The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
ELIZABETH CITY DISTRICT FAIR 4
SUCCESS In EVERY WAY THIS YEAR
Every Day Has Been Big Day and Friday With
Fast Auto Races Added Will Be Big
est Day of All.

avcr held i'll Elizabeth City seems
-, he the verdict of the thous-
,,ds who have attended the Fair
here this week. The agricultur-
A. home departments, poultry
aud i've stock exhibits are the
. LARGEST and most interesting ev-
er brought to Northeastern
North Carolina Fair. The horse
racing has been unusually. good
and the entries larger than ever
before. The free attractions are
Of exceptional merit and have
kept the crowds we'll entertained.
The midway is alive with carni-
val attractions. The weather has
been ideal, everybody in a good
hrnor and the Fair is a success
in every way.
Tie opening day attendance was the
largest ever recorded on the opening
.1av Of 4 Fair. For the first time in
years tie people found the Fair func-
-;ou;ng on the very first day and every
Thing running smoothly. Wednesday S
crovd easily doubled Tuesdays, the op
sr:ug day. Greater crowds were pour
;ug into town yesterday as this news
9aper went to press. And Friday, the
la-7 day promises to be the biggest day
II al.
There will be a big added free attrac-
ION to-day. Friday, that wasn't adver-
-:>ed by the Fair Management. For
,-reral weeks the Fair Association has
b.en negotiating for fast automobile
racers. but no hint of the fact was Civ
IN. because the management didn't want
- promise the public something that
might lot materialize. But the auto
r..biIe races will be on to-day. with the
same fast cars and drivers that recent
II thrilled thousands of spectators of the
NsrfoIk. Va track. Geo. Gallagher
with q Shamrock; Alf Cooper with
Chevrolet Special; P. Burgess with an
.N.o Special and D. D. Churchill with
? Farl Special will compete for a purse
nj Sl.ss. Churchill has made 80 mixes
IN hour. a mile a minute, on fast
All --;rh his specially built sixteen
valve Ford Every fivver owner in
Nortnea,,ern North Carolina will want
- see Lw Churchill does it on the
track here to-day. The races are lin
i-cd TO cars of 1S3 cubic inches piston
DISPLACEMENT. races to begin from fly
ing start The race is open to local en-
-r;es under the prescribed conditions
aid several Elizabeth City cars are ex-
Tected to enter to add to the excite
rent.
Going To Be a Big Fair
Going to press in the midst Of the
Fair it : impossible for this newspaper
70 mention every deserving feature OF
The Fair. Edward Reese, five foot four
inches and weighing only 13S pounds
les down on the race track and lets
>aven-p;l>senger MarmoA automobile
loaded uitL passengers and driven by
/, 3. Perry. drive over his PROSTATE
body. both front and rear wheels pass
iLg over his chest This is another free
attraction that wasn't put on the bills.
The main exhibit building this year
= comfortably filled and in another year
he FAR Association will have to erect
special exhibition hall in addition to
lie present hall under the grand stand.
Tie interest manifested in this years
exhibits indicates that the Elizabeth
Cicy District Fair is going to be a big
ia:r, d-:aanding more and more eXhlol-
ion space. The agricultural exhibits,
canning club exhibits, fancy work and
clr.o ecLibts are wonderful this year
and will require more room another
YEAR. The big live stock building erect
"I this summer and expected to serve
rhe nec.!~ Of the Fair for several years
- CONF wasn't big enough for all the
exhibits available for the Fair this year.
And It > big building at that.
First Fisheries Exhibit
One Of the most interesting exhibits
At the Fair this week is the exhibit
af thc North Carolina Fisheries Com
mission. The exhibit is the first of its
kind ever assembled and was gotten up
On only two weeks notice. On account
II tho perishable nature of the EXHIBIT
much 81 it had to be discarded, lnclud-
Ag an exhibit of escallops, from More
mead City and live shrimp and prawn
from Wilmington The exhibit was as
-'M5Ird and directed by Theo. S. Meek
.--. -i~tant State Fish Commissioner,
4 M.rteo. and he made a good job of
VII. the limited time in which ne
lad t. work. With the experience
2".aat this year and with more time
!a VII to plan and assemble an eX-
--'.t i.-x- year. Mr.. Meekins promises
70 @i|r the Fair next year "a fisheries
aZ!lilt that. will be an eye-opener IN
d'cd. The fisheries exhibit has attract
Hi "vclT one passing thru the exhibition
'l.dil and has given thousands a new
E-o"i' e Of the scope and possibilities
~ No Il Cardinals fisheries resources.
ihe' are Il number of good industrial
@apr al the Fair this year, tho local
.dfs'l."- are not represented as they
Spence -Hollowell Co. has
tractive exhibit of improved
merry that has proved liye-
y to visitors and is in itself
feature.
Of prizes in the various
Of the Fair was not con-
ne for publication in this