The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-11-10
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EhrharA Community Fair
aBig Success Last Friday

the school districts Of Ehrhardt, st.
John, Oak Grove, Kearse, and Hey
ward, held it's first fair here last
Friday. The Ehrhardt school build
ing and grounds were used to dis
play the exhibits and accommodate
the large crowd that attended. The
destructive work of the boil weevil
was forgotten, the pessimistic wall
of hard times was silenced, and the
belief that the good old ship of pros
perity was fast sinking was discredit-
ed, when the people of these COM
munities came, saw, and caught the
optimistic spirit of the occasion,
which was inspired by the remarka-
BILE exhibits which they found on dis
play and the wonderful cooperation
among the people which they saw
manifested. Faith, hope, determina-
ton were reawakened in the hearts
of all, and all were brought to the
realization that we still live in a
God blessed country, where all that
is necessary to attain a greater sue
cess than any we have enjoyed in the
past is perseverance and intelligent
work.
The first event on the programme
was the parade by the children OF
the above named schools. Forming
in the grove on upper Main street,
each school headed by beautiful
float, the five hundred school chill
dren marched down Main street to
the school building and on out to
the athletic field, where Prof. L. E.
Kirby made q short address of well
come, to which Prof. w. F. HERS
responded in behalf of the schools.
Next came the meeting in the au-
ditorium, where, after prayer by
Prof. Kirby, the mayor, DR.. ]. II.
Hucks, extended a hearty welcome in
behalf of the town. Interesting talks
by the president, J. H. A. Carter, and
G. b. Kinard and J. D. Brandon, were
made, after which Prof. Winters, of
Clemson college, made the best farm
address ever heard in this town, his
subject being Economical Produc-
ton He likened production to a
five-legged being which the farmers
have for 10 these many years forced
to walk on only one leg. He clearly
demonstrated that the curse Of farm
ing has been the fact that the farmer
has tried to obtain large production
and keep his land up on commercial
fertilizers, the result being expensive
crops, low yield, and land getting
poorer each year. Whereas, econo-
mical production can be had only by
controlling the moisture, providing
humus for the land, good cultivation,
lining occasionally, and rotating with
crops that provide and retain nitro
gen. In the course Of his remarks he
also paid his respects to the boil
weevil, showing how farmers so Of
ten provide comfortable winter ho-
tells for the pestiferous insect. There
Is no doubt that he made many far
mers ashamed of the bungling job
they have been putting up and
brought them to the conclusion that
it takes thought and intelligent study
as well as manual labor to farm.
AS for the exhibits, they were mag
nifcent. Corn, potatoes, sugar cane
millet, rice, whea ye, oats, velvet
beans, string beans, squash, okra,
peas, peanuts, turnips, ruta bagas,
and-yes- little boil of cotton
filed one room in which the farm
products were displayed. The many
canned viands were so appetlzlng
that one gentleman who was taking
in this room about the noon hour
had to leave and go get something
to eat. There was so much fancy
work and of such high grade that
one would conclude that every wom-
an, girl and boy in this part of the
world must be an expert in this line.
Beautiful hand painted pictures fill
ed the art room and made one feel
that he was in real art gallery.
Many days could have been interest
ingly spent in the antique room study
ing the quaint historic relics of the
past found displayed there, many OF
which had real history connected
with them. You were carried back
TO pre-revolutionary times as you
bread the land grant issued by King
&George of England; you witnessed
he record Of the transactions OF the
have dealers, and you gazed upon
esses worn by the danes of long
hree cheers for Miss Emma Jane
n and J. D. Brandon. They had