Our readers will naturally be interested in how the county was represented in the winning of premium money at the North Carolina fair last fall. We give below a list of the winnings:
T.R. Nichols, Purlear, boy’s agriculture club, $10.
Dwight Nichols, Purlear, boy’s agriculture club, $5.
Gold Medal Orchard, Oakwoods, Horticulture, $28.50.
H.H. Moorehouse, Oakwoods, horticulture, $165.25.
S.C. Stewart, Hunting Creek, horticulture, $105.50.
Wilkes Co-operative Creamery, N. Wilkesboro, dairy, $4.
R. Don Nichols, Purlear, agriculture, $7.
A total of $325.25 in premiums.
Seventy-five of the 100 counties in the state took part in the fair. The dates for the state fair this fall have been set for the week of October 12th.
From the front page of The North Wilkesboro Hustler, Feb. 25, 1925
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92072938/1925-02-25/ed-1/seq-1/#words=February+25%2C+1925
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