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iRTH CAROLINA'S
BEST EXHIBIT YET
Great State Fair Will Surpass
AH Previous Efforts A Re
source Showing
WORK HAS BEEN GOING
ON SINCE LAST EVENT
Consequently But Little Re
main! To Be Done ; Many Im
provements Have Been Ac
complished Agricultural
' Hall Vastly Changed For The
Better
Beginning Immediately at the cIom
of the IMS State Fair and the election
not Leonard Tafta to the presidency, and
-(tha reeetdoa of Cot Joe. E. Togue to
fthe af flea of secretary, work oa prepar
laf for tha 1910 aveat-haa never sensed.
(Today little remains to be done. De-
KaUa are la the background. Oaly tha
(holding of the (reateet azpoaitioa withia
(the history of the State la. before tha
IpabUa. The Fair opens oa. the lfith, run-
nlng through, until the Slat, days devoted
tasaioamir to a display of North Care-
Jinal unparalleled resotjroes aad to
tothering of tha people Intern am oae
rasa af unalloyed pleasure.
' ai ue aiooo or taa Fair laat year
nee aad ground were aot la beet
ef-eea
l yea
these i
Tha poverty of the lair
year past had prevented making
phyatsal taroroveceeata aa aiaeh
Beaded, hot tha- officers, led by the en
largr and aaal of Leonard Tafta vent
jrUch ahead vlth tha aola idea ia mind
of aot eaty seakiaa anbataatlal baarove-
meate daring tha spring aad summer of
fivio. aaa warning up aa interest
throByhonttheStataaodanilneHey that
Sm Fair would prova-the aoeoesa which
pith -Oaiottna aaaa, and-womaa aoald
Jaakatt,
! From tha MUrFalr tha aoeisty had
aa aet profit of 9S.0OQ. How :to spend
Stale small amount of mnaey aa aa to
Igst tha seaalta aeeessary waa a great
iprobMca. Trip after trip, piaa after
(plha, weaonads daring; tha early spring
basatha 4a tha gaoaad ta study tha alt-
ruanoa. Isrtmaroa were obtained, ae
tnstocaoensoited. mtsrlal priced, erery
liuaeeriaMe scheme was proposed ta do
Kha saoat with tha Meat money.
I Tha IsgissBtara had refused ta make
jam aupsopriatioa la tha fees af tha
fharoia atruggla of leading aaaa la tha
Btata to giro North Carolina fair U
keeping' with the wealth, dignity aad re
oaraeof tha people. Argumenta were
brooght ta bear shoertaa? how1 other
States -ware engaging la developmeat
work throagh State aad district falra.
Facta were cited to show that several
eitiee had raaehad to tmraaaae growth
because they alone roee to tha occasioa
aad aided with fineness a straggling fair
ansoeiatlea. Dallas woald aerer have
beatoa Waeo la popalatloa aad wealth
had aot Dalles men fiaaaoed throagh
'eity bonds aad gifts of had tha fair
that has aot only made Dallas tha
greatest eity la Texas bat Tessa tha
free test Btata, area aot included, la the
oath. A State lair aoaverted Iadiaa
apolia from a sleepy capital towa to a
hoatUng eity. Whea Dee Moines met
(lowa half way la financing the State
lair aot only was Dea Moiaea made
I bat Iewa Jumped into aa unprecedented
'growth. v
Wonders Wreagat at Gtaaads.
Thoas facts bora ae weight with tha
General Assembly whirh waa aeked for
oaly 10,000 to be put lata buildings,
Contaas oa faaeSlmea j .,
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LEONABD
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FAMOUS FLIER IS
TtTFAIR
Jean Domenjos Has Sailed
-Across Andes at Deration of
Over 20,000 Feet
Jeaa Domeajoa has written to.
retary Fogue, of the Btata fair, that
whea he eomee to Baleigh fair week
he will attempt his fnmona aad danger
ous falling stunt from a height of aot
more than 4,000 feet Domenjos la an
aviator of suphrb courage aad believes
he has so mastered his Be riot that ha
eaa pull off la Baleigh what ae aviator
has aver attempted.
