The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, November 10, 1916, SECOND SECTION, Image 9
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10 MORE DAYS UNTIL LANCATER COUNTY FAIR 10 MORE DAYS
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VOL. 12, NO. 9, SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER, S. C., FRIDAY, NOV. 10. 1916. ""
VALUE OF FAIR
TO OMR PEOPLE
Agricultural and Industrial Show
for Both the Town and
Country Folk.
AN EXCHANGE FOR NEW IDEAS!
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Besides, It Appeals to All of Us Who 1
Want to Be Amused While We're
Lqprnlng?Closer Touch With
Home Lives of Neighbors.
The fair Is an educational clearing
house. It is an agricultural and Industrial
lustltute for residents of both
town and country. It Is a short course j
In better farming and better living. It
la a physical demonstration of why the
man who farms with his head Instead
of with his hands must Inevitably succeed.
It Is a comprehensive exhibition of
what the ambitious boy or girl may |
achieves In agriculture, live-stock rals- j
lng, dairying, horticultural, home, gardening,
domestic science or household
economy. It Is an exposition of the ,
marvelous Improvement In farm ma- j
chinery and agricultural Implements.
It Is an object lesson In the great j
part which improved machinery plays
In the development and cultivation of
the farm and the increased prosperity
of the farmer.
Look for Yourself.
The chief educational vulue of our
fair lies In the fact that It Is demonstrative
In character. The eye Is a
more convincing Instructor than the
ear. We ure slow to accept aud believe
In any new method until we have
had optical proof of Its superiority
over the old.
Often It Is difficult to secure the attention
of the busy luun or woman long
enough to give such a demonstration.
" Not infrequently it happens that furniers
who would be most benefited by
better methods of furmlng ure not sufficiently
Interested to be present at
any special meeting called for the purW1Q0
i\t (IIupiioqInCT fho unKfanf
Bnt the fair appeals to that trait of
man'tind which demands entertainment
and amusement and becomes a common
forum for the discussion of all
matters having to do with agriculture,
Industry, the home and the school.
In this clearing house of education
the farmer learns what the manufacturer,
the merchant nnd the banker are
and hnve" been doing to make his labor
less arduous and his farm more
profitable nnd the town resident learns
what rapid progress Is being made In
agriculture. A bond of common Interest
Is created which means much to
both town and country.
Value to Everybody.
The farmer learns by actual observation
of the newest devices and Improvements
In agricultural implements.
He learns their use and benefits.
He learns In what way they
assist In soil cultivation, in plant
growth, In sowing,. In harvesting, In
threshing. He learns the economic
value of the more modern machinery,
of the silo, of motor power on the
farm.
The urban dweller la furnished a
vivid picture of the agricultural resources
of the community. He learns
about the fertility of the soil In the
vicinity; of what la being done to Increase
the farm vield: to lmnrove the
quality of the stock, and to multiply
the total dairy product. * 1
Every man and woman, whether
town or country rexident, Is brought
Into closer touch with the home life
of others. All Imbibe that broader
education which means co-operation?
that ideal education which is service
to self and all humanity.
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COME AND SEE US
YOU will find the latchstring
of this newspaper
office hanging out all
ready to be pulled during
fair time, and once inside
you will be met with cordial
welcome. If we don't know
you personally, this is a
first-rate opportunity to get
acquainted. If you're an old
acquaintance, you'll have
the advantage of not feeling
like company.
Who Did 't?
WARSHIP ? HELP j
MERCHANT SISTER!
MAY COME TO COAST
Koenig Says He Can't Tell What
His Government May I)o
About It.
New London, Conn., Nov. 3.?The
German armored submarine U-57,
sister ship of the U-53, which recently
sank five vessels off the New
England coast, is expected to act as
a convoy for the undersea freighter
Deutschland on her return trip to
flfirmanv -
bv.vw.wihk iu a statement
tonight by Capt. Paul Koenig.
The Deutschland's skipper added:
"I would not be surprised if the
armed submarine appeared off this
coast while I am in port. You can't
tell what the government will do."
Capt. Koenig said he probably
would make his homeward dash:
within the next ten days. He denied'
a report that he would go through I
the Cape Cod canal, saying nothing!
was to be gained by this route.
Officials of the Eastern Forwarding
company announced that the!
Deutschland's cargo was discharged
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Great
care was exercised to prevent outsiders
from seeing the work. Only
the crew of the submarine and the
North German Lloyd liner Willehad |
were allowed in the hold.
Vice President Hilken of the Forwarding
company, left today for New
York. Nothing has been made public
concerning the Deutschland's
manifest. James L. McGowan, collector
of customs, is out of town. He|
sent a special delivery letter today j
to Capt. Koenig. but the latter de-j
clined to comment on its contents.
