Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-11-02
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES,
PRIZE WINNERS OF THE 1920
FALL FESTIVAL

FALL FESTIVAL
The Fall Festival of 1920 has come
and gone, going down in the history
of old Charles Town as being grand
er and greater than ever before.
It's true the cold weather was a.
gainst US, but only looking after the
Fall Festival end of it, and having
as much as we could attend to at that,
we forgot all about the weather, but
taking all into consideration the
Festival was success. We had
what we advertised. You noticed
the three Bands of music were here
and real bands at that-the Yellow
Springs Band of Frederick, Md,
rendered as fine concert as any
band ever in Charles Town-it was
well liked and here's hoping they
may come again. The Winchester
Band took care of the music end of
the Program at their band stand at
Charles street and good reports all
along the line are in their favor.
Our own band here at home under
the dictatorship of Prof. T. NJ Baker
keep the good work going in the
music line at their stand between
Lawrence and Charles Street-this
band has shown what they are ca
pable of doing under real director.
Stick to your home band at all times.
get no other unless you want more
than one, and by so doing it will help
to make your home town band some
thing to be proud of. Possiably less
than one round dozen on the streets
Friday ever heard of Yellow Springs,
Md, but before the band was half
through their concert-everyon
there knew of the town, and will
never forget tiff the people will do
something worth while and help get
their town known outside of the cor
poration limits they wont have to be
at dagger ends about changing the
name of town.
The merchants of our city are to
be congratulated upon the window
displays during the Festival, every
one along the white way tried to out
shine the one next door, and in the
end the whole business district show
ed RESULTS. Right at this time
would be the right time to get busy
for County Seat Fair-a four day
affair, the time is ripe-we can have
a Fair If other towns can-Hagers-
town local papers knocked their fair
this year on the manner in which it
was conducted this season. That is
a starter for a County Seat Fair by
eliminating just what they, kicked
upon. A cooperative Fair is what
we could get together on, no salaries,
sell no stock-everyone in the
county that so wished could be one
of US.
Why not run fair here the same
way, instead of going around and
asking for contribution, let every
one pay an admission at the gate and
use. that admission to pay expenses,
II there is any money left over, use it
TO better the Fair the next year.
The Chautauqua claims to run their
business on this plan. It's a poor
rule that wont work both ways. some
years back, fair in one of our West
ern towns bought piece of land for
their county fair, they showed two
years and were making arrangements
for the third, after everything was
ready, the owners of the fair ground
asked the association for the balance
due, they could not pay it and the
falr grounds were taken away from
them, they were at loss what to do.
when some hustler stepped forward
and said we will have it on the
streets, they did so and made good.
that was the origin of the street fair
or as it was afterwards known Car
nlval, but the Carnival run their self
off the streets by the same route as
our Hagerstown friends claim for
their fair this season. Now we
stanted on the streets and after eight
years have made more than good.
The time has come when something
must step in and help us out, it is
taking more money each year, the
prizes are better and more of them.
why not let the gate take care of
these expenses, everybody a stock
holder, without buying stock, without
one cent of expense, when you buy
a ticket at the gate you are a stock
holder and have as much voice as the
other fellow in all meetings, don't
get Horse Show and Cooperative
Fair mixed up-they are two seper-
ate and distinct bodies-the grounds
more than likely can be rented as
others have rented them-however
the time is ripe to talk this matter
over, so why not think about it ser
lously and decide one way or the
other?
Prizes Were Awarded as Follows:
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Largest and best individual School
Exhibit. Winner-Grades Exhibit
Charles Town Schools-Fall Festi-
val Loving Cup.
Best Exhibit One Teacher School.
Winner-Ranson School-History of
John Brown Raid.
School Coming Longest Distance
with Exhibit. Winner Dufields
School.
For Best and Largest Individual
Exhibit of County Schools, Charles
Town School Excluded. Winner
Mt; Hope-Prize, Silver Loving Cup
and Selection of Books by C. F.
School with Best Exhibit of Hand
Graft. Winner-Mt. Hope.-Prize
$3.50 in Gold.
Teacher with School Coming the
Longest Distance. Winner-Duf-
flelds. Teacher Prize-Kid Gloves.
Teacher with Greatest Number of
Pupils Present Teachers please
send IN how many. Prize Ladies
Hand Bag.
Child with Best Bouquet of Cut
Flowers. 1st prize 81 90; End prize
Child Bringing Best Bird House.
Ist Prize S1.00; End Prize soc.
Names for the above not in. Cash
prizes given by Miss Mary Engle.
GARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Best Exhibit of Garden Products.
Ist prize, VIM. T. Elliott; End prize,
j. W. Clevenger.
Best Peck Irish Potatoes. 1st
prize K. j. Orndorff; End prize E. L.
Byers.
Best Three Heads Cabbage. 1st