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* ??? ? | FlfcTV YEARS STATE FAIR jfi ft HAS SERVED THIS STATE j tl I !1( J Recollections of Col. T. W. Holloway ! ir ?Fair Was Rallying Point for j a White People in 1876?Only I s< One Exhibitor That Year? j 0 /Future is Bright. - It) (By W. P. Houseal.) j s< > This is the jubilee year of the State ; s< Agricultural and Mechanical society,; o: and since this fact has not been given j n prominence, so far as any special! e celebration of the event is concerned, i Iv I have thought it would be in keeping j n with the occasion to speak of one ; p who contributed largely of his time j n and talent in making the state fair j si the greatest gathering cf all the j t] people of the state for which it has | E always been noted since its beginning, j tl ** - - i;? o i * ] II 15 Si pecuiuti cuiuviucnvc uiai> a , cj man who had managed the fair so . G Jong a period should haVe been called j o Tfrom earthly activities at the time . 1 m when the pociety had decided upon a ; e ? larger and better location because it j 1 r had outgrown its circumscribed, I grounds in the northwestern parts of i t* the city on Elmwood avenue. | c It was the year 1903 that thejn society took steps to sell its old j ti grounds and secure a new location.' g The movement was successfully ac- j n complished and the first fair was held ii i t ftp ! _ on the present grounds, uciooer aa-;c ^ 28; 1904. | r V Thirty-five years consecutively the a ' fair had been held at the old grounds; <3 15 years on the present grounds?an' t intermission of one fair (1918) in ti its existence of 50 years?by no! t means an unimportant record. So it, t is due in great measure to the pioneer s promoters of the f enterprise that the g state fair has had such an interesting i historv. i * Attention should be called to the s fact in this respect that while no s r special celebration has been arranged j to commemorate in suitable form the j 50th anniversary of the state fair, r ->the record of its achievements and t the men who helped to make it a ^ rluccess has been preserved in ample ^ printed form uncter the direction of ? an authorized committee of the g society, of which W. A. Clark of Columbia was chairman. This inter- j. esting volume was published in 1916 j jind is valuable not onlv as a history ! ? ^ % c of the State AgTiculfearal .and Mech- j anical society, but ailso of the other' ^ societies vof similar .name and charac- > ( ter as .it predecessors in South Caro- I ( .lina, which Mnti) the. Oast 50 years , J "was jalmost viioRy if not entirely an j ;agrioxtttuxa<l state. iEhus . also the j I joaarr -191& might .ateo tee ^called the ^ jubilee year of our program as an ' j jndus&ial state. - ' it - _ .v .. j.1 .vJLntt. JUUtfir9t aoennry. i 2 Whenl "firstattended the state ;< lair G&l; Thomas W.. IHolioway wasy its seeretary. He became connected h with it in fhi& calcify in 1875. 1,3 had known him from my early boy-li hood. It was no fault of his that '1 ^everybody did not know him if they j i ever -attended a rstate fair during I -nearly 3D years that he was its in- ! c spired director. As a Ifcoy in my ? ? * ? 11 L p teariy teens 1 was m .nis xrome as a * ;guest. I soon discovered that he was j > r^ond of children, especially those of t ithe mascciline gender. I was a very ^ "timid boy?at least were some others 1 in those backward" days?bttt never J were there . any timid-one of any age. i big boys Qr small boys, in Col. Hollo- j way's pretience. His kind, genial, ? nature beamed actually from his1 c countenance so strong that the most \ backward .yottth was trustful at vjice 3 of that assurance in which childhood 1 'finds its chief j?