The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-16
Countrywide Interest Shown
i'm Every Department.
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ATTRACT ATTENTION

TNH hNfNSH Nh IL y tOiN
With only Two Days Left Before the
Great County Fair Takes Place, In.
dicatfons Point Toward the Biggest
and Best Exhibition Of any COunty's
Resources ever Shown In this Sec
tiOn.
With the county fair just two days
OIL, prospects are bright for the big
est and most comprehensive exhibit
ton of agricultural, animal and me-
chanical resources that any county
has brought forth in this section in
many years. Reports come from ev-
cry corner Of the county that the peo-
pie are coming and that the exhibits
will be sent in. No single locality is
displaying all of the interest which
has been aroused, but every section
of the county seems to be aroused to
the interest in and educational advan-
tages of the fair. Everybody is COM
ing and nearly everybody is going to
oSiu ooiiiC Niiid VI al ChhlDll. NHeIC
one family has prize horses, another
has prize COWS, another prize hay, an
other prize cotton. another prize
chickens, another prize dogs, another
whole category of farm and town pro-
ducts and it seems that every conceiv-
able kind Of domestic animal and
plant will be represented While Mr.
OPossum cannot be classed as do
mestic, he is often domesticated and
he will be represented. tt is said that
over one hundred and possibly two
hundred of the opossum tribe will
be on hand or in the surrounding
trees. OF most interest to the chill
dren will be the exhibits Of cats and
kittens and rabbits and other small
animals. Numbers of ladies and chill
dren have indicated a desire to enter
their cats and other pets and this de-
partment certainly will be center
of interest all day. Another feature
which will attract the children, and
the grown-ups too, will be the parade
of decorated floats entered by the
SCHOOLS Of the county. Every school
in the county ig invited to take part
in this parade and il is thought
a large number will be represented
Numbers of entries have already been
received Because of the large num-
ber OF scholars in this school who
would be able to contribute to the
decoration of float, thus giving his
school an advantage over the other
schools, Supt. b. l.. Jones has decided
not to enter into competition with the
other schools OF the county for the
prizes offered. He feels that to allow
over four hundred students to com
pete with some schools having but
few scholars would be taking an
unfair advantage, so he will not com
pete for the prizes.
In the rush of preparations for the
fair, the matter Of a time limit for
making entries was overlooked. Sec.
Powers, however, hopes that those who
intend bringing exhibits will not wait
until the last moment, but will get
entry blanks aIa duplicates either to-
DAY o. lomorrow. Some have already
been secured Although it will be
better to make thcng aG.ly arrange.
ments, ample facilities viii be pro-
vided at the fair to have all entries
properly registered. People who live
in town and those who come before
the fair are urged to make entries now
with Mr. Power.
Although Pres. BYRD has tried to
give as much publication to the fair
as possible, he wishes to again invite
and urge the people in the vicinity OF
Clinton to be on hand The merchants
OF that city were very generous in
giving premiums and Mr.. Byrd hopes
that further interest will be shown by
the attendance from there. He says
that he was greatly pleased with the
lfberality shown by the Clinton mer-
chants.
Last year there were possibly fifteen
or twenty dogs at the county fair.
They attracted such general attention
that the fair directors decided to give
more attention to this feature this year