Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-26
NEGRO lEPARTNE Mt
FAIR is CREDITABLE:,
MANY VISITORS SAY
Fine Farm Products and School
Showing Excellent in Entire
Department
IS DIRECTED BY NEGROES
Industrial Schools, Especially,
Have Fine Exhibits, Worthy
Of Visit From All

The negro exhibit at the Sumter
County Fair last night, showed
work gathered from five of the ne
gro industrial schools throughout
the county, the Num- Industrial,
the Gatewood Industrial, the Plains
Rosenwald, the Shipp Industrial,
and the Seay Industrial schools, all
nino-months schools, with two or
more teachers. E. Stallworth, in
charge of the negro demonstration
work in Sumter county, exhibited
the products Of the club boys and
girls with justified pride.
In Union Grove school cotton
was exhibited which had been
grown on an acre and a half, treat
ed with calcium arsenate and other
poisoning methods, the work hav-
ing been done by Jury Clark, Eli
Foster and Robert Thomas, under
the direction of Ebert Stallw6rth,
demonstrating that the negro farm
ers of Sumter county have adopted
the methods of modern farming
and are Joining in the effort to-
exterminate the boil weevh and
make cotton production sure. A
stalk not having been treated
showed full growth, full leaf, but
no bolls. In this booth were shown
canning and preserving, sewing and
basketry by the school girls and
women of the community.
Gatewood Industrial School
Gatewood Industrial school
showed set of homemade furni---
ture in miniature, the work of the
manual training class, sewing quilt
making, fancy and plain sewing,
preserving and canning, together
with basketry.
The Ship Industrial school nam
ed for Col. J. E. D. Shipp who
takes great interest in education
in Sumter county, constituted a
most creditable booth. In this
splendid fancy work, plain sewing.
basketry, millinery, canning and
preserving, farm products, showed
that the young people and the older
ones of this community are bound |
together in the tie that will forge
Sumter ahead in demonstration |
work.
The Seay Industrial school show
ed a farm house built by Essie
Lewis, the implements being used |
consisting of only a hammar,
drawing knife and saw. With this
was built a porch set which showed |
splendid architectural talent. Fancy
work, plain sewing, canning and
preserving were also shown.
Union Whitley school had a
splendid exhibit, showing the work
being done by the teachers in that
community among the school child
rem and women of the district.
Rosenwald Industrial School
Plains Rosenwald school had one
of the finest fancy work exhibits,
hundreds of articles being display
ed which evidenced the fine work
executed by the school students
and women. Table runners in Gro
Chef and embroidery, lingerie,
scarfs, tufted work, bed spreads, +
table cloths, pillow cases, all show
ed unusual talent.
Andersonville school showed
splendid home demonstration work
as well as farm products.
DeSOto sent a creditable repre-
sentation of work done by the /
school pupils and women and boys.
consisting of fancy work canning
and preserving and farm products.
The women's city department
was one of the best booths exhi-
bited, showing mary articles of
first class work done by women ]
and girls of Americas. ;
lceless Refrigerator
An ieeless refrigerator, exhibited
by Demonstator Stallworth, showed Y
what was being done in the rural 9
communities to combat the need for j
zee. The refrigerators are made by t
boys and consist of screened box, i
With wooden split shelves, covered i
With heavy canton flannel depend t
I'd from the top, on which rests a |
pan of water. The cloth receiving c
heir supply of moisture from the i