The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-10-31
THE LEXINGTON COUNTY FAIR.

THE LEXINGTON COUNTY FAIR.
The F,urth Annual Fair of the
Lexington County Fair Association
is now a thing of the past; its bis
tory has been written and the friendly
rivally among the exhibitors for
the blue and red ribbons has been
settled.
To say that it was success is but
to say the truth. It eclipsed all pre-
vious fairs in every particular, The
attendance was large; the exhibits
more numerous and of q superior
quality; the peanut vendors and the
Coney Island sausage men have left
for fcesher fields and greener pas
turea, and the fair ground is as silent
an 4 lonesome as the 6cticious DE
ser'el Village"
The management of the fair have
every reason to congratulate them
selves on the successful termination
of this fair and the highly creditab!e
manner in which it was conducted.
They certainly deserve, and should
receive the fullest need Of praise
from their fellow citizens on account
of their untiring efforts to make the
fair worthy of Lexington county.
A walk through the various de-
partments would convince anyone that
the farmers of Lexington county are
in the front rauk of their avocations
and that her good housewives are
not to be outdone in the domestic
afairs of farm and home life. The
fair was true representation of the
every day life in miniature of the pee
pie of Lexington county. One fact
should be borne in mind, and that is,
that every exhibit was the product
of Lexington Drawn and brain. As
far as our information goes, and we
believe that we can state it as Ger
taipty, not single article was pro-
duced outside the limits of the coun-.
ty, bought and exhibited here as
home production as is too often the
case with many other fairs. We draw
attention to this only to impress the
fact upon the minds Of our people
that in a competition with other sec
tions of the State, or the United
States for that matter, they have
nothing to make them ashamed, and
that when merit and excellence ere
the criterions they will generally
come eff victorious, and win the blue
ribbon every time. This has been
demonstrated by the excellent exhib-
its at the late County Fair and the
large number of premiums taken by
residents of this county at every
State Fair for years.
Competent judges, both residents
of this county and visitors from
abroad, are unanimous in saying that
the live stock exhibit was exception
ally fine, surprising that of any pre-
vious years and excelling that shown
at many of the State Fairs.
The field department, with it's
grain, pease, sugar cane, turnips, po.
tatoes, hay and many other farm
products, was repository of some
cf as fine products as are e. own any
where in the State
The house hold and fancy work de-
partments were filed to ovethowiDg
with The handiwork of our women
ard the exhibits were credit to
them.
The poultry department came up
to it's usual high standard and many
really foe birds were on exhibition.
The music furnished by the stu
dents of the S. 2. G. I.,of Edgeeeld,
was enchanting and gave general
satisfaction. The boys won golden
opinions from our girls and the insti-
= tute which they represented has been
fevorably considered by many.
Wednesday witnessed the largest
crowd on the ground with Thursday
close second. This was the day
for the reunion of the old heroes
who wore the gray in the memorable
four years war for States Rights.
They came singly, in twos, threes
and crowds until a battalion or SO
had assembled to talk over their
camp life and how they made their
friends, the enemy who wore the blue
.skedaddle from many hard fought
and bloody field. It was fine body