The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-26
County Fair Notes

Messrs. J. Frank Williams. S. j.
White, a. f. Gregg, J. J. Whilden.
and E. I. Reardon, who attended
the Tri-County Fair at Andrews, S.
c., week before last found that a
number of mercantile concerns, in
Guiding dry goods and groceries,
mems and boys clothing and shoes,
millinery, agricultural implements,
grain and seed concerns, hardware,
bakeries, and other lines Of busi-
ness had very fine displays.
Why can not the Sumter mer-
chants do likewise at Sumter coun-
tvs 1921 fair? Hundreds Of ladies
all over Sumter county, and adjoin-
ing counties. and many farmers
besides are hard at work arrang-
ing community booths, individual
farm displays, rural school eX-
hibits, and getting up household e&-
hibits Of canned, preserved and
picked commodities, working to
get in hundreds Of hogs, poultry,
and cattle, mules and horses, and
other exhibits Of made. raised or
grown in Sumter county products.
All this by public spirited men,
boys and girls in the rural sections
to help make our county fair a
credit to our county and worth
something as an educational and
cooperative institution.
This proves that the good peo-
pie of the rural districts are not
down in the mouth or suffering
from cold feet despite adverse
conditions of living, and that they
are determined to pull together
and get out Of the temporary hard
times" rut.
Therefore it would seem that
can afford to join forces with the
enterprising people Of the rural dis
tricts in showing that the city OF
Sumter is just as optimistic Of good
times coming again. The first
county fair held in the Farmers
Tobacco Warehouse on East Lib
erty street in November, 1916, con-
tanned numbers of splendid displays
J.: :+u,:tv:':; E!crc;.n;ilc concern:
a"t. c).i.:bul, q largely 20 me gen
e.3! sac, -; attending. first at
ten.i.t g. : -;uE;y far which was
Ia. l'S.;: .nlo i permanent county
fair association.
The la,:!es o: Ecthe, school dis
tr::rt, IN pri;=a>eer township. are
reported: bus.iy engaged III can
va&si.IE their terri; or!' getting {
prize winning school aid co:L.E"n-
ity booth for the 1911 :1,:i.lt J
county fam This :i.:.k :; f.. IL: .
and splendid community bootA.
assured, besides the ~; :. AK,
county home demonstration boot.
containing all kinds of exhibit:
from all over this county. Bethe
is famous for county fair exhibits
and for being a progressive schoo
district.
Georgetown. Berkeley, and VIII
liamsburg counties, con. bined int
the Tri-County Fair had eigh
splendid community booths at thel
fair week before last
Sumter county Will have five ant
possibly more community booths
Sumter county is only one county
but it is some county, believe me
Mrs II. ID. Brunson and Mrs. G
w. Brunson of Concord TOWNSHIP
We're in Sumter last Saturday con
ferring with Miss Truluck abo,;
! the big Concord school and com
munity booth for the 1921 Sumter
county fair Concord Will hav'
two school and community booths
one from the big Concord schoo
and a booth from Graham ant
! Lawrences combined schools Boil
Of these booths are going to b,
'humdingers" and some commun.
ity will have TO travel fast to
keep up with the Concord ladies
and boys and girls, not to mention
the men folks who will he Their
to help Concord win prize
The General Sumter HON,
Demonstration club booth is shap
| ing up in fine style and the ladie,
of Statcburg township are puttins
in much time TO carry home th'
first prize When Stateburg town
ship gets to moving there is 'som
| SpeeQ" behind the morton