The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1920-10-07
FINE FAIR AT
MABLEVALE
WEATHER WAS ITNFAVORABLE.
CUTTING DOWN ATTEND
ANCE, BUT THE EXHIBITS
WERE ALL VERY FINE.
(By W. T. BECK


The Mablevale fair opened under
very unfayorable conditions. In the
first place they were unable to erect
their shed for the livestock exhibit,
though they had the material on the
ground and the foundation laid In
the second place the weather turned
cold and the first frost of the season
put in It's appearance, which deferred
many from coming. Though the at
tendance was not good, the exhibits
were, and there was exhibited as good
corn, Irish and sweet potatoes as any
country could produce, and they are
the staff of life.
The fair proper was held in the
Woodmen of the Worlds hall, a
large spacious building with stage
and gallery which accommodated
those attending nicely, even the night
of the picture show. The school ex-
hibit, which was a most creditable
one, as this was the second week of
school and the teachers had only
had one week to prepare for it, was
held in the school building, nice
six-room frame building with large
hall. The hall and two rooms to
the rear have just been built and are
not yet completed There are four
teachers employed, w. L. Thompson,
principal; Misses Eta Francis, An
ME Byrne and Marie Bryant, to
whom great credit is due for the
creditable school exhibit
A lunch stand was run in one cor
ner of the room by Mrs. Charles Van
Dyke, where hot coffee, ham sand
witches, pies and other eats we're fur
nished the public at most moderate
prices. Mrs. Van Dyke also received
the Pulaskian for one year for the
best home exhibit Mablevale is one
of the incest and cleanest towns in
the county, and the only one | know
of outside of the city that is heated
and lighted by natural gas.
Sweet potatoes is one of the money
crops of this section, contested close
ly for first place by the strawberry
crop. Mr.. ~ B. White sold $3.50
worth of strawberries from one acre.
but the expense was $500, leaving
the net profit less than that of sweet
potatoes, which average about $50
bushels to the acre. The extreme
limit here is 300 bushels, but the
Strawberries are raised because they
bring in the first money, when il is
needed most. The best sweet pota-
toes were brought in by ]. A. Scott
after the awards had been made. He
had both the Nancy Halls and Porto
Rico yams. He has the reputation of
being the best potato grower of the
community.
Farms are small. Amos Merchant
raised the largest family around Ma
blevale on a ten-aere farm, and with
his profits he then bought an adioin-
ing tract Strawberries were his
money crop. N. B. White, owning
the adjoining farm Of thirty acres,
is one of the most prosperous far
mers of the community. He has a
nice residence and accomplished
daughters and sons, who are making
fine men, born and raised on this
farm at Mablevale.
To write up the excellence Of the
exhibits is an undertaking too great
for me, and after describing an in
telligent rooster of the exhibit, by
which the reader can Judge the quail
ity of the remaining exhibits, | will
close with short mention of them.
The rooster by his. performance was
cheered and encored time after time.
When Mr.. Sargent got up to an
nounce the winners, this rooster lis
tened eagerly for the name Of the
winner and the article winning the
prize, when he would cheer with
loud, lusty crow. As MIR. Sargent
mentioned the good points il his
speech, Mr. Rooster would also APP
prove with loud crow. Then when
Mr.. Kerr, vice president Of the Amer
lean Bank Of Commerce and Trust
Company, got up to talk, he showed
his unqualified approval Of him by
the most lusty crow Of all Whe
Miss MerrelI Of the same bank spoke,
he also approved, but whe Miss
Allen got up to speak his crow was
taken BY her to be a disapnrosal, for
she emphatically demanded that the
rnncter either keen order or be mi