The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-10-10
COMMUNITY FAIR
AT HAMPSHIRE is
GREAT SUCCESS
PEOPLE ENTHUSED AND AFFAIR
WILL BE MADE A PERMANENT
EVENT THERE.
SPLENDID EXHIBITS WERE SHOWN
J. !. Finney, Editor of The Herald, the
Speaker of the Occasion, DISCUSSES
Problems Now Facing Farmers of
Nation-Prof. Mclean Speaks.
DAILY Herald, Oct. g.


The first community fair held at
| Hampshire on Saturday was such de-
cided success and aroused so much
enthusiasm among the people of that
success that 1t is certain to become a
permanent affair. The exhibits were
numerous and varied and many of
them of an unusually fine quality the
crowd was large and the community
spirit all that could have been desir-
| cd.
While the men exhibited some fine
specimens of farm products and cat
tie and hogs, the women, in the num-
her and quality of their exhibits were
far ahead of the heads of the house
hold The showing made of fruits,
canned and preserved, of pickles, can
ned vegetables, needlework, etc, was
an elaborate one and made it exceed
ingly difficult to distinguish in many
instances between the winners of the
various ribbons. The school room,
both upstairs and down, held large
collection of the work of the women,
a tribute to the thrift, the industry
and efficacy of the housewives of that
hospitabe section.
The Duroc hog exhibit was an ex-
ceedingly good one, the boys pig club
of that section contributed largely to
the success Of this feature. The num-
Der entered was large Arthur Left
witch and Virgil A. McClanahan show
ed some fine specimens of pure bred
Hereford cattle. Mr.. McClanahan ex-
hibited bull twenty months of age
on the day of the fair that weighed
i 500 pounds and is perfect specimen
of the Hereford type in bone and col
or and conformation as ever shown
in the state.
The corn exhibit was not what it
should have been and was the one
weak feature of the fair In sec
ton where one of the foremost crops
is earn the exhibit was small in num-
Der and several of the exhibitors evil
IDENTIFY had gathered their corn hur
riedly and lacked pride in the show
ing they made. There should have |
been five times the amount of corn
shown.
The women of the community took |
advantage of the occasion to lift a
debt of more than $125 from the school
piano. They served dinner and cream
during the day and it was believed
that the net receipts will more than
pay the piano debt.
The exercises of the day took place
in the school house in the afternoon.
The building was literally packed to
suffocation. After delightful must I
cal program by the children that re-
nected credit upon the teachers, Prof.
principal VI tuG I1duupoHllS
school introduced ]. |. Finney, editor
of The Herald, as the speaker of the
occasion. Mr.. Finney spoke on the
problems of the farmers, the present
industrial crisis and the duty of good
citizens to the state. He made fer
vent plea for observance of the law
and for devotion and loyalty to the in
stitutions of America. He was given
most earnest attention and repeated
applause attested popular approval OF
the sentiments expressed.
Prof. A. f. Mclean, the county
agent, followed in a brief address in
which he congratulated the people of
that section on their first community
fair and asked them all to come to