The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-21
FINE EXHIBITS MADE IN ALL
DEPARTMENTS BY ENTER
PRISING PEOPLE
GREAT VARIETY OF
, ALI. farm PRODUCTS
Evidences That This Section Can Pro-
duce Nearly Everything Grown
Outdoors-Children's Day
Hummer

While the financial footings and the
total number in attendance at the
: third annual fair held by the Claren-
don County Fair Association may not
indicate "a record breaker yet, when
the inclemency Of the weather pre-
vailing throughout the session, with
the exception of the last day, and the
further fact that many Of the plant
ers were in the midst of cotton pick
ing which has been somewhat pro-
longed this season by the scarcity of
labor, the generous support extended
by the large numbers present on Fri
day from all sections Of the county
and the manifest interest in the ex-
ceptionally fine exhibits and other de-
tails Of the elaborate program for
the day were such as to warrant the
assertion that the results of the meet
ing last week may be written into the
records Of this community as one of
its highly entertaining and successful
events. 1t has been remarked that a
little more interest taken in the event
and support by the business element
here who derive direct and indirect
benefits from q fair displays from
prominent business concerns being
conspicuous by their absence would
have contributed largely to the sue
cess Of the occasion. Early arrivals
of the people from all sections Friday
were made and, at the time the local
school children marched from the
Manning school grounds to the court
house square, the streets were lined
with cars and numerous bther vehicles
while every point of vantage was
secured by the crowds to witness the
first of the program of the day.
Beautiful School Floats.
From court house square, where
the local schools were joined by the
pupils from the other county schools,
the line of the parade was made to
the fair grounds the scholars, pre-
ceded by the Carnival band, leading
the pageant through the principal
streets. One Of the significant fea-
lures Of all the floats was the patrir
otic sentiment expressed in all the
notices and the generous displays
made for Old Glory and Uncle Sam
in the various representations
Among the towns represented in the
line of floats were:
Oak Ridge, haywood, Harvin, Pax
vile, Turbeville, Foreston, Alcolu,
Trinity school, Big Branch, Jordan,
New Zion, Davis Station, Sardinia.
1t would be doing an injustice to
all to single out any one float, except
such as were out Of the ordinary in
arrangement, as there was q great
similarity in the makeup all the
floats being identified by the special
attention to, patriotic sentiment in
their arrangement. 1t is the general
impression that the floats this year
were the best arranged that have
ever been witnessed here \at any for
mer fair although, perhaps, not so
many as formerly. The float repre-
senting the Statue of Liberty was out
Of the ordinary, but suggestive of
the prevailing sentiment in the land
today in this critical time and elected
considerable favorable comment as
did the float representing the Goddess
of knowledge.
Cattle Pens.
In the cattle department JERSEYS
were the predominating breed on ex-
hibition it being evident that this line
of stock is leader at present in this
section climatic and other conditions
being exceptionally favorable for the
breeding and rearing of this strain
Among the exhibitors were Mrs. D. j.
B:adham, I. V. Plowden, A. j. Bar
ron, r. II. Gentry, B. II. Lowder, f.
J. Brown, all of whom made credit
able displays.
Hog Pens.
Duroc Jerseys and Poland China
were represented in the exhibits Of
swine. Some excellent specimens
were on exhibition which demonstrat-
ed that hog raising can be made a
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