The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-11-15
SUMTER COUNTY FAIR
TO Be HELD next week.

Mr.. e. I. Reardon, superintendent
Of Amusements and Publicity and Mr..
J. Frank. Williams, Secretary-Treas-
urer of the Sumter County Fair wi III
occurs in Sumter November 21st to
oath, spent while in, Manning last
Thursday billing and talking up their
fair. These gentlemen called at our
Office and interestingly told of the
magnificent and extraordinary pro-
gram of attraltions costing thousands
of dollars that will be put on in this
years fair.
The mamoth and spectacular allie
gorical pageant Of progress parade
on County School Day, Friday, Nov
ember Oath will include several thou
sand school children, the city of Sum-
ter schools alone furnishing sixteen
hundred and the the Sumter boys
high school military battalion, besides
thousands of rural school children
and teachers from city and country
schools.
Manning was officially invited to
put her splendid school in this parade
but Messrs. Reardon and Williams say
that the invitation has never even
been replied to-. They want the Man
ming school and all Clarendon county
schools to participate in this parade.
1t is not too late even now for Clar-
endon county schools to enter-in fact
they don't have to enter under any set
r';le-just go to Sumter and places
WI be provided for them in this big
educational event. Hundreds of beau
tiful floats and decorated cars will be
in this pageant of progress.
At cost Of more than two thou
sand dollars the famous Royal Scotch
Highlanders Concert Band of thirty
ipeces with their splendi dtwenty-five
song soloists and seven big feature
vaudeville acts will give two perfor-
mances day and night-absolutely
free to every visitor except that
twenty-five, cents will be charged for
those desiring special grand stand
seats to hear this band and see the
vaudeville acts.
The Parentos-marvclou contor-
tionis and areal acrobats in hair rails
ing thrilling, death defying leaps and
other stunts from sixty feet high
areal ladders and on swings and plat
forms are being furnished absolutely
free to every fair visitor. The musi-
cal program by the famous Royal
Scotch Highlanders dressed in their
picturesque Scotch kilties will be the
highest class attraction presented in
South Carolina this season.
Mr.. Reardon said, and Mr.. Williams
endorsed his statement-that his de-
partment Of amusements and publicity
is spending more money for the fair
association this year than any fair in
South Carolina, not even excepting
the South Carolina State Fair-and
Mr.. Williams said that unless Rear
don pulled a big crowd this fair,
Reardon would be in Manning look
ing for job by December 1st, 1922
Manning and Clarendon county are
urged to attend Sumter County's
1922 county fair--even if the schools
are not there. However every white
school pupil and teacher in Clarendon
county will be admitted absolutely
free to the fair grounds on county
school day, Friday, November 24th,
whether participating in the big
parade or not. They hope, that is the
Sumter County Fair Association hopes
that every Clarendon county school
will be given holiday, November 24th
so the pupils and teachers can attend
the Sumter county Fair that day as
the guests of the Sumter County
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