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Why Fairs Were Established. f f What do you get out of the county fair? An opportunity tc show your prow- ! ess with a post maul by ringing a1, I bell at the top of a tower. I A kewpie doll or a box of candy j, A from the spinning jenny and three j . shots at a colored boy's head with a j ] baseball ? ffigjlpt County fairs were established to , promote agriculture and domestic art | ? through competition and instruction, ^ || and most of them receive public aid ( for that purpose. Concerted efforts ( are being made by extension workers j of the United States Department of % Agricultural colleges to bring legitimate attractions cf the county or neighborhood fair up to the pulling power of the tent shows and midways, and improvement along that line is already noticeable. The agricultural and domestic exhibitions are present at every fair and they offer opportunities to farm folks to gather valuable ideas. Are you one of tho66 to be led by a "barker"? Just because the tray of plums, apples and lucious grapes, or fUll-rowed yellow corn can not get out in * ' front of the tent and shout, that is no reason you cannot put in a pieas- j ant and profitable afternoon with them. ? Whfen you go to the fair this fall ? direct your steps first to the exhibit buildings. Perhaps you grow corn. I You may have exhibits there. Any- c way you will find men who have spec- I imens of their best product They are j likely to be in the neighborhood of j their tables waiting for someone to:) talk to. Stop and chat With one of < them. Point to a blue-ribbon ear and * ask the man hbwr he produced it, and if j he is an ordinary individual you will I see hU eyes light up at your interest. ( Possessed of a listener, he will tell g you how he went into the field the j previous year and selected seed ears c from the finest hills; how he germina- f ted kernels to see if he had disease- ^ free seed; how he selected the piece of ground best adapted to growing corn; how he prepared the ground ? and cultivated it to produce ears of - .. j r prize-winning perfection. " - You probably have ideas of your ! own, and in a moment or so there ; fife ij likely to be a lively discussion, in ? B* which other growers will join, or how , Ej|fe he would like to raise it. Possibly J B farmers will arrange tc exchange < W favorite varieties of seed. Lifelong ! i friendships have been established J H from smaller beginnings. ? k The prize tomato men and the prize- \ W apple men and the prize-pumpkin men j J f will be equally willing to tell you how ? [ they did it. Spend a day in this man- ner once and next season you will require no urging. You probably will j be an exhibitor. Cattle, sheep, and swine exhibits k | New Mea fin Charge of an Ex and Meat Buy your fresh m< I market, where the an 1 forced out of the carc 1 and the meat thereby n I sumption. We butcher 'only | hogs, and if you buy f H acGiirpH that vou are I est prices. The Cash M S. F. Epps, f^Prt^C^v j0cPfl08P5OEoCoSoCOB000%?0008o00s8C70K*"*BoOOt?Yi ? ??Y*rflQOt v V often receive casual attention. Sup- w pose instead of just glancing into the J t; pens and passing cn, you start early' o! and go through with the judges. Ih Size up the animals and see how sr nearly your appraisal checks up with ot theirs. You can get a fair idea of how to judge animals for yourself of ivhen you come to make a purchase, ^ and you ought to get new ideas on J ~~ breeding and animal husbandry. Women of the fa?ly can take the ?ame suggestion when they go through the domestic arts exhibits. Mew friendships and new ambitions jught to result from conversations >ver the production of a prize loaf of >read or a fine piece of needle work. Efforts to make the county fair nore instructive and helpful are wringing results. One Southern fair vill devote $500 to bringing persons" j 'rom all parts of the State who excel n various domestic arts, such as buter and cheese making, knitting and 'ancy needle work. They will display lot only the finished articles, but the nethods of making thern. Last year at the North Carolina State fair, one woman cat in a booth lulling threads out of silk, cotton and voolen fabrics and burning them one it a time. Thousands of women and nen also, learned to tell the composiion and value of cloth, and got at east one idea to take home which NOTICE! NOTICE!! We have just unloaded a car load ?f wheat. Get yours while it lasts. *rices on grain seed for following reek are: '\ilghura oats per bu. tppier oats := 1.00 per bu. Lbbruzzi rye ?3.50 per bu. Carolina rye - 2.50 per bu. .reaps Prolific wheat 2.75 per bu. Beardless barley 2.00 per bu. fairy vetch .25 per lb.