Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-11-15
WALIIALLA, S. G.:
WEDNESDAY, NOV. rs, 1922
AT THE COUNTY FAIR.

At tho recent County Fair at West
minister there was an exhibit that
could not fail to impress the visitors
with the wonderful possibilities OF
our section--the very cream Of the
Piedmont. There were exhibits there
that rivalcd anything we have seen
at the State Fair when one lays
aside the consideration Of extent
and considers the prescribed terri
tory--one county-as compared to
the assembling Of exhibits from over
the entire State. When we take into
consideration this latter phase Of
tho situation, Oconee held a fair at
Westminster that far outclassed the
State Fair. And why not? Do not
the very best things grow and are
not the very best things made, and
do not the very best people live in
our own section? Certainly there is
no better section--no better people.
We have never thought enough OF
ourselves and our county TO make
tho effort to force comparison with
ster was revelation, and we must
keep the ball rolling now that it has
been started in motion. Oconee must
have tho best county fair in South
Carolina. She can and she will.
The exhibit Of the Marctt Seed
Farm was a wonder-not extensive,
just unostentatiously convincing Of
what can be done by means OF seed
selection, wedding out the inferior
and building up--"breeding" if you
pleasc-only from the purest and
best in agricultural products There
were bags OF oats, rye. wheat, corn,
cotton seed, corn on the ears and on
tho stalks that showed one what
pure seed and intensive and care
ful, thoughtful farming can be made
to produce. This seed farm Is Of but
few years in age, but it is many
years In advance Of anything In the
way OF agricultural achievement in
this part of the State, barring the
experiment station at Clemson. We
wish that every farmer in Oconee
could have seen this exhibit, wit
messed the almost marvellous results
or seed selection, plant breeding, and
havc heard James l.. Carberry tall,
on these important subjects. 1t would
have been worth any mans time and
attention.
Another exhibit that impressed us
very much was that Of Charles T.
IArkcr, who manufactures the West.
minister mattresses. Mr.. Parker is
the originator Of a feature in ma,
trcSS making that is really wonderful
in its results. The ordinary mattrcs!
is 'stulfed'' with almost any kind o,
material that will fiji the containcr
Not so with the "Wcstminstcr' mat.
trcss. Mr. Parker conceived the ide:
or making cones" OF always first
class cotton, these cones being mad,
by process Of his invention that
places the cotton in tho cones will
al the fibre running ono way. Thi:
gives Spr!ngincss that one woult
not think possible with cotton. TAX,
bunch Of cotton, If you desire t.
observe results, and wad it up in In,
ordinary manner Of "stuTng" ma:
'rcSS. non take similar bunch O
cot soc that the fibre is as ncarl,
StraiEM as YOU can get 1t, and win,
1t in; yOnical shape. You will a
once { that the "wad" Of cotton i
lust That ana nothing moro wad
The conc-shapcd cotton will, how
over, present an entirely differcn
aspect, with a soft spring to il tha
is never destroyed by use. no mat
ter how Aarl the usage given ono O
tEC3C '"0u>- filled" mattresses e,
soon as the pressure is removed from
it the natural resistance Of the colto,
fibre brings ii back to It's fun sprin
and you have a full, springy matircs
again, just as though it had ncyc
been used The casing for these mai
trcssos is filed with these "cotin