The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-14
SUMTER COUNTY CORN EXHI-
BIT.
what sumter County People Did
Here ana in Columbia In the Corn
Contest.

Sumter County was well represent
ed at the corn exposition held in
columbia and several prizes were
won by Sumter County people in
both the county and special contests.
There were forty-six entries from this
county in the boys corn contest for
the various prizes offered at the ex-
position and in one class, class l.
three Of the four prizes were won by
boys from this county.
1t SENS that there was some mix
up in the lists Of prizes and contests
sent out by the committee which
mad the exposition in charge and
there were two premium lists sent
out and most Of the Sumter county
boys went by the first premium list
while the second list which was the
correct one, had changed the entries
and premiums from the original list
and those who had entered by the
original list were showing in a con-
test that did not exist. The matter
was arranged afterwards at the ex-
position but 1t threw some of the
Sumter boys out of the contest that
they had expected to enter into some
other contest that they had not ex-
pected to enter. Those who did not
go into any of the contests by the
premium list were finally grouped in
to a new group called class 1. 1t
was in this class that the Sumter
county boys won three out of four
prizes. Those boys who won the
prizes were Singletn Dwight, Wedge
held, first; Hayward Burress, Wedge
field, second; and Leon Stuckey. Da;-
zell, fourth.
Besides the boys contest there we
fourteen entries in the South Atlantic
Corn Exposition from this county.
there being only one county to beat
Sumter county in the number of ex-
hibits in the boys corn contest ant
only two to beat this county in the
mems corn contest. Sumter county
had two school exhibits at the expo
sition and there were only three there
altogether. Two Of the three prizes for
school exhibits were won by the
General Sumter Memorial Academy.
of this county. The other school ex-
hibiting besides the General Sumter
Memorial academy was the Fraser
school from the northern part of the
county
or the men to win prizes in the
contest were Mr.. P. M. Pitts and Mr..
L. l. Parrott, two of Sumter county's
up-to-date farmers, who besides be-
ing farmers are county office holders.
All Of the Sumter people who went
over to the exposition were highly
pleased with it and declared that it
was the finest corn show that they
had ever seen and that it was doing
big work for South Carolina. Many
Of the farmers who did not exhibit at
all this year or did so only on a very
small scale declared their intentin of
going into the corn raising business
next year with an idea Of making big
yields and fine corn which they ex-
pect to enter in the contest with
an expectation Of winnig.
The county corn club of Sumter Is
unique in that it is the only county
corn club in the State which reouir-
ed each of the contestants to con-
tribute one bushel to perpetuate the
corn club and the list of prizes which
were given during the past year and
furnish by this means good seed corn
which any or all Of the farmers OF
the county could get for moderate
prices. At the same time this coun-
ty was fortunate in that it received
more certificates for its boy members
OF the county corn club for raising
more than rs bushels of corn to an
acre than any other county in the
State. Sumter county can also state
that it had more boy farmers to raise
more than 100 bushels OF corn than
any other county, there being six boys
in this county TO make more than 100
bushels on one acre.