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FOURTH ANNUAT COLLETON FAIR IN SESSION
CONTEST TOTALS GROW.
My of Exhibits Showing Colleton
County’s Progressive Tendencies
’ I are splendid advertisements,
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'I '( Chillion” painted an ancestor
WOMEN LEADING
NO BETTER EXHIBIT COULD BE
MADETHANTHAT IN WOXAN’S
BUILDING. GOTTEN TOGETHER
BY COLLETON S FAIR SEX.
While the oj eaing day of th«
county fair was semev. hat of a dis
appointment to the fair association,
on account of the small attendance,
yet opening days ftajfe never been
popular at a«y county fair, and
there is strong talk by the officers
of doing away with opening day in
the future. This idea was advanced
by • - Bil Stumpz*’ in conversation
with a reporter for The Press and
Standard yesterday. His idea is
simply to have the other daya. which
may not be a bad idea after all #
If It can he arranged. We feel sore
the association will adopt "Birs”
suggestion. If he can show how it
can'be done.
But let It b? understood that the
attendance is s!i that has been abort
atHthe fair so fnr. and w« doubt if
there will ever be a better display of
exhibits In some of the departments
than has be« ! n gotten together for
this fair. For instance it ts hard
to conceive of a beter display of
poultry products than the house
wives of the county have sent to the
fair. This collection has neen the
admiration of’all wh<j have seen it.
There are more than five hundred
entries under this department, a* d
they are all good, and to splendidly
displayed by tue PLt»rtnf>^|ft,
Mrs. Baker.
Historical Hrlics Department.
The Historical exhibit is one of un
usual Interest. The exhibits are ar,
ranged in a colonial drawing mens
which is carried out perfectly from
the high old mantle and the rpln-
nlng wheel in the corner to gr-at
old brass andirons and bei ow« on
the hearth. Some one was h»-vrd to
exclaim. "If Washington .'onld e ep
in here, how much at home he weld
On? of the f.rst editions of tne
old Wesley Test&mer.*. over lito years
old.
A copy of Bloom’s History of the
Bible. ItlfcT. Mrs K. L*. Lucas.
Ac oil spinning whet! owned by
Mrs. J. E. Black is pet caps among
the most interesting relics.
being
iewed by thousands. The Brown
Furniture and Hardware Co., A
Wichmaa & Son. Terry & Shaffer.
Walterboro Live Stock & Vehicle
Co., aad the Walterboro Cotton'Oil
Company are the exhibitors. A most
interesting exhibit is that made by
the Waiterboro Cotton Oil Co., ar
ranged by Supt. Summerall. It
shows every stage of the manufac
ture of cotton seed products and is
arranged to advantage.
Fireless Cooker Ik'inonstrwted.
Miss Mary E. Frayser, in charge
of the extension work for Winthrop
Colego, is here to Judge the wo
man's department, and Is taking ad*
vaatage-of the opportunity to demo**
Cv —
No. 27 is Ahead This Week and To
tals Still Grow.
Standing of Contestants In The
$40O.<|© Piano Content, Week
Endtaz Oft. 30th, 101S. '
‘FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR
J. L McLAURH SPOKE
etrate a home-made Tireless cooker.
Other rare ntrd valued relics of The cooker brought by Miss Frayaer
is m a little barrel, and consists of
former days are here displayed to
the wonder of the modern specta
tor. and to convince the skeptic that
J. M. T'.OORER,
Superintendent County Fair.
w
the wonder of the modern sperta- a Bmal * ,ard can - 80me , cal ° rlc he * t :
ers. and a parking of cotton aeed
, hulls—fhe entire outfit costing |1.
j This is shown along with a firelesa
; cooker which can be purchased for
! about $10.00. A home-made ice box
is also shown by M:ss Frayser. Hor
little demonstration ;s attracting
much attention.
Trotting Ostrich Not Here.
A disappointment to all is tho
failure of the ostrich man to show
up. He claimed that his bird haft
his foot at one of the North CaroIK
na fairs and that he was Therefore
afraid to trot him here. For 'that
reason he claimed he could hot bring
him to Walterboro.
Judging Live Stock.
