The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-12
County Fair News
Pinewood ands Bethel Schools
VIII Have Booths at Fair

The ninety-five square miles OF
territory in and around Pinewood
recently annexed from Clarendon
10 Sumter county will participate
actively and enthusiastically in the
1921 Sumter county fair, November
18th to 18th.
Mrs. H. l.. BaXley. OF Pinewood.
has written Secretary Reardon
that Pinewood graded and high
school. and Pinewood and the an
nexed vicinity win put in a COM
munitv and school booth. Instead
of the usual annual community fair
this section four county Will Joln
with Sumter county in making our
fair the kind of a county fair it
ought to and is going to be.
Pinewood has a modern five
teacher graded and high school
and the principal and teachers are
going to throw the weight OF their
influence in with the ladies and
gentlemen, and hundreds Of school
children to get up booth that Will
make Sumter county additionally
proud OF having been able to Sc
cure this progressive new terri
tory with such intelligent. prosper
Gus, and public-spirited citizens.
This makes three community and
school booths guaranteed for this
falls fair-with good prospects OF
at least two more.
Bethel school home demonstra-
ton club had largely attended
and very interesting monthly meet
ing last Thursday at which about
thirty ladies and girls of Bethel
school with the three lady teachers
attended.
The question of Bethel School
district having a booth at the 1921
coupty fair was discussed. MIR. j.
NJ. Kolb, chairman OF the school
trustees board. and Mr.. E. I. Rear
don were permitted to say a thing
or two about the booth proposition.
Both urged that Bethel again be-
come a very important part of the
county fair as this community has
been at past fairs. Mr.. kolb eX-
pressed the hope that this school
district will put in Il booth, and Of
fered his services to do anything IN
his power to assist the ladies, and
guaranteed assistance from other
gentlemen of the district. Miss
Caro- Truluck, home demonstration
agent also urged participation in
this years county fair. Mrs. VIM.
Haynsworth. Mrs. J. NJ. Kolb, Mrs.
George Nettles, and the lady teach
ers said they are willing to do their
part. Finally committee of ladies
and gentlemen were named to eau
vas the school district TO see what
can be done, and to report at an
other meeting.
Mrs. Francis u Kline, of Win
throp College, state agent in charge
of community and club marketing,
and Miss Anne Campbell, of Win
throp College, state agent in charge
of household management We're
present and discussed interestingly
various phazes of thrift, conserva-
ton, and means Of marketing sur
plus home produced articles Of
food. Miss Truluck also discussed
club marketing and other phases
of home demonstration activities.
The presence of Mrs. Kline and
Miss Campbell, the two specialists
Of Winthrop College was much en-
joyed by the local ladies who gain
ed much valuable information from
the discussions incidental to home
economics and marketing. The
Sumter County Fair Association is
very anxious to have Bethel COM
munity ard school district continue
their interest in our county fairs.
In fact the cooperation OF every
school district in the county is de-
sired, and it looks as though the
ladies and gentlemen Of our rural
districts are going to do their part
with the city of Sumter people, and
all pull together for bigger and
better county fair-and to get our
entire county organized for crop
diversitication, intelligent market
ing, and producing and buying at
home everything possible.