The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-10-25
THE COUNTY FAIR
A GRAND SUCCESS
Continued from Page One.)

Smith, Of Kinards had display of Is
Kentucky colts which he Is growing
for the market. On account Of the
fact that he had to leave early, these
colts were never shown in the arena
but they were greatly admired by
large number of visitors at his stalls.
w. ID. Byrd & Son also had a large
display of mule colts as did Dorroh &
Harris and. several others who had
single displays. The display of Mr..
John ID. w. Watts Ayershire cattle
was greatly admired.
In the mechanical department young
Fred E. Medlock was the center Of at
traction with a number of miniature
farm implements which he had made
with his own hands. In the display
were a small water mill, a cotton
press, wagon, a desk, several plows
and fertilizer distributors and num-
erous other articles of like nature For
this display he was awarded a special
price Of $1.50. This was the most
unique exhibit of the fair and receiv-
ed many favorable comments,
Another exhibit in the mechanical
department deserving of special men
tion was that of Mr.. e. G. f. Becker.
Mr. Becker had a new tangled" wag-
on which he intends getting patent
on. AS the representative of The
Advertiser is not "up" on wagon par
lance, it will be hard to describe it.
Suffice it to say that the break occurs
in the center of the wagon frame and
not at the fifth wheel" The object
of the new idea among other things
is to keep the wheels from rubbing
against the body in turning a curve.
This wagon can better be appreciated
by seeing it than by describing it.
Mr.. Becker has already sold several
of them and he is making others.
Thursday was another big pumpkin
day Last year about this time Mr..
William F. Snow brought a pumpkin
into the city weighing 65 pounds and
it was considered "a wnopper" At the
fair this year Mr.. Tom Brown "eclips-
ed the record by showing one that
weighed S4 pounds. This is probably
the record breaker and like unto that
one last year, is "some pumpkin"
However, some of the credit of this
big melon is due to Mr.. Snow again
for this one was of the Snow Flick va
riety, the seed being sold by Mr. Snow.
One thing which was noticeable at
the fair was the fact that with one ex-
ception all Of the department SUPER
intendents were present. The only
exception was in the case OF Mr.. ID. w.
Mason and he was sick. In his place
Mr.. John Boyd served.
large number of sales were made
on account of the fair. Especially
were many sales made in the chick
en- department. In one case man
sold everything that he brought.
The only thing that marred the
pleasures of the day was the accident
that befell little William knight. Will
liam was riding in the boys saddle
event when he collided with one of the
other boys and was thrown from his
horse. The crowd applauded Justify,
however, when Williams horse was
led from the ring with the blue rip
bon tied to the saddle. The, young
fellow had clearly demonstrated that
he was the best rider among them
There were humberless other ex"
hibits that were deserving OF special
mention, but to mention them would
be an endless job. But to close a
story of the fair without, mentioning
the people themselves Mould not be
proper. Perhaps a more orderly, a
more substantial, a healthier or hap
'iher' looking crowd mas never been
gathered together here or anywhere
else in the state. Not one time was
any ruflianism or rowdyism shown
and If there was any drinking going
on the drinkers failed to show them
selves. Various estimates place the
number of visitors at the fair grounds
at $500 to 1000. The Advertiser plac-
es estimate of 5000 visitors in the
city that day, nearly all of them Wis
iting the grounds at some time and
that the greatest number of people
present at one time was around 5000
people. And with this the crowd was
an easy going good natured one and
no friction showed itself at any time
several extra policemen were put on
the force to keep things in good or
der and to keep the crowd from en-
tering the ring, but as for additional
help to keep the crowd orderly the po-