The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-11-09
OUR COUNTY FAIR
NOW IN FULL BLAST.
Splendid EXHIBITS AND MANY
ADJUSTMENTS ATTRACT DE-
LIGHTED. THRONGS.

of humanity which had gathered
early in front of them all eager to
gain admittance thai they might
feast their eyes upon the biggest
and best to e seen at county fair.
The day dawned with all of the
glorious beauty and splendor Of an
autumn season and doubtless infused
into the hundreds of pleople who
awoke yesterday morning and rub
bed their sleepy eyes, with a new
animation and made them feel that
life is truly worth while.
For several days prior to the open
ing yesterday, enthusiasm ran high.
and the people seemed Indifferent
to everything else. so notable was
this indifference that many of them
hereabouts forgot that Tuesday was
election day and failed to deposit a
ballot for Wilson and Manning.
Governor Richard Manning ar
rived at HOO o'clock yesterday and
delivered the opening address at
noon to q large and interested crowd
composed of the cream of Williams
burg's citizens.
The Governors address was along
thoroughly practical lines, directed
chiefly to the farming element. He
told them of the approach of the
boil weevil and the attending dam
gers that may be expected as a re-
suit of this most notorious bugs"
arrival in South Carolina.
For some reason or another the
parade was fzz!e. There was none,
for everybody in town went to the
fair grounds early and those that
came in from the country seemed to
be bent in the same direction. and
really there was nobody left to make
up a parade. Everybody was on the
ground by 1000 o'clock and there
was so much to see that there was
no time for joining mere street
parade.
What is there to interest one?
Well, 20 and see! But we will say
here by way of information that you
will see what can be produced in this
county, perhaps in your own neigh.
borhood in the way of live stock and
farm products in an astounding va
riety. We would advise our farmer
friends, everyone in Williamsburg, to
make careful and thorough survey
of the booths of Messrs R B Fitch.
W o Camlin, S A and J c Graham,
and there may be other individual
exhibits equally as interesting. Then
there are the different school dis
plays, and they are superb. but, you'll
have to see these to appreciate the
work the school boys and girls of
Williamsburg county are doing along
agricultural ond industrial lines.
Any one of the school exhibits is
worth a visit to the fair.
Among the schools having booths
are Heinemann. Mulberry, Wayside.
Hebron. Hemingway. Johnsonyille,
Cedar Swamp. Union and Kingstree.
There is a department of fancy
work, and the exhibits are of such a
high order that even a man of coars-
est grain would have to stop still and
take notice. not merely because the
department represents the work of
the deft and dainty fingers of the
gentler sex, but because of the eX-
quisite beauty of each and every
piece of work displayed there.
The display by the Indiantown
demonstration club is highly credit
able as community exhibit, while
the home demonstration work de-
partment by Miss Amanda Edwards,
county agents second in Importance
only to the farm demonstration de-
partment by County Agent C w Ba-
ker. These departments clearly point
the way to better and more econom-
ical living.
The boys corn club department is
worthy of careful note by every boy
in the county. There he will get new
ideas and valuable information.
Outside the administration build
ing one will find the poultry and live
stock exhibits, representing some
wonderful improvements in the class
of horses. cows and bogs that are
now being raised in the county.
In the big arena yesterday the
horse and mule shows were excel
lent. The animals shown were chiefly
county raised, and were well worthy
of the attention they received.