The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-11-08
CHRYSANTHEMUM
FAIR FINE SHOW.
Annual Fall Festival Fine
Success as Usual.
THE PRIZE WINNERS.
All the Booths and Various Departments
Were Presided Over by Fair and
Gracious Maids and Matr0ns.


The Chrysanthemum Show and Fancy
Work Bazaar, given annually by the
ladies of the First Methodist and Pres
byterian Churches, opened Thursday
morning under very fiattering auspices
and continued through Friday, coming
to a close late in the evening. The
weather was superb and in addition to
practically the entire population of the
city, numbers of visitors came in from
Clinton, Cross Hill, Mountville and
other towns in the county.
"A large hall over block of stores on
the western side of the square was used
for the flower show and it was very
beautifully decorated with booths of
flowers and fancy work and presided
over by attractive and charming pa
tronesses of the Fair.
The special feature of the show of
course, was the chrysanthemums, which
were most artstically arranged and in
charge of Mrs. l.. Meng and Miss
Josephine Minter. The fancy work
booth was presided over by Mesdames
Oscar w. Babb, Hugh X. Aiken, r. Flem-
ing Jones and Miss jamie Ballew. Mrs.
w. H. Anderson and Miss Willie Jones
had the management of the dolls and toys
Mrs. w. ID. Ferguson, candies, dona-
tion from Nunnally, and delicious bon
bons of home manufacture, Misses Roland
and Miss Ella Bell Adams sold toilet ar
ticles and there were various other at
tractive corners where ones dimes and
dollars could be disposed of. One of
the prettiest and most popular booths
was in charge of Mrs. j. E. Philpot and
Mrs. G. L. Poole who sold ferns, palms
and bulbs potted and ready to use in
decorating the home for winter. In the
dining room the tables were crowded
and the mattresses rushed with orders.
A very delightful menu was served at
dinner both days, turkey, cranberries,
chicken salad, pickles, biscuits, loaf
bread, ice cream and cake for the
moderate sum of twenty-five cents.
Elegant oyster suppers were furnished
both evenings. The dining room was un-
der the management of Mrs. j. F. Bolt,
with number OF assistants.
AT one thirty on Thursday the COM
mittee of judges composed of Mesdames
w. j. Milligan of Philadelphia, w. l..
Gray and j. c. Darlington of Laurens,
was selected and the prizes awarded
for the finest Chrysanthemums. Two
premiums were offered-one for the
largest and best single Chrysanthemum
out of collection of twelve and one
For the best collection of twelve. For
the single prize a handsome jardiniere
was awarded to Mr.. j. G. Sullivan of
this city and for the best collection
beautiful vase was awarded to DR.. A.
K. Fuller of Mountville.
The flowers in the prize collections
were exceedingly large and of the finest
varieties. Only three exhibits were en-
tered for the prizes, the other belong
ing to Mr.. O.. w. Babb of Laurens,
who has caraied off prizes in previous
years, his flowers always being very
handsome. Flowers were contributed
to the Fair however from dozen other
sources though not entered for prizes,
and some of these were magnificent
specimens, those by Miss Leila Wilkes,
President of the Chrysanthemum Asso-
citation, and Mrs. G.. c. Featherstone
being remarkable for size and beauty.
Among the visitors to the fair were
Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Simpson, Mrs. N.
b. Davenport, Miss Theresa Davenport,
Mr.. Edward Davenport, Miss Campbell
and Mr.. Clarence Austin of Cross Hill,
Mrs. w. j. Bailey, Mrs. j. Isaac Cope
land, Mrs. George Copeland and Mrs.
Beatty Farr of Clinton, DIR. A. r. Fuller
of Mountville, sMiss Gertrude Ansel of
Greenville and Miss Lillian Jameson of
NeWberry.