The citizens' committee, which kasl
arranged for a complimentary banquet
to the Deutschland's crew next I
Wednesday, announced that a gold
watch, suitably inscribed, will be
presented to Capt. Koenig.
The U-R7. it was reported, left
Bremen on Octoher is?a~..~
after the Deutschland sailed.
HAYS KOLTv WEEVIL
WILL COVKK STATK
Andrew Moore Tells Ijefonte Soclety
That Preparation Campaign
Should Hog in at Once.
Columbia, Nov. 3.?That the boll
weevil will eventually cover the en-*
tiie State of South Carolina, was the
opinion expressed last night by A.
C. Moore, member of the University
of South Carolina faculty, in an illuminating
address to the members:
of the LeConte Scientific society.
Prof. Moore is a member of the boll
weevil commission, recently returned
from a trip through the infested
States of the South. He said that the
weevil would prove a serious factor
in the agricultural and economic
life of the State and that a great'
campaign of preparation should be- \
gin at once. An account of the
findings of the commission was given
by Prof. Moore.
Prof. Moore said that the weevil
was not like an army, but that he
would continue as a permanent fac-j
tor in the agriculture of the State.
He advised that the farmers of the ,
State heed the advice of the federal
demonstration agent% in combating
the weevil.
"UNCLE NICK" PARSES,
t^nce Famous Ball Player Dies In
Washington.
Washington, Oct. 31.?Nicholas K.
Voung, "Uncle Nick," an old-time
baseball player, and formerly president
of the National league, died at
his home here early today.
He had been employed in the treasury
department for some time.
Mr. Young was born in Amster-1
dam, N. V., and was 76 years old.
He played professional baseball with
the old Nationals of Washington in
the sixties, later with the Chicago
club of the Union league and was at
one time manager of the Lord Balti-i
more club of Baltimore. He becamo
president and secretary of the National
league in 1881 and held that
oosltion until 1903, when he retired
and was succeeded by Harry Pulliam.
Mr. Young had been an invalid foi
four years but until that time at- (
tended most of the games played
hero.
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I fair time againI
The Purpose of Our Own Festival and a
History of Some Others
WHY is a fair? We can't all answer that from a single viewpoint.
It means something different to practically every one
of us. There is no douht, though, that the feeling of gayety
is universal?even to those who must work like Turks to
make the occasion a success.
The man or woman with a grouch has no business at our fair this
year. You must go prepared to enjoy the blare of band music and the
million noises that aren't music. You must be keyed up to revel in the
sight of thousands of chattering holiday makers, of bright decorations, of
pretty girls, of sideshows and ballvhoos. of noucorn hnll? in rod Hcum*
and sweating glasses of orangeade, of sizzling sandwiches and ice cream
cones, of live-stock and household and implement displays, of pattering
trotters and pacers and running horses, of buzzing grandstand, of golden
sunshine and yellow dust-clouds. Yes, and tired feet and whimpering
babies with heat-rash and smart alecks here and there?for we haven't
reached the land of perfection yet.
Now let's peel the surface off the situation and see what's inside.
This year's fair is going to be a pretty fine advertisement for our whole
community?the surrounding farm lands and fanners, the town and ita
enterprising, public-spirited merchants. And really that is the rockbottom
purpose of holding a fair?advertising. It is a community aim
and effort, to show its people how much they amount to, and to show outsiders
that this is a mighty good place to live in?prosperous, progressive
country and neighborly people. A man looking for a place in which to
settle down couldn't reasonably ask for anything more or better.
Courtesy to Visitors.
The folks of this community understand one another. Our farmers
know the town business men with whom they deal. Our business men
are pretty well acquainted with most of the people who come into their
stores. Now we want to show?all of us?our spirit of kindliness and
intelligence to the strangers within our gates during the festival season.
It is fhe best sort of advertising we can put forth.
It is inestimably worth while to us if visitors go home and say: "I
always like to attend their fair. The whole town seems to wiggle its
latelistring at me. And they're the 'whitest' people!?go out of their way
to be polite?ready to give information or do a little favor?I'm certainly
going hack oftencr and get acquainted with some of them."
In order further to answer the question which introduces tins article,
we take down our handy reference book?a large red volume?and turn
to page 426. Therein we learn that the word "fair" is derived from the
Old French "feire," the modern French "foire," the Italian "flora," the
Latin "feria," meaning holiday, and that this is connected with the
Latin "festus," meaning feast.
Tn the Fnitcd States there are no fairs of the kind that have been
common in the Old World. The term here is applied to a variety of
exhibitions, such as church, charity and agricultural exhibitions, and local,
state, national, or international expositions or fairs. The fact is, the
term is applied to all exhibitions where people are expected to bestow
patronage or make purchases.
Bits of Fair History.