Profs. Mason and Haddon, of
Clemson College are here to Judgo
the live stock exhibits and those In
the agricultural building. Theoo
gentlemen are connected with th»;
Clemson College extension work, vat
have been here in capacity of judgoo
before. They will ^conclude their
judging tomorrow.
Knees Were Good Tuesday.
There were only running races of
the fair Tuesday afternoon but tha?
were very good. There were six oa*
tries and this was run in two heats,
the first heat was run as follows;
Joe Garris with W. W. Carter; L
Blocker with F. Beach; J. 8. Padgftf
with H. A. Francis. :n the aecosB
heat. Garris, Blocker and Francfk
ran, Garris first, Blocker second. _i
The race thia afternoon and (o»
morrow will include sot only run- jig
nlng but trotting race* and a avor-
ber of entries have already bee$
made for these races.
Today at the Fair.
The attendance todhy at the fair
grounds is vefy gratifying there be
ing a large crowd of visitors to the
grounds. The shows are all going
in full blast and the crowd seem
delighted with what they see.
Miss Frayser is engaged In Judg
ing the Womans Department and
Profs. English and Haddon, of Cieni-
son College Extension Work are judg
ing the agricultural exhibits and will
judge the live slock tomorrow morn
ing. Dr. Scharlock has nearly com
pleted Judging the poultry. Every
thing points to a big day tomorrow,
educational day. A petition is being
circulated and signed by nearly all
the merchants of the town agreeing
to (.lose their places of business from
10 to 3:30 o’clock tomorrow in or
der that their employees may enjoy
a portion of the fair.
W. B. GRtTBKR.
President foamy Fair
feel.” And it was true for
every article spoke of C'd-nuil lays.
Among the most irteresting r»-l-
ics are: An old mahoganv table
belonging to Mrs. E. L. Godfre i»«w
in possession of Mrs. B. p. Jlyrre.
This table is mounted^ in brass ai d
th<* "world do move", are shown in
department by the superinten
dent. Miss Belle Sanders.
Scbooi Exhibits.
A section cf the woman’s building
is set aside for the senool exhibits,
aad these aro most interesting. The
largest assortment of really splen
did articles la this exhibit is from
Oak Grove school taught by Miss
Alma Huifraan. This exhibit shows
careful planning by Miss Huffman.
It embraces not only work done in
;he schooL room, be: specimens of
the handicraft of the pupils, such
as axe handles, book shelves, door
mats; rakes, etc. and some splendid
botanical selections. Other exhib
its are also good.
Agrirnltmal Building Di-.-ipp'dnting.
Perhaps the greatest disappoint
ment St the fair is the exhibit of
agricultural products. Colleton
county .s and always \\;U be pecul
iarly an agriculturat county, but
judging from the exhibits displayed
at the fa.r one would think agriru!-
ttir¥ in Colleton is a very small side
!in*. True this has Pecn a hard
year for the farmer ;a Cotieton. but
•be agricultural building docs not
do cudit to the splendid farms of
Colleton. Still the.e a r e perhaps
more exhibitors this . • ar than for
merly. and the articles exhibited arc
good.
Tlie \egrc* Department.
In no depart no ut of the fair has
greater prog:ess been made tnan in
the exhibit^ inline aegro building,
jit. B. Chisolm, of Round, has been
this year's superintendent, and he
has gotten up an exhibit that does
credit to the fair. Tt.e exhibits em
brace all the xlepartments trom nee
dle work to cakes and pies and the
heavy agricultural prouucrs.
The Poultry Department.
Dr. T. M. Scharlock. who is here
judging the poultry exhibits says he
has never seen greate; advancement
made than in the class of poultry-
shown this year as compared with
. No.
Amt.
No.
