The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-10-19
KNOTS FIRST FAIR IN SEVEN
YEARS A TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS
Fair Under Auspices Of Achievement
Campaign Committee.
(To The Citizen)

1 Board of Education to-day, 1t was
iokingly handed out that the people
who walked to the Knott County FAIR
on Saturday last, had to go back by
way of the ridges. because the roads
were so full of automobiles ana
horses. Opinions vary as to the num-
Der of people present all the way
1 from two thousand to five thousand
most people voting for three thous-
!, and The stores did thriving bus
mess, profits being measured IN
hundreds of dollars. Francis cash
i store took in $45l.30 before dark,
and the business kept up away after
that. Folks from all over the county
thronged the stores, the athletic field,
\ the cour' house and the streets
People began to come into Hindman
Mt seven O'Clock in the morning and
steady stream kept up until about
eleven when parade of automobiles,
numbering around forty-five, arrived
from Whitesburg, headed by band.
The total number of cars in Hindman
was in the neighborhood Of fifty.
The cars were outnumbered by teams
and the bed Of the creek for couple
Of miles. had horses hitched to every
available post and tree. The fair
was the biggest the town of Hind
man has ever known, and II looks as
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are going to make permanent land
marks of progress for Knott County.
The Fair was engineered by the
Knott County Achievement Contest,
the Knctt County School Supervisors,
The Knott County Home Demonstra-
ton Agent. Mrs. Warren. and officials
of the Achievement Contest being re-
sponsible. The Court House was
used for exhibits, and the athletics
wee carried on at the athletic field.
A great many schools were represen-
ted, and the day opened with the
gathering Of all the school children
in front Of the court house for sing
ing. Some of the school teachers
had come from great distance.
bringing all the children Of their
schools with them.
A special feature was the large
number of good speakers. These in
cluded DR.. NJ. F. Wright, Of Seco.
George Clark, County superinten
dent of Letche- County, Mr.. Frazier.
Letcher County, and Professor Baird,
Of Berea. Senator Smith introduced
the speakers. The topic of the day,
Good Roads, was so ably presented
by the speakers that there is not
much doubt in the minds of most Of
the people present as to the future
Of the highways and byways of Knott
| County. A prize Of fifty dollars had
been offered by the Knott County
Achievement Contest for the best
piece of road work done by the
schools on the road working days,
September 81 and %, when every
body in the county that was able,
turred out and leveled up mud holes,
cut down hills. drained, ditched,
blasted and otherwise turned every
stone for better highways. This
prize was awarded at the Fair, and
was carried off by the Betty
Troublesome School, of which f. A.
Hammons is in charge The pupils,
teacher and community of this
school and had done nothing less
than moved a mountain. After that
they had ditched, tiled and drained,
dug, levelled and smoothed, to such
an extent that travelling conditions
in the district are quite reversed
All the schools and communities in
the county were highly commended
on the excellent work they have done
on the road problem. Albert f.
Smiths School, at st. Nicholas, came
4 a close second for the prize.
At the "Husky Supervisors Ball
Came, in the morning, the Super
visor's team beat the St. Nicholas
Carr Creek team 90 to II. The
/ PLAYERS on the side of the Supervis-
I o-'s were Frank Fairchild, French
4 Maggard, Curtis Martin, Hagar Flu
gate and Tai Gibson. On the st.
Nicholas Carr Greek side were: Rev.
Albert Smith. Mando Kelly, Frank
Ashley, Dixon Adams, Spencer
Combs, Jr. The ball game was fol-
lowed bv athletics which had been
ar~anoed by the School Supervisors
Arnold Magoard, James Ritchie,
Denis Stureill. Burleich Noble. Troy
TAYLOR, French Maggard and John
]. Magoard carried off first prizes.
The Home improvements section