The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1922-10-04
SEVEN COUNTY FAIR
EXTREMELY LARGE
Opened Today and Will Be in
Full Swing Commencing
Tomorrow.

the appearance of an enormous cir
Gus with one 100x175 foot tent, ten
tents 40x60 feet each, and several
smaller tents in addition to~the per-
manent two storied Fair Building
all surmounted by waving pennants
and wired for electric lights. The
five hundred feet of permanent sta
bles already in place had to be aug
mented by several hundred more as
applications from live stock exhibi-
tors continued to come in.
The Fair is much larger than was
anticipated, fine cooperation having
been received by the Fair officers
and the secretary, Mrs. c. P. Per-
kins, who had the assistance of her
father-in-law, Mr.. c. B. Perkins,
president of the Fair Association
last year.
This years officers are Mr.. ]. @.
Brister, president; w. H. Seavey and
r. e. Furr, vice presidents; Mrs.
Chas. Perkins. jr., secretary; r. Lee
Moak, treasurer, and Mrs. Floyd
Middleton, director Women's De-
committees they have faithfully Civ
en- themselves to the promotion OF
the enterprise.
The Committee chairmen are as
follows: Buildings and Grounds,
Eugene Mccormick; Premiums, c.
S. Butterfield; Publicity, Mrs. B. T.
Hobbs; Entertainment, A. B. Fur
low; Agriculture, Percy Buie; Dali
rying, William Thompson; General
Livestock, ]. L. Pitts; Poultry, Char
lie Melville, jr.; Club Boys Exhib-
it's, o. F. Grantham; Agricultural
Implements, ]. Sid Penn; Culinary,
Mrs. Estus Smith; Prepared Fruits
and Vegetables, Mrs. w. c. Max
we'll; Needle and Fancy Work, Miss
Richie Wilson; Floral Department,
Miss Dele Storm; Child Welfare
Unit, Red Cross Affiliating, Miss Lu-
la A. Davis, Mrs. ]. B. Hardy; Adver-
tising, c. B. Perkins.
The rain Tuesday delayed the in
stalling of exhibits, but the music of
saw and hammer, the smell of saw
dust, the tapping of canvas and the
unloading of agricultural exhibits
from motor trucks made the Fair
Grounds an animated scene all day.
Lincoln county women's new fig
preserving enterprise and the New
Sight milk booth occupied the posi-
tions on either side of the entrance
of the Fair Building and community
exhibits filled most of the remaining
space. These were notable for the
variety and perfection Of the prod
ucts displayed.
Red, white and ribbon cane, gol-
den pumpkins, flourishing soy beans
and COW peas, entwining corn stalks,
and enormous sweet potatoes and
turnips carefully washed to look
their best were features of many of
the community exhibits. Fine bal
ed lespideza, sheaves of golden oats,
fragrant russet pears, bright hued
peppers, prolific peanuts and collards
of enormous size mingled in these -ex-
hibits with such unusual prod@cts as
tobacco, castor beans and October
water melons.
Upstairs are the needlework dis
play, the culinary department, the
floral department, Better Babies
department and others.
The A. & M. College sent an in
teresting and instructive exhibit
from the Department of Entomology
in charge of Mr.. ]. e. McEvilly.
The United States Department of
Agriculture sent an exhibit from
their laboratory at Tallulah, Louis
lana, showing the steps in poisoning
boil weevils with calcium arsenate.
The installation of exhibits ex-
tended through opening day, as the
rules permit this until $3.50 a. m. to-
morrow.
To the attractions of the exhibits
will be added the interest of such
speeches as those to be given by Wal
do Pitkin Of New Orleans, on Thurs
day, by DR.. Hull, president of the
A. G M. College, State Senator M. P.
L. Love, of Hattiesburg, and State
Superintendent of Education Harris
of Louisiana, Friday and George R.
James, of Memphis, and Louis Reu-
ter, of New Orleans, on Saturday.
A series of evening entertainments
include the minstrel show of the
American Legion and the Seven
County Pageant.
On Friday there will be two big
football games.
Lunch may be obtained on the
grounds at several places where the
funds will be used for benevolent
purposes.