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2
248825
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268000
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260675
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52400
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102250
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253945
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62710
20
290990
21
129570
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305820
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298000
24
218995
25
256730
26
227980
27
356272
26
102250
29
52000
30
2000
31
177000
32
244466
33
272190
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53450
35
210000
56
52595
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215296
38
266755
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229530
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231965
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216235
42
282977
42
139855
44
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263800
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233675
47
52500
48
130994
49
202375
60
247930
51
275175
62
218300
53
183895
54
249416
55
62350
56
186830
57
14000
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103550
59
53560
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213700
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210200
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279230
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108000
73
15500
74
2000
75
217000
76
189785
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103025
78
302868
78
353500
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65000
81
205960
62
212176
83
102000
84
227670
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213119
86
202550
87
53015
88
310116
88
,. 14175
90
52700
91
52150
92
273634
93
287765
94
312916
95
300110
96
220715
97
52720
98
52825
99
52000
100'
211360
101
236820
202
2000
103
234425
104
210690
105
52950
106
140500
107
225382
108
243385
109
62000
110
15050
111
204276
112
277815
113
2000
114
52890
115
104485
114
16110
117
193421
118
2000
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120
14210
121
14000
122
'124
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125
126
205000
127
55770
128
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129
2000
130
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132
52390
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204285
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2000
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52250
141
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142
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143
64490
144
354580
145
283518
146
52000
147
149
290220
398120.
148
283485
TODAY
Former United State* Senator,
John L. MrLaurln, of UeanettariU*.
who was to have spoken Tuesday at
the fsir. delivered a most eloquent
and helpful addresr today Instead.
Mr. McLaurln was ioud in hi* prais
es of the low country, and waa liber
al In his praise cf the showing made
by the people cf the county at the
fair He urges the importance of
breath the pure air of Heaven.
What better life ia there on thia
earth, than f6r a man to Hr* with
his family' and friends, cultivating
lke x eoil. asking food and raiment
for the caked and :.ungry, out ot
the mad race for ino.;ey place and
power far from the dusty roau
where fools fight ami struggle for
the hollow praise of otiier fools.
v«r*
Wmm
has dolphin feet. Another table o*
rich mahoganv and claw feet is ex-! previous fairs. The poultry exhibit
hlbited by Mrs. W. K. Fraser. A I this year is displayed to advantage
mahogany writing desk over 100 in new coops and attracting consid. r-
years old, owned bv Mi>. L. J*.*Wit-!»Me attention. The number and va-
tell. An old bronz candelabra of rare ; riety of fowls shown is all that could
beauty, over 75 years old. Mrs. W.jb* desired. A rather unique exhibit
J. Fishburne.
Medallion picture on :vory. 200
years old, of Mrs. Postell. great-
great-grandmother of Mrs. Jas. E.
PeurUoy.
An old knee buckle worn I accord
ing to tradition I at the Court of
George HI, exhibited by Mrs. B. JU.
Hyrne.
Curious little glass plates used
during the time of Benjamin Frank
lin to ait the cups in uh.le you
drank coffee from the saucer, seat
by Mrs. T. P. Baker and said to be
iaft years old.
The beautiful pieces ot old stone
ware sent in by Mrs. V*'. C. Giover
and Mrs. J. A. Roger are greatly ad
mired.
An old English weight bearing the
date 16jS8 picked up near the old
Snip* Hoad supposed to have been
dropped by the British while in pur-
»uit of Gen. Snipe, exhibited by Mrs.
B. K. Sanders.
Letters written by William Gil
more Simms from his plantation.
Woodland, to Dr. William Fuller, of
Walterboro.
Papers of interest, nearing datos
of the early sixties, sent in by J. M.
Moorer.
An old oil painting of “The Casr.e
in this department is by Hon. A. C
Sanders, of Ritter.
R. D. Robinson, of White Hail, is
the superintendent of tins depart
ment, and he is one of the largest
exhibitors. Phil M. Padgett. Jas.
A. Padgett. R. L. Fraser, C. J. Beach
T. P. Murray, C. G. SaqnderF. A. C.
Breland and numerous other.fan
ciers have birds on exhibition/
Live Stock Department.
D. G. Hiott is superintendent of
this department, ai.d when this is
raid it means that there is a goodly
number of the county’s ix^st horses,
m,^les, cattle, hogs and sheep exhib
ited. The horse exhibit is perhaps
better than last year especially in
the roubty raised jlass. and the sin
gle buggy and saddle. The cattle
and hog,, exhibits are only fair.
Mcrrfoant* sad Mauulart arena)
Building. *
The appearance of the merchants
and manufacturers building is dis
appointing. ‘ Evef^ space was sub
scribed last week but exhibits are
made by only very few of the mer
chants. Thene booths are tastily
arranged and show off to advantage.
