The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-03

Even if a man only wins blue rib
bon, it fills him with an exaltation
which is good for his soul. 1t sets for
him a new standard in life. If he is
made of the right stuff he tries to
live up to the blue ribbon in all
things; he tries to make all his pro-
ducts as high quality of their kinds
as the blue ribbon brand was of its
kind. Sooner or later that quality
permeates his entire being and he be-
comes bigger and better man for
having won that little strip of ribbon.
That prize has raised his own
standards of eXcellency and thus has
benefited his business. To encourage
this the getting of the maximum re-
turns from our lands and the foster
ing this better type of citizenship be-
comes then our duty to attend the
Union County Fair.
Again, we should be patriotic
enough to want to boost anything that
would be for the good of our country.
If we do not come to the County Fair
and bring our exhibits and make it
the best Fair ever, should we expect
people from other counties to speak
word of prasie about our city and
county?
BY attending the County Fair we
raise our standard of unity and let
other people know that Union County
is Union indeed-a union of indi-
vidualS and interests. The ladies come
and brng their exhibits of fruit, can
dy, flower and needlework Many a
lonesome woman working away during,
the hot summer days is inspired and
encouraged to work on and perfect her
art of canning, embroidering or what
ever it may be she has chosen as her
handiwork to exhibit at the County
Fair. All the ladies meet on the Fair
grounds and discuss how this lovely
stitch is made, how that jar of pickles
was made, how these beautiful flow
ers were grown and so on. Therefore
there is social side to the Fair also,
which does many poor lonesome wo-
mans heart good.
BY attending our Fair we are en-
abled to see what our different schools
are doing. Almost every school has
an exhibit at the Fair. We see Just
how much progress our schools are
making, how much more efficient
some schools are than others. We
should notice the school exhibits es-
pecially for if our boys and girls are
not educated we are not progressing
but going backward. If you notice
that the school in your community
has not exhibited something you
should be all the more determined
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get some kind of an exhibit ready for
exhibition by next Fair day. This is
an important reason why you should
attend the County Fair for thereby
you are pushing forward to the
day of consolidated schools and the
time when educated men and educated
women will be the rule and not the ex-
ception throughout the length and
breadth of our land.
Then if our boys and girls and
fathers and mothers who love Union
county will remember that we need
them all at the Union County Fair to
encourage our agriculture, which is
as everyone knows the basis of our
wealth, to help brighten and encour-
age those whose duty calls them to a
narrow life; to enhance the value of
the products of our lands and brains;
to make more efficient the laborers
of our county and thereby helping to
make Union county what nature and
God have intended her to be-the
county with the greatest wealth and
the happiest people-then surely ev-
eryone will attend our Fair.
Sadie Barnado.
18th Grade.