Well, ha may aid ha may aot. Be
aas aaver had but oas fall aad a kind
Provideaee landed him la a Cubes sani
tary ditch where the water was of
depth aad consistency that his life waa
saved. St went over the Andre, trav
eling for hours at aa elevatioa of mora
than 20,000 feet, where the air currents
were so Mld they would freeie tha
heraawf - a -goat, - and- pai fui mod this
feat without a mishap. He sailed serosa
Brazil and down the coast of tha At
lantis to Argentine, aad immediately
became known ta fame aa a flier.
But he was aot satisfied, and began
tha development of his eoatiauoua
loops. Neat he tried the upside dowa
trick that was invented by a French
man who does aot any longer fly la aa
airship. Accomplishing thooo tricks la
air, ho essayed tha falling stunt aad
managed to get away with- it
or (i anion.
Goes Vp High rar Tricks.
But for those dsnsaroaa tricks
Domeajoa has beea going pretty high
aa. Bo has wanted plenty of time aa
right his mnchiae if anything got
wrong, it does aot take long to eoaeo
tamuiag dowa throagh tha air sersa or
alae thousand feet. It la oaly a few
sooads at must, evsa at that height,
that aa aviator aaa trust his rapid
t to earth. It takes Just a few
mora sea oads for a dead weight af
1,000 pouads ta hit the earth from
height af 4,000 feet. 'And during this
fall tha machine la plunging downward
absolutely oat af control. It eomee with
tha awiftaeea aad directness sf
plummet.
Ho . woadar men have turned rrav
la taa zeoe aad women have sought
support whea they looked noon tha
sight. This trick of Domeajoa has par
haps aaased more seasatione among peo
ple thaa anything aver seen la the air.
It waa a sensation at Coney Inland early
la September whea the Bwlaa arrived
there for flying. It shocked aad stirred
the mea aad womea af Ohio whea tha
people of Cleveland seat for bin to
repeat his performance la that eity,
At Cleveland 100,000 people aaw his fall
aad witnessed the tricks ho performed
la ue-air.
Win Try railing Aet Here.
Aad aaw ho Is earning ta Baleigh
during tha State lair to try the falling
aet from a height of oaly 4.000 feet.
It is a vary, low altitude, bat Domeajoa
seada word to Secretary Pogao that ho
believes la this heavier atmospherie
seetloa ho aaa get away with it.
Certainly it will be worth aomlag
good many hundred miles to m
Periodicals devoted to aviation are go-
lag to bo very much laterestad la the
experiment. Some of the boot knewa
judges of heavier thaa air aaachiaea
think Domenjos eaa get away with it.
Others are from Missouri.
But it will ha weU worth while far
thousands of people to coma hare dar
ing the week and ere for themselves.
Domenjos is going to make tha, attempt
oa Tuesday. If ho eaa aaeeeeefully
maneuver the trick ha will try it every
day during lair week.
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PRESIDENT TOFTS
EFFECTIVE CHIEF
Fair Executive Hai Thrown
Ilimself Into The Work
Unreservedly
a year ago whea the
aeuaeomeat earns that Leonard Tufts
had boea slatted preeideat af the Bute
lair the aewepepers without exception
poke editorially of the fitness of the
man for the high honor aad predicted
aa sssneelis administration of tha af
fairs of the North Carolina Agrieul
tural Society, which was orgaaiaed M
rears ago to give to the State with'
out rof areaeo to locality aad distinction
aa or ooaaty aad eity, a fair exploit
ing tha marvelous prodaetiveaeea of soil
aad tha variety of its growing maaa-
faetarlng interests.
Leonard Tafta was known as one of
North Carolina's most sueeeesful aad
far seeiig burin see mea. He belong!
ta tha promoter class that seea a real
development ahead aad proceeds' upon
ths aaals that there is bonlaem-late rea.
zor taxing aa vantage ox aatarai
advantages. In tha8and EiU aovatry
waere ae astablishsa hlnasslf for ae-
tlvitlea that ware later to mean ths
iavsstsient af millions "of dollars ia
agrkoltaral, horticultural aad Man
eial aaterprieee he ia known aa the
father af many of tha most prosperous
CLAUDE DEIlSOfl IS
ABLE DETAIL
State Fair Treasurer Always
Smiling Spite of Every Crowfl-
ingDuties
There la always a -valuable aad ia
Slspeasabie "JJetaU una" la every
great bvsiaesa enterprise. Mr. C B.
