The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-11
LIVESTOCK SHOW
 AT DEMOPOL|S WAS
 SPLENDID SUCCESS

Demopolis, November 1o.-(Special--The Demopoiis live stock show, the greatest show of It's kind ever held in the south, closed today.
 The stock was exhibited around the four sides of the public park, in the heart of the city, and the stalls were strung around 1900 feet of space.
 All week the town has been taxed to it's limit to accommodate the crowds.
 MT. Townsend of Chicago, one of the few real constructive Shorthorn breed- CTS of America; Dr. J. ". Fox of Niis- slssippi, the largest cotton farmer in the world. and also the owner Of a most splendid Aberdeen Angus herd here in the Demopolis section; Judge B. M. Al- len Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, Hon. Thomas J. Hefiin, Hon. Oscar W. Gray and many other prominent visitors were guests of tho Commercial club during the week.
 Mir. Townsend and Dr. Fox publicly stated that there was no town i'll the south, and probably not In the United States, that could make such a local show as the exhibit here this week.
 The main feature of the show was that it was all local stock. Not an animal was shipped by rail-all coming in by the halter from nearby farms.
 Wednesday and Thursday were 'judg- ing" days and Carl Filler of Auburn and his assistant had the hard task of de- termining how to avoid making all ex- hibits first prize winners.
 At the head of the great Shorthorn herds was that of MT. w. l.. Smith of Meadowbrook farms. Among MT. Smith s herd were first prize winners of the Chi cago International and the Kansas City Royal-the two great live stock shows of America. The Meadowbrook farm showed bulls valued nt more than 5000 each and individual cows of equal value. The Scotch aristocrats would have been prize winners anyway, as they have oft en proved to be.
 The Aberdeen Angus herds had their great day in the history of the Angus i'll Alabama. They commended not only a front position In the arrangement of the show, but were the star feature of the show. The splendid herds Of c. I. Stoner, J. w Fox and Clay & Coleman were splendid. These herds were the center of attraction for five days and every one wanted to know their history, and did know their value.
 Then came the "White-T ace" wonders. The HerefOrds came in strong, headed by the well known herds of Judge J. T.. Stokeley, Judge D. M. Allen, Norwood Stock Farms, Harrison Stock Farms and others The Hereford people convinced themselves that the ''Whateface. COW is the only one really worth while, and the animals exhibited convinced many farm CTS that it was foolish to produce scrub cattle any longcrs
 Taken as a whole, no town in the south has ever had such a week of good cheer, instructive, cooperative display of a work could not equal; not to mention the at- as the greatest live stock section of America.
 The Jersey. the Gernsey. the Holstein and other dairy types were also great features.
 The Tamworth, Duroc. Poland China, Berkshire and Hampshire hogs would have made a show that many state fairs could not equap: not to mention the at tractive exhibits of sheep. goats. tur- keys, chickens and agricultural products
 On Wednesday, Red Cross Day, Hon. Oscar W. Underwood and Hon. Thomas J. Heflin spoke to great crowds. Both were at their best and the people fully responded to their appeals to get in the war with all the energy and spirit of true Americans. Just to show the spirit was not wanting. the people contributed $500 to the Red Cross that day. But it would have been hard to resist 2l1 women in Red Cross uniforms. singing patriotic songs and supported by Underwood and Heflin.