>y in companionship.. f Connected also witfr Cok>nel Hoik*- < \v?v's administration of the state f fa^r is t?je fact $hat he became its ,c ^cretary at the most critical time J its history. The memorable polit-1 c lyr ical campaign of IS76 came .on the i 1 W year after hp had taken charge of the < W fair as its general director for then c ' ?as now to a considerable extent s ?everybody looked to the secretary c to make the annual exhibitions si a success. The fair depended upon its ja e-ste rerfrints for the finances neces 1^ sary to run it. The second Tuesday . in Noyember was the day set annually a the gates to open. Thursday was ; r the "big day" (and there was only. c ^ one "big day" annually up to about j \ I 1900) when the buildings would be r ftk usually crowded almost to suffocation,' ii &ut the crowd was absent in 1876, on h Ir Thursday even, while 5,000 former. b r Confederate soldiers had come to the 1j I state capital to maintain their rights j v in seating Wade Hampton as gover- o nor. The state fair, however, must hold 1< P an exhibition or forfeit its title to the ! t grounds. So the fair was held, as : f General Hampton had told his old t; comrades in his speech from the c ^ate House steps that he was glad t to see so many of them at the state j" f fair; that they would find some fine s | stock there and he hoped they would c ' out to seo it! The men under-11 stood and accepted Wade Hampton's i< ?^invitation. j t Lone Exhibitor One Year. a Colonel Watts of Laurens had h B^H&ved the day" for the state fair by n j^Bshipping a car load of pure bred stock n r rom his farm for exhibition. He was le sole exhibitor! But Colonel Hol>way was at his post and busy lookis: after the welfare of th< great ssemblage of loyal and determined ; 3ns of Carolina who were bivouaced n the fair grounds. j One song above all others always irills me. I think it is the grandest ! >ng ever set to martial music. That rng is "Dixie." Even the thought . f it when mentioned as a part of a . lilitary parade has the same effect 1 ven if it is thousands of miles away, lext to "Dixie," so intimately collected with marching hosts a military arade itself always thrills me. A Tore splendid exhibition of military ; kill was never given in this state j han the prize drill in which the 1 Richmond Blues (Richmond, Va.), j tie Hornets' Nest Rifles (Charlotte),! tie Richland Volunteers and the? lovernor's Guards (Columbia) a year j r two after the exciting period of j 876 when the military spirit was; nkindled to fever heat in the state. ] 'he Richmond Blues won the prize.'j t was marvelous to me that the capain never uttered a command as his j ompany performed in a perfect man-' er all >the evolutions and executed he manual of arms in the same deTee of excellence. I saw the great. lilitary parade at the Atlanta fair j ti 1880, when the oldest military, ompanies in the Union participated,! learly all of them from the North j tnd celebrated for their organization i lating to 1776 and farther back, but j heir skill did not excel the exhibition ! he two visiting companies and the j wo crack Columbia companies in ! hat prize drill. I think the military j pirit should be kept alive. Distin- | nished from militarism it begets a j :crm of patriotism with a Keener j 'edge" than the impulse that a man j s a citizen simply because he posses- j es the right of suffrage. Military Spirit. So the state fair encouraged the j nilitary spirit in former days and j he prize drill was a great attraction. ! )f course, no one ever thought about j voman suffrag' in those days when ] he fair sex contributed so bountifully j ind beautifully of their skill in mak- j ng the state fair very attractive in he fancy arts and household exhibits. Well, woman has her sphere, and | ifter all she can not wield her influ- I snce in better service than as a home j naker. Thus she was much in evilence when Colonel Holloway wield- j id his scepter in her^ department of ;he state fair. . So recollection goes back to Colonel Holloway's time and how he had the vomen marshalled throughout the ttate so that he could depend upon] ;hem to send to the fair such a. fine irray of their handiwork as asmaalfy crowded the exhibitors' buildings. It AJn enm'f *\f f.VlP was tta UlUVll uiic uuo ayu.iv ~ j women of the state during Colonel | 3olloway,s long term of seryice that > nade the fair so popular that the ! growth and influence finally demandid larger quarters. Now have I ram- j >led from my subject? Who was Col- | >nel Holloway? I have told little I tbout him. Well, a man's work shows j lis character. Everybody will agree vith me in the statement that he was ;he genius of the fair as long as he> \as connected with it. So to speak, le made the fair what it was from L875 to 1903, when he died in office j is it secretary. Colonel Holloway left a worthy ex- j iffiple to young men who must rely j >n their own efforts for success. He j * " 1 - ?