The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-08-20
THE THIRTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL STATE FAIR.
Facts About the Show to he
Held in October Next-An-
nouncemcnt by the Secretary,

: Facts About the Show to b
Held in October Next-An
/. nouncement by the Secretary
The annual premium list of tn
thirty-fourth annual State far, whicl
!. is TO be held in Columbia begiunin,
on Tuesday morning, October 2S an,
ending Friday, October 81, has beer
issued and is being distributed by Col
rhos. w. Holloway, secretary of th,
society.
This year the following announce
mcnt is made as to q commercial dis
play:
For the best installed and mos
handsomely decorated commercial ex.
hibit a premium of 300 will be paid
Not less than 15 to exhibit. Five dol.
lars for floor space Q5 feet front) from
every exhibitor. Score points: install
lation 40 decoration G0-10O." This
is provided to induce The merchants of
the city to make displays.
All entries in all departments will
close Oct 81.
The annual special announcement
reads as follows:
"The thiriy-fourth annual South
Carolina State fair will be held in Co.
lumbia, from Tuesday, October 2Sth,
TO Friday, October 31st, inclusive.
Entries are absolutely free, ex-
cept where otherwise stated and all
premiums regularly awarded are paid
in full. No part of the premium
money is retained by the society on
any account or preteXt whatever.
The management seeks to encOur-
age the exhibition of only such ami
mails and products as are really meri-
torious and are Of utility and profit to
the people of the State. This is one
of the great objects of the fair and the
society is imbued with an ambition to
add a new zest and a new dignity to
agricul, ,ural. and mechanical pursuits
and secure increased influence and
greater remuneration TO those engaged
in them.
"The premium list has been care
fully revised, and the society wishes to
C. Il attention to the inducements Of
fered that will certainly attract the
best exhibits that can be shown in
every class.
"The achievement of the State agri-
cultural and mechanical society in pre-
noting the development of agriculture
and its allied Industries have never
been fully appreciated by Its best
friends (; its possibilities for future
usefulness in suggesting and dissent
mating ideas that will materialize in
improved crops, live stock and farm
practice cannot be over.estimated.
" Not unmindful of the entertain.
ment of It's patrons, the management
is endeavoring TO secure number of
new and novel attractions that will
both instruct and amuse. These will
be announced later. All immoral shows
and devices for gambling under any
form whatever will be excluded from
the grounds of the society and any
person caught violating any law of the
Safe by practlcing any gambling game
or device will be Immediately arrested.
Realizing how Large part of the
successes of the past exhibitions has
been owing to the work of the fair
women of the State, the society earn
estly requests exhibits in the several
departments.
"The large attendance at the fair
offers splendid inducement TO manu-
facturers to make elaborate displays of
their works. On all the leading rail.
roads of the State entering Columbia
excursion rates will prevail during fair
week, thus extending facilities for Wis
lting the fair TO the people of every
quarter of the State.
Visitors to Columbia will find
much to entertain them besides the
fair. Among the pl.ces of interest
may be mentioned the State house,
asylum, penitentiary, cemetery, fac
tories, colleges, graded schools,
churches, etc.
Every effort Is made by the city to
entertain her visitors, who are assured
that they will receive cordial recep-
tion and spend a pleasant time. The
fair is conducted for the benefit of the
public at large, and their moral sup
port and active cooperation are re.
quested in order to make the thirty
fourth annual fair the grandest in the
history of the agricultural and mechan.
ical society"
Every effort is to be made to make
the fair this year great success, an,
the people of Columbia may be relied
upon to do their part.