Johnston County people received $142.50 in prizes at the State Fair last fall, according to a report from E.V. Walborn, manager of the North Carolina State Fair. Seventy-five of the 100 counties participated and the total distribution of $10,191.75, the amounts paid to counties varying from $1 to $1,988.
Winners of premiums in Johnston County were:
Hugh Johnson, Poland China Judging Contest, $10
Minnie Lee Garrison, Smithfield, Home Demonstration agent, Home Economics, $5
R.W. Ethridge, Selma, Poultry, $4
Zuluka McCullers, Clayton, Art, $25
Mrs. B.B. Stallings, Clayton, House Furnishings, $1
Mrs. Berta Stallings, Clayton, House Furnishings, 50 cents
B.A. Smith, Clayton, Team of Mules, $35
W.H. Turlington, Benson, Swine, $49
Janie Edwards and Sally Herring, Jelly Making Club Demonstration Contest, $12
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, 1925
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