The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-11-11
VISIT TO THE STATE FAlR.
Bill:

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| AS / promised you beforehand
will try to tell you sometime
about nv trip to the state fair al
Columbia. But. Bill, that was q
bad arrangement we made abort
me seeing and doing enough fo,
us both, and l don't think VIC
better try that any more.
Well, got there "Wednesday
night and the first thing | did
was to find place to stay. Be.
lieve me, Bill, old boy, there was
some crowd there. Went all
over town trying to find a place,
and all lfound was all the hotels,
boarding houses and lots of the
people full. Was Just trying to
figure out some plan when | ran
across an old friend -one of them
kind, Bill, who is always real
glad when he can do YOU a sure
enough favor.
You know they call Columbia
the capitol city, Bill. Wen. ii is.
only they ought to spell 1t cap
ital.
Bill, would YOU believe it: |
saw that fellow Bob Gonzales,
what YOU was talking about, and
you would be surprised WHY,
he just looks like regular fSl.
low. | didn't see 4 thing wrpug
with him. and they say he eats,
sleeps, and etc etc. and plavS
checks, old maids. and etc. etc.
Just like ordinary people.
And | saw that fellow joe
Sparks, too, Bill. | sure would
hate to to have to tote him up
the street, Bill, and I'm glad our
editor didn't. You know. Bill,
his regular name is Joe Spark
but they had 10 add the 'Csss,Ss>
there's So many of i'm.
lhad heard that ColumbIa had
a lot Of big, fine banks. Bill. .sscx.
they sure have. but the bisgysS5
and finest one [ saw was tn; 0ap,p
called Col. William Banks, Hes
a regular COL. too, Bill, ami s:Ssvs )
to belong to Gov. BleaSs'< ; m
Gov. Hcyward's staff. | tl-gs1 I
which. You can find oil. ay
whiting him,
Well, Bill, | went out 10 .t,.
fair grounds twice. but it wo,,.a.
take about four DAYS to see ~,
erything they had out there Ii
was more than fair Picken>
county had an exhibit and II
was q Jim dandy one, too. Bill.
You know last year vas the first
time Pickens county had one at
the state fair. Old Tom A. Bow |
ell was right there on the lob
and [ heard several people tell
him they thought his exhibit
was the best one there. The Ed.
OF the Pickens Sentinel asked
me to write something about it
for his paper, but Tom didn't
have time to tell me all about it
and said he would get up the
dots late,. But, believe me, old
pal, old Pickens was right there
with the goods, as me and you
knoWed they would all the time.
There was lots OF Pickens people
there, too.
You saw in the paper about
that pretty queen and pretty
maids Of honor what was there.
Well they was there and pretty,
too, Bill, but it's the truth whe.,
| tell you we could get that many
young ladies in Pickens who
could knock the socks off tie
jubilee queens. No, not that.
either, Bill; you know what [ |
want to say. [ mean the Pick
ems crowd would be way yonder
the prettieSt.
Well. Bill, | like to forgot
about them Cola. square meals.
That is, ! like to forgot to tell
you about them. Bill, if YOU
eyer eat one it'll take you long
time to forget it. Bill, they don't
look exactly square before you
eat, but after you eat one it amt
long before it feels kinder square.
1t looks to me like they ought to
call 'em quare meals.
BILL didn't see any pickpock-
cts there, but there are a lot of
BARRIERS and shoeshiners there.
Bill, if you ever go in one of
them shops to get a shave YOU
better take your gun with YOU.
Every time you say that's all
you want and start to get up the
barber grabs you by the neck
and shoves you back and does
something else to your head or