The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-11
PALMETTO HAPPENINGS
News Notes OF General Interest
From All Parts OF the State.
STATE FAIR FINE.
Fine EScos and Exhibits of Great
Variety.

Variety.
Columbia, Spccial.-The first days
racing was excellent and measured
up to the highest expec' ation. The
start was prompt at the hour named,
and continued with practically no
waits between heats while the trot-
ting and pacing events were on, but
when the runs began the delays also
began. Twas ever thus. The con-
centrated essence of contrariness
seems to have been developed il. rum
ming horses, their owners and the
jockeys, against which the good gepii
represented by the starter and the
Judges can not avail. However. the
crowd that graced the grandstand
Lad dwindled to a few dozen by the
time the running races began, so that
no harm was done to anybody IS pa.
llence except to the race officials and
they being Injured, were able to stand
the hardship.
Two exhibits that attaracted
much favorable comment at the Fair
grounds were those from Wnithror
College and from Clemson. AT both
these institutions-one for the high
er education Of the girls Of the
State and the other for the training
OF the boys-the industrial side OF
their education was stressed. To be
able to do the material things of life
is what Is taught at these two col
ieges, and TO the people of the State
the results of their efforts are ex-
hibited.
In the sheep and goats department
at the State fair there were some very
attractive animals and in the list
of tntrieS there were an unusually
large number OF this class of stock
considered hsh breed. The author
ltles plan TO gradually add to this
department us interest in stockrais-
Ing increases i'll this State. That
the interest is increasing is shown by
the large number who visited the
stalls and obtained information on
the value of high class stock.
One of the interesting and at the
same time promising features of the
State fair is that of the best farm
display. The idea Of the association
is to encourage the raising of small
crops and living on the farm as
much as possible. The association
offered two prizes. one of $15 and
another OF 500 for the largest variety
of articles raised on one farm. There
were four contestants for these prizes,
Messrs. &. Rodgers of Fountain Inn.
s. L. Rawl of Lexington, S. b. Craw-
ford of Great Falls and G. b. Win
gard of Lexington.
1t is such exhibitions as these
farmers made that show in a meas
ure the possibility of good farmers
m this State. Here are Just few
OF the articles that were shown in
one or two of the displays under this
classification: Sausage, blackberry
Jelly, fig preserves, pear preserves.
lard. milk, cane sugar, cucumber
pickles. peach custard, muscadine.
musoadine jelly, sour cucumber pickle.
beet pickles. blackberry wine, tomato
catsup, sweet picked pears, peach
preserves, apple jelly. sweet picked
peaches, sweet pears, blackberry acid
sorghum syrup, plums, dried apples
gooseEerry jelly. popcorn. sugar cane
syrup, muscadine, dried pears
cooseberries and okra, whortlr-
berries. peaches, red pepper cat
sup. wine. hops, six to eight "a
rietics of apples, eggs, watermelons.
dish rag squash, several varities of
Irish potatoes. n number of varities
Of sweet potatoes. mutton suet. beef
SUE. eight to ten varties of corn.
va!jties of cotton. rice, wheat, bell
peppers, pcrsi.nmons, canteloupes
peCans, walnuts, pomeGranates. hick-
orr nuts. soap, gherkin, turnips, rad
ishes, onions, wool. neal, sage, cane.
peas. four varit;cs Of peanuts. In
enc of the displays there are as man,
at ID varieties Cf corn. The oSsort-
ment Of Gocd things from honey to
sage show what can lie done on the
average farm in this State Mr.. Rawi
has n fine display of canned fruits
that he raised and canned on his
place.
FarnuI VIII Give Dail.
Charleston. Spccial.-James s. Far