The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-19
ROSEMARK women
PROMOTE FIRST
COMMUNITY FAIR
Success of First Effort Is Re-
SpOnSibIe for Permanent
Organization to Regular An
nual Fair.

The women of Rosemark are OF the
Molly Pitcher type. They stand by
their guns until they hit what they are
shooting at. Their enlightened zeal and
dynamic ambition was responsible for the
successful Inauguration or the annual
community fair at Rosemark THURSDAY.
The men folk were deeply skepticaI
RMS has been a bad year for the pro-
ductlon Of the kind of stuff that y
shown at fairs-toO much rain in the
spring and too little in the summer
n he men hardly thought a credit
able showing could be made. At best
they only looked i~ndulgently UPON the
preparations of the women-members
OF the Parent-Teachers' association. A
conversation which took place between
one or the women and her husband
Just two days before the fair typffies
the attitude Of the men.
Mother" said the farmer, as they
were sitting on the front porch Of their
home, IF they have the fair, Tll@"
If they-if they" said the wife with
concentrated scorn. Here you are silt
ting right here in the middle OF Rose
ashamed of myself. Well, they are
going to have a fair"
There is no ~disputing that this good
lady has the gift Of prophecy, Rose
mark had a fair and her doubling hus-
band was on hand early with his best
hiblt.
In the afternoon following luncheon
and q minstrel show Prof f, s. Elliott,
principal of Rosemark's fine school,
proposed that a fair association be or
ganiaed, officers elected and the an
nnal fair made A permanent institu-
ton. This resulted in the election Of
the following officers and directors: j.
M. Dickson, president; w. X. McCalla,
yice,president; Mrs, H. T. Moore, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. J. M. McCalla.
corresponding secretary; Robert Nc
Thompson O.. r. o'Daniel, Il. NJ.
Moore. Jesse Trobaugh and r. B. Parr;
Mrs, s., b. Moffatt, Mrs. w. o. Van
dervort, Mrs. Tom Hall and Mrs. c, c.
Castles.
The last named director. Mrs. Castles,
Is president of the Parent Teacher as
ISOLATION, and was the chief promoter
of the fair.
Exhibits High in Quality.
Exhibits made at the Rosemark fair
were not extensive, but in quality they
ranged high. Among the exhibits Of
farm products were some fine specl-
mems OF corn, wheat, soy beans, les
pedeza and cotton. Among the vege-
tables were some Nancy Hall sweet
potatoes, of good size and free from
defects. The sombre purple egg plant
We're big and cleaning with that health
which beSpeaks good cultivation. ThI
great bell peppers, some Of them turn.
ed crimson, made a pretty picture. The
onions In their sleek lavender anG
brown skins, appeared to have made
the best of their opportunities. There
was butter as golden as April sunlight.
and Eggs so fresh and white that one
imagined the satisfied cackle Of the
hens that laid them was still echoing
about the b%arnyards of Rosemark.
But the canned fruits and vegetables,
shining In many luscious Colors Through
crystal jars indeed suggested pertec-
ton, These, with many kinds Of pre-
serves and jellies did credit to the
women of Rosemark.
The display of textiles also spoke
eloquently of the wisardry Of the fin
gers Of the women of that community.
Some very good poultry was exhibited
and the exhibits Of mule and horse colts
and OF the grown animals were not bad,
but there was a lack of pure-bred live
stock on hand. Two or three good
sows were exhibited,
The Judging was lone by Miss Mary
| MCGOWAN, county home. demonstration
agent; DR.. Il. r. Lloyd, ". II, Landess.
county agent, and Il. S. Roberts, coun-
ty agent OF Lauderdale county.
While at the fair Mr.. Landess made
arrangements with local producers of
hogs to ship a carload of hogs to mar
ket In the near future.
DR.. Lloyd Shows Way.
Great assistance was rendered to the
| organizers of the fair association by DR..
e, r. Lloyd, director of the Chamber
of Commerce farm bureau. DIR. Lloyd
addressed the citizens Of Rosemark in
the auditorium of the high school both
before lunch and in the afternoon be-
| fore Prof. Elliott proposed the organ
nization Of the association. DR.. Lloyd
declared that the annual fair is "the
show window by which to demonstrate
what a community has done and can
do" The annual fair, he said further,
is a great medium of progress to rural,
communities.
In this connection DR.. Lloyd urged
that especial attention be paid to corn
club and pig club exhibits at future
fairs, because THE best thing to do to
make a fair permanent is to get the
boys interested. The boy of today is
the man OF tomorrow he quoted.
The corn n pig club boys actually
teach their fathers how to grow bet
ter corn and better pigs, he said. Often
the father will be producing some 10
bushels Of corn per acre and feeding
common hogs when his son joins the
corn and pig clubs and begins to pro-
duce so bushels of corn per acre and
fatten pure-bred hogs, The father
grows ashamed of the superior ac-
com%plishments of his son., and starts
in to improve the output of corn per
| acre and the quality OF his live stock,
Other fathers do the same things and
| the general average of the agricul-
tural products Of the community is
raised.
DR.. Lloyd especially encourages the
| production OF more and better live
| stock around Rosemark, mo state nor
community" he urged. has ever be-
| come great agriculturally without de-
veloping the live stock Industry. Tour