The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-14

NCrQS, we cOulQ very Wei lss't :" =
great events in the history Of our
town and .ounty. This is not criticism
but simp.y suggestion. Ea:h events
this wear were staged beautifully and
successfully and were very f;,e.
The community fair was excellent
and the exhibits were fine. 1t only
shows what we can do IN this me
country of ours if We only make the
effort. There is no reason why we
should not have county fair. Why,
way back yonder when Newhc:ry
town had less than 10000 people, 1r
even less than 5000, or l should say
.ruthfully when the population was
less than 5000, and there was no cot
TON mill in town and no oil Mill aid
10 telephone and no electric2 lights
nd no iine graded school system, we
had some Of the finest county fairs
nat were ever staged in any county.
think Mr.. John C. Wilson WAS the
resident of the fair ASSOCIATION ard
II. Geo. S. Mower was the secretary
nd treasurer, and I know tha: Mr..
ohn B. Jones and the writer did III"
acreta1r- work for NJ. Never. a:it
here were lots and lots cf farm eX-
;b!ts and some fine canned fruits and
IL the things that We could grow IN
mis- county IN those L., All there
. yas a race track an some !ila h,:S"s
jere in the ring, and it Was b.f:"e
ne days of the automobile, but the
>icycle had just come in, and az nc
# the fairs we had bicycle races, ard
( remember that Mr.. Marcus L.
oearman was one Of tbe boys who
as d" expert rider If III, bicycle.
I'd that lie was in the races and l
link he won the first prize. That
) air shou1,' = '>aan kept up and by
MS time We could really have been
.o!ding greater fair than the state
air in Columbia. Ike grounds we've
5st beyond and next to the home OF
air and the races, and farmers and
!, II. c. E. Summer in east Main
rect and, toex in AL tLe l2ad 10
iunt street and ran through to
Neal street, and it was an deal
) ace. There was large two story,
aiding with a two story piazza III
ont with seats all the way up so
lat the people could have god
ew of the race track. 1t acted as
the grand stand. People came from
i the country round about to this
ID to the races, and the farmers and
le good housewives and the chicken
,nciers and the cattle raisers and
ne hog growers and the horse men
rought their goods and their animals
nd the handlwork to the fair, and
had a real fair, and it was a fine
sshering place for the people, and
were not in such a hurry then TO
somewhere and to come back. 1
emember that Mrs. H. S. n. Crosson
,om out here in the Mt. Bethel
Immunity was one of the many wo-
zen who always brought a great ma
jellies and canned goods and 9TH
good things that she raised and
1T up. and she was not the only
ne, hut there were many others.
hose were great days, no better
1an these, and l am only referring
them to tell these younger people
lat we can have a great fair right
re in Newberry again if we have
le time to stop to have it. We are II
great hurry in this age, and yet We
not get mach further in the things
,at really count than we did in the
avs that are gone. But we can have
fair even before we reach 10000
opulation, and the only way to have
is to get together and make up our
minds to have it.