The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-07-07
FAIR NOTES

Was fine especially IN the ladies' dt
vision
| II vas decided 10 hold joint meet
ing and work ou the Fair catalog This
vas done and he eatalog Is done
That is the tsdions work of revising
the catalGg has been practically finish
cd The eatalag WIS revised from be
ginning 70 end Some unnecessary
tpremmms were cut out and others for
which there IL competition added,
The cops" for the cataIog Is now In
the hands of The True Democrat ready
10 be set mp THE applies TO the
premium list proper. The copy" fof
the ads II not al In yet, II is desired
To secure this nj once All of our
advertisers who have not set done so
should prepare their al material AT
once and send 20 the Secretary We
wish 10 get the catalogs out at the
earliest possible moment
| Some ot our local merchants. we are
sorry to say, are mol giving us the
support that they should In the way of
ads for the cainlog. II f.ems strange
to us that the merchants of Baton
Rouge and other places will so readily
give tbs ads for the catalos when our
local people have to be- begged for the
smallest ads Il should not seem
strange, then, that Baton Rouge draws
trade that should remain at home The
local merchant and business man
should have his business represented
IN local enterprise like the parish
Fair eatalog Those who do not adyeI.
tise therein viii be conspicuous BIZ
reason Of their absence. Such conspiC..
aoHguess is NOT desirable People Who
are loyal To The Fsir viii naturally
trade with our advertisers and pass up
the fellows Who show such little public
spirit ~ not to advertise II you are
IN the nouadyertising class, sou are
In with the wrong bunch SO 'ge, wise"
and send tn your ad before IL is too
late
We have heard the complaint that
the whole burden OF holding the Fair
falis cen few II la ever thus. In any
enterprise you mag think of II Ia found
that The work falls ON few In church
work, the burden In borne by a few OF
the faithful Many who are able and
eh0 profit mogl by the Fair, give II nd
support whatever Many who profit by
the holding Of the Fair even so SO far
las TO knock A. These people are
neither fish nor fowl nor good red
herring We would hesitate to saw
RasI where they do belong n you arc
in the wrong pew. get right Re Il
booster "Be West Felicianian.
That means not oniy 90 support the
local bank but the local feiF, the local
paper. the local merchant iwho atiyer-
tisest, and every movement that looks
TO the upbuiidng md Improvement OF
the community II you do not do these
things We doubt seriously whether you
can be elassed as good citizen
We wish to call special attention to
the following letter received from the
State Fafs Of Louisiana II has tho
right spirit
Shreveport, La, June %. 1917.
Secretery Of Parish Fair.
At. Franeisvilie, La.
There's reason" Why Il Ia our
duty la make The fairs better this year
than ever before and there are many
reasons Why We can do II.
In the arst place no fairs should play
the "slacker's role and hesitate about
assuming the responsibility Of doing
their part In encouraging agriculture
In our fight for more food to feed our
selves and help feed the Allied nations
In the second place cotton IN higher
than ever before. cane prices are even
beyond our dreams, rice has Joined In
the rise, End la fact everything the
farmer has TO sell Is high Times are
better than ever before md prosperity
makes for the success Of fairs.
Al large fairs In the nation are
special efforts 10 do their pa |
trio'le duty by making their fairs
larger and are Offering larger pre-,
nums We must have your support |
Tail on Us TO help YOU boost your fairs
when yoa' think We can be of help.
Cur slogan is The Greatest Fair In
History" and We az sell as hundreds
II other large fairs believe that We
Nili enjoy a millennium In the fair
business,
Hoping tha, your fair has the same
spirit We are very truly yours,
STATE FAIR OF LOUISIANA.
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Mr., Henry Wall brandon. Of West
selleiaHg Parish n great graudsar all