Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-10-10

Inaugurated by an automobile pa
rade a. La Plata, the arst meeting Of
the Charles County Fair began Tues
day morning at Chapel Point. At the
gale 10 the grounds the parade was
met BY the iudges--Mrs. F. b. Gwynn,
Mrs. ii, ii. Hawkins and Mrs. Z. P.
| Williams. who made the following
awards First prize, $1,000, for best
decoration, TO the McDonough Girls
Club. Second prize, $500, Mrs. W. }.
MITCHELL and third prize, 81 so, Miss
Mary Brent Hamilton. Miss Hamilton.
also won the special McDonagh prize
for decorated Chevrolet. The judges
we're unable TO decide between two dec
GRATED Fords and as two prizes had
been offered, they coupled the entries
and awarded the Matthews Howard
prize 10 Mrs. Clarence Jameson, and
the Hughessille Garage prize to Mr..
L. II. Ste tens.
An entire building was filed with
Berkshire, Duroc and Poland China
hogs. Horses, mules and cattle filled
another. Chickens exhibited included
the finest showing OF Barred Rocks
and other varieties ever seen In Mary
land. Sheep and goats and every
thing found in rural life was there.
Perhaps the outstanding entries were
Mr.. Robert Grains short horns and /
mules, the short horns OF Frere Bros,
dairy cattle, horses, mules, sheep and |
swine OF Mr.. J. 9. BONNIE, and pen
Of pure bred ewes which just arrived
from Virginia where they were pul-
chased BY Messrs. A. NJ. WEIGH and
w. j. Mitchell, Jr.
In the poultry department the exhib-
it OF Aunt Mary's Farm, Mr.. Nathan |
G. Moore, which included a SIS white
ieghorn coekerei, recently purchased;
she Rhode Island Red entries OF MIR.
w. }. Mitchell, Jr., and the Barred |
Rocks shown By Mr.. Il Smith Swami,
were probabiy the most notable.
What Charles county can do in APP
plies proved surprise to visitors from
the extension service OF the University |
Of Maryland. The exhibits included
Jonatuans, Stayman- W inesaps and
other varieties packed with oil the
care possible. Messrs. j. r. Bur-
dette, Lee Hanson and Jas, A. Gray
we're the principal exhibitors.
The Farm Crops department was not
very well filled, but what was there
vas good and Mr. Glen E. Mac Beth
seems to have annexed all the ribbons
In this line.
Tobacco was shown that produced
"a pound to the stalk, returning to
he grower more than S1000to the acre.
In the women's building the display
Of flowers was itself a show.
Needle work. preserves, oil paint
Ings, Maryland biscuits and cakes
Kept the buildings constantly tille1. In
ali the Judges awarded $50 cash prizes
and 132 honor premiums.
The principal feature OF the opening
day was the tournament and it proved
TO be one of the most interesting held
in this section for a long time. The
knights were Profession
als-S. Henson, first; r. A. Hunger
ford, second and j. II. Love, third.
Amateurs Adrian Fisher, first; j. j.
anamee, second and John Nc
Konchie, third. The coronation took
place ats O'Clock when, in the alb
sence of the scheduled Orator of the
Evening, Mr.. II. s. Swami made a
most appropriate address and con
ferred the honors. In the professional
class, Mr.. Henson transferred his
crown to MIR. Vincent Hungerford,
who crowned Miss Fannie Edelen,
Queen; Miss Briefly Hayden was
LIST maid and Miss Sophie
Gerevich, 3rd maid. In the amateur
class, Miss Clara Kirby was crowned
Queen; Miss Martha Wathen, LIST maid
and Mrs. Herbert McKonchie. Srd maid.
Twenty-six riders participated. Mr..
Fl. Holland Hawkins was chief mar
shall and Mr.. Frank S. Barnes, assist
ant marshal. The aids were Misses
K Katharine Chapman, Anna Mercer
Carpenter, Lucy Matthews, Mary EN-
lily Mitchell and Ella Bryan.
The charge to the dnight was given
by. DR., I. S. Symons, director of ex-
tension service, University of Mary
Iank. DR.. Symons Landed the spirit
Of ehivalry of the men of Southern
and urged the continuance
Of the almost 800 year custom of tour
aaments as means Of keeping alive
respect for womanhood.
The management OF the Fair is great
" encouraged by the showing already
made and ii the visitors, especially the
people wish TO see it repeated
next year, they must get behind it, not
only by showing and boosting, but by
j small financial investment which will
Dut the enterprise on a sound basis and
tliow plans to be started immediately
Ior bigger, better show in 1925. |.