The daily banner., 1919-07-14
.PATRONIzE YOUR
FAIR ASSOCIATION
An Appeal to Our Citizens-The Life
Or Death OF The Cambridge Fair
Rests With The People of Cam
bridge And Dorchester County.

/ It takes some nerve and grit and
public spirit to start new enter
prise that calls for money. But it
takes lots more grit and nerve, also
patriotic pride in town and county,
to put up real hard cash to revive
an enterprise that was organized for
community good, and has gone over
the financial rocks. In other words,
the Dorchester County Fair Associa-
tion, practically failed, and every
stockholder and director lost about
] every dollar that they had invested
in it, to say nothing of their time
and labor given free in the manage
ment of the Association. OF course,
the failure was disappointing. and to
some of the old stockholders dis
heartening, but not to all of them.
True sons of Old Dorchester know
no such word as failure. Some of
the old stockholders and directors of
the old Fair Association refused to
accept defeat and have re-organized
and taken fresh grip and are deter
minded to make the new Fair a sue
cess.
Now, these public-spirited men in
face of total loss, on their cid ven
ture, have gone down in their pock-
cts and dug up new dollars for the
fresh start. This has not been done
with any expectation of profits but
with spirit Of progressive interest
in our town and county; they believe
that Cambridge should have a Fair,
and they willed that Cambridge shall
have Fair.
In order to have Fair that we all
are proud of, we must all take four
part in it. We must boost ands pa
tronize, and attend it's meetings.
The stockholders are putting thou
sands of dollars in the new Fair As
sociation. We do not believe the di
rectors expect or expected to get a
dollar of it back, but their reason
able reward and expected reward is
the people of Cambridge and Dor
chester county will do their part by
attending.
Won't you do this? We are sure
you will. The old Association made
mistakes and were disastrously criti-
cized. Now the new directors will
probably make mistakes, too. They
are human, and all humans make
mistakes. Now let's try a new way.
When you feel the new association
has made mistakes, don't knock;
come and talk it over with the di-
rectors, and help them to do better
next time. They, as well as you,
have but one aim and that is to have
the best Fair on the Shore.
Now, friends, it would be a crime
to fail to support the Fair, by your
attendance. If the stockholders are
big enough to finance the associa-
tion and put it on it's feet again, sure
ly you and can chip in a few halves
and quarters for admission tickets.
We do not want it said that the peo-
pie of our good old county are too
unprogressive and too much of"tight
wads" to support the county Fair.
Come every day yourself and in
vite your friends and neighbors to
meet you at the Cambridge Fair.
If you will meet the directors half
way, by big attendance this year,
they promise to give you better Fairs
each season.
Encourage the stockholders by
your presence. Let them know that
you are with them. We will then
have a Fair of which we will all be
proud.
Following are the officers and di-
rectors for this year:
Oficers-Fred Hirst, President; W.
Alvin Linthicum, Vice-President; E.
S. Lake, Secretary; R. Spencer Har-
ris, Treasurer; J. Fred Dunn, Race
Secretary.
Executive Committee-C. Guy Le-
Compte, Charles E. Fountain, Miles