The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1950-09-14
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places W 30 next week should be
the second annual Holmes County
Fair and Livestock show in Lex
ington.
Beginning Monday, September
IL, and continuing through Satur-
day, the big show will be held at
the fairgrounds on highway l2-l
the Lexington-Durant road.
All of the citizens throughout
the county are given a most cor
dial invitation to attend the fair
and see the many exhibits of live
stock and homemaking - enjoy
the attractions of the midway Il
and visit with your neighbors from
all over the county.
The grounds will open daily at
1000 am. and will be open every
night until l1:00 pm.
All exhibits VIII be in place by
Wednesday and already more en-
tries have been made than last
year, officials reported today.
The j. A. Gentsch shows will
arrive Sunday afternoon and start
operating Monday.
One of the big free attractions
of the fair will be Captain Sam,
the man who walks upside down
100 feet up in the air. Shucks,
! know that won't prove much of
an attraction to lots Of our read
ers many of whom have been
walking upside down for a long
time and quite a few more are al
ways up in the air. But Captain
Sam will entertain you.
Speaking of free attractions -
all of you who attended the fair
last year in Lexington will re-
member the man on the swaying
pole who provided free thrills for
the crowd. You will regret to
learn that he was showing in
Louisiana shortly after leaving
Lexington and the pole snapped.
He was reported to have been Kill
led instantly.
School children will be admit
ted free all day Friday at the fair
as well as teachers--that is, up
until 500 pm. We hope all of
the school kids and their tea
cheers will be present that day.
1t would be splendid contri-
button to the education and gen.
eral knowledge of our Holmes
county boys and girls to see the
record of our progress in this
county along agricultural lines -
since we the essentially an agri-
cultural county with the major
portion of our income coming
fSvsa the soil.
We know there are some people
In the county who may think the
fair doesn't amount to much -
that it isn't worth the time and
bother. But we believe if you will
give consideration to the interest
1t arouses among our farm fami-
lies through recognition of those
families who have done outstand-
ing work during the year then
you will see that it is not in vain
but really makes notable con-
tribution by encouraging greater
achievements on the farm. And
what helps the farmer helps you.
There will be exhibits of dairy
and beef cattle and we have
some beautiful cattle in Holmes
county - hogs poultry and tur-
keys, exhibits Of crops, commune
ty booths, wildlife exhibits, and
the women's division will have
some outstanding offerings.
There will be divisions OF COM
petition for our colored farm fami-
lies also and these promise to be
outstanding. We have some good
colored farmers in this county.
So, please consider that you
have special invitation to visit
the county fair next week not
once, but several times.
The rumor factory has been aw-
fully busy this week and men,
bers of Battery 'B" of the Hath
Field Artillery have been the vic
TINS. Hardly a day passes that
someone doesn't give out the in
formation the boys have been
"alerted" and will be called any
time.
We'd like to stop the rumors
once and for all - and help the
feelings of some of the mothers
who have been greatly disturbed
over the reports.
Should the boys be called to
active service it will come in the
form of an official announcement
and will be released to this news
paper by 1t. Jack White, COM
manding officer of B Battery, or
L. Emmett c. Reese, its executive
officer.
So far nothing official has come
down from headquarters or else
where.
The resignation of Defense
Chief johnson comes late - but
not too late, we hope.
With Gen. Marshall at the post
and God willing perhaps we may
be able to get ourselves out of the
terrible hole in which we now
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