The Marlin Democrat
Fifteenth Year Number 38
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, June 9, 1904
IT WAS A GREAT DAY
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MARLIN'S FIRST TRADES DAY - A WINNER
WITH EVERY ONE.
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List of Handsome Premiums Awarded.
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The business league and citizens of Marlin have cause for congratulating
themselves upon the success of their first trades day and stock show, and the
farmers and others, who attended, have equal cause for congratulation on their
good fortune in being here. It was a mixing and mingling of town and country
folks that was continually agreeable and highly beneficial to all parties
concerned. They came; they saw; they swapped experiences, swapped "yarns;"
swapped ideas and all went away well pleased.
Marlin feels highly honored in having such a
representative body of Falls county farmers and and citizens as her guests and
will be glad to have them come back again. The town people feel that they have
been greatly benefitted, that the whole county has been benefitted by the day
and that there should be a repetition of the same every once and a while. Marlin
knows that there is no class of citizenship that contributes so much to her
prosperity and commercial prestage as the men and women from the farms. As the
"Old AlcaIde" said: "Civilization begins and ends with the plow," and the people
of Marlin, as well as everywhere, appreciate this fact and have determined to
lend their influence, their work and their means to make farm work more pleasant
and profitable by encouraging to the extent of their ability, improved methods
and diversification among the agricultural class. As a starter in this direction
Monday was a good one.
The day was opened with an agricultural exhibit that
would open the eyes of East Texas diversifiers who,mayhap, think that they are
"the only melons on the vine." If they could have seen the Bermuda onions, the
potatoes that will grow at random in Falls county soil, the beet fifteen inches
in circumference, radishes as large around as a man's arm, cabbage heads that
would fill an ordinary water bucket, squashes, as large as a dinner plate and
berries, the size of plums, all grown in Falls county, then they would decide
that "there were others," - that the soil of the Brazos and much of the uplands
in Falls county was almost as well adapted to diversification as their own that
grows, with equal versatihty, peanuts and politicians, pine rosin and pumpkins.
The fine stock show in the afternoon was a feature
around which great interest was attracted. Several smart turnouts were in
evidence including two companies from the fire department. The saddlers were
well represented and the crowd cheered each as they cantered down the "pike."
The attractions of the afternoon were double-headers.
While the stock show was on around the public square, the steer roping contest
and a baseball game were pulled off at the fair grounds.
In the steer roping contest John Maines won first
money, a $30.00 saddle; Henry Barton, second, a $25.00 watch; R. E. Batey,
third, a fine bridle. Sammie Levy made a good throw, but his rope broke at the
critical stage and it was all off.
The closing attraction at the baseball park was a game
of ball between the Kosse and Marlin teams. Old players declare this to be the
"fastest" game of ball played on a Marlin diamond in many years. The game lasted
an hour and five minutes and the score stood 2 to 1 in favor of Marlin. This was
a very fine sport and was greatly enjoyed by those who witnessed it.
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LIST OF PREMIUMS AWARDED.
The following premiums were awarded
by the judges in the various departments:
GARDEN AND TRUCK FARM.
E. F. Redding, for best peck of Irish potatoes, one 8
day alarm clock.
M. F. Foster, best bunch radishes, butter dish.
H. H. Hammer best bunch carrots, set cups and saucers.
H. H. Hammer, best basket wax beans, one bridle.
F. W. Stallworth, best basket tomatoes, bottle of wine.
W. A. Stahl, second best basket tomatoes, one gallon
molasses.
James Killebrew, best beets, coffee pot.
James Killebrew, best squashes, one dollar shirt.
J. H. Holt, best half-dozen cucumbers, ten yards of
lawn.
F. W. Stallworth, best showing strawberries one dozen
fruit jars.
W. T. Davis, best six onions. five pounds good coffee.
F. W. Stallworth, second best bunch six onions, pair of
ladies $1.50 shoes.
F. W. Stallworth, best, display of garden products,
$2.50 cash.
FARM AND MEADOW.
Harry Conoly, best bale alfalfa, $2.00 cash.
Nelson Washington, best six stalks cotton, one pair
$2.50 pants.
M. F. Foster, second, best six stalks of cotton, one
pair $1.50 shoes.
Nelson Washington, best six stalks corn, bottle
whiskey.
M. F. Foster, second, best six stalks corn, one sack
flour.
POULTRY.
Jasper Hunnicutt, best two Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1.00
worth of coffee.
G. W. Buchnaan, best two White Plymouth Rocks, 20
pounds of granulated sugar.
LIVE STOCK.
W. T. Fannin & Son, best pair roasters, $5.00 cash
W. T. Fannin & Son, most stylish single driver,
one pair $3.00 pants.
C. W. Lloyd, best saddler horse, pair $3.50 shoes.
Lazarus Ward, best two year old mare or horse, $2.50 halter.
_____ Cabaniss, best colt 1-year old or under, one pair
$2.50 shoes.
Alf Eckert, best brood mare, one $3.50 hat.
R. M. Casey, best span mules, one pair $3.50 shoes.
Cooley & Co., best sucking colt.
A. Eckert, best mule colt $1.50 hat.
Marlin Horse Co., best jack, $5.
Cooley & Co., second best jack, $2.50.
Cooley & Co., best stallion, $5 cash.
Marlin Horse Co., second best stallion, $2 50 cash.
W. L. Falconer, best cow five years old, $5.00 cash.
M. T. Andrews, second best milk cow, half ton cotton
seed hulls.
W. D. Kyser, best one year old heifer, one $2.50
rocking chair.
H. C. Crawford, second best year old heifer, ______.
Nettles & Falconer, best one year old bull, pair $3.50
shoes.
NOTE: - There were a number of special prizes given for
displays not on the regular list but we have not the full list at hand.
Note: Where there is ______, that was the way it was in the paper. kc
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