The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 13, 1925, Image 8
OKHJ1N OF COT NT Y FA IKK |
American Fairs Traces Ancestry t?>
Middle of Klghteehth Century
JL*?. .... -u ? [
In J 810, one fair; in W-ft, tvv> j
thousand fair*.
In 1810, an attendance of about,
five thousand; in 1925 &n estimated '
attendance ? of a pprox imately twenty
five million.
These figure*, in a nutshell, te^l ;
?the story jjf the mar 've!"Us. growth
the American fair from the humblest j
beginning to its present day status j
a* an important factor in agricultural j
t (location. They are of especial in- j
terest here in view of the approach- j
ing Kprshaw county fair which will
bo held November IK, 1<>, 20.
While the fair has been taken hold
of tremendously in the United States,
it is not native* to this country. Fairs
run back to ancient days, but in the
olden times they were more after the
manner of a bazaar or market, only
held with less frequency, very much
like the fairs in vogue in Germany
and other Kuropean countries today,
The American fair traces its ancestry
back only to about the middle of the
IHth century, when a group of pro
gressive farmers in the Teen River
valley in northeastern liritain joined
to bring their livestock together for
comparison. It has been termed the
first agricultural fair and was the
model after which were patterned the
hundreds of country fairs both here
anil in England.
Klkanah Watson of New York has j
been credited with being the father |
of the American fair. In 1815 Wat- j
son organized ,tWo agricultural so- I
ciety of Albany, N. Y., and proceed- |
ed to establish fairs and cattle shows '
in the neighboring counties. In 181'.),
due mainly to his influence the New
York legislature appropriated ten
thousand dollars a year for nix years
for premiums on agricultural and
home manufactured product". In
1832 the state agricultural society
was -founded and work started in east
ern states. Hut while Watson was
busy converting farmers and legisla
tors to the value of fairs, the Colum- ,
bia Agricultural Society held what
is believed to be the first exhibition
of its kind in Washington. P. in
1810.
Pittsfield, Mass., shortly thereafter:
inaugurated regular agricultural ex
hibits and from these fir^t small ef
forts grew up our system of com
munity, bounty, state, district, na
tional and international fairs which
cover practically every section of the
country.
The development <>f the fairs in the
United States has been one of normal
growth and expansion, according to I
S. K. (luard, director of the Sears- ,
Roebuck Agricultural Foundation and j
one of the leading exponent- of agn- ;
cultural exhibits in America. The sue i
ressful contestants in a local fair
naturally wished to compare his prod
ucts with those of winners in other
local fairs. That was how the county
fair came to be. The state fair with
>ts wider appeal was the next logical j
step, and these eountv wmnei s went'
* 1
to settle disputes <>n the relative j
merits of their prixluet.-. Kventually j
this led to competition between states. I
culminating first in the interstate!
fair, iatei in the national --how and,
f i r a 1 ! \ ;n the intei ; iUt t ional exhibit-.'
Mary a rational champion grain j
j?rowe' or ;ve.-to<k bteeder today can
';an -uecess to Millie little lioilOl j
* aptui ed at 'he county fair year- ago. i
Th. ippealif.j; thirg about the j
\ fa;r the ? pportunif \ ;t of
ft:- tie fatmer ?ompaie hi> own
?jkerk with that ot h.- r.eighboi- and
- . ::.-p:ie- in him a healthy ambition
*. j . :iip:?\f him-eif and h - work,
-t.it< ?- M . tiuard Within 'a-> dis
?an. i ..f h;- home, he i an i\am.n
? Dc (><-'. animal-, gtain-. Hint- and'
\ a h'.i poultry and hop.e\ at;d
?? \ r, i wht rr hr
mark'. L:kcw:sp h:* wife ran pit ht*? !
need'ework. hei baking and pastry,'
her tunned fruits and vegetables ]
:.g.?::.-t '.hat of other ! .? m women and
>n/;, th? " hr:'l a* 1 : ? ward that
( ,n-.< - ' \ !?*;.. \ 1 t.-get he 1 the
jur'.'r . ? ,n j .i*<- friendly com
et. t : ? :..r. : .s b> ? : < .-por.s.b'e f o:
'i ?. I . i ta r.". j >i olj: ?. ? - ? ' v' '
? i v. r.tury. h ?- ? . i > - .
! r.e ? ? ? i vi ? .it oi i . \ .h!u>- r ' .? ???
.mp'.onu r.t ar 1 ? . pm<- .. .. v -
'.rat are part, ef a.. I hr better f.iir
- or.e of the nio-t t -mtr.endab >? fea
ture-, a. ? .rding t Mr. (iua rd State
?? r.d f i*d era . ? r.nu : . vhibi* ? bi ng
home *. ^r..w
i r-k' h.- ;..k;vk'> n ?? , r ?i nv. t a . \
a ltd < ft' \. .i ? i - i , : fur - r.
