The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-11-14
from his farm, for exhibition. He was


loway was at his post and busy look
ing after the welfare of the great
assemblage of loyal and determined
sons of Carolina who were bivouaced
on the fair grounds.
One song above all others always
thrills me. l think it is the grandest
song ever set to martial music. That
song is "Dixie." Even the thought
of it when mentioned as a part of a
military parade has the same effect
even if it is thousands of miles away.
Next to ''Dixie," so intimately con-
nected with marching hosts military
parade itself always thrills me. A
more splendid exhibition of military
skill was never given in this state
than the prize drill in which the
Richmond Blues (Richmond VaD,
the Hornets Nest Rifles (Charlotte),
the Richland Volunteers and the
Governors Guards (Columbia) year
or two after the exciting period OF
1875 when the military spirit was
enkindled to fever heat in the state.
The Richmond Blues won the prize.
1t was marvellous to me that the cap
tain never uttered a command. as his
company performed in a perfect man.
ner all the evolutions and executed
the manual of arms in the same de-
gree of excellence. / saw the great
military parade at the Atlanta fair
in 1880, when the oldest military
companies in the Union participated,
nearly all of them from the North
and celebrated for their organization
dating to 177e and farther back, but
their skill did not excel the exhibition
the two visiting companies and the
two crack Columbia companies in
that prize drill. think the military
spirit should be kept alive. Distin-
guishea from militarism it begets a
for.n of patriotism with a keener
edge" than the impulse that man
IS a citizen simply because he posses
ses the right of suffrage.
Military Spirit.
So the state fair encouraged the
military spirit in former days and
the prize drill was great attraction.
Of course, no one ever thought about
woman suffrag' in those days when
the fair sex contributed so bountifully
and beautifully Of their skill in max
ing the state fair very attractive IN
the fancy arts and household exhibits.
| Well, woman has her sphere, and
after all she can not WELD her influ-
| ence in better service than as a home
maker. Thus she was much in evi-
dence when Colonel Holloway WELD
+! ed his 'scepter in her department Of
the state fair.
| So recollection goes back to Colonel
Holloway's time and how he had the
women marshalled throughout the
state so that he could depend upon
them to send to the fair such a fine
array of their handiwork as annually
crowded the exhibitors buildings. 1t
was as much this fine spirit of the
+; women Of the state during Colonel
Holloway's long term of service that
4! made the fair SO popular that the
growth and influence finally demand
ed larger quarters. Now have / ram
bled from my subject? Who was Col
onel Holloway? I have told little
about him. Well, a mans work shows
his character. Everybody will agree
with me in the statement that he was
! the genius of the fair as long as he
was connected with it. So to speak,
he made the fair what it was from
1875 to 1908, when he died in Office
as it secretary.
Colonel Holloway left a worthy ex-
ample to young men who must rely
on their own efforts for success. He
was left an orphan at the age of Is
years. His school advantages were
limited, yet he became man of a
fine degree of literary culture and ac-
cunulated a large fund of useful in
formation. remember him as a mer-
chant at Pomaria. His well managed
farm was near the station. He con-
Quoted all the business Of the fair at
his home and opened his office in
! Cosumbia only several weeks before
each annual exhibition. 1t is truly
said chat at the time he had it in
charge he was the most aggressive
and best qualified secretary of any
, agricultural fair in the United States.
Was Railroad Agent.
Colonel Holloway was apn !, ID