The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-10-04
COMMUNITY FAIR
AT HEMINGWAY.
A SPLENDID DEMONSTRATION OF
THE POSSIBILITIES OF WILL
1LAMSBURG COUNTY.

surrounding communities, it being
the occasion of the annual communi-
ty fair. Two years ago a beginning
was made by the ladies of the COM
munity and quite display of fancy
work and canned produce was made
in one of the stores in town, but
this year required the largest tobac-
co warehouse in Hemingway to hold
the numerous exhibits.
Never before has this section of
Williamsburg county realized what
possibilities it is capable of. and
the exhibits showed some of Il e
things that we were actually doing.
Half of the large building was en-
tirely taken up with booths holding
the exhibits of the girls canning
clubs, women's home demonstration
clubs, fancy work, needle work, gen.
eral farm exhibits, and individual
farm exhibits. The other portion
of the fair building was given over
to the exhibition of hogs and chick
ems. The committee of judges pro.
nounced the exhibits to be the equal
of any seen at the county fairs of
this section. especially this being
the case in regard to the articles dis
played by the ladies and girls.
The display of fancy work of all
kinds was beautiful in its artistic ar.
rangement which showed off well
the degree of skill with which each
piece was made. This booth was
especially interesting and attractive
because of the verv great variety OF
handwork. 1t was q source of new.
erending astonishment to the men
that so many beautiful articles could
be made with needle and thread.
The booths containing the canned
produce of field, orchard and gard.
den, was a revelation canned but
ter beans, string beans. wax leans,
pepper hash, pepper mangoes. pic.
kled peppers, pepper sauce. green
pepper. red pepper, cyenne pepper,
pimentoes. bell pepper, mixed pickle,
palmetto cabbage pickle. sweet cab
bage pickle, cantaloupe pickle, irish
potato pickle. onion pickle. sweet
picked grapes, grape pickle, beet
pickle, peach pickle, Virginia chow
chow, Dixie relish, rummage pickle,
artichoke pickle, watermelon rind
preserves. grape preserves, fig pre-
serves. Kumquat preserves, pump
kin chips, guava preserves. peach
preserves, apple preserves. preserved
cherries, strawberry preserves. to-
mato preserves, blueberries. fig mar
malade, orange marmalade. pear
marmalade, grapefruit marmalade,
grape catsup, cucumber catsup, to-
mato catsup, Chill sauce. canned corn,
pear chips, mincemeat, apple jelly,
grape jelly, peach butter, peanut
butter, grape butter, apple butter,
plum butter, blackberry jam, plum
jam, corn salad, soup mixture, okra,
wine ,grapejuice, ,cauliflower and any.
thing else that can be canned, pre-
served or put up in any way.
The individual farm exhibits OF
the Longwood Farm Company and
of the Haselden farm each contained
more than thirty products and were
so arranged as to show the advan-
tage of rotation of crops and the
value of cover crops to the soil.
The exhibit of chickens and hogs
was good. Master George Simmons
showed his fifteen-months. old pig
! weighing $50 pounds.
Dinner was served by the Ladies
Aid society. The Red Cross auxiliary
sold candy for the benefit of its or
ganization, and Mrs Wiggs presided
in her cabbage patch and sold cab.
bage from which the purchaser
might draw anything from a dolls
dress to a pocketknife.
At II o'clock the assemblage was
addressed by Mr. Archie Barron of
Manning. who gave a most practical
and appreciated talk on agriculture
and the raising of livestock.
Despite the inclement weather,
large crowds thronged the fair
building all day. The people of the
several communities in this section
of the county are now determined to
have a permanent organization and
next year they intend to have even
larger and better fair. Too much
credit cannot be given the local
girls club, under whose auspices the
fair was held.