The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-10-20
The Terry County Herald Editors View
Of the South Plains Fair As He Saw 1t
And Told His Readers About the Next Week

county that visited the South Plains |
Fair during one or more OF the |
three DAYS last week that Il was IN |
session. Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday. and when we got there we
wondered where all the people came !
from. Even Boy Haynes thappy
Haynio) Of the Lynn County News |
was there in all his glory--thc glory
mart being the better half-and no
telling who else. We thought on
arriving in the city that the show
was over and all the people had
come 10 town for refreshments, but
when we started 10 the fair grounds
we found that two presidential run
eral professions were going on M
the same time. and we was in the
one headed toward the fair enclos-
ure. and when we arrived there, we
decided that all the mob we left IN
town had suddenly decided 20 return
10 the fair grounds, and had beat as
back BY eight or nine that night
an these above mentioned funeral
proressions and mohs seemed TO
have converged into one seathlng'
happy mass Of humanity. and you
were more or less carried with %
whether you were ready 20 move or
not. Yet it was a peaceablc mon,
intent only on seeing good time
and letting you have one, but you
must keep moving. The first we
saw Of Happy Haynie, he was eat
ing. AZ usual, and the next time we
saw him he was measuring the
height 81 the ferris wheel with ms
eyes lie was even complaining then
that there was "crick' 10 ms neck.
We found the agricultural build
ing about the first thing, but i was
much larger and handsomer build
ing than the one last year. and as
usual found that old Terry had Sc
cured the choice Of booths, the one
next 20 the main entrance and there
was Judge Neil spelling 90 t.e
crowd the wonderful possibilities or
the heart and center Of the great
South Plains Of Texas--TERRY. We
expected 20 see him a little down
cast over the fact that we had gone
10 fourth place, but not ht Of Il
he was enjoying the fact, Tor
the never-ending proce ssion 1f hum
anity were disagreeing with me
Judges or course the judges had
10 90 by points. but the crowd was
jndging quality But that il not
here nor there. our defeat for the
first time viii only make the Terry
ties the harder 90 hold NEXT year.
Time about Is fair play Any ~
the exhibits in the huge building
should make any one proud thar ne
was from the South Plains whether
ar not his county was even repre-
sented The community exhibits
from dozen or more Lubbock
county communities were something
wonderful. and even the individual
exhibits would make the most optim-
istic man on the plains run Nis old
thumb under his "galluscs rear
ha and spit his tobacco Juice an
over creation IN these individual
exhibits were everything good %
eat one m ghi imagine. and after
gazing al them for a few minutes
one usually made for the hamburger
ioint % satisfy his appetite.
We left the poultry and stock de-
partments for the next morning and
followed the crowd through all the
merry whirl Of doh racks and Other
~ milling devices. shows. merry-go-
rounds, ferris wheels. and all Of
the blaze and glory for one that
likes those things. be could be no
better satisfied anywhere outside the
state fair az Dallas. for tha, is the
only fair now that we compare with
our South Plains Fair.
Our visits 90 the poultry aud live
took departments wa well reward
ed for We saw the best that the IN
telligence Of the producers Of The
great South Plains. coupled with the
sdmrable climate we have, can pro-
dute. Poultry from the wee bantum
90 all sorts Of large varieties, some
~ which we had never heard Of.
Hogs that weighed a half ton and
rorses from the nimble shetland 70
me big $500 draft animal. Also
sheep and fine cattle No wonder