The Marlin Democrat
Fifteenth Year Number 19
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 7, 1904
BIGGER AND BETTER.
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MARLIN SECOND TRADES DAY WAS A
HUMMER.
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Agricultural Exhibits Surpassed
Former Sales Day.
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The second trades and sales day
pulled off by the Marlin Business League was a hummer, despite the threatened
inclemency of the weather and heavy roads. If there was any doubt that
Marlin's First Monday trades day is a fixture it has, evidently been removed by
the interest shown in Monday's affair by the people of Falls county. The
bread winners show plainly that they appreciate this effort upon the part of the
business man of Marlin to develop the agricultural and kindred interests of
Falls county and to bring town and country closer together to the mutual good of
all parties concerned.
The exhibits were large in number and finer and more
varied in quality and kind, than on the previous day. The display was
shown on the ground floor of the Masonic building and a row of wide improvised
tables extending the entire length of the building was not sufficient to
accommodate the various articles on exhibit and a large quanity of them found
room on barrels and boxes and on the floor.
The building was crowded all day with people who had
come to see what Falls county can produce when the people take a notion to avail
themselves of the varied resources of the soil and climate of "the best county
in Texas."
It was a noticeable feature of the day that the
exhibits came from larger area of territory than formerly, demonstrating that
the farmers of the county generally are becoming interested in the monthly
events.
A large number of eggs were brought and sold, the
business league in each instance paying to the seller a premium of two cents a
dozen every dozen sold that Gay and reported to the league
An auctioneer was on the ground and a number of horses
were disposed of. Others came for traffic and swapped horses as they "used
to do."
The judges were chosen from visitors and were Mr.
Waddil of Louisiana, W. T. Bertrand of Harlem and Capt. Boyd of Pittsburg, all
practical farmers.
PREMIUMS AWARDED.
The largest baby boy or girl under two years old, $5
cash - Baby Morris, aged 4 months.
Best display of garden products brought the longest
distance, not under five miles, $3 -cash. - F. W. Stallworth.
Best basket of tomatoes, 1 bottle of wine. - W. A.
Stahl.
Second best basket of tomatoes, 1 good $1. shirt - M.
F. Foster.
Best half dozen squashes, $1 parasol - J. Killebrew.
Best half dozen cucumbers, 1 - case soda water. - J. A.
Peters.
Best half dozen Bermuda onions, 1 pair $1.50 shoes. -
F. W. Stallworth.
Best half dozen onions. (not Bermuda) red or white, 1
sack of salt. - W. A. Stahl.
Best basket Irish potatoes, 1 $2.50 hat. - E. F.
Redding.
Best watermelon, (raised) pair $2.50 pants. - S. S.
Jones.
Second best watermelon, 1 sack good flour - M. F.
Foster.
Best pumpkin, pair $1 kid gloves. - W. H. Durr.
Best half dozen canteloupes, pair $1 overalls. - J. A.
Wardlaw
Best half dozen ears of corn, 1 bottle "Old Crow." - C.
P. Jones.
Best peaches, any variety one sack flour. - J. L.
McCoy.
Best pears, any variety, one jar 75c pickles. - F. W.
Stallworth.
Best bunch of grapes, one $1.50 bridle. - E. Landrum.
Best canned tomatoes, one pair $1.50 shoes. - W. H.
Durr.
Best jelly, any fruit, 10 yards, 10c lawn, - W. H.
Durr.
Best pair knit sox, 10 yards calico, - Mrs. Fannie
Case.
Second best pair knit sox. - Mrs. S. E. Vancleave.
Best silk quilt. pair ladies $2.50, shoes - Mrs. W. T.
Norwood.
Best dewberry jam, 5 pounds starch. - W. A. Stahl.
Best brandy peaches, set cups and saucers.
Best peach preserves. 1 set of plates. - C. P. Jones.
Best cured ham, year old, one sack flour. - C. M.
Jones.
AMONG THE EXHIBITORS.
There were many good exhibits that fell short of the
premiums as others were in evidence whom the judge R thought to be a little
better. There were still others for which no premium had been offered.
Among these were figs by W. W. Snell, honey in comb by Dr. Geo. J. Elam, pear
preserves by Mrs. Antone Hoski, canned plums by Mrs. Wiley Davis, Falls county
grown rice heads by A. R. Wright, sorghum and June corn by M. F. Ellison, garden
display by J. A. Roark, peaches by J. G. Hoffman, E. L. Kay, C. D. Newbold and
others, corn by J. E.. PowelI, J. W. Atkins, wheat by W. H. Dunn, squashes and
cucumbers by B. F. Casey, cured hams by J. Woodland. and many other attractive
exhibits.
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Several people from out of town were
expecting to see some stock on exhibition but the league had considered it best
not to offer prizes this time for fine stock. The absence of the pen of
fine Poland China and Berkshires belonging to Manager Hamilton of the Sanger
farm was noticeable. These hogs were the center of attraction on the
former day to all lovers of the swine, and inquiries were made as to whether
they would be here Monday or not.
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