The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
Clarendon County Schools Fair

The School Improvement Association in co operation with
County Board Education has decided hold County school
fair at Manning Friday December 18TH At 1880 O'clock there
will be parade of the future citizens of the county, the school
children beginning the school house and ending at the fair
grounds.
Each school county expected have many booths
at the fair grounds there teachers the school, The
hblts these will consist articles made raised owned
by the children.
These will be judged according Quality Quantity Variety
Atachvenes by and other parts of the state
Each school expected decorate BOOTH and to bear
the expenses OF constructing This only small
and the boys and girls Will be allowed their articles
deay all part expense. suggest the following
things sutab for the booths but this by limits the
display originality just what
our boys and girls do.
Examination papers, compositions, maps drawings paintings,
problems in arithmetic algebra geometry Exercises in gram
cutting folding posters sand table work.
ing fancy aprons plain aprons dresses shirt waists embrod
crochet knitting samples in button hole making putting
patches mendug clothes darning stockings quilts sofa
pillows bags dressed dolls bought dos and home made
dos dos hickory dols shuck dolls paper dolls,
baby caps bonnets shuck and rafa hats doll hats
Eaables such ees preserves catsups pickles. cooked
meats ha chicken turkey, beef pork sausage loaf bread
rolls biscuits mudn bread pies of all kinds cakes of all
kinds of all kinds sandwiches peanuts pop crack
er- jacks, cheese sraws, butter, etc.
Articles made such handles chicken book cases.
frames screens bread boards wood boxes shirt waist
boxes brooms, kites, rakes, jumping jacks etc.
Articles raised such potatoes Chickens hogs goats
expect offer $500 gold each for the best exhibit by
school, teacher school, by three teacher
school, by with than teacher making twenty
dollars in prizes.
Immediately after the parade and while things humming
the fair grounds expect have Better Babies Contest in
the school house
These have taken root wherever thinking men and
found They practical because they
prde desire study child fe and help humanity
by teaching each parent to help himself.
The better bes of competitive examination
children three years under by physicians with
high scoring babe Mere beauty does not count
but the of the baby human machine we'll
portioned. properly nourished, does.
Tie Home Companion behind the movement lhave
them instructions the conduct of the contest
They handsome better babs medals in bronze
to e farm baby and the town baby scoring the
average To each first prize winner in Glass; they
will present handsome Certificate printed three coor There
will be other better babies prizes announced later
We will make other announcements from time to time Our
plans complete but growing rapidly We expect this
to be the BIGGEST DAY Clarendon has had Meet at
the Fair Grounds December 2 be slogan shall be
clad to give further information to those desiring it.
KATHERINE RICHARDSON,
President School Improvement Association.