Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1917-10-23
All Ready For The Big Fall Festival.

All ready for the Grand Opening
the plans are all completed and with
out any talk from any one the Big
Fall Festival of 1917, will be in full!
bias on the morning of Thursday, Ost
18th. The management have spared
no time or expense to make this sea-
sons Festival come up to the slogan
We started at the close of 1916.
Bigger and Better Than Ever. Our
PROGRAM for the first day as follows.
Rand concerts, Vaudeville on the
Open-Air Stage ait PM. by one OF
the Cleverest Knock-about Acrobat!c
teams in the country, presenting Tor
vo,,r approval their Original Trick
House Act. This act alone IS worth
visit to the Festival Remember the
work each day at and 4pm-. !.
AT nm. the first day you wall
have the Measure of listening to
Judge Seymore, a noted orator. Our
own Governor is responsible for our
having Judge Seymore with us at the
onen,ng OF our Festiva'. All exh bi 5
judged the first day, and prncta'ly
every Public School in the County
will be represented at the Fall Festl-
val this season, and the Children VIII
meet in friendly competition Each
one irving to out do the other, in
having the best exhibit. Friday Oct.
o. the last day. the Program will be
as follows.
When YOU come into the Festival
YOU wild not have to wonder who
were the lucky winners, in the School
or the AZ individual exhibits, for the
lucky ones will be tagged, blue and
red as the case may be. Band con-
certs, and Vaudeville at and pm,
The Big Daylight Parade cons sing
OF School and Business Floats The
School Float that the judges decide
on as the best, will carry away wsth
/ them a $1,000 God piece that the Fall
Festival management odfess for same
Friday night, the One and only Mask
Carnival. Decorated autos, autos no.
decorated will compete for cash pr yes
offered. Some may ask the question
in the next day or so, "Why Is The
Streets not decorated with flags as
heretofore% That one question car
be answered by asking another Yam
kee fashion. "Why are they max ng
the dear PUBLIC pay cents to mail
/ a Letter" Kou know the answer, this
War has turned things around, and
the Flag or Decorating houses are
over-run for American Flags, but the
decorations we are using are or ginal
ana quite In keep NJ with GU exhibits
They came from Jefferson County
the Ladies Department in the G BISON
Bldg, better known as the A. B De-
partment Store, Will be one of our
feature attraction, for there you will
lind, the many Kinds of cured and
died fruits and vegetables, that
our own depr Uncle has asked HIS
many KIN folks to do They have
( responded all over the Eountry. and
i Jefferson county is second TO none
in obeying she call.
/ We will have an "Olr Boys" booth
at the Festival, and ask everyone far
and near when bhey leave their homes
for the Fall Festival TO bring some-
thing for "Our Boys" who are now
in training for the new Army. We
don't ask this for pay to the Festival
for that is Free now and forever. and
and we don't ask it because we think
that Our Boys need it, for everyone
knows they do not, but we do ask il
because we know that even a present
ever SO small from home has got :
present from strangers beat a city
block. There is no one boy that has
gone away in the d.aft, that Will not
wish he twas in Jefferson Co., Oct.
| 18Th and 70, w3th the home folks.
Anything at all will be accepted at
Our Boys" booth, and the manage
ment guarantees to see that it viii
leave for their destination at the close
of dhe Festival.
Another feature win be the Liberty
Loan Booth at the Corner of Wash
ngton and Charles street. in charge
of the Red Cross Ladies. AT this
booth you can ge a U. S. Governne n
Bond OF the End, Liberty Loan Bond
issue at so much down and a small
weekly paym Mt. Buy Libery Bond
at the Festival, it is you duty to yorr
country.
All exhibits must be at the Head
quarters al a. B. Department Store
not later than "Wednesday night, Oct.
24th, where an able Corps of Ass:s
tants will enter them and give each
and every exhibitor their number. The
management will do all in their power
to insure the safe return of all exhib t
but will not be responsible if any are
lost. Cooperate with them and be
on hand when ali is over to ciSim
your exhibit.
f. G. HENSON,
B. R. Shugert,
ManaoerS