The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-30

cutting pies and custards wedged
shaped 80 they would drive In easily,
and they drove me plum fun. It's no
.nse enumclating the many good
things. they had to eat, most Of you
readers yl<now the ability Of these peo-
pie TO- feed.
Trying to. tell you something of
the various display booths, I'm get
ting into deep water; being a strang-
er in this business got things con-
siderably mixed up and some of the
things were moved and others had the
tags of them before I got them list.
ed; but will give you q jumbled mix
ture Of some Of. the outstanding fea-
lures.
/: There was a booth representing the
Parham community, and for general
display, took first ribbon. In this
booth was an all star quilt by Mrs
B. r. Holcomb that was very hand
some spiece of work; some beautiful
knitting in colors by Mrs. F. s. Nance,
who is blind and rs; years old, this Gre
ated much admiration; there were
hand carded cotton rolls ready for
the spinning wheel by Mrs. C. C. Lam
caster; there was very fine display
by this school of sewing and fancy
work, Miss Vivian Gist requiring spe-
cial mention and appreciation; here
was a generous display Of canned
goods in the way Of fruits and yege-
tables; this school is under the lead
ership Of Mrs. Langston, who is a
trash mover, and has excellent and
anxious cooperation from her people.
Coleraine Booth: The girls club
took first ribbon for canned fruit and
vegetables. In this booth saw can
ned butter, too, put up by Mrs. VIM
j. Smith. Here I saw an old patent
Office record of 149; an old wooden
thread block 200 years old; home
grown wool made into sox and cap;
an old time human hair watch chain,
shown by j. p. Hopkins; hand bas-
ket, 76 years old; fine pumpkins,
beets, turnips, onions and potatoes
a great display Of fancy, work and
beautiful quilts and spreads. This
booth should have special mention and
commendation for its canning display.
Knott Hill exhibit, In this display
the fancy work shown by Mrs. J. N.
Smith took first ribbon and was an
outstanding feature. Here was a gen.
erous display Of white corn, seed
wheat, peas, beans, oats, crimson Glow
er, cotton seed, Irish potatoes, pump
kins and home raised tobacco, jellies,
pickles, fruit and vegetables beauti-
fully done in glass jars; handsome
quilt by Miss Sallie Smith made DO
years ago; pair of exquisite blue
white and gold vases over 80 years
old was shown by Mrs. Nose Lang
ston. g.
West Springs: The fancy work in
this booth was beautiful and in "a gen.
erous quantity; some handsome and
ingeniously constructed quilts; a
handmade bed spread known as wal
laching work. "a kind Of rope EN-
broidery) and was made in 1928: the
fall gardening in this booth was rich
and generous, not mentioning q lus.
cious watermelon. There were q fine
lot of canned fruit and vegetables
Mrs. v. A. Graham showed beauti-
full old China platter once owned by
her great grandmother and was said
10 be over 13O years old. Miss May
Miller took first ribbon for best dis.
play of fancy work; Miss Kate White
heads display of canned goods was
especially fine.
In their model kitchen, Misses Es-
ther and Crystal Hyatt gave a bis
cult dirner exhibition that was said to
have been delicious, but 1 couldn't get
to it, my face was full of pie.
Poultry: There was not a great
abundance Of it on display, but the
quality was away up; look out next
time, these people are interested in
poultry, and they know good birds