- .f I C I vas leit an orpoan m him age vi a. a rears. His school advantages were imited, yet he became a man of a ine degree of literary culture and accumulated a large fund of useful inormation. I remember him as a mer:hant at Pomaria. His well managed rarm was near the station. He conLucte'd all the business of the fair at iis home and opened his .office in ^oStimbia only several weeks before ;acb annual exhibition. It is truly aid ?hat at the time he had it in harge he was the most aggressive tnd best qualified secretary of any igriculturaJ fair in the United States. Was Railroad Agent. Colonel HoOoway was apr ?. d igent of the Columbia & 0 c vil e ai3road at Newberry when ' , s ompleted to that town at . ne vhen he was too young to give the j lecessary bond. He had been a clerk j n Columbia at 17 years of age. At 22 j te was elected cashier of the Newterry bank in 1852, but three years ater he bought farm at Pomaria, mere ne uvea until nis suaaen aearn n the night of January 20, 1903. The people of South Carolina oved Colonel Holloway, and he loved hem. He delighted to make new riends and to renew old acquainances. I depend uponhis for the orrect genealogy of my ancestors in he Dutch Fork. While he was not to the manner born," so far as decent from the German settlers was j or.cerned, he yet so adapted himself! o the customs and habits of this typ- j pal community Qf the Dutch Fork: hat he at once gained its friendship i nd respect. His active interest in ! ehalf of its development is yet a | latter of pride in the low 1 of ?o-! | sarin, for during a long period he Columbia, By direction of Saturday, Decemb Freight Warehouj lowing unclaimed Goods sold witl: " *^11 /*i V 4Vt , vJcilC W in t;\siiii..u' Newberry, S. C % NO. ARTICLES 1?16 Crts. Heaters 2?1 Crt Show Case 3?1 Tool Box a?l OnrHtm Plow 5?1 Dr Carbide 6?1 Work Bench 7?1 Ctn Talc Powder 8?1 B1 Casting 9?1 Crt Mantels 10?1 Chair 11?1 Box Envelopes 12?6 Sections Wooden Ladders 3 Bdls. (9) Cases Ladders... 13?4 Bags Burr Clover Seed... 14?1 R1 Matting 15?2 Pkg. (10 Box) Tobacco... 16?7 Stoves ....: 17?1 Cask Earthenware 18?1 Flow Foot 1 Bdlv Castings 1 T>_1 T ?U Oil 19 1 JDI1 JjUU. 20?1 1-2 Brl Luby Oil 21?1 Box House Hold Goods. ? 22?1 Box Tobacco 23?2 Wash Pots 24?1 Garden Plow . I 25?1 Brl Molasses ! 26^1 Brl. Luby Oil | 27?6 Crank Shafts 28?1 1-2 Brl Paint I' # 1 Kit. Roofing Cement....... j 29^-1 Bdl'Paper Bags... SO?1 Bdl Paper Boxes Ml?1 Crt Morris Chair 32?2 Staves 33?32-100 lb Sx Feed "34?1 Bdl Baskets I 35?1 Bag Peanuts 36?1 Case Soap 3!7?1 Iron Pulley 38?I Box House Hold Goods.... 39?3 Wash Pots 4$?1 Cook Stove <... 41?1 Dr Roofing Cement 42?1 Ctn Animal Tonic 43?1 Dr Roofing Cement 44?1 Lilt AULO seat 45?1 Piece Machinery ... 46?1 Coffin 47?19-160 Sx Oats 48?32-160 lb. Sx Oats 49?^29-100 lb. Sx. Feed 12-50 lb. Sx Hen Feed v 50?1 Dr Carbide yi?31 Sx Hen Feed CO O Dy41 TTiff in rvc? O t* ' U JJU1 JL ipc 1 aiiillgd. 53?1 Bdl Tzfble Leaves 54?1 Case Smoking Tobacco... 55?1 "Bdl (2) Rugs 56?1 Bed Spring was the only merchant of the plac and was trulv a pioneer in this re spect. It was in his capacity as ; merchant that he came in close con tact with the people and acquire* such an interesting store of legend: of the Dutch Fork that it is a matte of regret that his ready pen did no transcribe them for the entertain ment of the younger generation. H< was fond of a good story. I thinl this characteristic of his genial make up, which was at the same tim< truly natural, was accentuated during the time he was a protege of tha distinguished Nevvberrian, whor/ Newberrians all revere?John Bel ton O'Neall. It seems to me?a] though I was a mere boy when .Indg* O'Neall