The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1920-07-30
STAGE SET FOR
BIG COUNTY FAIR
FIVE WEEKS OFF
Premiums For Exhibits Increased
Materially in All Departments
This Year.
RACING PROGRAM WILL BE
MOST ATTRACTIVE ONE YET
Fair Catalogues OFF Presses Of The
Partisan This Week; Now in
Hands of Secretary.

Advance interest in the eleventh
annual Henry County Fair, September
8, 9, 10, II indicates that this event
will this year surpass all previous
fairs. With the recrd of a highly
successful fair last year, as an ini-
tial inspiration, and with the present
pleasing agricultural prospects in the
county casting a rosy optimistic hue
over future accomplishment, no dis
couragement casts shadow of the
1920 Henry County Fair not being
the most stupendous ever.
The official fair program and pre-
MUM list, this week off The Partisan
presses, is forerunner of an exhi
bition and entertainment that thou
sands of countains and neighboring
countains will revel in. Not only
will the over one thousand dollars in
special premiums increase the usual
showing of livestock, agricultural dis
plays, floral hall exhibits, etc, at the
fair, but the liberal and enlarged
premiums the fair association gener-
ously offer this year will add to the
interest in all departments.
A racing program, offering $500
and $500 purses each day cannot fail
to attract lively entries and draw
large crowds of spectators. The fact
that the Henry County Fair is some
weeks earlier this year, will afford
better opportunity of the leading
Kentucky and state racers making
this circuit. A 2:25 trot features. the
first days racing; a 2;20 pace, the
second days; 2:16 trot the third
days, and 2:12 pace and mile
running race, the last days, with
three supplementary racing attrac-
tions of no mean consequence on each
day. The next two or three weeks
will develop the racing program into
all that the association hope to make
it.
Realizing that only efforts directed
toward livestock and educational fea-
lures would not induce universal APP
probation of the fair, and that some
few demand other entertainment at
the fair than the races, the manage
ment has spent much consideration
this year on the selection of car
nival and free attractions, and these
will undoubtedly be high class and
different from the usual run of en-
tertainment. There will be riding
devices for the youngsters and for
those of a juvenile enjoyment of the
county fair, when riding the merry
go-round and the pink lemonade are
the usual part of the days pleasure,
and there will be tent shows and 9TH
er amusements of a high order.
By September 8, everyone will be
good and ready for a needed recrea-
tion. The farmer, with his crops
laid by, the farmers wife with the
bulk of her vegetable and fruit
canning accomplished, the farmer lad
and lassie with no thoughts of to-
morrow's lessons, because the fall
term will not have then be begun or
will be just beginning, will load in
the faithful old shay or the frisky
new car, and set out to spend four
gala days at the big show. The far
mer must bring along some samples
of that fine corn, or large tobacco, or
excellent hay that he has raised, not
SO particularly to win the blue rib
bon, but to compare his products
with those of the farmer from
different part of the county, and to
profit by the comparison on his next
years output. The lady wife should
not go to the fair without samples of
her culinary art to compete with the
jams, jellies, preserves, etc, of her
neighbors, and the boys and girls
should bring to the fair healthy APP
petites, youthful inquisitiveness to
see and enjoy everything there.