Deasoa is the "Detail Maa" of the
North Carolina State Fair, aad
a so ia differeat capacities since
ha became connected with the big en
tarprise ia 1903. for eeveS yeara he
was continuously oa the job, thea other
affairs railed him away. Ia 1913 he
returned to hie eld love of helping to
maka-Xerth.- Carolina greater throagh
tha Instrumentalities of a State Fair,
aad aa treasurer has filled the place
with admirable akin, ability aad ears
af details. Co is the buffer for Secre
tary Pogut aad ths latter official's
right hand maa aa all occasions. He
stands between tha Very Important gen
eral efflee reutiae aad Secretary Focus,
whose work is devoted to more 'general
subjects. A thousand aad ose office de
tails are looked after each day by this
competent maa; a staff of employee to
be kept oa tha job. tha elasslfleatioa
of subjects aad. .asslgamsats, putting
the fair ca the map of men's minds, all
thear" wearing tittle matters are crowd
ed aa him dally aad aobody yet, oven
the moat Importune exhibitor, has aver
foaad "Claude" Doaaoa minus his smile.
a caretaker af fair . funds aad
guardiaa of tha expense account placed
la Ws hands, he la a world beater.
The Fifty-Sixth, Grt&t SUt
Fair win be lonnally-. opened
by His Excellency, Governor
Locke Cralg-f at li o'clock," the
mornlna; of Tuesday, October
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FREE ATTRACTIONS TO
BE OF A HIGH ORDER
A Daring Flier, Aerial Revolv
ing Act, "Gyp" The Elephant
and Many Others
The North Carolina public attending
tha State Fair will be kept busy watch
lag the free attraction alone, provided
tha public does aot want to examine
aad . become enthused over the aa
equalled aaeortmeat of material re
aourees that will be, oa exhibit. Secre
tary Pogue has always beea aa advocate
ef features free to the public hot he
baa never put oa so msny or of such
uniform excellent quality ai this sea
SOB.
Mea and womea whose nerves eaa
stead ths strain will perhaps enjoy most
the daredevil try of Jeaa Domeajoa, the
greatest oi living aviators wno win
bring to Baloich a Blertot machine.
Domeajoa does everything la tha air
that aay other aviator ever did, aad
thea he does a fsw mora stunts. -
Ths Flying Ghradales were at tha big
eastern summer resorts ths past sum
mer making -a daily and nightly hit.
Their high eastta and trapese acts
daily will be a aovclty. -
A faa feature will be the aerial Mitch
tils ia a revolving act. By some these
mea and women have beea, designated
the hnmaa raoakeys, as active ss those
little animals, more agile thaa a squir
rel, always drswtug aad holding a crowd
until thir show ie ever.
"Ovp," for twelve years a big elephant
that has devoted ite talcats to enter
taining children, will bo hers for the
postal beaefit of the little onea "Gyp"
levee the tots. Nothing smt to plenee
k. i I In.! mam thaa tA Mva a
whole Urov of them on his broad back
marching ap aad dowa erswded aialee
af maa and womsa.
There ia gala g to be a atdewplittiag
seream pat oa for aay everybody. . It is
a 'bieyefs act, or ths aet of several
blayaUsts aad their elewa work oa aad
beea groaad keeps tha crowd yelling.
Mlso Charlotte Bread, a beasUfiU lit-
Us weman, will ahaxm masia lovers with
her exquisite cornet work- 6h wUl
Iplay daily. . - -
Each any tnere wui bo a bend eoa-
eert for thoas who .want' to tit aa ths
a turf , aadT drlak la tha harmony
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E. POGU
State Falr.-
COL. POGUE HAPPY
OVER FINE RECORD
Splendid Consummation of
Fair Plans Fruit of His Un
remitting Work
Early ia ths summer of 101(T whea
CoU Joseph E. Fogue, jf the .North
Carolina Stats Fair, was preparing ths
estaloguo for tha prees, hs made tha
prediction that st tha rate of growth
fcf the fair another two yeara woald
see it rise to its fuhl proportion.
