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UNUSUAL ACTIVITY AMONG
COUNTY FAIR PEOPLE
Inquiries Concerning Displays Much
Larger Than Ever known Before.
All Fairs On The Peninsula Report
Similar Conditions.

All Fairs On The Peninsula Report
Similar Conditions.
When one speaks of the Cam
bridge Fair. the question of weather
always arises, the reason being that
for many years Fair week meant
rainy weather Last year the hoodoo
was lifted and the officials of the Fair
Association are hoping that the good
luck of last year may again De
counted upon this year.
Those connected with the manage
ment of the Fair ere particularly
hopeful that this is going to be
great fair. They made plans last
year to bring added attractions TINS
year to enlarge the scope OF the
Fair and to interest persons in every
section of the county with the END
in view of making this just exactly
what a county fair should be, name
ly. a place where there might be ex-
hibited the actual products OF every
section of the county, to the END that
the people of every section might
become thoroughly familiar with
what was being done and what
could be accomplished in Dorchester
county.
Being an agricultural fair the aim
is to have every agricultural product
of the county exhibited. Just think
what it would mean, not only to the
stranger within our gates but to the
people of different sections OF the
county, if the people of Lower Dor
chester, Upper Dorchester. Middle
Dorchester, North, East South and
West Dorchester would just take the
time to bring samples of their pro-
ducts to the County Fair to show
what is being done in the county.
There are not many persons in the
county who are really familiar with
the agricultural products OF the
county. Everyone knows that wheat
,and corn are grown (put aside a half
bushel of the best wheat and CORN,
that tomatoes are grown, but these
are only a few of the things, just
think of the asparagus, the peas, the
potatoes, the strawberries, the cante-
loupes, watermelons, the blackber-
ries, raspberries, gooseberrles, the
cabbage, the string beans, the onions,
lettuce, ROMAN, carrots, parsnlps,
lima beans, egg plants, peanuts,
sweet potatoes, squash, pumpkins,
cucumbers, and other vegetables.
Then think, too, of the fruits, apple,
peaches, pears, plums, apricots,
cherries, grapes, ounces, etc.
Speaking of strawberries, there
are counties around Dorchester
where the land is not nearly so we'll
adapted to the growing of strawber-
ries as the land in this county,
where the people have simply made
fortunes. Last week around Secre-
tary the sum of over $4,000 was paid
persons who pick the caps from the
berries, not taking into consideration
the value of the berries which ran
into the thousands of dollars and the
farmers all around could be picking
up this money which Armour and
Company are paying out just as well
as not. Then just think, too, how;
much money has been paid out for
peas, the Phillips Packing Company
has been running day and night dur
ing the season to get up the pea
crop and has paid out thousands up
on thousands of dollars for the crop
and thousands more in wages for
handling it.
There are some mighty fine cat
tie, hogs, horses. mules, sheep,
poultry, etc, in the county. AT
some of the fairs the exhibition OF
these draws large crowds, especially
among those who are interested IN
the development of better stock; it
should do the same here.
Then why not an exhibition OF the
sea foods for which the county is
famous-oysters from different bot
toms, because while the average
highlander does not know that there
is a difference, everyone connected
with the industry is aware OF the
fact and the Fair affords a good OPP
portunity to advertise it and to ad-
vertise the industry. Then the
crabs, they bring thousands upon
thousands of dollars every year to
the county, in fact they bring hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. And
the fishing industry of the county is
bv no means an unimportant one; 1t
too. adds many thousands OF dollars
to the annual income of the county.
Volumes could be written about
these various industries and then
their possibilities could not be fore
told, but just think what a display
of all of them would mean-a dis
play of farm products, of oysters, OF
canned goods, not merely home can
ned goods but of the products OF the
various canning factories-of crabs,
soft and hard, crab meat and canned
crab meat. several tubs Of water
with live fish of different kinds
swimming around.
Then one should not forget the
manufacturing industries. If the
shirt factories would display their
work, taking it in the various stages,
from start to finish. If the mills
will display their products, flour,
meal hominy,, grits, bran, middlings,
etc., woodwork of all kinds, and
right down the line, including the
stores, the Cambridge Fair will be
the talk of the State.
Indicating what one concern
thinks of this manner of meeting the
people the E. S. Adkins Co., of Sails
bury, which last year rented two
booths in the Exhibition Hall, has
this year written to know if it can
get four; another concern which was
too late last year, of its own accord,
wrote early this year to make
reservation. It's going to be big
year if one may judge the outlook