The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-05
AMBITIOUS ABBEVILLE.

fOAOME La NOADIAe
AMBITIOUS ABBEVILLE.
A SWEEPING CHALLENGE FROM THE
ALPHA OF COUNTIES.
The "EIrst County In the. state" anu
Her Banter to the Commonwealth
Glorious Times at the AbbeviIle FaaF'
rPRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
ABBEv1LLE C. a., November l.
We're / to speak simply my feelings for the
elorious old County Of AbbeVille, would say,
three cheers and an encore. She stands al
the alphabetical head. and Justly deserves the
positIon agriculturally amongst the sister
hood of counties. Let each speak for them
selves. Abbevllle banters the State at the
Columbia Fair of 1873. She ventures to as
sert abe can show at that time more we'll bred
stock, better samples of field crops, more
splendid specimens of the handiwork OF hel
fair daughters, better horsemen amongst hel
sons, and prettier women amongst hel
daughters than any county in the State. What
county WILL dCCoPL Sno pohVeA
Messrs. Editors, why don't you attend OF
send representatives to our county fairs You
would meet With welcome, and you would
experience an honest hospitality no where
else, and at no other time administered In
or ou6of the State. And then, too, you would
Grub against white folks" all the time, for
though, politically, We are shrouded In dark
ness most OF the time, this all becomes dis
pelled at our fairs, because they call out the
people, and 'sby the people, mean those who
lately STAYED at home when the political elec-
tfons failed to excite Interest enough to bring
tham ont. Be sure to come to our fair next
fall. for We intend to show you how man can
run when he is tied up In bag, and who can
slip down the creased pole tho quickest, and
VIII leave for you TO judge who is the best
rider. for really every man and boy In the
county rides so well, he thinks the world can't
beat him.
You should, have been here during the past
week. Kentucky's best were here, both man
and horse, and yet Abbeville held her own
with both. Canada was represented, but
..shoo fiy, don't boddern1, Abbevllle. Two year
old colts that Kentuckians thought "hard to
beat in Lexington;n sucking colts that the
world couldn't beat; three year olds that
would do credit to any country, and 80 on
TN You reach the ''two-forty mage" were scat
tered all over the grounds. And then walk
around that romantic spot where the bubblng
brook supplied man and beast with Natures
uurest beverage, (and sometimes art helped
the draught amazlngly,) and you could never
lack for the sight of q beautiful animal. The
stately Durham, the beautiful Devon, the
nimble Brahmin, the sterling Ayreshire and
the hardy scrub we're all there. And sheep
Why you should have seen them. Wool as
fine as silk, horns as long as your arm, and
rams as ugly as the -. Yes, you know
what / mean. Well they were all there.
And she beautiful Berkshires, the compact
Essex, the hardy grades of the coarse.hsired
native rooters, were as thick as could be
dealred.
But why dwell 30 long on the stock ? Let
us look into. the ''Floral Hail." and what do
we see . Isit flowers Not much, but bales
of cotton and native hay. and clover hay,
and pea-vine hay, and wool, and lots Of
bushels of every kind Of grain that was ever
grown anywhere in the world, it seemed to me.
And then up-stairs-roast pig, boiled ham,
butter, bread, cakes, jellies, jams, fruit and
wine. Don't It make your mouth water
Why it was sort of Noah's Ark In the house
hold department. Nowhere did I see de-
flciency until looked for the handy.work OF
the tiny fingers 'ot the women of Abbevllle.
The tatting and twisting and knitting, and
quilts and counterpanes, &C., &C., were not.
80 numerous as heretofore; and why not? l
could not tell, unless it was that the ladies
were more interested In the outdoor sports
than the display OF their own labors, for I
heard q venerable lady say, "Oh, If was only
man and was rich, I would own the finest
horses in the world" Icould not blame her,
however, for she made the remark when ten
boys, the oldest not fifteen and the youngest
not twelve, were riding for premium.
Oh, wish you could have seen that display.
Every one of them on horse supplied by
some OF our Kentucky friends or other exhlb-
itors, and yet the little fellows rode like
Comsnche Indians, and with more grace than
the Duke of Wellington. The committee
could not decide to whom to give the pre-
MUM, 80 out OF their own purses they con-
tributed enough to award premium to each
of the. ten contestants, giving the first to
Master David Aiken. son Of our president.
Right here let nae make correction In an
editorial: of yours last week. You reported
Colonel Aiken as our president. He was pres.
idsnt for three years, but during the past year
Captain F. H. Bradley has been our president,
and last night Colonel Aiken was again elect
ed, and the board of directors revised so asto
eer our best working men on the list; and now
the association sets out with prospect OF be-
Ing In few years an institution that will de-
clare dividend to lis stockholders, beside
giving them the privilege OF exhibiting all
articles free of cost, and attending the fairs
with their families without money and without
price. Can't I induce you to take stock
Many Of the successful contestants who re-
ceIved premiums amounting to ten dollars
declined taking them, and asked Tor scrip en-
tisling them to one share of stock in the COM
pany, this stock being worth ten dollars per
share. This Is capital procedure, for 1t will
most assuredly build up the institution, and