The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-02
THE COUNTY FAIR.
The Old Original Booster Tells WI,y
Sumter County Should Have an Ex.
position Of Resources.

| ''"i" iiao Pldceu MIN In very close
touch with the citizenship Of Sumter
city and county. has gained him en-
try into the houses and yards Of peo-
pie of every walk in life. not only in
this city but hundreds or rather
thousands OF homes in every portion
or Sumter county, in speaking Fri
day of the proposal to establish a
county fair said that the people Of
Sumter county have not the least
ldea or what Sumter county has to
exhibit at a county fair nor the mag
nihcence of the exhibits If grouped
together in one or more buildings on
a fair ground.
Said he. only an individual who
gets the opportunity to go into hun
dreds Of private premises in Sumter
mas any idea Of how many thousands
of splendid chickens are annually
raised in Sumter. In some Of the
yards as many as one hundred can
be seen. The poultry exhibit from
Sumter city alone will be splendid
advertisement for Sumter county.
Then again. said he, we must take
into consideration another most i'm
portant feature of our home pro-
ducts which will show up immensely.
l have been honOred by being given
peep into hundreds of pantries Of
Industrious housewives in Sumter
ci y and in different sections of Sum-
te" county. Now here is where the
mouth waters and the eyes grow
wider when you see from time to
time the many thousands Of Jars of
preserved peaches, pears, watermel-
on rind preserves. cherries. and
other fruits, and the many hundred
| cans and jars of artichokes, tomatoes.
beans. peas, and other vegetables an
nualiy put up by Sumter countys
thrifty wives and daughters.
And yet "the half has never been
told"
When we consider the thousands Of
farmers who can put on exhibition
the most magnificent specimens of
field products, hundreds Of splendid
hogs, cows, horses, sheep, goats,
mules, why you begin to realize Just
what Sumter county can do at q
county fair.
Then take the manufactured pro-
ducts Of Sumter and Sumter county
grouped together in one building.
Imagine yourself gazing at many ex-
hibits Of hardwOOds, curly and long
leaf pine. and other native woods.
The home manufactured exhibit
Will require much space and will be
together with other natural resources
exhibited magnificent advertise
ment of Sumter county as a very de-
sirable place to live and for diver
sihed manufacturing, farming, and
live stock, and poultry.
Altogether speaking we have much
TO be proud Of and to show to the
thousands o. visitors who will be at
tracted here by county fair. Sum
ter county and city have made great
strides during the past fifteen years in
many ways our own people do not
realize the great changes which have
"a r;t
on our peoples efforts. But we
don't get together very much We
don't know what each section of the
county is doing nor do we realize
what We can accomplish by united
efforts such as only can be accom-
complished by united efforts such as
only can be accomplished successful
ly by an annual gathering and ex-
hibition of the resources of the
county at a county fair.
a county fair will bring thousands
of people into closer touch. 1t will
bring the city, town, and rural dis
tricts into closer afiiliation for the
betterment Of our social CONNER
cial, and agricultural relations and
opportunities.
county fair is a great education
al institution in many ways
1T brings about an exchange of
ideas. and results. 1t puts new life
into the body polite SO to speak. If
stimulates efforts towards better re-
suits alonG lines Of established en-
utaNor, ana causes new efforts along
many lines not now generally adhered
to or worked up.
In the organization of the pro-
posed county fair the farmers must
necessarily take the most important
part, because a fair is given primar-