The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-11-21
The Prosperity Community
Fair a Great Success
Large Crouds Attend the Fair and Much Interest Mani
fested-A List of the Prize Wnners-Other News

and Friday for the community fair.
From every standpoint this fair was
grand success. There were hun
dreds of exhibits which revealed as
nothing else could the wonderful ma
tural resources of Nos. 9 and 10 town
ships.
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock the
fair association was called to order by
its president, Dr. G. Y. Hunter, and
after a few Introductory remarks,
Mayor NJ. C. Morris was introduced,
who made the welcome address. Shor~
addresses were made by Miss Edith
Parrott, state agent Of home demon
stration work, Prof. S. ]. Derrick Of
lNewberry college, Dr.. c. T. 'Nyche and
Hon T. IA Dominick
Thursday afternoon Mr.. P. W. Moore,
Laurens county demonstrator, explain
ed the working of community
creamery before large audience
and at the conclusion of his interest
Ing talk it was unanimously adopted
that Newberry county should have
community creamery. The capital
stock for this creamery has already
been guaranteed.
:, Friday was the banner day in which
II there were over 1900 people to VISIT
the fair. Probably the most interest
ing feature of the day was the parade
of 600 school children from the town
hall to the school grounds where hon.
J. E. Swearingen, state supt- OF edu-
cation delivered the principal address.
County Supt. of Education Chas. +.
Barre also made short talk.
Fourteen schools out of fifteen IN
the community were represented with
booths which were credit to their
community. Prosperity school won
first prize, st. Lukes, second, Saluda'
third. Honorable mention was maze OF
Monticello, Big Creek and Hunter De
Walt.
Mr.. Hare. state poultry husband
man. Mr.. Shealy and Mr.. Patrick de-
monstrators of Lexington and Saul
da counties respectively were here
and rendered helpful service to the
zoficials of the fair. They also ASSIST
ed in Judging exhibits. There were
many out of county visitors and they
/ ALI voted that it was the best falr
of its kind they had ever seen held IN
the State. Our county demonstrators
MIR. T. NJ. Mills and Miss Willie Mae
wise were untiring in their efforts
m make the fair success. The fol-
lowing premiums were AWARDED:
Field Crops.
Best 10 ears corn-1st, Carroll
Mills; End, C. w. Krell.
Best single ear-1st, Carroll Mis-
2ud, C.. E. Dominick.
Best exhibit of wheat-C. S. Mills.
Best exhibit of oats-Bunce HaW-
kins.
Best exhibit cow peas and hay-1st,
c. A. Mills; End, E. T. Garrett.
Best half busbel sweet potatoes
1st. W.. w. Boozer; End, S. P. Mills.
Best half bushel Irish potatoes
1st, E. S. Fulmer; End, Pat Wise.
Best display of vegetables-lst,
Mrs w. P. Pugh; End, Mrs. sallie
Mills.
Nichols.
Best stalks sorghum and l quart
syrun of same-1st, n. K. SelDert'
End, S. L. Fellers.
Rest s stalks sugar cane and l quart
Of same-1st, G. E. Dominick; zno' ..
= ]. Williamson.
Best pumpkin-1st. Brady Bowers
End, Carl Epting.
Rest stalk cotton-1st, ]. E. Long.
Best display of, products from one
farm-lst, J. H. Crosson; 2nd, .. D.
Williamson.
Live Stock.
Best Red Polled bull-1st, G. 7.
Hunter.
Best Red Polled heifer-1st, G. Y.
Hunter. .,...
Best Hereford bull-1st, Prosperity
Cotton Oil Mill.
Best grade steer-B. 0. Lovelace:
Rest grade heifer-1st, G. Y. Hun
fer. End, B. o. Lovelace.
Rest pure bred sow-1st J. D..
Quattlebaum; End, J. D. QuatlleDaoin II
Best pure bred boar-lst, ). ". u
Long. .+hs
list. ] D. Quattlebaum; 2no' }. u
Quattlebaum.
Best pure bred SOW under I year
7st D. Quattlebaum; End, virgin
Kohn.
Best pure bred boar-lst' PicAeAe
Langford. -.
Best grade pig under months-ls''
J. P. Fellers.
Poultry.
Best pen plymouth ROCKS r.
P. Warner & Son; End. Mrs. j. l.
Bcozer.
Best pen Rhode Island Reds-lst'
P. 3. Warner & Son.
Best pen Leghorns-1st, Mrs. W.