passed away?that nobody fvei nas JIIUI t ivnu vi u. ^^wi ; than he, and his youthful ward Ton Hollowav. eai'y imbibed from hi: exemplar such a good habit! Deep Foundations. South Carolinians today are st:iv Newberry % of Uni efused i ii w i?i r~ m MMMHMIMMMMMMMMMMWHHMHI IMEMMMMMMMOI % the Freight Claim ^ er 13th, 1919, at th< $e, Newberry, S. C., and refused articles lout guarantee of qi ence at 10 o'clock a. November 13, 19 ? Tin AHf CONSIGNEE rnuivi .C. L. Boinest Newberry, S. C. .L. G. Oxner Kinard, S. C. . W. E. Lindsay Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .S. J. Davis Laurens, S. C. . C. P. Robinson Columbia, S. C. .Swygert Nichols Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. .C . G. B. Summer & Son Newberry, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .J. J. Williams Laurens, S. C. .C. Morris Columbia, S. C. - ? " i ^ 1 l- u:_ o n . U. JfJ. uonzaies .... uoiumuia, o. .No Mark * Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .J. A. Alexander... .Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Columbia, S. C. ..No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. . No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. . S? M. & E. H. Wilkes .Laurent, S. C. -Laurens Hdw. Co Laurens, S. C. (.No Mark .......Prosperity, S. C. .C. Y. Culbertson.' Laurens, S. C. ** s r . ISO iUiirK ....... . uuiu t 111v) v. . Z. W. Bedenbaugh.. Prosperity, S. C. .J. G. McCrory Newberry, S. C. . Palmetto Pressing Co. Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Chapin, S. C. .R. L. Shull Columbia, S. C. .Summer Bros. Co. .Newberry, S. C. .No Mark Kinard, S. C. .No Mark Kinard, S. C. .No Mark Clinton, S. C. -No Mark Clinton, S. C. .No Mark Clinton, S. C. . Mrs. Tilla Anderson.. . Clinton, S. C. .J. S. Milam Clinton, S. C. .J. L. Milam Clinton, S. C. . Mrs. L. Boyd .No Mark Clinton, S. C. .No Mark Clinton, S. C. .No Mark Chapin, S. C. Pnlnmhiii S C. ..Columbia Grain & Provision Co. Columbia. S. C. .Columbia Grain & Provision Co. Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. . R. L. Shull Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .Evelyn Deal Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Goldville, S. Cn .No Mark Chapiri, S, C. e in# to put the old Palmetto State in - ] the front rank of progress. Let them a honor the memory of the men who -. struggled amid the greater difficuli ties of the past to lay strong and deep s j the foundations of agricultural and r i industrial progress. The State Agrit! cultural and Mechanical society at its - j organization 50 years ago was the * sole interest which the white people 5 of the state possessed as a common - rallying ground. The spirit of coj I operation so necessary for success at ? i that time is yet the only way in which c, the complex problems ot this era 01 1. reconstruction can be met and solved. - Colonel Holloway had the utmost co-1 operation of his associates?the presii dent and ihe board of directors. I ;: relieve every member of the oisrani: sntion who knew Colonel Kollcway i will scarcely gainsay one word of xhe s appreciation of his eminent services i \ is here recorded. ?rC " ? Subscribe lo tr: . -md News i / & Laurei BHnHnBBBDnn claime r?.:_ r reig igent, I will sell at 2 Columbia, Newt for freight and oth 5 of freight. lality, quantity or' , m. Terms cash. 19. J.W.DE NO. ARTICLES 57?46-75 lb. Sx Mill Feed 58?1 Chair 59?3 Rockers 60?1 Bdl (3) Shovels 61?1 Glass ^ug 62?1 Crt (1) Can Oil 63?2 Oil Stoves 64?1 Box Tomatoes 65?lBox Household Goods 66?1 Corn Planter 67?1 Bdl Pictures 68?1 Settee 69?1 Crt Lanterns 70?8 Bx Aunt Jamima Pancak< Flour 71?2 Cases Salmon 72?2 Drs Oil 73?1 R1 Wire Fence 74?1 Bdl Galvanized Iron 75?1 Case Paint 76?1 Case Paint .? 77?1 Case Paint ...?. O O T,, "Ditf+tr <0 O 1UU3 i IAVVJ 79?2 Sx Seed Wheat * 1 Sx Seed Rye 1 Sx Seed Clover 80?13 Sx Cow Feed 1 Sx No. 50 Feed 81?1 BL Bed Ends 82?1 Childs Chair 83?1 .Bag Cotton Seed 84?1 Farm Bell 85?1 Stone Pot 86?3 Chairs 87?1 Rocker 88?2 Rockers 89?1 Door 90?1 Bdl (6) Screen Doors ... 