? ng.- and .at* - i . ! ^ .J. . . . ,?i \
w o: k d ;<?< t ? f ? , ? ;'
eountlj fe
Four hundre : ? : < w ?.?. a. ?
*.'.?> ? ffect ii ( aiifoi: a, .Jui\ 21.
The oldest iooomoti\ e- : r>w ir. e\
i.-tence are "Puffing Bully" and
"Urylan Dilly," built about 1 1 2 h\
Foster and Hackworth of Friglard
A marrie<l woman of 21 in Southern
Khodeaia may vot? if her husband
can *ign his name and write fifty
word* in the Enfliah language.
MILITIA PROTECTS NK<;KO
A*He>iHe IVople InmVied at Verdict
of Not (luilty
A-hevi?!e, N. C,, Nov, 7. Two |
hours after a Huncombe county ;
superior court jury had found lYeston
Neelyv negro, n<(>i guilty of a chargo
of criminally attacking a West A*he
vilN- while woman, and troops who
had been guarding him during the
trial wen- diMujsKeji, the militia was
again ordered to report to the arm
ory. Thin action was caused when
officials expressed a fear of race
trouble here tonight. The troops are
being held in readiness and it was
raid would be placed on the streets
with report of any impending clash.
Authorities heard later in the after
noon that threats had been made
against Charles Moxley, eafe pro
prietor, for whom Neely had been
working and who was one of the de
fendant's witnesses but who did not
take the stand.
Mrs. Moxley and several employes
6f the establishment went on the
witness stand in the negro's behalf
and it was claimed that principally
through their evidence in which it was
said an alibi for the negro was estab
lished, thei negro was freed.
Indignation with the verdict of the
jury was expressed in many quarters
tonight, officials learned, and it was
decided that the troops who were
called out for the trial should hi* kept
on duty tonight in view of the heavy j
pedestrian street traffic on. Satur- j
days. 1
Special police officers and plain
clothes men were stationed on every!
[street car in the city tonight and ,
precautionary measures were being
taken to keep crowds moving and foi !
strict street policing;
Neely/ following the verdict, was
surrounded by three squads of sol
diers and carried to an automobile i
while the hundreds of spectators in
the court rooms were prevented from
leaving the building until the negro
and his guard were safely out of tru
sty.
i UcporL* tonight were that Neely j
! had crossed the South Carolina stat>* j
I line and was safely on his way 'to hi - j
former home in I. aniens, S.
Solicitor J. Kd Swain announced
this afternoon that ?!.'? members of a
mob which stormed the Buncombj
I county jail on September 19 in an
j attempt to take Alvin Mansel, negro,
I therefrom will be placed on trial
I Monday. Mansel was convicted Wed
I nesday on a charge of criminally at
; tacking a white wbnian and sentenced
I to he electrocuted Januarv l'?,
I
SCRAPS AND FACTS
Interesting Notes (lathered From ;
Many S?iurce*. 1
I
KaiM'i Wilhelm had a pa pel weight
or: his desk in Berlin that had been
made from a -ton** brdken from the
very summit of Mount Kilimanjaro,
the h ig he> t peak in Afriea.
Bumbh bet - 'aie the chief ngrcnts in
ii oss pollinat ing rod clover, the
honey bee- playing only a very small
part. 1
Ahol.o, production from the sap of
the|Nipa palm in North Borneo has
possibilities of supplying the tropic-. |
with a motor fuel. I
One loaf of bread a week was the
allowance of nine-year-old Michael
Faraday, from the Government of
Kngland at the time of the corn fam
ine of 1 SOI
The debtor in India i- so honest
that he pays not only hi- own debts
hut also those of his father, brother j
..nd uthui relatives. j
Twe'\< \ear-o!d S\m-- fa:m lx>v- !
nui-t un .it fout the morning!
to tut gias- with a -evthe :n the,
orchard, fo: the.r anv-.
Dr. Howard A Kel'y, ?f Bahsmore,
prrdtct* That delicate rieetrie needles
that part the tis-ues before they
touch 'hem will soon replace many
of thi -.(']>? .- row used by surgeons.
Thi hra\.e.?t -hurt shower on rec
<?! ?i or: the Isthniu- of I'an !
a ma iVrto Hello. May 1,
when J i7 ?? h? - >f rail. :: t h r^i '
in 1 nu t ? -
TV i - :nj>< , ,?met. w huh
?n.ik. - p.. iiar.ee t\ five and
? ? * h . i . : \r.r-. - large y made up of
a-b"'. nii'M'X'ilr .i 1 1 ? i t .Hrh?n, two of)
:h? ma. i ? -titurnt- f ?ut "mobile j
t \ ?).'( :i - !
n -aue:-kiaut day ' .?? Spring ,
M;r.:.i Mita. \ er.ti < :: ton- of j
?jt n" kraut wdc . on-umed h> the!
