The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-30
OIL. XXXV. No. 10.
{ FAIR OPENED MONDAY.
ALL ROADS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
WILL LEAD TO CAPITAL CITY
THIS WEEK.
with Ideal Weather the Attendance
Is Expected To BE Large-Many
New Features Have Been Added
This Hear-FOOtbalI Game Thurs.
day.

Columbia, Oct. 2S.-All roads in
South Carolina will lead this week ia
| Columbia for the annual fair of the
South Carolina Agricultural and Me-
chanical society which will be held
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Cheap roundtrip rates have
been granted from all points in the
State and from points in Georgia and
North Carolina and with ideal weather
conditions a record G-breaking attend
! ance is expected.
Out at the State fair grounds
everything has been set in order for
the annual event and the exhibits
which have been installed in the
various buildings are sure to attract
attention.
The Columbia street railway COM
pany has made arrangements for the
maintenance of a fast schedule TO
and from the city There will be
ample transportation facilities. In ad-
dition to the street cars the South
ern railway will operate a shuttle
train from the union station to the
fair grounds.
High class attractions have been
provided for the Midway at the fair
grounds and several excellent produc-
tions have been booked for the CO.
lumbia theatre
The State fair will be officially
opened to the public tomorrow morn
ing. Already several thousand visi-
tors have arrived in the city.
The new steel auditorium which
has been erected at the fair grounds
for the joint use Of the State fair
and the National Corn exposition will
be opened tomorrow morning. The
building is one of the largest of its
nature in the South and has a seat.
ing capacity of $1,000 persons The
building will be used for housing OF
exhibits and will take the place of
the structure that was DESTROYED By
fire two years ago.
The Clemson college cadets. zoe
strong will attend the fair in a body
and will be encamped at the grounds
The cadets will arrive on a special
train this afternoon.
The racing meet at the fair grounds
Will open tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock. Many fast horses have been
entered and an attractive card has
been arranged. More than $4,000 will
be given as purses for the races
There will be 16 running races.
The first dress parade by the Glenn.
son college students will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 4.3O o'clock.
To this the public is invited.
The first annual meeting of the
South Carolina Berkshire association
Will be held Tuesday night at s
O'Clock. The association will discuss
plans for the meeting of the national
Berkshire congress which meets here
In January and February of next
year in connection with the National
Corn show.
The annual meeting of the South
Carolina Travellers association Will, ho
held Wednesday morning at 1O.3e
O'Clock, when it is EXPECTED several
hundred travelling men Of the State
will attend
Inc annual meeting Of the South
Carolina Agricultural and Mechani-
cal society will be held Wednesday
night at o'clock in the Richland
county court house when the bus-
mess Of the society will be discussed
and the officers for the year elected.
Wednesday is one of the hisr davs
of the fair and special trains will be
operated to Columbia from the va
rious sections OF the State.
Thursday will be Farmers Union
Day'-and it is also one of the big
days
The Clemson Carolina football
game will be played at the fair
grounds Thursday morning and an
attendance of several thousand per-
sons is anticipated.
Friday is agricultural and auto
day ut the fir Grounds.