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' 1 - r i' THE" MORN&'S POST, ' SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 1 5 1 0 O 5 nn ojfll ni am Jj" . ' hum wsevelf Occasion in m. IBioose of veltThe History Capital H !iJ I U ini IP? AY liar llitary Citizens, State Fair flmcers, shals and Visiting Companies and Veterans Will form the Escort ODERN NEW GRAND STAND The President and Mrs.Roose vilt WiM Take Brtakfast at the Governor's Mansion as the Guests of tht Governor and Mrs. Glenn-After This Will Come the Grand Pro cession to the Fair Grounds Where the President Will Address the People From a Pavilion in Front of the Grand Stand This is the beginning of the week that will be ever memorable in the hispry of Raleigh, the week in which President Roosevelt. whose name will go down the annals as one of the greatest Americans that ever liv ed, will honor the Capital City with his presence on the occasion of the Forty-fifty North Carolina State Fair, soming on what is always the biggest Bay of the 'fair, Thursday. Everything is ready, and there ems to be not the slightest nossi- bllity of a hitch or delar at any stage ness brurs, entertained by the governor and Mrs. Glenn at the executive man sion at breakfast. It is needless to say that the people of Raleigh and the 3 hole state are -especially proud of the fact that Mrs. Roosevelt will be our guest with the president, be cause this is the first time that Mrs. Roosevelt has ever accompanied the president on one of his trips. That the Old North State will fittingly dem onstrate her delight goes without say ing. President Roosevelt has been the recipient of a number of very warm receptions, but it is doubtful if he ever got - one to compare with what Raleigh will gove him on next Thurs day, the nineteenth of October. All the citizens of Raleigh have been j invited to constitute the citizens' re-'' ception committee, and thousands of tne city's people will be on hand to welcome the party of the president a3 it enters the city. Then besides th chief marshal and his two hundred aides there will be an escort of mili tary companies from all over the state to attend the president in the proces sion to the fair grounds after the breakfast and reception at the gover nor's mansion. The president and par ty will be accompanied to the grounds by the governor and state officials. The, Third Regiment Band of this city will furnish the music. One of the prettiest and most pleas ing sights that thA .vciuviii Will VV1L & M. College. Upon his arrival at the fair grounds, which will be about half-past ten o'clock, President Roose velt will deliver an address to the people from the pavilion that has been erected immediately in front of the grand stand and adjoining it. After the address a luncheon will be given by the North Carolina Agricul tural Society to the president and marshals in a building put up on the grounds for the purpose. After lun cheon the . president will be escorted to an improvised station just outside of the grounds to take his special train at one o'clock. Tfte city already has pn its gala -ten o'clock in tho grand-stand at the fair grounds the North Carolina Vet erans of the - Spanish-American war, A reunion of the "Veterans of the Mex ican war will be held in the city Oc tober 17, 18 and 19, with a convention in the city hall on Tuesday at 2:15 and Wednesday at 9:30. On Thursday the veterans will participate in the re ception to the president and the place of honor In the parade has been as signed to them. On Thursday t night there will be the annual meeting of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, when officers for the ensuing year will be elected. . On Friday night will be the inter collegiate contest, for which many en tries have already been made, and which promises to be a most suc cessful and interesting event. As for the social feature of tfc week, there will Je a subscription dance on Tuesday night and on Wed dress or gay banners and bunting. All the public buildings, the great major- j nesday night at the Raney Hall. The Uy of the business houses and many : Capital Club dance will be given on or tne private dwellings have been ; Thursday night, and the Grand Mar hung and tastefully draped with ap propriate bunting, and huge banners have been hung across the main streets. Of course it goes without saying that the crowd at this fair will be the biggest in the history of North 'Jarclina State Fairs on account of the tit of President Roosevelt, and spe cial preparations have been made to shals Ball on Friday night in the Cap ital Club ball-room. There will be plays at the Academy of Music and Metropolitan . Hall every night of the week. ' The New Grand Stand The progressive management of the State Fair have made improvements at the fair grounds, chief ' among them being the replacing of the old ftf th nnnrr.npo rf J " ,uca AI"Irl -ne train tO And" JoT1 Just within the. last few i athf soudTT ay. it is learned that not onlv win o" tne XT'"? P"apet icmchc .4 - . . . . me great nation's chief executive be ' will greet the ,7v, litre himself, but also the first Jadv I f 11 ?Jff ld6.nt Wlth movmS - i Muniyiiu nuiltiH. of the land, Mrs. Roosevelt, v.