Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-08-20

THlarY.Fouara ANNUAL STATE FAIR.
Preparations Started for tho Holding OF the
State FaIr In Columbia.

The annual premium list of the
Thirty-fourth Annual State Fair
which is to be held in Columbia, be.
ginning on Tuesday morning, Octo.
Der %, and ending Friday evening
October 81, has been issued and ii
being distributed by Col. Thos. w
Hollaway, secretary of the society.
This year the following announce.
ment is made as to commercial dis.
play:
"For the best installed and mos,
handsomely decorated commercial
exhibit premium of 800 will be
paid. Not less than Is to exhibit
Five dollars for floor space (15 feet
front from every exhibitor. Score
points: Installation 40; decoration
60-100." 1'his is provided to induce
the merchants of the city to make
displays.
All entries in all departments will
close October 81.
The annual special announce.
ment reads as follows:
"The Thirty-fourth Annual South
Carolina State Fair will be held in
Columbia, from Tuesday, October
2Sth, to Friday, October 31st, in.
elusive.
"Entries are absolutely free, ex.
cept where otherwise stated and all
premiums regularly awarded are
paid in full. No part of the pre-.
MUM money is retained by the
society on any account or pretext
whatever.
"The management seeks to en-.
courage the exhibition of only such
animals and products as are really
meritorious and are of utility and
profit to the people of the State
This is the one great object of the
fair and the society is imbued with
an ambition to add new zest and
a new dignity to agricultural and
mechanical pursuits and secure in.
creased influence and greater re.
muneration to those engaged ir
them.
"The premium list has been care.
fully revised, and the society wishe,
to call attention to the inducements
offered that will certainly attract
the best exhibits that can be showr
in every class.
"The achievements of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
in promoting the development OF
agriculture and it's allied industries
have never been fully appreciated
by its best friends; its possibilities
for future usefulness in suggesting
and disseminating ideas that will
materialize in improved crops, live
stock and farm practice cannot bt
over estimated.
"Not unmindful of the entertain
ment of it's patrons, the management
is endeavoring to secure a number
of new and novel attractions thai
will both instruct and amuse. These
will be announced later. All i'm
moral shows and devices for gamb
ling under any form whatever viii
be excluded from the grounds of the
society; and any person caught VIC
lating any law of the State, practic
ing any gambling game or device
will be Immediately arrested.
"Realizing how large a part of the
successes of the past exhibitions has
been owing to the work of the fail
women of the State, the society ear
nestly requests exhibits in the seve.
raj departments.
"The large attendance at the fail
offers splendid inducement to manu-.
facturers to make elaborate displays
of their works. On all the leading
railroads of the State entering
Columbia excursion rates will pre-
vail during fair week, thus extending
facilities for visiting the fair to the
people of every quarter of the State
"Visitors to Columbia will fin6
much to entertain them besides the
fair. Among the places of interest
may be mentioned: The State
House, asylum, penitentiary, GENE.
terry, factories, colleges, graded
schools, churches, etc.
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