The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-11
FAIR OPENS TUESDAY
FIRST FEATURE is THE GREAT
TRADES DISPLAY.

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Esginu:ng at Nine O'Clock Tuesday
Morning tho Fair Opens With In
teresttng Program.
Not SINCE the .days.of the old coun-i
ty Eair, which was held in the build
ing and on the grounds OF the Old
!, Sheridan school, where 80 many Or
angeburgers first learned to read ana
write. will there. be such enormous
crowds OF happy, jolly, good-natureo'
Orangeburg and surrounding county
peopte. IS there will be on Tuesday,
"wednesday and Thursday Of Fair
week., Esut these will not be all
many Orangeburgers who have been
away away from the city: for some time
win return: and be at their old nome
for. this occasion. - :.
The entire city will welcome the
visitors. Beautiful decorations Will
p-ace the stores and residences In the
city and it will be gala week. Ev-
ery one is invited to be 1t home, the
KEYS of the city will be in the hands
Of the visitors from Tuesday until
the Fair ends. AS President Cart
said at a meeting Of the Chamber OF
Commerce Friday night, ;iet our
friends from the country hitch their
horses in any yard in Orangeourg'
private or public, 't"n@!
8 The program for the first three
daYs has been announced, and Tues
day promises to- be.tthe biggest day
of the Fair. On thst day, the trades
dis5Iay, the opeIing formalities, edu-
cationai exercises, auto races. and
other things of.rinterest viii take
place. The Fair Grounds will open
at 9 with the blowing OF the siren
whistle, and remain open until IL
O'Clock, p. m. N'.T'!.
=. The trades: display will begin at
the A: C. L. depot at 10, and coming
no Broughton street.: Through Rus
sell street and Railroad avenue will
move to the Fair Grounds. In this
parade !:here will be about forty or
more progressive business firms OF
OEangeburg represented.
(, The exercises of the. day viii pc
distinctly educational. An EFFORT IS
being made to have; the school, chill
dren march to the grounds in q body,
where various competitions between
the schools will be entered into A
spelling bee among the representa-
tives of the county. public schools
with a prize to the winner will. be, the
first of the exercises. Awarding
prizes to the winners Of the Boys
Corn Club, & speech by Prof D. w.
Daniel, of Clemson College will fol-
low in the order. named. Following
Prof, Daniels speech an athletic con-
test will be engaged In, and the
school. scoring the highest number OF
points will be. awarded the banner.
These contests will be conducted, BY
Prof. Norman E. Byrd Of Branchyllle.
AT two o'clock the auto races will
take place. Special efforts have been
made Ito get the track in ine .condi-
tion. and now. It is in 2 fairly goosd
condition. The recent rainy weather
has kept it from becoming the, best,
bns with q. few days of clear weather
the track will bei in good condition,
and some interesting RACES will be
pulled off. -, ~; -.tv -.
.,lThere will he several free acts
such as 100 feet dive into a:net, aero
batic exhibitions. ETC.. The shows on
the Midway open at 1880 and at,a
D. m. The grounds close at IL.
There will be confetti, the usual num-
ber of novelties for, sale, ETC., that
always attend the Fairs, The pro-
gram for the other days will be on
the same order as that OF Tuesday.
:. The features for: Wednesday are
the mass meeting OF the farmers at
IL o clock and the football game be-
tween Charleston and Sumter High
Schools, for the, State, High, School
championship. So far neither OF
these teams have lost a game. The
football field is in shane and directly
in front of the grandstand. Mr.. J.
G., Woodward \ a.; member of last
years Clemson Varsity, will be in
charge fthe game. <'>'a.. @~..: J.
The meeting of f,the farmers is, an
effort to hold cotton and reduce the
acreage next year. Fuller particu-
lars are given in. another column.
Thursday the biggest football
game will be pulled off,. Clemson
and Davidson engage in, a contest for
the supremacy: Of North and South
Carolina. This game will be a good
one, and all football enthusiasts will
be present. '- .'-.rH. ...
At Q o'clock Thursday the horse
races will take place. These races
are looked forward to as eagerly as
those of the automobiles. Although
the wet condition of the track has
kept souie from practising as much
as they would have liked to-. never
theless many good races will be seen.
Besides all this the exhibits are
practically the best part of the Fair.
In the main building various bust
ness. firms will be advertising their