' -Vu-and- ? t p ? r - o r. - w - attended'
? ? ? ? abbag< f f st iva ..
It w.t- \ robab!\ \\ Ji-ssnp.t
builder of the f r-t author 7.ed public |
lw ,iv .!.?? in I vol. who gave the '
wor d : he standard ra..road gauge of J
1 ? ? vi r feet eight and one-half inches.]
Profe<-or F.llerman. of the I'ni
ver^y of Copenhagen. recently died
I- a result of anthrax contracted
from a shaving brush made in China.
The private acquarium of the Duke
l of Bedford harbors a Kuropean cat
fish, which though more than 50
year* oM show* n? sign of weakne**.
I THE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
THom* Wh? Wmtp 1'roficient in Their
Studies During October
Grade 1 A Minnie Sue Hruce, Lil
lian Davj*, Kuth Evans,' Albertus
Shaler, Nancy Thompson Watt*,
Joan Wilson, Hobby Mayre, I^ylcs
Munn, Jack Mogulescu, Harold Smith,
Andrew Whitakcr, Isaac Pitts, Sidney
Kirkland.
Grade 1 - 1? --Hi! He Nettles, Leo Sny
Grade 2-A? Sarah Bissell, Sadie
Frietag, Elizabeth Goodale, Alma
Hunter, Emily Shannon, Emily
Sheorn, Lena Stevenson, Thelma
Stokes, Edna Strak, Helen Tinda!,
Jack Hrown, Everett Goodale, Murray
Graham, Jack Halsall, L. S: Mayer,
Raymond Moore, McKain Richards,
Robert Shaw.
Grade 2-B ? Marion. Smith, Dorothy
Ivowis, Vfda Shivar, Clyde Brown,
Charlie McCaskill.
Grade U-A ? Katherinc Brayshaw,
Mary Burnet, Ruth DeLoache, Char
lotte IJuBose, Annie Kelly, Ruth
Moseley, Estelle Myers, Frances Me-.
Leod, Dorothy VanLandingham, Mary
Waters, George Brunson, Jerome
Hoffcr, Doris Houser, Everett Mont
gomery, Roland Moore, Billy Mose
ley, J. A. Hast.
Grade ii-B Eleanor Hopkins.
Grade 4-A -James Clyburn, Harvey
Davis, Cecil McCaskill, Fletcher
Moon-, .Jr., William Moore, Hamilton
Osborne, Alvin Sanders Luther Shaw,
William Thompson, Mary Lee Blake
i i
i ney, Mary Ellen Kirkland, Go! da
Shirley, Lorine Strak.
Grade fi- A? -Sarah Kirkland, Reub
en Pitts, Nancy Brown, Katherine
Kennedy, Joseph Lang, Samuel Mc
Caskill, Meta Mogulescu, Virginia
Drawdy, Elizabeth Gardner, Jack
Boyd.
Grade 5- B ? Grace Love.
Grade (5- A ? Grayson Shaw, Grace
Robinson, Margaret Goodale, Alice
DePass, Marie Haile, Emily Goodalo.
Grade 7- A ? Emily Pitts, Elizabeth
Zemp, Willie Haile, Elizabeth Mc
I Caskill, Lenota Rhame, Pearl Welch,
j Grade T- 15 ? Isla Mae Rhoden.
i Grade 8-A ? Duncan Lang, Rochcllo
I Sheorn, Robert Kennedy, Frederic
Graham.
Grade 8-B ? Betty Cureton, Caroline
Richardson, Catherine Boykin.
i Grade 'J-A?rMary Boykin, Elmer
! Watts.
. Grade i>-B ? Evelyn Bruce, Ellen
j Stewart, Virginia Haile, Molly Black
I well, Dotty Zemp, George Jenkins.
I Grade 10 ? Margaret Rast, Willie
1 Porter, Louise Jennings, Louis Lang,
| Moultrie Burns, Gertrude Zemp,
' Aileen Fundenburk, Carolyn Heyman,
Thomas Hrown, Robert Davis,
i Grade 10-B ? John Richardson,
j Grade 1 1 - A ? Carolyn Wooten,
1 Maud Dabney. Jenielle Rabon, Susie
j Watkins, Fay Kirkland, Margaret De
Loache.
Grade 11-B- -Charles Lorick, Clark
son Rhame, Margaret Billings, Mary
Cureton, Sarah DePass, Jumelle
Haile, Martha Singleton, Harriet
Whitaker.
Sandow, Strong Man, Is Dead
I ^ast month, in London, England,
Kugene Sandow over whom a prior
n^t' wont mad and who became "Pro
fessor of Scientific and Physical Ex
ercise to King Cieorge," died from in
juries received .sometime ago when
he lifted an automobile from a ditch
following ;? r-1 accident.
