Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-04

At PACTNE EXHIBITS.
IN ALL DEPART VENTS.
PLEASE HUI DPEBS
Present Indications Point To
This Being Largest Fair
Ever Held Here

At one o'clock to-day tie gates Of
the Sumter couhty fair WEI e
thrown wide for the opening of the
biggest and best far ever to be
staged in this section. Fair Off
Gals and those ent 2"ilg exhibits
and displays have been hard at
work since Thursday getting things
into shape and early this morning
the most of them had completed
their work. r. P. Li@tlejohn, under
whose supervision the display and
amusement tents have been erected
and who has Displayed MS midway
attractions in every county in this
section of the State says that the
Sumter county fair viii surpass In
size and number of exhibits any
fair at which he has shown. Off
Gals of the fair state that never be
fore have the communities taken
such active interest in fair and
that due to the largercss of their
exhibits additional tents had TO lie
procured to house them. Already
visitors are arriving in the city for
the fair and arrangements have
been made to handle the largest
crowd ever to attend the show
ing of Sumter county fair. AS
special attraction tonight election
returns will be received over the
radio and will be announced to
the crowd.
The fifth annual session of the
Sumter county fair opened at one
o'clock to day ana reports form
the grounds state that already great
crowds have passed through the
gates.
The community exhibits from the
different districts are attracting I'M.
usual attention. The districts repre-.
sehted are New Era, Union High,
Huntington, Thalean, Concord and
Andersonville, all OF them have
spent great deal of time in making
their booths attractive.
The home demonstration and
girls canning and sewing club are
well represented and their exhibits
are one of the largest at the fair.
Many articles that took first prizes
at other county fairs are on display
here.
The school booths which occupy
large section of the exhibit tent
are of beautiful design and show
that the students have put out con-
siderable work in al effort to make
their displays the best attraction at
the fair. The Americas high school,
the Agriculture school, the Gram
mar schools in the city and all
schools in the city and ell schools
IN the county are represented. e
Many merchants in the city have
booths in the exhibit teri and they
are causing much comment in re-
CARDS to their beauty If design and
unique method of display.
All lovers of poultry. and liYe
stock will treated to the best ex.i
hibits that have ever been display
ed at county fair anywhere. So
numerous were the entries for space
in~the poultry. exhibit tent that the
managers of this department were
compelled to turn away entrants.
Birds that have won ribbons and
cups in the largest fairs in the
country are on exhibit here. The
entries in this department were not
restricted to Sumter county click.
ems fanciers and owners from all
over the state have entered birds.
Each day, at four o'c'ock in the
afternoon and ten O'Clock at night
the Littlejohn shows are going to
put on three free acts, "Fussner
the Great" on his slacl; wire will
entertain the crowds supported by
The Taylor Brothers in their aerial
circus and acrobatic act and Capt.
f4ash, who leaps from ladder G.
feet in the air to a net bslow. II is
known as the European Fire High
diver and in his leap through space
bis body is enveloped in flames.
The usual number of riding de-
vices are with the fair and they al e
proving very popular with the
grown folks as well as the young