The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-10-09
LAURENs. $. C., oct. ., 1901.
Gray Court and Her Fair.

This fair little city had her annual
exposition of stock, agricultural dis
plays and other interesting attractions
on Friday and Saturday last. Our
good friend Childress furnished the
span of dashing chestnuts and drove
us up ten miles in luxurious fashion.
Gray Court is fair and beautiful viii
lage, with splendid surrounding
country and u typical thrifty, indus
trious and intelligent population, all
determined to be abreast and leading
in the race of progress of this progress
sive electric age. So we went to see
and learn, and were not disappointed.
We had no time to take detailed notes,
but THE ADVERTISER will get it all
from It's Intelligent local correspond
ent. We can only deal in glittering
generalities and say that the Fair was
eminently success. About 1900 peo.
PIE were on the beautiful grounds and
all enjoyed the many attractions. The
ladies' department was exquisite
needlework that would honor the fin
gers of Penelope, flowers and fruits
that would embellish the gardens
of the Hesperides, cordials, preserves,
jellies and innumerable delicacies that
only the daintiest fingers of the love-
liest housewives could design. The
agricultural exhibit was highly cred
liable. Everything that garden and
field can producee was there artist
an ear OF popcorn, prolific corn, bales
OF wheat straw, oats, rye, potatoes,
turnips, hay and fodder, beautiful
specimens evidenciug the highest and
most various culture. We hesitate to
discriminate, but among the exhibit
Ors we get the names Of George Dor
roh, Glenn Fuller, w. p. Harris, j. T.
Peden, w. A. Putnam, j. d. Power,
II. l.. Gray and many others, among
them the exhibit of an old colored
man, Andy Robertson, very creditable
indeed. He is o small landowner and
his neighbors give him high charac-
ter.
There was fine display OF colts and
some good racing, attracting much
attention.
A fantastic, good show was Al lads
under 10 on float, endorsed "prolific
Gray Court" and drawn by four great
oxen. The baby show we missed, but
the girls won hands down, we were told !,
to wear them ass bellies in the not dis
tant future.
The lads contested as horseback
riders, oil were gallant chaps, but
Tom Y ~argin, we believe, was the
four.year-old kid that one day may sit
his steed like a Hampton or Lee. AS
graceful horsemen, land they were as
graceful as centaurs) DIR. Stewart and
Mr.. Samuel Coleman, of Fairview, d.
vided the honors. AS with cavalry men,
the horse is more than half the cava
lier. We are sorry that we have not
space for fuller details of the interest
ing occasion. The generous neighbors
furnished picnic dinners at their We
hicles during an hours recess. Two
dozen gracious invitations greeted us
and our deep regret is that we could
not accept them all. But we had a
dainty dinner and the most beautiful
hostesses, whose charmsof conversation
nearly took away our appetite. An
old Laurens Mason, in old times, went
to the burial of a brother, where big
dinner and good liquids were served.
Growing very convivial, he said: 81
wish one brother Mason die every
week" And so the occasion was
beautifully social and kindly, and
we reluctantly took leave of dozen of
these hospitable Laurens families.
Occasions like this are blessings in a
social way, and particularly educa-
tional and improving for the young
and coming on generation.
And so thanks are returned to Gray
Court and all that vicinity. Tom Pc
den, Hugh Wallace, Ed Shell, James
N. Leake and others deserve the thanks
of the county for two days of pleasure
and profitable object lessons.