Secretary Pogue could see light break
ing -for the isrtitution thst has doao
so much for North Carolina ia every
way, thst has touched so closely the
daily life and habits of the people,
thst has exercised so full a control orer
their individual and community am
bltions. But even he could not see thst
the end wss so near, that .the reeults
for whiebr the finest leaders ta " North
Carolina have worked and prayed for
for many years was at hand.
Even the , most optimistic , la July
ecu Id aot forsses the wave of patriotism
sad pride sweeping over ths State from
the wavslappsd chores of the east to
ths skyliaes of the west. He knew that
rn the Sand Hill country bordering the
South Carolina lias there were thea-
sande- of loyal Tar Heals, but ho did
aot know that durier the next alnety
days their pride of State waa to rise
to such height that a building of their
own would go up st tha historis grounds
near West Balsigh.
Hs has worked and longed for years
to see the live, progressive counties of
North Carolina put exhibits af their
best products at their State Fair, aad
ke hoped at the time of ths preparation
ef the .catalogue that mora af them
would show this year thaa last, but hs
did aot sea, aor could any maa, . the1
demands for spaea that woald corns
from all sections.
The fair this rear Ja already larger
to date thaa -it has aver before been.
Exhibits ars practically double la num
bers, Tha attrartioaa are of a much
higher slants das to ths prospect of
Increased attendance aad tha added
revenue to follow. '
Tha premium list waa broadened aad
era money was offered, because it
looked like the people of North Caro
lina wars realising this fair ia not
tha property af Baleigh st of a aertaia
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E FINE RACES
Loversjof Fast Horsea Till Find
Next Week One of Rare
Pleasure
Lovers of fast horses will enjoy ths
rasa program at taa State Fair daring
the weak October IS to fX. The stablss
are fast filling ap aad while oaly two
rases fare scheduled for Tueeday aad
Friday, this has beea . deem ed so rficient
la view af tha vary groat' number, af
free attractions aad ether entertaining
features at the fairT Taeeday thero will
be a t:t3 trot aad S.SO fro each for
a paras of $300. Wednesday tha pro
gram calls for a t:l paea aad 1:14
trot parses S30Q. Thursday admirera ef
hers see horsea will witaeea a Bill aad
S:17 pace aad S:2S trot, $300 parses.
Friday will be featared by t:17 trot
and S:H pass. Banning tames wOt bs
Wednesday sad Thursday. Tstrisa are
stm aomlag ia aad it saaaurt bs deter
mined atil later what tha pvegrsats for
these days will be, but eobetaatial
purees will be offered to gat tha beat
hereee oa the field.
Tha rases will bo ma aadar the rules
sf ths National Trotting a ecictlaa aad
an rasas wffl be sntte heata, three bast
lafiva. Eatrisa f or theee haraess avaata
m eloaa Taeeday.
Tha Old Somas sports vthat have
lighted aver elreaa geer, aad that
everybody at-some stare of life.
sxeHmg but aot altogether eatisfartory.
The track aas appeared to mea ss being
too limited 5 roand the sawduit eirels
never eprve that chaaee to a real good
pair or set ef fenre to get actios oa to
salt tha fellow who wants to stand ap
ia his seat aad make a big noise at
Tha flute Fair this rear wffl satJsfv
ttif eravhig fee the wld Bwmaa sports
was sun iftm a ta breast af maa, A
hlppodroma will bo a feature each Aav
aa tha big mile track, a rfco ef chariot
aad madly running horse that will draw
the ercwd. from the youngest te ths most
rheamat'r. '
Tha ladles aad gentler oas fiat raeea
for one-ha If mile will bs rea with four
thoroughbred Kentucky horsea, picked
from a stable of forty high brad
animals.
Perhaps oao of tha most axrtting of
too rreo race even to offered visitors to
the fair will be ths great relay, erne
aad one-half aflea. riders ' changing
mounts at the aad of sack half-mile.
For tha first tiata la North Carolina
Tar Heels wiH bo abw to aaa the track
work daily of that great bore, Daily
American, winner, ef tha SfisVOOO Knallxa-
noa makes, ens anff five-eights aUlea la
tiSO a-. This mated heroe will wo
agatast two raldelsaa horsea that have
already beat to a frasalo some of the
crack horsea of tha oast, smch aa St.