Sandow v. ;ts world famous in his
day and although he did not perform
as spectacularly as the late Sigmund :
Breithart who easily hit iron in two,
! Sandow was the synonym of abound
ing physical strength. Some of his
feats, as recalled h\ Klorenz Zeig
field, who brought him to the United
State.*, follows: Me supported thir
ty two people on his hack, performed
with dumb bei! ba?k?*ts, each con
taming a man. bent backward and
lifted a horse over his head, lifted
large men on the palm of his hand
to ;< table and could teni three packs
>f card* :n two.
The strong man was b?>! n in 1867
and the point in ail the recitals above
;* found in the -tati-mer.: that "as
a child he was a weakling." At the
iige of ten, his father took him to
Home. The statue* of the perfect men
which h?- saw these inspired him to
make h > b??d\ pet fee:. In later life,
he - s a* .1 model f ? ? r a noted
K:vncn si u.ptor. I por. jeturning to
(ic:man\ from Italy, with his father,
he commenced th?> study of anatomy
Hud devoted h.* time to the building
up ( f hi* muscles by scientific meth
od- Hi* father, intending him for
the priesthood, was not pleaced at
his rrmarkable success and cut off his!
allowance, which cau?ed him to join!
a emu-.
Sandow. however, was an inspired
murr. He had an ideal, and the will
to follow it wherever it led. He made
a success of his undertaking, bring
ing to m frail body phenomenal
strength. His achievement should
inspire others to overcome obstacles
wherever and whatever they may be.
? Monroe Rnquirer.
CHAPMAN LOSES APPEAL
NoloriouH Bandit and (iunmun Tu Die
In Electric Chair
Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 5.- -Gerald
('hupman, notorious bandit, lost hK
fight for his life today when the staty
supremo court in a decision handed
down hero held that there was no
error in the decision of the lower
court convicting him of the murder |
of a policeman in New Britain, Octo
ber 12, 1U24. The date of Chapman's
execution in the state's prison at
Wether.sfield has been set for Decern- j
ber 3.
Chapman was a pal of "Dutch"
Anderson, bandit, who was shot and
killed in Muskegon, Mich., last Sat
urday in a pistol duel with a detective.
Chapman was convicted in superior
court in Hartford last spring and
wns sentenced to be hanged in June.
An appeal was taken to the higher
court and a reprieve was granted by
Gov. John II. Trumbull pending action
on the appeal.
Arguments on the appeal were
heard by the supreme court of errors
at the October session in Hartford
and the decision, written by Chief
Justieo Wheeler, was filed today.
Patrolman James Skelly of the New
Britain police department was killed
when he and two other officers sur
prised Chapman attempting to Iblow
a safe in a department store in that
city. A nation-wide hunt for Jhe
bandit followed and he was arrested
in Mun.cie, Ind., last January 18.
? ' ' ? /, ' " i
Death of Mr. Ray.
Westville, S. C., Nov. 12.? H. J.
Bay, aged 02, well known and re
spected citizen and farmer of the
Westville section, ddeihanb shrdlu m
Westville section, died Monday after
noon of last week after a lingering
illness. He was a son of the late Neil
Hay.
In addition to his widow, Mrs. Kate
Kay, he leaves surviving him six sons,
Huey, Linder, Arthur, , Sammie, Er
nest and Boykin Ray, and two girls,
Lillie and Minnie Ray. He also leaves
several brothers and sisters surviving
him.
After funeral services conducted by
P. E. Blackmon and W. D. Williams
he was laid to rest at Bethany church
nit Westville. Mr. Ray was a member*
of Pine Grove church. He leaves a
host of friends to sympathize with the
sorrowing family and to mourn with
them in this sad hour. Cov.
Death of Little Boy.
Louie Kduerd, aged three years und
seven months, son of Mr. und Mrs. L.
M. King, died at their home on John
son street, October 28, after only five
days illness, and was bui itd in Laurel
Hill cemetery the same afternoon.
The funeral services were conducted
by' Rev. George E'. Smith, pastor of
t^je. Kershaw First Baptist Church. ?
Kershaw Era. I
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Bethune School Honor Roll
Roll of distinction for high schoo!? J
Allene King, Ralph Arnold, Sarah
Lee Heustiss, Lula Lee Williams,
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Durham costs no more' than ordi
nary hosiery. Some unusual values: '
Ladies' pure thread silk, Durham
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Men's fine grade lisle half hose,
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15c. and 35c.
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Elizabeth Raley.
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Grade 9 ? John Baker, Alga Bran
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Fields, Sarah Hammond, Dorothy.
Parrott, Kathryne Truesdell.
Grade 10 ? Neil Trueftdell, Thomas
Smith, W. E. Arnold, Thelma Cas
sady. I
Grade 11 ? Thelma Smith, Theliua
Huckabee, Annie Huckabee.
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