The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-09-24


Used i'm Premiums and only the
Town of Laurens Has Been Solicited.
Merchants will have Booths to Dis
play their Goods. improvements mt
the Fair Grounds Include Increase
i'm the Septing Capacity.
Everythin,g is being rounded into
shape for theN 1913 Laurens County Fair
and judging from the enthusiasm al
ready displayed over the county, the
fair for this, fall promises to be even
greater than that of last year The
Laurens fairs of the past have been
talked OF all over the country, the
government specialists having used
them as EXAMPLES Of the correct meth
ods for making agricultural displays
most productive of real good to the
people. The ideal fair according to
them is one operated entirely for edu-
cational PURPOSES and they say this
county's fair fits the nail on the head
in every respdct The date set for the
1913 fair is Oct. l1th. and everybody
in Laurens county and the surround
ing counties ARE invited to come and
enjoy the day,
President Byrd states that in his
opinion and from the outlook at pres
ent the exhibits this year will be bet
ter and more Varied than ever before.
He is fairly b,ubbling over with en-
thusiasm for the fair and is working
daily to make thls years display not
only the best ever held in Laurens but
the best ever helN anywhere. In speak
ing to a representative of The hdver-
tiser he eXpressSd himself as most
grateful to the people owe" the county
for their liberal assistance in making
the fair what it is The response this
year has been mOSS liberia! as viii be
shown by the table below, there being
already promised something over $3.50
and only the town Of LauHcns has as
yet been solicited.
Putting Grounds in shape.
The grounds this year will be put
in the very best of shape The seat
ing capacity of the stands has hereto
fore been too small to accommodate
the big crowds That condition will
be remelied within few days by a
rebuilding Of the stands, making them
large enough to seat from 1900 TO
1000 people comfortably Plans are
also on foot to build another road lead
ing to the grounds, thus having one
for entrance and one for leaving.
Displays by Merchants.
An interesting feature of the fair
this year will be the displays by the
various merchants of the county. Any
merchant who desires to make a dis
play will be furnished plenty OF space
Several of the merchants of Laurens
have arranged to combine and have
display booth in the nature of
modern Farm Home, showing all of
the latest improvements and conve-
niences.
There will be plenty of music all
during the day, arrangements having
already been made for one Of the best
bands in the upper part of the state
to be present
Donations to the Fair.
The following list She, the dona-
tons that have been made for pre-
miums at the fair Most of the dona-
tions were in the way of merchandise
and only the value in money is given
here. The town Of Laurens is, so far,
the only town in the county that has
been solicited. The other towns have
always given literally and when they
are heard from the fair committee ex-
poets to have a most handsome list OF
premiums
Clardy & Wilson 5000
j. G. Shell q Co. 2.90
Laurens Tailoring CO. GOO
Dial Co. go
Rays Pharmacy 500
Jno. Armstrong LOO
Laurens Drug Co. 400
Davis Roper Co. 1900
w. c. Wilson e Co. 1.5O
II. r.. Gray so
Vance 1rby 80
Palmetto Drug Co. 2.75