Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-14
CORN EXPOSITION SUCCESS.
Will Come to South Carolina Next
Ycar--A Corn Dinner.
(The State, 9th.)

The second South Atlantic States
Corn Exposition will be held in South
Carolina next year. This announce
ment was made yesterday by the COM
mission in charge Of the exposition,
following conference with the Co.
lanta was represented at the meeting
and made a cash bid Of $1,000 for the
exposition, which was refused. There
was much discussion at the meeting
as to whether to make the exposition
an all-Southern affair. The several
plans for the exposition were dis
cussed, but nothing Of definate ma
ture was decided, other than that the
year in South Carolina.
w. w. Finley, president Of the
Southern railway, after visit to the
corn exposition, has the following to
say in letter addressed to the State
Department of Agriculture:
ut is the most impressive thing
that | have seen in a long time. 1t
marks what | believe to be the most
important development in Southern
agriculture since the invention Of the
cotton gin led to the growing of cot
ton on a large scale.
"You and your associates in this
movement for raising the standard Of
Southern corn and increasing the
yield per acre are entitled to the
gratitude Of every man interested in
southern progress. | congratulate
you most sincerely"
"Quccn Corn"
BY acclamation Of the several
thousand that have attended the en-
position. corn has been proclaimed
queen Of the Southland" to go hand
in-hand with "king cotton"
From every standpoint the South
Atlantic States Corn Exposition has
been much larger than was expected.
Over 1000 people attended the show
yesterday. approximately $4,000
in prizes has been awarded for the
best corn shown at the exposition.
Farmers arc attending from North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Corn Dinner.
There was dinner at Craven hall
yesterday that was almost as much
an epoch making event as the corn
exposition. The dinner was a corn
dinner, strictly. 1t was prepared by
six students OF the practice home
school Of Winlhorp College, under
the direction Of Miss Carrie Hyde. d.
b. Johnson, president OF Winthrop
College, was present.
following the serving Of the courses,
he told OF the wonderful progress
that had been made in the South and
predicted great agricultural future.
lie spoke OF the work at Winthrop
and the object of the institution.
Following the introduction Of DR..
Johnson, there we're ringing addresses
by Commissioner Watson, Ira w.
" i'ii'iio, -. ~. btllOW ana james
\. Hoyt.
The dinner was the finest and the
most exclusive corn dinner ever
rvcd in South Carolina, or possibly
in the South, and demonstrated the
fact that there are many delicious
and palatable dishes that may be pre-
pared from corn. All OF the speakers
praised the girls who helped to make
the corn exposition q success.
Corn Judging School.
The corn Judging school was con-
tinued yesterday. This is a most i'm
portant feature OF the exposition. The
farmers of mature years who are at
tending the exposition are taking
much interest in the work Of the corn
experts. They are asking questions
for the purpose Of learning some
thing Of the science Of seed selection,
corn judging, fertilization and culti-
vation.
Drainage.
'Drainage' was the subject of the
address OF ~. G. Smith, OF the Uni
ted States Office Of farm manage
ment. He is a drainage expert, and
it has been through his efforts that
interest in the question has been
aroused in this State. He told the
farmers of South Carolina what had
been done in the State of Illinois and
what can be done in this State.
Jerry Moore.