* i. E. rape .22 per lb. Crimson clover .25 per lb. We also handle The Stover Gas, ind Kerosine Engines, Ann Arbor Hay Baler, Wood saws, Grits mills, feed utters and all machinery necessary or the farm. We have on hand arl ~ varieties of garden seed. WILLIAMSBURG DISTRIBUTING COMPANY C. J. Thompson, Manager. I # ! IHll I'M'I I I I 1 H I I 1 1 1 111 ! BRICK! BRICK!! | Come to our plant j j ! and see what we have ; to offer before you buy. j j : Layton Brick Works I! [ESTABLISHED 1885] S-l-tf \ | : marion, - - s. c. 11111 H 11II H IIH'M I HH4 t ? "* - < - - T.L Send us your oroer ior jou riming. We only the best work. 666 cures Bilous Fever. pped from factory m easy-todle sections. Quickly and easily ?ted by our simple instructions, iolutely rigid and weather tight. ibie walls in nost designs. Enluring. Delightful to livo in. Desl'n:: changed to suit your deas, with' t,f charge, if general size retained. Sketches supplied free. State kiud of house you want tf) build a~.d \.c- will send specir.l : yor'iois and free illustrated booklet which gives designs, floor plans, k descriptions and money-saving prices. 160 COSC ROVE AVENUE, NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. t Market] perienced Butcher Cutter. ?at from our sanitary M imal heat has been M stssby refrigeration m naae fit for food con- H the best cattle and M rom us you may feel |1 itting the best at low- f| leat Market I Manager |g as fully worth the price of adn mce. A flat exhibit of all the b< silk, cotton and wool fabrics le world would not have taught tme valuable lesson if merely pla> . exhibition. Such a homely thing as the maki good soap has been neglected "HE WHO LOOKS bEFVKE HE U^AHS Next time y< the back step drips down a insist on gent CYP "THE WO and no substitute the repair jobs t * one the last repaii Often the mediu exactly the thing repairing, or for where Cypress w place. 4 4Buy the C It will cut your cost will give you honest Write us for list of FRE Southern Cypress I 9ki . r.... *. Urahfcm Building, jac YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL SU HASN'T ENOUGH CYPRESS LET I Oft The During in pro covere of basic cru balanced fu< tically every sured full ut and grades < portions nee The improv line is prod our Develo] These men h study of oil tween the pi to which the Motor Gaso < i lit-! this country, but there is a revival of jits J interest in it now. If the best soap- !j in maker in the county or in the State J the should take her material and simple ? ced equipment to the fair and make soap ! there, the interest would be enhanced, J ing and the number of soap makers in- ? in j c ease. J BUILDS ur CYPKBSS A Sl> BUILDS BOB KEEPS.' du have to patch : s, where the water : nd rots 'em out, : rine ! t I L V V^-i-vA LA / 1 'R ESS ! OD ETEBNAT *s. (Why not abolish :his way? Make each r job in just that spot.) m or lower grades are for these odd jobs of making replacements j asn't used in the first jrade that jits the job.11 s. Your nearest retail yard i : adnce. So will we. i lE PLANS for farm buildings. lifrs.'Assn. I | ?you can identify it by tkii mark: ksonville, Fla. ? ve rrn rruw rvu. tr an | i JSKNOWATONCE. | ] ) \^wzr Best Gas C our many years' experience ducing gasoline we have disd that the proper blending des is necessary for a ivellel. And our access to pracdeveloped oil field has inilization of the various types of crude in exactly the pro* ded. ed "Standard" Motor Gaso* uced through the efforts of pment Department experts* iave devoted their lives to the refining and the relation be operties of oils and the uses ;y are adapted* "Standard" line represents the fruit of STANDARD 0 (NEW J] 111 1 ! i 'I"!- -I"!' -I"!' I ! Ill 111 I II ?4 : 8 Uf FUSE? f I I I I I ; YOU SENT YOUR SUIT TO HAVE IT CLEANED, PRESSED II | 4 1 ; OR ALTERED, WOULD YOU HAVE ANY ANXIETY AS TO I! I ? ; WHETHER IT WOULD BE DONE SATISFACTORILY? SAVE I I I < ? ; THE WORRY?SEND IT TO US. - ! I THE CITY TAILORING SHOP 1 1 ; J. V. EPPS, Manager KINGSTREE, S. C. J | I 1 > 1 I I 1 > < I ; CLEANING, PRESSING, DEING AND ALTERING ! ! > * I I [Mill 1 1 1 1 I I II I Mini 11 II |..|..|i| 4WW"H44HW MH'I | KINGSTREE HARDWARE CO., i Funeral Directors and Embalmer ; FIRST CLASS MOTOR HEARSE j Complete Line Coffins and Caskets a Metal Vaults and Burial Robes. \ Mr. L. J. Stackley Has Charge of our Undertaking Dept. 1 and is throughly equipped to serve I . DAY OR NIGHT I Day Phone No. 35 Night Phone No. 126 | oline osts no More their years of painstaking experimentation. It is uniform in quality, quickfiring, clean-burning. It is the best gasoline obtainable, and costs no more than any other. The consistent use of "Standard" Motor Gasoline will go far towards correcting many of the more common difficulties of motoring. If your engine overheats or gives off vile exhaust gases, if your cylinders miss or carbonize quickly, if the oil in your crankcase becomes diluted, it is probable that you have been using the wrong gasoline. Fill up with the improved "Standard". On sale wherever you see the familiar "S.0..v sign. Remember?it costs no more. IL COMPANY ERSEY)