The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-04-12
ALL in READINESS
FOR SCHOOL FAIR
Fair will be Held Rain or
Shine.
FIVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE EXPECTED
Contests In All Departments Wild Be-
gin Mt 10 O'clock. Grand Parade will
Form mt the School Grounds at II
O'CLOCK. Unusual Interest in De-

oOlOck. UnuSUnl interest In dc.
chalmers.
Barring unpleasant weather, 1t Is
expected that the crowd to attend the
county school fair Friday will be the
largest since the county school fair
idea was inaugurated This year more
county schools are participating in the
different contests than. at any prcvi-
GUS fair, every school in the county
with the exception of two or three,
being represented. The weather bu-
reau has predicted higher tempcra-
lures for the next few days. SO a
pleasant spring day may be expected
The contests in the different depart
ments will begin at 10 o'clock. Ad-
mission to the school building will be
by card as space is limited, but the
athletic events will be open to the
public, as will also the exhibits in
the court house.
The parade will move promptly at
II o'clock. The schools will march by
township, with trustees marching in
the rear Of their respective schools.
Night school scholars will follow the
day school scholars of each school
where night school was held La
dies Of the school Improvement asso-
Citations will bring up the rear Of the
line, marching In body.
Immediately after the parade rib
bons will be awarded and the cere-
mony Of taking the oath OF allegiance
to the United States flag will be gone
through with. After this the picnic
dinner Will be held on the grounds.
The trustees association will hold
its meeting at 2 o'clock in the graded
school auditorium.
The high school athletic meet will
be held at $3.50 o'clock on the school
campus.
The high school oratorical contest
will be held in the graded school au-
ditorium at $3.50 o'clock.
Medals and Cups.
In the high school oratorical con-
test, the contestant receiving the high
est average mark will be awarded the
Minter medal, provided for in the will
OF the late Capt. J. r. Minter, who
was greatly interested in tho ad-
vanccment Of young people during his
lifc- time. The contestant winning
second honor will receive medal
provided for by the oratorical asso-
citation.
l,n NnfN i,,0 0{ NV Ia nf In o.
Bros, is awarded annually to the high
school receiving the highest general
average in the athletic contests. This
cup was won for the third consecutive
time by the Clinton high school last
year, so they were given final posses
sion Of It, This year Fleming Bros.
have given another cup to be contest
ed for under the same conditions.
Orphans Coming.
The Thornwell orphans will be here
again with their bright faces. Din
ner will be provided for them by the
ladies of the community. Those who
have not yet been approached on the
subject have been requested to tele-
phone Mr.. J. J. Adams, at the Laurens
National Bank, as to how many lunch
es they will send for them.
Lunch on the Grounds.
The Tennis Club Of the graded
school will sell lunches and coffee on
the school grounds. 1t Is said that
some Of the tennis club members are
equally at home on the tennis court
or in the kitchen, so 1t may be safe
ly predicted that these lunches will
be "up to SNUFF, as The SNewberry
Observer would say.
Defamation Contestants.
Unusual interest attaches to the
defamation contests, so the entrants
in this department are given, as fol-
lows:
Primary Girls.
Laurens township, Mary Tinsley.,
Watts Mil; Youngs, Ida Babb, Youngs
school; Dials, Eugenia Willis, Gray
Court -Owings; Waterloo, Virginia
Lanford, Waterloo; Cross Hill, Mil
dred Boozer. Pine Grove; Hunter,
Luella Watts, Mountville; scufietown,
Mazelle Bobo, Langston.