The most common kind are agricultural fairs?county and state, as
you know. This kind got their start as a regular thing in America in
1819. At Albany, N. Y., there was a prosperous merchant, Elkanah
Watson, who believed that such an enterprise would encourage farming
and manufacturing and help business. He used his influence with the
state legislature, and that body appropriated $10,000 yearly, for six years,
for premiums on agricultural products and family manufactures.
Since then annual county, district and atate fairs are quite generally
held. The district and county fairs especially are held, not mainly
for the sale of goods, but for advertising purposes?as we have said. City
street fairs, where amusements of various kinds are furnished, are intended
to promote the welfare of the city by attracting traders to them. The
same goes for world's fairs which are held in this country. While commodities
are sold, the primary object is to advertise. '
In the Old World the fair or bazaar is an ancient institution. If we
could find filea of the daily papers and country weeklies when old Mr.
Pharaoh was kinging for a living, when Professor Plato was discoursing
on pure democracy and the what and how of a republic, when the thousand
and one events of the Arabian Nights Entertainments were being
worked out, we should probably find articles like this one?an editor's
write-up of the annual fair in his town.
Barter and Exchange Places.
People throughout Europe look upon the fair as a meeting held for
the purpose of exhibiting and selling goods. Originally fairs were held
at stated times and places, some for the sale of u particular class of merchandise,
others for the sale of goods of a general character. People
resorted to them to exchange goods and to collect their stores to lust, for
several months. Princes and the magistrates of cities encouraged them
and some of the privileges granted long ago still remain in force.
Such fairs as these flourish today on the outskirts of civilization, as
in Siberia, Manchuria, Asiatic Turkey, where people live isolated for long
stretches of time and do their buying no oftener than once or twice a
year. They originated in the church festivals, which were found to
afford the best opportunity for commercial transactions, the concourse of
people being such as took place upon no other occasions.
Other European Practices.
In some parts of Europe persons of all ranks still wait for the great
annual fairs to make their principal purchases of articles of every description.
This applies especially to parts of Europe when: trading facilities?including
transportation, advertising announcements and the like?are
not as highly developed as in all parts of America today.
One of the most noted of the old fairs was that of Saint Tlartholo*
PLENTY OF CARS, Pll
SYSTEM LACKING
SO WITNESS ASSERTS AL
C., B. & Q. Official Explains Rea- I>rt
sons for Trouble With Rail- ^
road Transportation.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 3.?The ap- ^
liarpnt uhnrt > nf 41? hnll
m W..W. vw0v ut v,u> n u^UU 11113 "" *
railroads of the country was declar- Iu's(
ed to be the result of a lack of efti- ''rs^
ciency in their distribution, by W. Parl
L. Barnes, superintendent of transportation
of the Chicago, Burlington cov<
& Quincy railroad, here today. He ^ei
. was one of the last witnesses to tes- in 1
Itify at an informal hearing on the al- tu*e
jleged shortage of cars being held by w^'
iC. C. McChord, member of the inter-: ^USI
state commerce commission. | '
. It was brought out that the rail -1ton
roads now own approximately 2.-.??^
'600,000 cars and that the apparent 'SKU
total shortage on all lines is only ?
about 60,000. Mr. Barnes gave it as una
his opinion that much of this result- wor
| ed from shippers asking for more ^or
cars than they need. Any app.ararent how
shortages resulting from other imP
causes, he said, could be met by a '
moj^e efficient distribution of the car nou
supply.
Mr. Barnes in response to ques- dest
tions as to why the Chicago, Burling- has
ton & Quincy had failed to return dist
cars owned by by other roads, declar- niilt
>ed that system had been forced in men
self defense to hold foreign cars and ulat
!would continue to do so until some beei
assurance was provided that their of a
I own equipment would be returned, port
,More than 37,000 cars of all classes cotti
| belonging to the Chicago, Burling- seed
ton & Quincy were held on foreign Mex
lines, he said, while that system held tofo
approximately 32.000 cars belonging tiuir
to other lines. stin<
Other railroad representatives port
heard today were: VV. L. Parks, vice port
president of the Illinois Central; J. field
F. Poterfield of the same system, and Ti
C. 11. Phelps, superintendent ot hno,
transportation of the Louisville & can
Nashville railroad. Short state- js p
nients were also presented by repre- (ott<
sentatives of Ohio and \1fihigan eoai worl
dealers and consumers. has
wid?
