The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-19
The Best Of the Fair
Schools, Communities and
Demonstration Clubs Have
Attractive Displays
(By e. l. Reardon. Manager DC

partmcnt of Publicity.
Occupying practically one entire
side of the main building, the No-
mems Home Demonstration, the va
rious school. community. girls cam
ming and other club exhibits, to-
gether with the general sumter
County Home Demonstration booth,
made up the biggest feature OF the
Sumter county, 1921 fair and the
immenSity. quality. variety. attrac-
tiyeness of the display. artistic ar
fansement and the thousands OF
different kind of exhibits, were a
delightful surprise TO the genera
public attending this years county
fair. 1t required hours to properly
see and appreciate this exposition
of resourcefulness, industry, taste
and training, and vel few, not
withstanding the former masnlfl-
cent exhibits Of these clubs at form
er fairs in this county, had the re-
motest idea that such wonder III
progress had been made IN these
necessary lines Of endeavor in sum
ter county within twelve months.
The ladies and the girls, and
many gentlemen also Of the respec-
tive communities represented by
booths and other exhibits have the
right to feel very proud, indeed.
and if they are one-third as proud
of their work and their displays as
Sumter county is Of the women.
girls and men who made these Won
derful exhibits, then they are GER
tainly feeling, or ought TO feel,
mighty good. Miss Caro- Truluck,
County Home Demonstration agent,
assisted by Mrs. E. j. Karrack,
have a right to feel satisfied with
the general County Home Demon
stration booth and the other COM
munity booths.
1t is hard indeed with limited
space and only scant descriptive
and technical ability to portray this
departments accomplishments as
represented at the fair, or to cor
rectly tell Of the communities with
booths that are not connected with
the county home demonstration de-
partment altogether.
In the contest for honors and
prizes in school and community
booths. the judges, Miss Laura Bail
ey, Assistant State Home Demon
stration Agent, Miss Jane Kitchen,
Home Demonstration Agent Of Lee
county, and Mr. Johnson, County
Agent of Aiken county, had to
spend practically the entire day go
ing into the merits Of the numerous
exhibits and discussing many intrl-
cate points to render a decision:
The Sumter County Home Demon
stration Department Booth.
This large and beautiful ar
ranged department contained hun
dreds of exhibits from individual
clubs of the women's and girls
branches of the demonstration de-
partment. Every kind Of club was
represented and thousands Of eN-
hibits Of many kinds were there.
Here can be seen accomplish
ments in gardening, canning, pre-
serving, picking, cooking, sewing,
dairying, fancy work, pastries, con-
fections, household conveniences
, made at home, and dresses, hats.
and other clothing. and made over
garments" and thousands Of cher
useful and ornamental thi! IS too
numerous to mention. You Will
just have to get Miss Truluck and a
half dozen other ladies TO tell YOU
about it unless YOU so and see for
yourself Every in6 :vidCal who
participated in the exhibits in this
booth should pat herself on the
back, and while they are at it give
Miss Caro- Truluck a couple Of pats.
The community booth that won
the first prize Of one hundred dol
lars in a neck and neck race with
other winners and gave the judges
a run for their money in figuring
out results for first honors was Con-
cord School and Community booth.
Mr.. and Mrs Boil Wcevil would
drop dead with heart failure if they
were shown this great live at
home" collection Of hundreds Of
beautiful and useful good things to
eat, and other artistic and attrac-
lively displayed exhibits. Concord
school and community are veteran
prize winners at county fairs. This
school and community has contract
ed the habit Of winning, and they
don't seem to be able to get over
it, the habit is kind Of chronic
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