The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1917-11-30
THANKSGIVING DAY AT THE
FAIR RACLORI0US SUCCESS

this direction the girls are doing
their part in winning the war.
At the fair this year Miss Alms
Priest of Anthony won first prize. a
handsome gold wrist watch; Miss
Yvonne Seckinger of Fellowship, Sec
ond prize, gold lavaliere; Miss Clara
Williams Morriston, third, gold la
VALERIE; Miss Mabel Priest of Antho-
NY, fourth, gold lavaliere; Miss An
ita Pfeil of Lowell, fifth. gold lava
liere.
On her one-tenth of an acre planted
to tomatoes the first prize winner,
Miss Alma Priest, netted $191 from
her yield.
In the Citrus Department
The citrus display was never hand
somer than this year.
The boxes and clusters of fruit
made handsome picture and excited
exclamations of admiration.
The John Kendig grove at Sparr
captured first prize, and Messrs. Cros-
by and Wartmann of Citra second.
Mr.. j. B. BURY of Orange Lake won
first prize for the finest box of naval
oranges. and there was never more
beautiful naval grange grown.
Mr.. W. T. Dupree of Citra captured
the prize for the choicest box of tam
gerines.
lit gives us pleasure to say that
this paper fell heir to the beautiful
box of naval oranges and several clus-
ters of oranges from the Kendig
grove.)
In the Cattle Pens
The proudest one we saw on the
fair grounds was Mr.. Len X. Edwards
of Irvine, who made our eyes water by
exhibiting twenty blue ribbons and
two red ones which he won on his cat
tie and mule pens.
cattle was Mr. Beuchler of the Antho-
ny Farms.
Mr.. z. C. Chambliss, who never gets
left for anything he gives big try,
walked off also with a number of blue
ribbons.
Mrs. Roller got the blue ribbon for
the best pair of roadsters, and about
forty blue ribbons for as many agri-
cultural and domestic articles. Her
boy and girl also won number of
prizes.
| Mr.. j. L. Smith got first prize for
the best article of meal and second
prize for the best display of sugar
cane.
Ocala retains the silver loving cup
for the best display of corn.
Mrs. A. Tweedy, secretary of the
Fair Association, was robbed on
Thursday night of one hundred and
Seventy dollars. Her office in the
Holder block was entered and her
desk rifled of this amount of cash and
other articles.
Three automobiles were stolen from
the fair grounds Thursday night-a
Ford, belonging to Mr.. Newcomb Bar
co, Buick six" belonging to Mr..
Osteen of Fairfield, and a Maxwell
car.
The one thing that interested us
most at the fair was little Samuel
Laurence Harrison, 61a years old,
known as the Infant Encyclopedia -
There is no important event in sacred
or profane history that he has not at
his tongues end. He can tell you of
all the marvellous inventions and who
were the inventors and when and
where they were born; the capitals
of all nations and all the states, and
the population of each. He is, indeed,
a little Solomon.
The races yesterday drew good
crowd, the grand stand being well
filed. and the trot and free for an
races were interesting and exciting.
In the 2:20 trot there were seven
entrants Baroness Wilkes, DR.. jim
Easter Boy, Stop Bit, Alabama
Tramp and Evil Rock. We don't know
whether or not the latter was possess.
ed of much evil. but when it came tc
going she was there. and eaisly won
| the best three heats in five.
In the free for all race there were
Isix entrants. This race was once
arouud tho track only and was wnu