-in ac- ! company her husband and with him ' e the guest of the city patriotic soners The military , escort will probably number over one thousand eni,-n for a few 1 addition to the cadets from the A. Ashley HorneeJ Johnston County, President State Fair of 1905 Claatfe B. D.nso. e! WaV., Tr.aeurer and Assistant Secretar, J handle the vast throng. All of the lai leads, the Southern. Seaboard and Raleigh & Cape Fear, have put on an ad.I'iional number of specials to run during the week from points that are within reasonable distance, so timed as to reach Raleigh in the morning and return the same evening. Then the fair ground trains. will be run from the Union Station to the grounds ev ery few minutes during the day. The, new street car extension, whioh is operating between Fayetteville street and the depot will be a convenience to those going to the grounds from the Union Station. Everything possible has been done to facilitate the handling of the great concourse of people at the grounds. There will be nineteen new turnstiles at the gates, so that the jam of in gress and egress will be largely done away with. Many measures have been taken to insure the comfort of the big crowds. There will be plenty of ice water at the grounds and a great number of seats have been provided. Space has been reserved for an un usual number of restaurants and lunch counters. Sandwiches, lunches and din ners can be had of the best quality at regular restaurant prices. Hillsboro roafi from the city to the fair grounds has 'been "repaired and is now in excellent condition. Provision has been made for sprinkling to keep the dust down, as was done last year for the first time. As usual there will be a number of meetings and t conventions during fair week. There will be a meeting of the State Literary and Historical So ciety on Tuesday night in Olivia Ra ney Library Hall. On Wednesday night there will be a business meet ing of the North Carolina Division of the United Confederate Veterans in the capitol. At the sam time and place the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association tyvill meet. Qm Thursday morning at grand-stand by a new one of the most i.-cdern style, so situated as to com mand an uninterrupted view of the entire track and midway from any part of It. The new stand is entire ly completed and it is a magnificent structure, two hundred and five feet long, fifty feet wide and forty feet bigh to the roof. It is modeled after the grand-stand at the famous race couise at Bennings, and that speaks sufficiently for its adaptability to the purposes for which it is intended. The lower end is about fifteen feet out of the line where the old stand was, Ihus swinging the new stand more a?rot the midway and giving a view clear down the midway to the very gales. Any one from any position on the stand will be able to see all around the race track and the whole length of the midway. Strength was the first consideration in the construction of this stand, and it is declared that as it now is it could be loaded with solid iron in stead of people and, still there would be no danger of a collapse. The foun dation and pillars are all of brick and through beyond on the other side. J Free Attractions This is a distinct innovation and a jjd r. Hutchison, human goo4 one. Another great convenience bomb,' going up in a ball attached to is that the ground in front of the & balloon, ball explodes in air and he stand slopes down so I that persons drops out with' parachute. -there can get a good view no matter , zinsareiia, standing on .ball and how closely they are packed. ! rolling with her feet up a spiral tow- Just in front of the middle entrance er 6nd performing many juggling and on a level with the first section trjCitB. . , of seats has been built) a pavilion Mat. Gay, high diver, turning back sixteen feet wide and thirty-two feet ward somersault from a 90 foot lad long, for the use of President Roose- der into a tank of water 4 feet" deep. elt and party, from which the dis tinguished visitor can be seen from every seat in the grand-stand, as well as from any point along or Inside