91?1 Bdl Bed Slats 92?1 Roll Poultry Wire 93?1 Carton Tea 94?1 Case Baking Powder 95?1 Bdl Galvanized Tubs 96?2 Galvanized Tubs 97?1 Rocker 98?1 Case Cigarettes 09?2 Brls Roofing Paint....... ~ " * c - ? 100?2 Brls Roofing Cement .... 101?7 Box Dr. Marble 102?1 Saw Dust Rig 1 Shaft & Sprocket 1 Roll (2) Chains 103?1 Box Bread Slicer 104?1 Brl Molasses 105?A Crate Churns 106?2 Bdls Iron & Steel....... 107?2 Bdls Hay Wire 108?1 Bdl Gate Rods 109?1 Carton Dishes' 110?1 Wash Pot Airplane Lands on Top of Crowded Merry-Go-Round. j Popular Mechanics. ] The fair ground at Galgary, CanI ada, was recently the scene of an unparalleled airplane accident. The fair had run to its last* day, so the crowd was getting its final taste of the traditional delights of the car? 1 ?- J - ?1-* wiAvyir j mvai siae snuwo. xac umijr-gvround groaned beneath a capacity crowd. Overhead flew an airman of the Canadian army, reputed to have downed 39 German planes. In the j observer's cockpit of his plane he carj ried two boys, sons of a local offij cial. One of the boys is-said to have | grown excited and pulled a control . wire. At any rate, the plane swung ! down, h.-vided for a fatal smash-up, ! Luckily it never reached the ground, but encountered the top of the merry go-round, the guy wires catching the _ landing wheels and holding them fast. Subscribe to The Herald and News is R. R. i m d tind ht I * public auction on >erry and Laurens er charges, the folvalue. NNING, Agent. . CONSIGNEE FROM ~ . Columbia Grain & Provision Co., Columbia, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. .No Mark Laurens, S. C. . M. T. Martin Columbia, S. C. . Laurens Furniture Co. Laurens, S. C. ,. No Mark Laurens, S. C. .. Robert Edwards Chapin, S. C. ,. W. W. Arthur Columbia, S. tC. xT - 1- XTQ P. , . JL\ O iVJLarK incnusnj, w. ,. No Mark Laurens, S. C. ..No Mark Laurens, S. C.. a . .Swygert Nichols Co.. .Laurens, S. C.. ..No Mark Columbia, S. C.. .. No Mark White Rock, S. C.. . .No Mark ... White Rock, S. C. . .No Mark Laurens^ S. C.! . .No Mark .........'. .Laurens, S. C.. .. No Mark Laurens, S. C. . .No Mark Laurens, S. C.V . .Jones T. Hdw. Co Laurens, S. C:, ..No Mark Laurens, S. C. .. Columbia Grain & ; Provision Co., Columbia, S. C..-. .. G. J. Jones..Laurens, S. C.: r'. . No Mark Clinton, S. C. :.F. G. Davis .Newberry, S. C. . .Newberry Hdw. Co. .Newberry, S. C. .. E. H. Summer Newberry, S. C~ .. E. H. Summer Newberry, S. C..G. B. Summer & Sjon Newberry, S. C. .. G. B. Summer & Son Newberry, S. C. ..Newberry Lbr. Co.. .Newberry, S. C. . .No Mark Newberry, S. C. . .No Mark J^ewberry, S. C. . .No Mark Newberry, S. C. . .No Mark JNewberry, s. Kj. . .No Mark Newberry, S. C. . .No Mark Newberry, S. C. .. Kibler-Graham-Suber Co. Newberry, S. C. ..No Marie Newberry, S. C. .. No Mark Laurens, S. C ' . .B. M. Buzhardt .. .\Newber~^ ^ ^ . .D. W. Buzhardt... .Newberry, S. C.. . .P. F. Baxter & Son. .Newberry, S. C. . .A. C. Thomasson.. .Newberry, S. C".. . T. S. Hudson Newberry; S! C... T. S. Hudson Newberry, & -Q ' . . No Mark Newberry, S. C. ..No Mark Newberry, S. C. ..No Mark Newberry, S. C. . .D. W. Lindler Chapin, S. C. ..No Mark Newberry, S. C. .. No Mark Newberry, S. C. ? mill j Several explanations have been j given of the meaning of the word [ "foolscap" as applied .to a certain , ! class of paper. One of the explanaI tions is that when Charles I, of Engj land found his revenue short he i granted certain privileges, amount| ing to monopolies, and among thesewas the manufacture of paper, the , exclusive rights of which was sold ' ^ ^-i- ??? ,.;?u j 10 certain persons, wnu gic** nut J and enriched the government, at the j expense of those who were obliged I to use the paper. At this time all England paper bore, in watermarks, i j the royal arms. The parliament under Cromwell made a jest of this | law, and, among other indignities to the memory of Charles, it was ordered | that the royal arms be removed from I the paper and a fool's cap ar.d bells i be substituted. These were in their ' tUI'Il XCU1UVCU WUCIi l>iiC UUiiijJ jjttiiiaj meat was dismissed, but paper for i the size of the parliament's journal : still bears the name of 'foolscap." t ) \