The progressiveness of these mer
chants will doubtless result in in
creased business, as these displays
The restaurant at the fair ground
this year is being run by H. H. Hick
man and C. N. Dmwdy, assisted by
Miss Jennie Muse and Miss Annie
Hooker.
The shows of the F. S. Wolcott
company are very good and are be
ing libt rally patronized by those at
tending the fair.
Sen. J. D. Ackerman, of Cott-age-
vilie. was among those who attended
the Fair Friday.
Hon J. L. P.obertson and family,
of Round, are in town today attend
ing the lair.
fC G. Kershaw, of North Augusta,
is here shaking hands with his many
friends and enjoying the fair.
There is no lack of music at the
fair there being two bands—the Wal
terboro braes band and F. S. Wol
cott's Italian band.
Mrs. P. M. Buckner, of Ravenel,
ia the guest of Mrs. J. M. Padgejt
during fair week.
i. JL McLAUBlX, of
protectfng~tl»e”rtesT intfastryf
is one of our coantry’s most tmpor
taut crops. His remarks wars lis
tened to with marked attention and
elicited much favorable comment.
His address follows.
Ladies and Gentlemen: —
I am glad to be with you today,
especialy so. as Walterboro is the
only County seat that I have never
visited before. Your excellent ho
tel and beautiful town were a reve
lation and a surprise, .while the spleh
did exhibits at your fair show the
energy and thrift of your people,
both white and colored.
I am speaking to you .as a farm
er talking to farmers, for 1 was born
on a big plantation thirty miles from
a railroad on the Little Pee I>ee Riv-ischedile was fixed up and did all
er. 1 claim to know something ' that 1 could to licip you, but that
af>but the cultivation of the soil, and ^heduie wan designed to help tho
yfJStv who - ,l|X ** 1
hick The Rice fsMhMtry nacT LoajpStapfe
CnUoa
It may sound like presumption
for a Marlboro man to talk about
rice to a Colleton county audience.
You stand in rice culture ma pre-em
inent as Marlboro does in cotton.
Tbe finest quality of rice in the
wostd comes from this county, but
in spite of the fact, your rice plant
ers are losing energy and unless
something is done to nelp you, you
will be driven finally out of the
buriness. I thin kl can tell you the
great cause and popsibly point out
a remedy. The secret of your
troubles in the Drlgley tariff law. I
was a member of the Ways and
Means Committee when the rice
WILSON AND MARSHALL ELECTED
TO NATION’S HIGHEST OFFICES
The Democratic Ticket Captures Nearly
Hondred Electroal Votes.
Four
New York. November 5—With the
election of Woodrow Wilson to the
Presidency and Thomas'r. Marshall
to the VioFrpresidency assured by
tin* cat Her returns tonight, the re
ports up to midnight gave indica
tions that the electoral vote of rhe
Itemocratic candidates would pans
the 3f0 mark.
The size of the popular majority
given the Democratic National tick
et. or the States outside of Illinois
that might give electoral xotuii to
cither Taft or Roosevelt, were mat
ters of conjecture at midnight. It
was certain, however, that Illinois
would give anxoverwhelming major
ity to Roosevelt, while tho race in
Pennsylvania was so close as to
bring alt three candidates within
range of success. ,
Early returns gave Governor Wil
son and Governor Marshall the Sol
id South and the States of Connec
ticut. Delewsre. Kentucky, Maine,
Maryland. Massachusetts, New York’,
West Virginia. Indiana and Miaou-
rl. As the night advanced and re
turns from the West began to come
in, these earlier estimates were con
firmed, and Montana, New Jersey
and New Mexico were added to
those that seemed certain for the
Democratic candidates, while ferat-
tering returns from San Francisco
and Los Angeles made it probable
that California might Join the Wil
son and Marshall column.
Woodrow Wilson carried 37
states as follows: „
Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas. Cali
fornia. Colorado, Connecticut, Dele-
ware. Florida Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Maine Maryland, Massa
chusetts. Minesota. Mississippi, Mis
souri, Montana, Nebraska. Nevada,
New Jersey, New Mexico. New York.
