The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-19
Big Plans Being
Made For County Fair
Large Exhibits Expected in
Live Stock, Poultry and
Agriculture. School Chill
dren to Have Free Day

Concord school, in Concord
School District, has notified Miss
Caro- Truluck, home demonstra-
uon agent, that her efforts to get
this progressive school and COM
nlunity TO put in booth during
the 1921 Sumter County Fair have
been successful, and that Concord
will be here with one the prize
winning community booths. This
makes up to the present four
community booths for this years
fair. Pinewood and General
Sumter home demonstration
clubs and the Graham and Law
renee schools, combined in Con-
cord district, have been working
on their booths for several weeks.
The Sumter County Home Dem
onstration department will also
have a large general booth, max
ing five large and splendid COM
munity and county booths. Posi-
bly, others will decide later to
come in.
The prospects for the poultry
and live stock departments are
fine, as many breeders are seeking
information and entry blanks. 1t
was feared that the short cotton
crop and general business deDres-
sion would operate against q sue
cessful fair this year, but plenty
OF determination, hard work, wide
spread publicity. together with
Miss Truluck, County Agent j.
Frank Williams, President w. 4.
Brown and Secretary e. 1. Rear
don visiting the rural districts,
and The officers and directors and
lnany stockholders working for
this years fair have all tended to
stir Up interest and increase the
optimism OF the farmers and their
families and the community clubs
for 2 bigger and better fair than
ever before. The city Of Sumter
is very much interested also, and
Mr.. P. G.. Bowman, chairman OF
the committee on mercantile,
banking and manufacturing ex-
hibits, say he feels decidedly op-
timistic over the part the business
establishments will take. The
women Of Sumter, as usual will do
their full duty in making the
household departemnts all they
should be-
Many farmers and other busi-
ness men agree with the directors
Of the Sumter County Fair Asso-
citation, Chamber Of Commerce,
and Young Mems Business League
that this year it is very important
to :o;d the biggest possible sue
cessful county fair to show what
Sumter county has and can pro-
ducc in agriculture. home econo-
mics, livestock, poultry, and gener-
al diversiiication Of farm activities,
! and in manufacturing possibilities,
and to get our people to meet to-
gethcr for four days in conference,
social contact and exchange OF
ideas about how to successfully
farm under boil weevil infestation
The city business man is vitally in
tcrested in solving these problems
as are men and women in every
walk Of life.
Winthrop College, Clemson Col
lege, and the United States De-
partment Of agriculture will send
q corps Of men and women spec
ialists to the 1921 Sumter County
Fair November 10Th to 18th to in
struct. discuss, and interest farm
ers, men and women, boys and
: girls. city and country people re-
sarding solving Of agricultural and
household, livestock, poultry, and
ether problems.
On Friday, November 18th every
white school boy and girl and ev-
cry teacher in the county and city
Of Sumter will be admitted free to
the fair grounds. This will be Sum-
tes County School Day. at the 1921
fair. No tickets will be needed for
admission.