The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-07
THE STATE FAIR.
Largest Number Of Visitors EVar
Ssen in Columbia.
THURSDAY WAS THE DAY.
The Crowd SO Thick on That
Day Thai Moving Was
Difficult. Fair
Great Success.

the State Fair this year was grand
success. The attendance was large
every day, but Thursday was record
breaker Oa that day as The State
says score Of counting machines and
score more could not register the
crowds that were in Columbia on that
day. The State says:
Every thing else faded into itsigni6-
c4nce beside the people. Every oodg
was here, and so was every body's
brother. sister, cousin and aunt. They
came by the carload and the wagon
lead. There were stylish city ladies
and ladies from the country whose at
tire was not 50 fashionable There
were rich m m and poor mon, city men
and ccuotry rn:o, hand .pne men aud
usly men, oJocr mca anu dcucS meu,
al men aat. l3sn m=u Su n an aggre-
CATION
Ui and doTn Main street all day
from early morn until the wee sma
hours there courscd steadily surging
crowd pu,i:iax aud showing in all good
ha.ror, viewing the parade and then
oslos on ou: 20 the fa;r grounds for
the foo bal game and the o:ber at
fractions. Bat back they came at all
hours Oh { f,vJ, oa cas-, in hsckS AID
herdicks. S.'chiuE the street perform
ances, looking tvc soae, hing to eat aIG
often not getting it, or huoting for
friends, an almost hopeless tssk.
Ga the streets there was crowd, but
at midday the fair grounds were
simply packed and jammed One would
60 into the main building and see
moving mass Of humanity elboWing
each other and laughing like it were
the greatest joke in all the world. Ga
the stands facing the arena all day
long was changing crowd, SO large
that one would think every body was
coagregsted in that particular spot;
but, going over to the football grounds,
one found there still larger crowd,
the grand stand being packed and the
side lines crowded. Surely" so the
wanderer thought. Il have seen al
the crowd or most Of it,; but passing
through the agricultural hall he found
crowd there, upstairs and downstairs,
while out on the midway beyond was
another crowd, gay and festive fellows,
taking in the side shows. And such
side shows!
At night again the fireworks better
than on either previous evening, drew
a cro3d of some 5000 people, who
cheered and cheered the lovely displays
and went wild over Bryan's picture.
At Hyatt park there was another dense
crowd, and the street cars were kept
busy hauling the people to and fro. The
street car system, BY the way, has been
taxed drcadfully all this week, and es
pecially Thursday aud the day before;
but the service was excellent all the
way through. For afew minutes Thurs
day morning there was a cessation
of traffic, caused by the breaking down
of wire, but it was soon repaired and
nothing else occurred to prevent rapid
transit. During the progress of the
parade Manager Clark kindly had all
the cars kept of Main street IN order
that the companies might present 8
company front formation.
There has been considerable rivalry
among the various counties having ex-
hibitions at the fair, and Thursday |
when the awards were announced Co.
lumbia's near neighbor came out win
ner. The first prize was awarded to
Lexington county, whose excellent ex-
hibit Of various crops was greatly ad-
mi1ed. The second prize went to Ches
ter, the third to Richland aud the
fourth to Marlboro. This matter of
county exhibits is one which the fair
authorities have been very anxious to
have extended. The exhibits this
year are much better than usual, but it |
is hoped the Improvement will be still
more marked next year and that more
counties will be represented In this
creditablc contest.