The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-10-22
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eAhiDiIS III the rear OF the grand
stand as vel as being represented in
the parade OF floats. The tomato club
girls especially had a creditable ex-
hibit in the booth set apart for them,
myriads OF cans and bottles of fruits
and vegetables being shown. One girl
showed about thirty-five varieties of
canned fruits and vegetables. Con-
s%picuous On the side of the booth was
a placard showing that six merchants
OF Laurens buy annually over two
thousand dollars worth of canned
goods that could be raised and canned
in this county. This booth was highly
complimented. Miss viii Lou GRAY.
county supervisor, was in direct
charge of it. Through some misun-
derstanding the corn club exhibits
were never properly collected and ar
ranged. 1t was at one time thought
that the exhibit would be held in the
court house, but later it DEVELOPED
that it was to be made at the fair
grounds. In the confusion that fol-
lowed, exhibits were carried to both
places and some Of 1t never reached
the proper booth. 1t might be said in
this connection that some of the BOYS
made very fine yields this year, one
OF the boys, raising lis bushels on an
acre of uplands and several others
came very near this mark.
Poultry Pictures.
Doubtless many of the poultry fame
iers were struck with the large poul-
try pictures which were stretched on
the north side Of the grand stand.
These were sent to Secretary Power
by Congressman Johnson from Wash
ington. The pictures were secured by
Mr.. johnson from the department. of
animal ~husbandry anG ill be sent by
him to all the fairs ii his district.
They make n very attractive exhibit
for poultry fanciers, besides making a
striking impression upon any who hap
pen to be passing by them.
Judges.
In no small measure was the sue
cess of the fair and general good feel
ing following the close Of the days
work attributed to the judges. These
were, in the poultry department, w. p.
Stewart, Of Simpsonville; in the cat
tie department, r. II. Mason, of Glenn
son college, and j. II. McLain, farm
demonstration agent of the U. S. gov
eminent; floats, j. III. McLain, r.. II.
Mason and Miss Fannie Creighton, of
the city schools; in the field crop de-
partment, Messrs. Watts Davis, John
c. Langston, j. Wade Anderson; hogs,
w. p. Harris and w. Carl Wharton;
bench show, j. l.. Gray, Owings sta
ton; arena, Messrs. H. *. Aiken,
Payne, NJ. B.. McCuen. T. J. Peden.
Besides the regular superintendent
and judges, the directors were given
valuable assistance by Mr.. II. S. Wal
lace in the arena, by Messrs. Andy l..
Boyd, John jolly, Lawrence Riddle
and several others in guarding the
gates.
Pres. w. ID. Byrd was in the city
Monday morning winding up the bus
mess of the fair and expressed him
self as being Immensely pleased with
the success of the day. He stated
that he wished to express through
The Advertiser his appreciation and
thanks for the help rendered him by
all the officers, managers. superin-
~tendents, judges and other helpers at
the fair and during the days preced-
ing and following.
The Band.
The brass band secured for the oc-
%casion stayed faithfully on the job
during the whole day and gave a plen-
tiful supply Of golden notes. The mu-
~sicians seemed to enjoy an acquaint-
ance with quite a number of lively
airs and intervals between selections
were not generally long.
Splendid Order.
The order during the entire day
was splendid. Several arrests were
made for minor o~ffenses, but taken as
a whole the day was very quietly
spent by the usually hilarious. The
city police were assisted by the coun-
ty officers and several special men.