graduate of Auburn. He has been a worthy representative of that great institution. Tn fact, it was through the assistance of some of the Auburn teachers that the scholars were trained to do such splendid work in the vari- ous lines exhibited.
 There were prizes for fancy work for the greatest varieties of dishes prepared from corn meal, for paper cutting, for best piece of manual training, etc
 To show further the variety of ar ticles winning prizes we give a list:
 AK handle, basket, step ladder, waist, wheelbarrow. corset cover. bookcase, fancy. tatting, basket work, petticoat, crochet, suit of small clothes, ham mer handle, serving cabinet
 The parade of the school children was a distinct feature of the fair when more than 1900 children partici- pated and .mapy more, it is said, would have been in it had not an epidemic of measles prevailed in Lee county a short time ago.
 It is estimated by many that fully 5000 visitors were present besides the teachers and school children.
 It was the largest crowd ever as- sembled in Opelika, according to the Daily News.
 People began arriving early Satur- day morning from adjoining counties and Columbus, Ga, Macon, Tallapoosa, Chambers, Randolph and Russell coun- ties were well represented
 There was plenty to eat for all, and the crowd was well provided for. It was Opelika's way of doing things. The children of the county were furnished free lunches and something was lefe after they had been fed. The Teachers improvement association furnished free lunches to the teachers
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 Following the parade, which disbanded at the courthouse, spoke from table on the courthouse yard. The Auburn band which led the parade furnished music for the occasion and just prior to the speaking played America" which was sung by the crowd, being led by Dr. Hines, pastor of the First Baptist church, Who also closed the meeting with prayer
 
 Hon. R. B. Barnes, chairman of the board of education, made great and patriotic speech. He paid high tribute to the school teachers and children and extended to all cordial welcome to the city of Opelika.
 The Opelika Daily News kindly said: Speaking to the largest crowo ever as sembled in Opelika on any one occasion, Frank Willis Barnett, editor and general manager of the Birmingham Age Herald, the principal speaker of the day, made a strong appeal to those who heard him to go back home and combat the high possibly grow; that prices on foodstuffs were high now but would be much higher in F months He said that the canning club girl would be just as much heorine
 
 the Red Cross nurse. He said We could get along without the Hopping of the eagles wings; what we need are pigs Consider the pig said MT. Barnett, who proceeded to tell how roast pig came into existence. As the story goes; way back wonder the Chinese kept their hogs in the house and a Chinaman went away and left his son Bo-Bo to guard the pig, In the meantime the house burned down and Bo-Bo thought so much of his pig until he wanted to see what had become of him, so he picked up the pig, and at once dropped 1t and put his finger, which was burned, in his mouth. He called his father who did the same thing and for awhile after that many of the houses were burned down before they learned to roast pigs.
 MT. Barnett said the point he wanted to stress was to organize pig clubs. He told the fathers there to give the boys a pig and told the girls to organize can ming clubs
 The Opelika Daily News is live paper. Wear & Wilson are hustlers. They got in behind the educational fair and helped to make it great success. It deserves the cordial support of Lee county.
 
 had the privilege of spending the night in the hospitable home of Judge and Mrs.