the race-course, or along the midway in both northerly and southerly direc tions. This pavilion is constructed of like substantial material with the grand-stand, and will be a permanent part of that structure, j ; The Racing f The racing promises to be the best ever seen on these grounds, and doubtless some of the i track records will be broken, there have been about one hundred entries. The department Ik under the direction of Colonel Rob ert Hough of Baltimore, who will act as both manager and j6tarter. The clerk, C. G. Ford of Philadelphi will get out a handsome score 'card.Mr. J. S Wynne of this city will be chief judge, and Mr. John W. Cross and Dr. James R. Rogers are directors. The amounts offered in stak-ss ag gregate S2.450. The track is in splendid condition, having been worked under the direc tion of Dr. W. C McMackin. Ou'llne of Exhibits Department A. Field crops Special premiums offered by the board of ag riculture are bringing in many entries, showing largest yield per acre of sta ple crops. There will , be big exhibit from Wake county in; charge of Mr. J. H. Robblns and a splendid display from Johnston county, besides many j others. Department B. (1.) Horses LaFay ette Stock Farm of La Fayette. Ind., car load of Heavy Draft and German Coach horses. These are blue ribbon horses from the St. Louis Fair. Many entries of local or native horses. B. (2.) Cattle About $1,500 in prem iums. Display from outside breeders and from North Carolina breeders. B. (3.) Sheep Samuel Archer, Statesville, large display of North Carolina sheep. A Campbell of Wel lington, O., large display of foreign sheep. Besides many j smaller local breeders. B. (4.) Swine Fine i display of western swine and of local swine. Department C. Poultry and pet stock. Over sixteen hundred breeds shown last vear; over two thousand will be shown this year. Director in charge, Ivan Proctor. Expert Judge. J. S. Jerfrey . 6f the North Carolina Experiment Station. Supt. J. W. L. Thompson, of Burlington, expert poul tryman. Open this year for the first time to South Carolina breeders. Fifty-seven breeds. - Department. D. Apples Apples from western North Carolina. Floral display and new specimens. Department E. Pantry Supplies Many competitors for the regular pre miums and particularly for the special premiums offered by Royall & Borden of felt, mattresses and felt pillows. Department F. Manufactures. Department G. Musical Instruments and Mercantile Display. Department H. Fancy work. Department I. Art. i Department K. Machinery. Department L. Educational Exhib its from different colleges and schools. departments M. & N. Historical dis play and minerals. Among the great machinery exhib its will be that of the Rawlings Im plement Co., a great display of labor saving farm machinery; The Carolina Machinery Co. of Greensboro XT "I - incident to? the .State Pair .of 19M tq be the most bxitliint ever held in the history of North Carolina. .Mr. Mebane is. .''universally regarded us one of the State's foremost bast. ness nun. He is a young man fully ondi.vved with the most progressive ideas. A few years . ago - he berate the brad of a small cotton mill aj Spray. Now not only has that mill' grown to be one of the largest in the StaU a number of Enills have B.' Frank Mebane of Rocklngrrtm, Chief tffartaf Madam Bonnie, aereal act and cloud web act. These acts will be put on twice each day in front of the grand-stand. - The Midway Among the shows on the midway will be the magnificent trained wild animal show of Geo. Rollins, . becu PSing space with 60 feet front and showing Cronje, the $10,000 Hon. Crystal Maze, glass blowers, high class vaudeville shows deep sea div er. " electric " theatre, - Pygmalion and Galatea, moonshiners and bank rob- ners, two or : more f erris wheels and merry-go-rounds, all ?brts of shoot ing galleries, African dodgers, coon heads, striking machines, etc., four teen hundred pound, hog, many freaks and curiosities. N. C. erasoline enein .Triform TTn vester Co. of Batavia, N. Y.; J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. of Greensboro, N. C.; Cole Manufactur ing Co. of Charlotte, agricultural im plements; Moline Wagon Co. of South Bend, Ind., farm wagons; J. W, Bar ber & Son of Raleigh, representing themselves and many foreign firms in displays of wagons, buggies and car riages; Corbitt Buggy Co. of Hender son, N. C, buggies; Watklns Hard ware Co. of Henderson, N. C, feed cutters, etc.; J. p. Wyatt & Bros, of Raleigh, farm machinery; Young Hard ware Co. of Raleigh, farm machine- Ideal Concrete Machinery Co. machine for making concrete blocks; Mechani cal Cotton Picker in operation. Some miscellaneous exhibits