The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-11-01
CLARENDON COUNTY PEOPLE
INVITED TO ATTEND FAIR
Famous Scotch Royal Hibhlanders
Concert Band for Sumter County
Fair. Clarendon County Invited
to Attend This Wonderful County
Fair.
Sumter. Octoher 3Otb


For information of end inviting
their thousands of Clarendon and adj
joining counties friends to be present
the publicity department announces
that III order to secure the very cx-
pensive Royal Scotch Highlanders
piece concert band with it's twenty-five
soloists and six big features high class
vaudeville acts for the Sumter county
Fair, November 21st to Oath, the Fair
Association has had to give up a big
slice of it's day and night gate receipts
and pay big cash salary besides to
this band, furnish the band stand,
lights, 200 extra chairs for the grand
stand, and band stand-do the ad-
vertising, and in addition had to al
low this band to charge twenty-five
cents for seats on the grand stand.
The band concerts and six vaudeville
acts however will be open to everv
fair visitor without extra charge, eX-
ccpt for those who occupy grand stand
seats. This band and it's many
speciality artists is costin gthe Sum
ter county Fair Association a mini
mum guarantee of two thousand and
possibly more dollars, but Secretary
j. Frank Williams signed the contract
inst the same last Saturday, while
secretary Reardon signed this band
up to furnish the music for and to
lead the spectacular pageant of Prog
rcss Parade and to give one up town
open air concert corner of Main and
Liberty streets, opening day of the
fair-complimentary to the Sumter
business and professional establish
ments and their customers.
Two concerts daily of two hours
each will be played at the fair-morn-
ing and evening for four days-free
to all fair visitors, and the six big
vaudeville acts extra given twice daily
during the band concerts.
| The Delemeade Troupe-fve beauti-
ful girls in classic poses famous mas
, terpieces, sculptures, models, will ap-
pear twice daily. Bobbie Brollier, the
famous Scotch tenor and comedien,
Joe Browning and Company, vaude-
villcs versatile dramatic trio in "put-
ting 1t over"--George Peterborough,
World premier Xylophonst, Harold
stockton, whistling artist, Joe Kiljoy,
comedy acrobatic artists, will appear
twice daily at fair grounds.
| AS additional proof that the Sumter,
county Fair Association will not be
in danger of paying any State or fed
cral income tax this fall. A contract
costing several hundred dollars more
has been signed with the Parentos
aggregation Of marvellous acrobats,
contortionosts, areal artists and
clowns performing in beautiful Gus
toms from sixty foot ladder trapse,
platform, and other spectacular and
death defying stunts, this company to
put on three big acts of comedy and
aeral and acrobatic stunts twice daily,
carrying with them the famous
American best lady contortionost, alb
solutely free at fair prounds.
The greater Mathew j. Riley Shows
of fifteen attractions with it's bril-
liant midway has been contracted
with also for entire fair week. Abso-
lutely clean, wholesome. entertaining
shows for young and old And then
in order to show that the Sumter
county Fair Association appreciates
"Made in Carolina" products the Flor
ence Industrial Home Boys band has
been alst signed up for four day
program Of music at the fair grounds
and up town. Other interesting
county fair news will be given out as
soon as the count yfair directors re.
gain consciousness after tomorrow
mornings weekly directors meeting
President w. r.. Brown will recover
but he will never look the same.
e. /. Rcardon.
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