North Carolina, North Dakota. Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregan, Rhode Island,
South Carolina , Tennessee, Texas!
Virginia, West Virginia. Wisconsin.
Roosevelt carried 6 states as fol:
lows: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michi
gan, Pennsylvania. Washington.
Taft carried 2 States, as follows:
Utah and Vermont.
Idaho and Wyoming are not heard
from and New Hampehlra and South
Dakota doubtful.
what is of more importance, after
the turmoil and strife of politics, I
am learning to get happiness, as well
as-cotton and corn out of the ground.
I took a trip of several hundred
miles in North and South Carolina
this summer in an automobile and
with some knowledge from observa
tion of.nearly every State in the Un
ion. I can truthfully say thatjn my
judgment, there is not a State for
whom God has done more than
South Carolina. The New England
States have a hard, stony soil, with
long cold winters. Th$ far west is
a natural desert., where a man haa
redeemed it at vast expense by irri
gation. Our mountains are clothed
with trees and flowers the valleys
rich and fertile while the Rockies
are bare rocka devoid of vegetation
The only portion ’of the United
States which in a state of nature,
can be compared to our country, ia
the middle weaf, and tney are re
stricted to grain and stock, which
they make in competition with the
whole world. If you would give the
same attention to stock, you have
right here in Colleton county advan
tages that Illinois or Iow§ do not
possess. Your lands are as rich. 1
have seen sugar cane here $ or 7
feet high and that takes rich land.
There is enough grass going to waste
between here and Charleston to
make beef to feed half of the State.
You cannot raise beef though, and
rattle ticks at the same time. The
'irk is coEt'ng your county a fortune
each year, and 1 am gla.l to know
from your President. Mr. Ghruber.
the energetic efforts you are mak
ing to rfd yourselves or th'a pest.
Our Piedmont region has a develop
ed and ant.undeveloped water, that
equals that of Massachusetts, aad
In addition to these advantages, God
has set apart as a "chosen people”;
by giving us with 12 other states a
monopoly production. ^In even this
he has especially favored South Car
olina because there ts no place in
the entire world that ran make our
Sea ‘Island. I had rather be on my
plantation, free and Independent
than to be President of the United
States without freedom of thought
and action.
L have formed a co-partnership
with nature, as every true son of the
soil does, and with the cotton
blooms, the trees and flowers
big brewers of the country, not
South Carolina rice planteni. On
the lace o # it. it reaos all right, but
they let ia free of duty rice ’flour
and the cracked rice i.iat will pasa
through a number eight seive and
you are competing with the cheap
labor of the Sandwich. Haiwaian Is
lands and Japan. The high grade
rice you make need fear no competi
tion on anything like equal terms as
a food with any rice in the world.
The Louisiana and Texas rice is far
superior to your rtce. There ia a
great furor about reducing the cost
•f living, by cutting down the tar
iff on the neccesaanez of life. Let
your representatives agree to a re
duction In duty of fine table rice
and place the duty ou the paddy
rice and the rice at the same rate
as tbe finer grade. Beer ia not a
necessity, it is a luxury. Besides It
is supposed to be maoe of hops and
this cheap rice is helping nobody
but big brewers of tbe West and
North. Send your delegation to x
Washington and demand a "squaro
deal” on the rice schedule'and you
planters will reap the harvest. 'If
you will look over the statements
from the Treasury department on
imports you will be surprised at the
amount of cracked rice and flour
that ia shipped in here. Another
thing, if we are going to have tariff
duties at all. I say that they should
be fairly adjusted. Why should long
staple cotton he imported into the
United States from Egjpt free of
duty. This is absolutely at the ex
pense of the producer or iong staple
in South Carolina.
If the mill la to be protected from
competition abroad. I say that the
farmer who grows the cotton should
also be protected from competition
with the cheap laboi of Egypt. I
say that the doctrine of* free raw
material for tbe manufacturer and
protected goods, is entirely at th«F
expense of the producer of long sta
ple cotton. In these United States,
we have had from the very founda
tion of the government obtained our
revenue from customs duties. Both
Democrats and Republics ns favor
thia indirect method of taxation. The
theory of protection I do not believe
In. hut as a practical man.jl reco
gnise the fact, that in flxlag theee<-
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