The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-22
ELIZABETH CITY FAIR
DRAWS LARGE CROWDS
This Years Fair Forecast of Bigger and Better
Fairs in Future Now That The Fair Asso-
ciation is on Sound Financial Basis

le District Fair is on this week.
Nearly three. thousand persons
passed thru the gates Wednes-
day and the crowd yesterday
looked to be larger than We'd
nesday's crowd: The Fair this
year is everything that could be
expected. of a Fair organized
without working capital and
without a trained executive staff.
+ 1t shows what can be done with a
Fair at Elizabeth City another
year since the FaiF Association
will start to work Immediately
on next years fair with a paid
in capital Of more than $4,000.
With the addition of an agri-
cultural hall and a live stock
building it is proposed to erect
next spring, the Fair will be able
to House more and better exhi-
bits and substantial increases
will be made in the premium list
to attract more exhibitors. But
even without the building equip
ment, the Fair this year has
, creditable showing of live stock,
poultry, farm products, pantry,
kitchen and domestic science. ex-
hibits. The races are unusually
good and have pleased the
crowds. ---~-.,.
The crowds xattending this years. fair
are showing sanity. They are there
because they are interested in the Fair
and not in the cheap amusement devices
which line the midway. The carnival
folk are not doing much at Elizabeth
City's Fair The crowds walk UP and
down the midway and look them over,
but few spend their money. A new and
wholesome interest is shown in the
horses. the exhibits and those things
which make a fair worth while.
i It is also worth noting that there
has been little evidence of drinking on
the fair grounds. The crowds have been
orderly.
Agricultural Exhibits
The Agricultural Exhibits were supe-
: rintended by G. W. Falls and the first
premiums for exhibits of the best corn
c were awarded as follows:
S1 for
Prolific, Herman White; So for Bigg'
Prolific and So for other white corn,
) Reuben James; So for Peach Blossoms
w. D. Morgan; 50 for Horse Tooth
= Milton James.
Prizes for best cotton; So for best
bale of cotton, B. F. Bray; 81 for best
peck of seed, K. R. Winslow.
), Best tobacco; So for best display Of
;, bright tobacco, Mr.. Payne of Curri
-, tuck.
Best grain; 81 for forage, w. H. Up
ton of Camden.
Best soy beans; 81 for best beans, A
n E. Cohoon; IL for best three stalks O.
J. Mammoth Brown Soy Beans to j. G
James, Jr: 50 for the best Spanish pea
.e nuts, w. T. Jackson.
Best apples; 81 for the best box o
# Delicious, E. S. Scott; So for best plat
y of Delicious, E. S. Scott; $S for bes
), box Sweepstakes, DIR. w. F. Lowry; S
>, for best plate of Shockley, J. G. Fere
r. bee; 81 for best plate of Ben Davis, Dl
,- Lowry; 81 for best other variety, W
J. Saunders.
r; Best pears; $1.5O for best plate o
te five Keiffer pears,t w. ]. Saunders; $1.5
Id for other variety, DR.. Lowry.
Best grapes; $1.5O for best plate c
Or James Grapes, DR.. Lowry.
oy Best vegetables; 81 for best stalk
f. and variety of Collards, DR.. Lowry; 5O
L.; each for best quart of Cayenne an
e.; sweet pepper, Mrs. Milton Sample;
e. for best bunch mustard, Mrs. d. v
r Morgan; 81 for best gallon okra, L. L
VI Ives; 81 for best five tomatoes, Mr.
Sample: for the best pumpkin, Mis-
Edna Russell; 81 for best gallon sna
beans, C. w. Ives; S for best peck a
c tichokes, MRS M. B. Sample.
Best potatoes; 50 for best Cuba
as Yam Sweet potatoes, w. NJ Saunder
80 for best Early Rose Irish Potatoe
ditto: So for best Irish Cobbler, u.
Morgan; So for best other variety, y
car Pritchard; 81 for best sunflowe1
-, w. Q. Jennings.
ial Best nuts; 81 for best pecan, w.
W Saunders; SOC for best Japanese ws
ni' nuts. Oscar Pritchard; SOC for be
-, black walnuts, Mrs. Milton Sample.
80 Live Stock Exhibits
,,s The first prizes for live stock we
the as follows:
u.s. Best hogs; So for best Duroc Jers
tbo Boar over 4 months old and under t.
nod years, P. w Stevens; So for best l.
ool land China Boar, under two years
I'M over four months, Zenas Jennings;
for best Hampshire Boar, over fe
hat months and under two years, w.
hat Foreman: 81 for the best Duroc j.
was sey gilt under one year, John Bel;
ar for best Poland China gilt, under
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