Pocahontas star herald., 1925-09-17
Everything Set For The
Agricultural-School Fair

The committee in charge announces
that everything is now in readiness
for the biggest County Fair ever held
in this section of Arkansas. The Fair
will open on Thursday, Sept. oath,
and will continue through the 25th
and Goth.
Preparations are being made to en-
tertain thousands of people during the
three days. Severay thousand dollars
in prizes will be given away. Present
indications are that record breaking
crowds will attend each day. The Fair
Association has spared neither money
nor pains preparing splendid Fair
Ground and in securing plenty of clean
attractions.
The committee to whom all praise
is due for this excellent work is com
posed Of Il. Dalton, j. w. Shannon, X.
A. Mock, j. l.. Bledsoe, e. A. Kerr,
/ l.. p. Smith and J. ID Wells. Each of
these men has labored faithfully and
without pay in order that our county
might be able to present a creditable
exhibition of her products and it now
appears that their labors will be re-
warded in that there will be thou
sands of exhibits and program of
entertainment worth while.
The school feature of the fair pro-
misses to be the greatest school exhibit
tion ever held in Randolph County and
large crowds of parents, teachers and
pupils are coming from the entire
county for this feature Of the exhibit
tion. Liberal prizes will be awarded
for excellence in the various exhibits
by pupils.
Agricultural and stock experts from
the Department of Agriculture will be
on hand to Judge all farm and stock
exhibits.
The fair association has gone to the
expense of arranging with the Dixie
land Carnival to be on the fair ground
during the fair. We understand that
this is one of the best carnivals that
has ever shown in this county.
The management has been working
increasingly for several days on the
final plans for the fair, and all parties
in connection with the work of the fair
are giving their services free of charge
in order that the agricultural and
school interests of the county might
4 be advanced. The management has
received hearty cooperation from the
farmers and school teachers of the
county and hopes for continued CO.
operation.
Electric lights are being installed at
the fair grounds and a water pipe has
already been laid insuring an abund-
ant supply of water for all purposes.
The fair bids to be a great success and
the fair management asks the cooper
alton of the people of the whole county
/ in attending and bringing exhibits.
Let everybody bring some exhibit. The
fair is your fair and is for your bene-
fit, so bring your exhibits and attend
and let's make the fair great sue
cess.
. A special feature Of the program for
Thursday. beginning at one o'clock p.
M. will be the following
Slow mule race, prize $500.
/ Best broncho rider, prize $500.
! Quickest race, including saddling
and unsaddling horse, prize $500.
Best pulling team, prize $500.
All entrants in contest will be sup
posed to pay fee of $1.OO.
Mack Dalton will be in charge Of
the contests and all who desire to en-
ter these contests will report to him by
noon Thursday, Sept. oath.
Ar old fiddlers contest will be held
at the fair exhibit building at four
o'clock D. m, Thursday. Prize $3.50
No entrance fee will be charged In
this contest. All entrants see Uncle
Charlie Johnston at the fair building
at one o'clock p. M, on Thursday.
Jimmie Barwick, a noted aviator,
will fly over Randolph county. on the
afternoon Of September 22nd scatter
ing hand bills advertising the fair and
will be in attendance at the fair
grounds during the three days of the
fair with his aeroplane. Buddy
Rhodes, noted wing walker and stunt
performer, will be with him.
If you don't come to the Randolph
County Fair you will miss the greatest
aeroplane exhibition ever staged in
this section of the state.
Given Away