The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-14
ELLIOTT COMMUNITY FAIR.
A Largely Attended and Successful
Exhibit OF Resources of Lee 'COun-


most modern school buildings and
best schools in the Pee Dee section of
South Carolina may be said to have
taken the rag off the bush" when it
came to putting on a Community Fair
which was held at the school building
and grounds last Friday, November
9TH
At least one thousand people from
several counties were present. The
exercises were opened with public
meeting in the large school audi
torium and presided over by Mr.. S.
stratOr Of Lee County. Hon. Asbury
F. Lever, member congress from the
Seventh South Carolina District and
the chairman of the House Commit
tee on Agriculture, was the special
honor guest and speaker of the oc-
casiOn. About four hundred men and
women were in he auditorium when
he started to speak and the standing
room sign had to be hung out short
ly after he started. Mr. Lever in his
scholarly and forcible manner elo-
quently defended the president Of the
United States and government there
Of and explained in detailed and
comprehensive manner just why the
United States could not honorably
, avoid further benevolent neutrality,
if we expected to defend our rights
and command the respect of the ball
ance Of the world. He was enthus-
iastically applauded time and again.
The community fair was opened up
by grand parade of beautifully
decorated automobiles filed with
!, numbers of pretty and charming
young women attired in Red Cross
uniform and wells and in allegorical
uniforms representing the United
States government and other insignias
of the patriotism of our country and
Lee County in particular. The pa
rade formed at the station in Elliott
and wound its way to the modern
brick school building which would be
a credit to a city of twenty-five thou
sand population.
On the grounds were located the
agricultural. poultry. and live stock
. departments. Here Lee county show
ed up in fine style as one of the
leaders of diversification, and inside
the building, in several rooms, con-
servation was exemplified in practical
as we'll as mouth watering" style.
!; Cotton Of the long staple variety,
= sweet potatoes weighing as much as
ten and a-half pounds and averaging
up to four pounds, pumpkins, Irish
potatoes, rice, wheat, corn, oats, white
) pepper eggs, sugar cane millet, peas
, of several varieties, beans, rye, in
fact almost everything that Carolinas
combination of fertile soils and eli
mate can produce were on exhibition
in the agricultural departments.
In the poultry exhibit were every
variety of improved varieties of chick
ems. pigeons, geese, ducks, and turkies
and the fowl all were magnificent
specimens Of the improved varieties.
The cattle and swine exhibits were
not numerous but were great indeed
in quality.
Inside of the building was where
one received the greatest idea Of
what organization will accomplish
The home demonstration, canning
and tomato clubs, the Elliott school
booth, and the domestic science and
household art departments were eye
openers to every one except the la
dies and the girls who made these
delightful articles to eat and to wear.
The fancy work department was
unusually fine. But in the several de-
partments of domestic science it was
easily seen that Lee county, and the
Elliott school section particularly are
up with the times on food production
and conservation in an extraordinary
way that would tickle the palates
(if they could get a taste of some Of
the good things to eat) and make
the mouths Of President Wilson an,
Food Dictator Hoover water to view
the same.
| After the mornings exercises the
good ladies of Elliot and surrounding
territory took pity on those who had
been made hungry from vewing the
thousands of jars of preserves, vege-
tables. pickles. home made bread, etc
| These good and charming ladies then