The Pulaskian., 1920-10-14

pass the home ot Mrs. Norman is
 the most beautiful two-mile stretch
 of road in Pulaski county. It runs
 along a pretty little creek, which is
 named McHenry or McFadden and
 on the opposite side of the road from
 the creek is a mountain most of the
 way. Mir. W. |. Davis owns a splen-
 did farm midway of this stretch,
 where he has one of the finest springs
 in Pulaski county and Mrs. Norman owns another. Each is so good that il is impossible for me to say which
 is the best spring.
 The school house is a neatly con structed building and has a front
 porch, which Is rallied in with a gate
 at the foot of the steps to keep the
 stock off, and a twelve-ineh plank on
 top of the railing at each end for a seat This gives to this school an
 individuality of its own, which is not
 duplicated elsewhere in the county.
 There is a raised platform clear
 across the rear end of the room and 1t Is lighted by ten windows, which makes 1t one of the best lighted school houses in the county. It is situated at the very apex of the hill, giving it commanding position over the other two buildings and the ceme- teTy, which is located lower down the hill alongside of the three build ings.
 Lower down the hill is the church building, which is large and com modious for a country community, ceiled inside and well lighted. It was built by the entire community, but the land was deeded to the M. E. Church South and dedicated by it.
 About fifty feet below the church house is the W. o. w. two-story building. When the fair was thought of at first this building was incom- plete, not even a floor or window light or door shutter in the lower floor and all the glass had been brok- en out of the upper windows by boys of the school or someone else, and the floor was in a rather deplorable condition. A meeting of the lodge and community was held and 1t was agreed that the community would re- pair and complete the lower floor, which was to be dedicated to the use of the public, while a joint meeting of the A. o. U. w. lodge had been called to meet with the ". o. ". and complete the upper floor for the ben eft and use of both lodges. The grounds are also to be cleaned off and beautifed. When this Is done and the buildings are repainted it will be found that just the improve ments to these grounds, which in ex- tent are over two acres, will amount 10 at least a couple of thousand dol lars. So If that is all the good the fair does the community; 1t will prove to have been the best spent three days ever put in by a part of this community for the public good and pleasure. The people have only put in a floor and wooden shutters for the windows, having concluded by the experience of the lodge in put ting glass in its windows that 1t was useless to glaze their own windows before putting up shutters to project them.
 For the exhibit large, commodious shelves were built through the center of the room with ceiled partition wall between them. This went a long ways toward securing for them over one hundred and fifty dollars of prize money, about twice as much as Mableyale secured. This is the by which the fairs will be judged by the public. The one re- ceiving the most prize money will be considered the best fair, even though 1t fail to be so awarded by the off cials or judges. Mablevale l am sure had more stuff on exhibition, but it was not put up properly. That Is, standard jars, such as the 'cata- loge of all fairs say to use, were not used, but in their stead was used or dinary Mason friut jars. The corn, potatoes, beans, peas and so forth 1.,a,.a moi mi m in the nuantities called for. For instance one man had thirty ears of corn at Mablevale all piled up together, for which he re- ceived no prize. Had he had them piled up properly in three stacks he would have received three prizes. Others had more or less quantities than the catalog called for, on which they failed to obtain ribbon; had they only have had the correct amount they would have received the
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