IHL Dl'MHA ItKSICJXS lisln
FHOM TilK SKItVH'K tutei
whit
Quits Austrian Oiplonuitir Corps totti
With Imperial Recognition of tory
Mis Long labors. . j
Vienna, (via London). Nov. 4.? take
Dr. Theodore Constantin Dumba, for- getti
mer Austrian ambassador to the jntei
United States, at his own request has whit
been retired from the diplomatic ser- urge
vice by the emperor. The announce- to tl
ment of the retirement of I)r. Hum- jng
ba includes imperial recognition of thes
Dr. Dumba's excellent services cov-.oottt
ering a long period of years. Icotti
Dr. Dumba was ambassador of into
Austria-Hungary at Washington!
from May 24. 1913, until September.|
|i?i&. in the summer of 1915 he
made himself unacceptable to the
lUnited States government when he
attempted to transmit a report to the mor
i Austro-Hungarian foreign office,"?*'
which disclosed the ambassador's ?' '
;participation in plans to cripple U8UI
American munition plants by strikes.' hrna
A proposal that Dr. Dumba quit the oth<
| United 9tates on leave of absence
was not regarded as satisfactory ann ho"
President Wilson insisted on his re- *'*'
call. P,ck
thre
UUTTINO OFF THE EARS. Khilt
El Paso, Nov. 3.?Villa bandits Hooi
again are cutting the ears from cap forc?
tive Carranza soldiers and then
sending them back to their com- cans
mnruls as a warning to other Car- sligl
rarza soldiers, said a Mexican civil- chile
ian refugee who reached here today lvvo
from Jimenez. infe<
mew in London, founded at the beginnin
The greatest fairs in Germany are I
Brunswick. Other noted and historic fair
Kurope are those of Zurzach, Switzerla
gaglia, Italy; Lyons. France (before tL
Russia. The last named yearly attracts buj
central and northern Asia, and merchant
hands. At Mecca, in Arabia, the fair
j annual pilgrimage of Mohammedans, and
in the world.
We hope this array of solemn factstrue?will
not put a damper on your fri
l'air for you. Doll up in your gayest drap<
a regular picnic this year?just like the
a sweetheart; when you had tintype pictui
them. Remember ?
A X iLAUt.
I BOLL WORM
COMES TO NORTH
>VANCES IN MEXICO
sence There One of Worst
Ienaces to American Industry
Experts Report.
Washington, Nov. 4.?The pink
worm, most destructive cotton
t known, has appeared for the
timo I ?> A rnl? J "
, v....x, 111 iiwi (.11 Aiuci R'tt. ine <1?tment
of agriculture announce
ly that the worms had been disjred
in northern Mexico, where
r presence, the department says
in official announcement, constl!s
one of the "greatest menaces
ch have come to the American intry
in its history,
mportation from Mexico of cotseed,
cotton seed hulls and seed
on is prohibited under an order
ed late today.
fficlals of the department were
ble to explain how the pink boll
m happened to be imported to
th America. It is presumed,
ever, that the pest came in seed
orted to Mexico from abroad,
liscovery of the worm was anneed
in the following statement:
The pink boll worm, the most
ructive of known pests of cotton,
been discovered in the Uaguna
rict, Coahuila, Mex., within 200
>s of the Texas border. Aniendts
to quarantine orders, and regions,
effective immediately, have
i promulgated by the secretary
griculture, prohibiting the imation
into the United States of
on seed, cotton seed hulls and
cotton from the territory in
ico from which shipments herere
have been permitted, and reing
that Mexican lint cotton de
I'd for the United States he lined
through certain northern
s remote from American cotton
s.
he pink boll worm has not been
>vn to exist on the North Americontinent
heretofore. The pest i
revalent in practically all other
in producing regions of the
Id, and in all sections where it
become established has cause-l
'spread destruction. Its estabnent
in northern Mexico cons{is
one of the greatest menaces
h have come to the American
an growing industry In its his3very
possible precaution will be
n to prevent the worms from
ing across the border. All cotton
rests are warned of the danger
h threatens the industry and are
id to give the utmost assistance
lie federal authorities in preventany
movement in violation of
e rules governing movement of
in seed, cotton seed hulls, seed t
an, or cotton lint from Mexico
the United States. ,
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DEATH IN KXPIjOSION.
I
aicBuurg, nov. u.?Wednesday
ning Eliza Cor ley, an industrious
0 woman living on the premises
Mrs. Jabez Ferris, went to her \
al morning's work, leaving two
11 children in her house. An>r
negro girl living nearby went,
1 a smaller sister, to Eliza's
le. For some reason the larger
, who is about ten years old,
ed up a can of gasoline and
w it on the fire. The smaller
Iren. who were sitting on the
before the tire, received the full
e of the explosion. They were
horribly burned, while the girt \
ing the trouble escaped with
it linrta Hno
......... wv v?i i v niuaurr
Iren died last night. The other
will get well, it thought, ir
"tion can be prevented.
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g of the twelfth century.
:hoee of Frankfort, Leipzig ami
a held yearly or semiannually in
nd; Budapest, Hungary; Smite
war), and Nizhni-Novgorod,
rers from all parts of Europe and
lise worth $100,000,000 change*
ia held in connection with the
I is one of the moat picturesque
-all guaranteed to be reasonably
volous mood and spoil our own
pry and set your heart on having
year you were sixteen and had
*es made together and exchanged
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