The Pulaskian., 1921-11-03
By " BECK.

was afraid that I would find hard times around Jacksonville, but if times were hard there you could not tell it by the fair, for 1t was bet ter than last year and better than any other community fair held so far in the county. It was such a success that the people reorganized at once for another and better fair next year. MT. Henry was reelected president for next year, but rendered his resig- nation at once, which was refused by the people, but he positively refused to accept the office for another term, claiming that 1t would be undemo- cratic to do so. His resignation was then accepted and Judge J. Q. Vaughn was elected president for the ensuing year. The other officers had already been elected.
 The fair was opened promptly at l p. m Thursday by Gov. T. C. Nc Rae. After congratulating the peo- pie on the wonderful display of farm products and the handiwork of the ladies as well as the display of the different schools, the Governor made an able plea for better education for the rising generation. He explained that by a recent survey 1t was shown that the high school students made S9.02 each day they attended school by the increased pay they received over what the people without high school education received and for that reason he claimed it did not pay to keep a child out of school unless ii received over $9.02 day for its la Dor. He himself was one of large family of children, who lost their father in the Civil War and his moth CT was unable to give him a good education and he has all his life felt the loss of 1t. He believes in large families and claims that the responsi- bility of a family increased the use fulness of citizens, making them bet ter. He illustrated this by story of kitten owned by his sister and a pup he owned when children. He said every time his pup met his sis ter's kitten 1t made blue streak for the house or a hole, but finally the kitten became a cat and had a family of her own. After that every time they met it was the dog that made the blue streak for just any old place to get away from the cat.
 Each day there was a big crowd in attendance. The lunch stand was run this year by the ladies and took in a good revenue. for the fair. They served fried chicken, ham sandwich es, hot coffee, pies and cake, all cook ed by the Jacksonville ladies, and many were the compliments passed on the good cooking.
 The fair was opened Friday, the second day, by grand street parade headed by Miller's Overall Factory Band, of Little Rock. Judge Mcbride was the marshal of the day and led the parade. The parade proper was headed by two boys of Uncle Sam's navy carrying the Union Jack. Next came Mrs. Hattie Nixon on a grey charger, then ladies and gentlemen by couples on horseback, then boys and men on horses.
 One of the prettiest and most unique features of the parade came next-Ophelia and Robt. Head. Rob. ert was riding pony to which were attached two poles to its sides, Indian style, on which was a seat occupied 1 by Ophelia. Both wore Indian cos tumes. Then came Mrs. Ramsey's car, nicely decorated, occupied by school girls singing Arkansas. There followed a Fordson tractor pulling a trailer filled with sehool girls, then truck and trailer oc cupied by school boys, then truck with minstrels, then negro minstrels and street fakir leading a wild man after whom came an old negro hunter with his dog and possum.
 The Fordson tractor used was fur nished by Shoemaker-Bale Co.
 Sharp Dunaway has discovered tht community fairs and had on exhibi ton bear, coyote, fox and two coons which attracted as much attention or more than anything else at th' fair.
 The people managing the fair hac arranged for a large exhibit of poul