The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-27
All Essays Will Be Published
i'm The Times Before Meeting
of the County Fair-Pizes
Will Be Awarded During the
Fair.

AhS Soooyo oy Vic oChool
and teachers of the county in the
contest for cash prizes will be pub
lished in The Times beginning with
this issue and winding up in the issue
of Nov. 3. The judges will then pass
upon the productions and at the coun-
ty fair, on School Day, the prizes will
be awarded. The order in which they
appear in The Times has no signif-
canoe. The Times editor has no idea
who will be awarded prizes. Below
we give several of the essays. The
others will follow next week and the
week following:
The fair builds up the county in
many ways. Farmers see better crops,
better animals and better tools than
they have and go home determined to
have as good or better themselves.
The ladies see better things in their
lines and determine on Improvement
in their work.
With the girls tomato clubs and
the boys corn and pig clubs we chill
dren are encouraged to try to lead.
The Southern Railway gives demon
strations of improved methods in
various kinds of work. Ladies who
are interested see exactly how to do
different things, such as the best way
to cook on the fireless cooker; to make
good butter, ETC., or at least that's
what they tell me.
Then we children have such good
time in the side shows and such
things.
The school displays and floats in
terest us very much.
The horse racing is very exciting
to some, but the motorcycle and au-
tomobile racing is what the boys de-
light in.
The poultry show is very interest
ing to most people because everybody
loves chickens in one form or an
other, when they see how pretty the
pure breeds aie, they ar. .encouraged
to try some new kinds for themselves.
1t is great encouragement to the
boys to see the fine hogs that the pig
club boys raise, to talk to each other
about different ways of feeding, and
different breeds of hogs.
1t is the same way in the corn club
We can find out about the different
soils, the different ways the land is
prepared, fertilized and cultivated.
This helps us to do better work next
year.
The same thing I suppose applies
to the girls tomato clubs.
l see that the fair authorities are
going to give every school child in
the county free ticket for Friday
of the fair. l think that is mighty
fine of them, and l do hope every
child in the county will be there with
little change in their pocket, so that
they can see the shows. Some of them
have never seen a show in their life
and they will be tickled to death. 1t
will be the happiest day of their lives
and one they will never forget.
hope their parents will come along,
too, and find out many ways to inn
prove their farms and homes.
Let's all meet at the fair and have
a grand, glorious day.
Wilbur Browning.
October %, 1916.
The County Fair is being main
tanned each fall for the spe ia! benefit
of the people of our county. This
Fair is benefit socially, in that it
brings the people from every part of
our county together; financially, in
that it is an advertising medium and
so enables farmer to display his
products to a better advantage. It.
also enables the ladies to display their
pantry supplies and hand work; in
tellectually, in that it is something
OF a school for every person that at
tends. Our people may read Of the
fine live stock and the different pro-
ducts that are being raised all over
our county, but seeing them in real
ity is more beneficial to their minds.
The Fair serves as a boon to the
county at large. 1t creates a spirit
OF rivalry among the schools and
townships which otherwise would not
exist
do not wish to leave the impress
sion that this is the proper spirit that
one school or township should have
for another, but the Fair tends to
make each one put forth the best eff
fort possible.
Taking the foregoing facts into con-
sideration I do not hesitate in the
least to say that our people should
attend the County Fair.
Irene Vaughan.
Jonesville High School.
There are number of reasons why
the people of Union county should at
tend the County Fair
First, because it is the Fair of our