Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-11-02
THE COUNTY FAIR.


by every ono who wishes to sec his Country
and people on the road to progress and sue
cess. This proposition is especially true Of
the planting interests; and, for years, moth
ing has been regarded "a doing more to
bring about the desired results than Agri-
cultural Fairs. They have in this County,
as well as elsewhere throughout the State,
excited Il c0nmcndablc cmulation among
our farmers which has resulted in Il vast
Improvement Of the present system Of till
ing the soil over th?t Of fifteen years ago.
Now implements, better adapted TO the pur-
poses intended, have been brought into
general use; frti!!zcra, compose Of all the
elements Of plant food and autc., to every
variety of SOIL have been manufacturcd
labor. everywhere unreliable because Of the
incidence cngcndcrcd from the new conli-
ton Of freedom, has been made available:
Factories, designed to work up ,Lc abundan!
, materials consequent upon these improved
conditions, have been crcct2A Ill over Tie
Strtc, ami The plans OF the farmer, hereto
fore almost hopeless and &imlcss, have been
made {" embrace new enterprises and more
advanced views than ever before These
conditions, in the main, have resulted from
that friendly Intercourse anI exchange Of
ideas which Lave been greatly l;tcilicl bv
the Annual meeting Of our Agricululr lists at
the County Fairs. Seeing, therefore, .hc
imporancc Of lhis institution, our farmers
wisely determined To have an exhibition o.;
all The products of our various industries at
onr County town once in each year IL
make t!isa complete success and To deserve
all the advantages intended it become.
| necessary for every cn;rrpri.ing farmer To
make il personal duty to have some OF the
products of his labor on exhibition ut Ike
approaching Fair with :, r;piion of each
for tie benefit ol his ncighbor and the en-
enlargement OF the community.
| Ur;nschurs is looked upon rs 81 prorrc,-
! Sivc section. and rs one Of Tie best iarmir,,
communities in the State whir! i due to no
! cause more than the successful exhibitions
! of the PAST. Visitors from every portion Of
the State conc here and sec the variety and
| quality ofartic!cs on exhibition and are en-
ahlod 10 form Il pretty accurate opinion OF
| thc skill OF uur farmers, the fertility of tie
soil and prosperity of the people In order
that the .i;,demcn. may be favorable to Or
aEScburg the best articles and in the great
est variety should be on exhibition. 1t i.
III farming like every other profession. no
man raises crcry crop with the same s,ll.
cess, but Is apt 70 make some certain crop Il
specially upon which he dcvotcI more i'm,
care and expense and therefore is more
| successful than another who does no, give il
the SAME attention. 1t is Fl ON this crop he
should select his beat for the Fair Such 3
collection OF the best articles will secure y
favorable Judgment and mako the Fair a
complete success. Lei our farmers ,hcrc
fore give every encouragement .0 the enter
prise and III nothing can they do il more
than in placing the$predncts of their labor
on exhibition at.the Fair.
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Wc'tearn that Tho Radicals, anl csuccial.
ly the Radical nominees are moving heaven
and earth TO accompl sh their purpose.
They Know it is the last button on JoHs
coat and they mean to get It if Radical
cunning can accomplish the deed They
never would have pnt De: locrat on th cir
ticket ifthey had not known it was Robson,
choice, Neck or no beef" r:c,e, ike
every other snbterfuges, will fail ON thg llth,
Let Democrats, however be upon the watch
and rally TO man at the polls and roll up
a majority OF which they will De proud in
days 10 come The foe with whom tiIcy
have to deal is willy and trcacherou, in the
extreme No promise, however aacredIy
made, can be depended on. 4 Radical
that isa Badica indeed (and there are
many of 'hcin) will pledge himself to re-
MAN with you home ard When you least
expect it he is of TO he next precinct 10
cast his vote against YOU Our salvation
depends on putting every Democratic vote
in the box Oh Tuesday, supplemented by
those OF as many colored men as Won can
influence by every hook and crook.
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At Il Democratic meeting held on last
Monday in Hamburg County, tSo Of the
leading Radical colorcd men, Sam +.
Spencer and Chas {. rurncs, OF iha, sec.
tinn, made Spccchv, declaring their mlr-
pore 10 vote the Democratic ticket because
il represented The only party in South caro-.
linz that advocated and prac,iScd home
rule, honesty and equal rights TO all citi-
zcns regardless OF race or previous condi-
tons This is bat Il single case ont of hand.
reds IA here The l,niiut, iut.IIi,,n,,t H. All