The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-10-23
THE ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR
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self upon the large number and the
quality of her cattle, it must be admit
ted that, though what was exhibited
was Of high quality, the number
was lacking in this department. This
is explained by reason of the fact that
the fair lasts but one day and those
people who are most interested in cat
tie raising happen to live some miles
from the county seat and did not feel
willing to come such a long distance
for one days exhibit 1t is expected
that next year some arrangement will
be made to have more exhibits in this
department. The swine, sheep. and
goat exhibits We're very creditable as
were all of the rest or the domestic
this year was the bench show. A
large number of handsome and blood
ed dogs were shown in this depart
ment and they attracted considerable
attention. Some of the dogs will \
sent to the state fair, along with other
exhibits from this county. The agri-
cultural exhibit was a splendid rep
resentation Of the county's resources
In this department. Every conceiva-
Bile product of the farm was shown
here and doubtless many were in
spired to use more progressive meth
DDS in the future.
Boys COrn Club.
In the Boys Corn Club department.
Talmage Gray won the first prize, his
yield being LOG bushels and II pounds.
Claude Armstrong won second prize,
his yield being 96 bushels, peck
Both of these boys are from the Shiloh
school, where the winner came from
last year and the year before. Both
of these boys, will be sent to the train
ing school at Columbia during the
Corn Exposition.
Out of Town Judges.
The judges of all exhibits were Profs.
English, Mason and Shields, of Glenn
son College, and Mr.. Stewart, of Simp-
sonVille. Mr.. Stewart judged the
poultry department They gave en-
tire satisfaction. All of the judges
spoke in the very highest terms of the
success Of the fair, Prof English say
ing that he was simply delighted with
every feature. He commented upon
the absence of race horses, cheap
shows and rowdyism, saying that the
people of the county should feel proud
of the fair because Of the absence of
these influences.
Thanking All Around.
Mr. Byrd has resuested that The Ad-
vertiser express for him and for the
fair assocsiation their thanks to all
those who aided in making the fair a
success. Especially did ne want to-
thank the people of Clinton for their
cooperation in giving prizes and in
attending and also to thank Mr. Carl
| ington for the use of his large and
commodious pasture for the exhibition
The Band.
McSwains Band, of Spartanburg,
furnished music for the occasion and
gave very creditable service. Blow
ing horn all day is no child's play,
but they stuck to it pretty faithfully.
Fine Order.
Not a single arrest was made on the
fair grounds and only one during the
whole day in the city The absence
of liquor was noticeable and comment
ed on. No arrangements were made
for extra policemen beforehand and
none were needed. The crowd was
orderly and good natured and anxious
to learn
AS it takes considerable time and
work to get the premium list in shape,
it will be necessary to wait until
next week to publish it,
The fair will be held again next
year
Make money eaSV ladies' Buy