The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-04-22
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Personal Incidents of Fair Day.

Personal Incidents of Fair Day. VI
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a lady standing near me when the
grand parade was forming made the
pertinent query what would Iaurcns
county do without John Watts?'
And sure enough as he passed by Just
then with hat off the words OF the jim
gle that the little boy had sung that
morning flashed through my mind
(changed little bit to suit the occa-
Sion):
There comes Mr.. Watts
With his hat in his hand,
Saying Fellow citizens, I'm
\ progressive mani"
Had you ever thought Of it? pass
the question on to you What would
the fairs in Laurcns county-school or
agricultural-do without John Watts?
"AIy but it is hot" said one gentle
man as he run his hand through his
hair and famed himself with his hat"
I'm afraid my daughter will faint out
there "Ncvcr you fear" answered
some one, "Ir vii Lou Gray doesn't
faint, you needn't worry about any one
else" If another county in this state
has school supervisor with as much
energy as ours I'd like to see her. I'll
admit that | was one that thought pos
sibly she would not fill the place,
raised as she was, SO to speak with a
silver spoon in her mouth as regard
school advantages. What did she
know of the disadvantages which ru-
raj scholars undergo? I'm here TO ad-
nit she has made good-she has all the
essentials necessary for success
youth, health, unlimited energy, love
for her work and last but by no means
least, the best talent of all--good,
hard common sense! She is very
potent factor in Laurens county fairs.
We are all jubilant out this way. Our
school, New Prospect, carried off more
blue ribbons in exhibits than any 9TH
er rural school besides winning the
first honor in defamation and story
telling. Whose all right? Prospect
New Prospect!
IF you want to educate child"
said wise one once, begin with it's
grandmother" This was amply veri-
fled in our school. or the literary con-
tcstants sent to the fair by New Pros
pect school seven Of them were grand
daughters Of the late Mrs. Kate e.
Cunningham. OF the successful ones
IN Laurens county, the first honor girl
for defamation, the first honor girl
for story telling, the End honor girl for
Sth grade spelling, the End honor girl
for 4th grade spelling, were from Pros
pect school and all are her grandchil-
dren. 1t would be interesting to many
to know that Mrs. Cunningham could
read intelligcntly at the age of three
years and she was as good a speller
as ever picked up blue back spelling
book, and that means she was par ex-
cellence.
1t was sight worth seeing to
stand on the hill just in front Of the
Laurens graded school and see the
soldier like formation of ranks OF
school children in the hollow on the
grounds by Supt Jones. Like general
this capable leader soon had his SOL
diors presenting solid front. Here's
to B. L. Jones (though he tried his best
to keep me out Of the school building
for lack of tcket--but he failedD I
verify believe him to be "the right man
In the right place"
SuDt. Of Education James L. Suli-
van was on hand and handled his part
OF the fair successfully. I am ready
and willing at all times to vouch for
tie capability OF James. He came
from New Prospect school you know
and that has but one meaning "a, win
ner!
1t was a good day for Laurens coun-
ty-we are making progress.
Aunt Kate.