Leonard, Sir Walter, Boasaea, Boaad
lees aad Aeccodora.
Those events ars smear the free fern-
tares of tha fair ia addition to the re
gular race program for purses) hug vjp
ay tne assoemtioa.
Following la the race program, run
ning races beiaa oa Wodaoadav nnu!
Thursday
' Taesdsy, Oetaaer 17th.
8:85 Trot g300
1:30 Trot 300
Wedaeeday, October 18th.
t:l Pace $300
ta Trot 300
ThBTBBay. October lata.
t:ll Pace $300
1:21 Trot ...... .aoo
1:1T Pace , 300
- Friday, October ZOth.
1:17 Trot ,...3N
1:14 Paea , XO0
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ON CARDS FOR FAIR
TTrsasarer aAJeti i!aa tho eteaj
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AMUSEMENTS V.LL1
BE DRAV
I. ITH . THE PEOPLE
Fair Management WiH Proridel
Many Diverting Feature t
Not Week -
CAKNIVAL FEATURE
TO BE INTE0DUCEI1
Whole CoHectlon of Diffeient
Shows Booked; A Coney Is
land Combination That Ilaaf
Nrver Visited State Beforch.
Twenty Exhibitions of y"
rifd ABaortmezrt :
Whea all la said aad done tha
meats at a Fair, it mast be
form one af tha lea iliac puMasr
iPeople want to sea ths exhibits af
aad agrkmltaral prod seta bat they ahsal
want to bs
The nuageanent mt tha Fair haa
ways realised that fact aad baa aaw
to moot ths ilnmssl with a fiaa asa
meat of paid attracttoaa that wU
foaad entertaining by tha grant
expected to bo in attoadamaa. Thai yea A
ia additioa to aa axaepttoaally goad BsSi
ef free attractions told of shwwheeo, sn4
eeptioaally thorough pmaa have
mid to sea to ft that tha bast
abls is secured ia tha way af paideaM
tractioas.
Ths plaa af tha past has
parted from somewhat, .While thero will
he many individual eoacneelnas
wiH bo oaa ealteetioa af attracttoaa themj
It ia believed will present tha finest aa-j
eortsaoat af amaaamaata ev
the Fair. Ja abort tha carnival ideal
win bo ia effect oa the midway thlav
year aad R is promised that it wd ba
high class ia every respect. - -. -,
The carnival is merely sn Americana
adaptation of the carnivals that had f or
suuiy years previous existed ta Geasa
aadNiea. It was transplanted by bring.,
Ing aver the hluropesa players, or by,,
theft of the -trick aad eateh-psaayt
Ideas outright. The first to take thai
field were big money makers, thea ethera
sprung ap nntil shortly tha weeds worm
full of them. Competition instead a
Improving the fharaeter af tha
caused them to deteriorate nntil a
majority of the carnival eoar
ing tha smaller towns of I
lost steading aad were forced te
tha name of aay hind af an
tioa that win stand for them an dee
whose auspices they oaa gat owtais sity
privileges. ,
Hero aad thera smaag- the aaaa law
te rested ta carnivals waa a maa of tha
gaalus of ergaalantioa aad peswsptisai
of a P. T. Banram, waa had tha ehrvcm
imitaUon facilities aad aaanjuredal hmaV
ss eapaef.y of a John BoWasom amo
the judgment of tha Ajaerinaa teats aae
aHllingaess te aopport aaorit that waa
enjoyed by ths earber af tha Hh.g-s-i
They bagna to seek the best ia thoomm
nival idea.
One mt thjae Hew la tkatleveS rjtrm
ta have the finest aad best sasaagsfl sal
these carnival shows. Ho got tha Idem
of the American pablia that at wsuH
support a show that was clean and fnK
of merit but that it would have aoth
ing to do with the company that was)
otherwise. Ilin sagacity aad detcrminar
tion took him very eloso to the ail mm
plaa af ergnaiaatjoa, st ink lag has aim
to the separate ahow as a means af tap
eresaiag attendance aad holding dowa
general orgaaiaatioa expense. Ha had
seea enough of tha elreaa aad saialeal
business to be able at a glanee taaepa
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