The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-11-18
A VISIT TO THE STATE FAIR


me and write you some more
about that fair trip what taken
to Cola.
Well, Bill. l told you about
getting there and finding place
to stay. Well, | got up soon
Thurs. morning and got ready
to go out to the fair grounds.
You know Thurs. was the big
day, Bill, and there shore was
some people there. 1t was said
there was SO thousand people
and good many Chas. tonians
in the city, but Bill, I bedinged
if l see how they counted 'em.
| couldn't.
Well, Bill, the street cars was
SO crowded [ decided to go out in
a automobile. You know there
aint nothing like putting on
style when you go to town no
how. Well 1 found u empty
automobile and just as l was
getting in up come two more fel
lows what wanted to go so they
got on the same seat with me.
One Of 'em had on a plug hat,
Bill, and | found out they was
preachers. That shore did en-
barrass me, Bill, cause I didn't
have a bit of sen-sen and was
shore scared. But it was ok.
They didn't ask me for a thing.
Well. Bill, L got inside the
fence and started to follow the
crowd. We got to the door of a
big building and a fellow was
there giving away chewing
gum. didn't take none at |
first, Bill, because | hadn't saw
anybody giving away anything
down there before and thought
maybe this was one of them
skin games YOU was telling me
about. But I hung around there
awhile and saw everybody else
taking it so [ went back and got
me some. Then I'd slip back
out and get me some more as l |;
come back in, Bill. 1t took me
a good while to get my pockets
full, but at last l did
Then | went on down the lane
looking at the exhibits and down
at the next corner there was
cripple fellow sitting in a little
chair. His feet looked like they
was in a awful fix and his legs
was all drawed up an looked
like they was tied together.
And, Bill, [ noticed he held out
his hand and there was a hand
full Of dimes and nickles in it. [
thought he was giving it away,
Bill, like that chewing gum fel-
low was, and / got me some of
'em and walked on. Well, Bill,
[ hadn't walked far before some
body touched me not light on
the shoulder and when | looked
saw it was the cripple
fellow and he said give him that
back that the people give
it to him cause he couldn't t walk.
[ told him he ought to give me
that for curing him. but [ give
it back to him. Bill, he had a
stick in his hand.
Well, Bill, after [ taken III all
the exhibits [ went to where the !!
side shows was. The first one
[ come to there was a man and
several women out in front of it
a a-singing and hollerin and going
on, and they called it the choo
ChOo or something like that, Bill,
| forget the name. Well. Bill.
| didn't go in this one. There
was too big a scrOuge
Well, Bill, ] went on down toi
the next one and it looked Just
about like the other one. only it
wasn't the same name. [ didn't
90 in this one neither, Bill. It
was nearly time for the football
game now. Bill. SO | decided I'd
wait till later to 90 to the side
shows, but walked on down
past long row of them, and,
Bill, there was a man standing
in front of every show with
big funnel in his mouth trying
to play tune on it. 1t must be
a new fashioned tune. [ never
did understand it.
Well, Bill, | went to the foot
ball game, but will tell you
about that when | see you. I'll
tell you how it come out too.
hear the old sows raising
the dickens, Bill, SO I'll have to
go see what's the matter with
them and will close. Solong,
Bill.
AS ever and ever, G.
L. S. A lot of fellows wanted