The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-11-12
FIRST FAIR
A BIG SUCCESS

f1lG oUCCESS
The Community Fair held at Pine
wood last Friday was much enjoyed
by everybody there. The merchants
decided to close their business at 12i
o'clock Friday noon and give every
body "fair showing. A great many
people from the surrounding country
was there throughout the day, but
not as many as should have been
1t is knowing fact, that a
ta.r $ for the betterment Of the far
mtrs and he should take greater
pr lie and more interest in Fair of
tn J kind. The people of Pinewood
die everything in their power to make
the first fair great success, and it
was. The exhibits We're great, con-
81 ering the short time they had in
citing them up ready for exhibition.
Mr.. w. o.. Tatum, principal of
Pinewood High School, Mr.. A. M.
M !sser, County Demonstration Agent
, anl Mrs. Mcpherson, Home Demon
stration Agent, did great work in
~ omoting this Fair and it's success.
They were all three busy as bee
throughout the day Interesting and
explaining to the people all the in
formation that was necessary in re-
gard to the exhibits.
The best exhibits there, were in
the Fancy Work Department.. They
hal on exhibition, some embroidered
an ! crochet work that would have
taken prizes at the State Fair.
! One article that took the eye of
the people, was a watermelon that
was put on exhibition by Mr.. S. B.
kolb. He stated that he had pulled
the melon from the vine that morn
ing, and of course, it got blue rib
bon.
Mrs. J.. w. Weeks, Chairman of the
Curios Department, had OH exhibition
some articles that were we'll worth
seeing. One was a sword used by D..
f. Llde, during the Civil War. An
other was, a belt made from the hide
Of Boa Constructor killed in Cuba
by Dr.. W. II. Reynolds in the Spanish
American War. A pair of boots and
a cantcen used by D. r. Litc in the
Civil War, also an old English plate
warmer, over $50 years old.
An interesting feature was the pony
race. The prize was won by little
Miss Matte Hodge.
Some that won blue ribbons on ex-
; hlblts were: Duroc Stock Farm, on
hogs, Mr.. B. B. Broadway, sugar
cone, some of the stalks measuring 3
feet and over, Mr.. S. 3. Kolb, water
melon, Messrs J. r. Griffin and B.
w. DcsChamps won blue ribbon on
sweet potatoes, Little Miss Jaunite
Culp, months old, won the blue rib
bon in the baby contest and Master
Cecil BarWick won blue ribbon as best
baby boy.
There were lots of other prizes
awarded that we didn't get the cor
rect information.
Mr.. Luce agent for the Fordson
Tractor was on the job demonstrating
with his Tractor. He did some good
work despite the fact that the ground
he had was awfully sandy and cover
ed with thick grass.
DR.. S. j. Summers, of Cameron, S.
g., was judge of the cattle and swine
department and he used good Judge
ment after thoroughly examining the
exhibits.
DIR. Summers is successful breed
er OF pure bred hogs and has been on
numerous committees at the State
Fair. On interviewing Dr.. Summers
as to his opinion of the Fair, he said ::
The exhibits are wonderful consider
ing the short time they had in getting
them up, and TOO, this is the first time,
and l am sure from the interest the
people are taking, it will be a much
larger and better one next year"