will be: Raleigh Evening Times. Exhibit by Johnston county. Caralelgh Phosphate Works. B. F. Keith of Wilmington, fertilizers. Oliver Smith Co., fertili zers. Stieff Piano Co. of Baltimore, Md. Morning Post. Stelnmetz floral exhibit. Goldsboro Furniture Co. Royall & Borden Furniture Co. Hart Ward Hardware Co. Sherwood Higgs te CO. Raleiffh Milliner Cn. Naw a. Officers of the State Fair It Is Uhe great good fortune of the North Carolina Agricultural So ciety and the people of the state that the State Fair is under the same man agement this year it has been for a number of years past, with Joseph E Pogue secretary and superintendent and Claud B. Denson, treasurer and assistant secretary, and that the'suc cessful president of last year,'"' "Ash -ley Home, is again at his post at; the head and front of the society this year, destined to be one of the most iamous in the history of the state. Mr. Home's great common sence, wis dom and sagacity worked wonders for the success of the fair of 1904, and ev ery one is serenely confident of the outcome of this state fair of 1905 The Chief Marshal The society was . peculiarly fortunate this y-ar in its selection of a chief marsnal. No better man for the place than B.; Frank Mebane could have been chosen. By his birth, training deposition and habits he Is eminent-" ly suited to lead the social functions t'seh t o.ded. Mr. Mebaiie Is now hav ing ttilt a mill in which German cap italists are largely interested. He as3 has a i lan on foot for the erectipn of a great textile school at Sptp.y Where j'oung men and women may trained in the cotton mill business and thoroughly equipped for the work. The chief marshal comes f com one of- the most distinguished families in the state. He. .married a daughter of J. Turner Morehead who did so much for the development of hl3 state. Mr. Mebane "is a friend of President Roose velt and as delegate to the last Re publican national convention voted for his nomination. f President Ashley Home As farmer, merchant and capitalist, Mr. Home is easily one of the fore most men of he state. Not only has he been a remarkably successful planter, , but in addition he is onof the leading spirits in all industrial enterprises that can be of any advan tage to his beloved state. Probably a better liked, more generally popular man never lived in North Carolina. ' To mention some of the Industrie h is connected with will give pom' Idea of that . fact. He Is president of the Clayton Banking Company, t! e Clayton Cotton Mills and the C!av ton Oil Mill, a stockholder in t Selma Oil Mill, the Wilson Oil Mi"!, the Commercial and Farmery Bank ?. Raeigh, the North Carolina Home In surance Company of ' Raleigh, dire i rn the Caraleigh Cotton Mills of n.--"- eigh, vice-president of the Caraleu-i Phosphate and . Fertilizer Works - f Raleigh, stockholder in the First Na tional Bank of Durham, the Winst- n Chemical Company, tire Atlantic an! North Carolina Railroad, the South. . ,n Building and "Loan Association of Huntersville, Alabama, and owner of a Lajge cotton gin at Clayton. (Continued on Page ' concrete, with iron caps two inches . 0r" ZtZ c,-?' thick on which rest the square ends ine Co. Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Jrl1 VUPIT WhlCh are aU MachIne Co- Meal Sewing Machlnlco SX"1.?!.. W. Barrett, architectural display structure is bound together with large iron Doits. The same order of sub stantial frame-work is carried out to the very roof. All the timbers are well seasoned solid heart long-leaf pine, not a single piece of sap timber being used. The roof is very handsome and pre sents father a striking appearance, consisting of Cortrlght metal shin gles in ornamental pressed designs. There are numerous flag-poles and the eaves will be decorated . with bunt ing also. There are three entrances to the grand-stand, all on the front side fac ing the race course. The midway wilt run under the . stand and right on etc. ; Raleigh Electric Co. Mecklen burg Water Co. Steven Putney Shoe Co. of Manchester, Va large display 64 feet in length. King's Business College. Standard Gas Lamp Co. acetyline lights. Melrose Knitting Mills, Raleigh. Draughon's Business College. Magnificent display 100 feet long of A. & M. College, showJmg work of various departments. Another exhibit by the A. & M., showing but ter making machine in practical oper ation. The White Furniture Co. of Mebane. N. C, showing beautiful line of their furniture. Mebane Bedding Co. of Mebane and the Continental Chair Co. The Perry Pictures of Mald el, Mass. Darnell & Thomas. Jov . Poflu. of Wake, l.crttary and SupbrlntandtoV
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