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YOLXXXVI. NO. 3.
, EA1EIGH, N. C, FR.DAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23,06. .. ;
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IS TO A
A Decided Success in Every
- . Way, , ,
SOME OF, EXHIBITS.
, Tha Poultry Wm areatly Admired,
''.' Wm tbe Educational Feature A s" ;
' . . v Good Attendance at thi , ',
;. .v -: .-.-: OroundToday, :..;. -.: .
" The great State Fair of 1896 is
; s with,the past' Its closing was not
r so brilliant as the opening, for an
"; ugly rain dampened toe enthusiasm
- and interest of the visitors and spec
j tators Ibis afternoon. " - s .
' This fair will go into nlstory' as
one of the most successful, and cer
tainly one of the best and most ap
V predated- that it has been the good
- T fortune of the Agricultural Society
to present to the people. . '
r.-:. , Ool Benehan Cameron should feel
proud of his achievement On all
Bides today he was ; receiving the
-congratulations of his many friends
... and ; acquaintances - upon the re-
' markable success of the enterprise.'
'tlr. Cameron's efforts are deserv
ing of all that , has been said. He
- has personally devoted much of .his
valuable time, and his means as well
to making the fair- one of the best in
the Society's history, -; --.V
"... '. No mention of the fair would be
L complete without a tribute to the
: valuable services of the enterprising
""secretary. Mr. Nichols is a thorough
. business man and he is certainly the
right man for the place. His efforts in
' bringing together the great exhibits
and . attractions . have extended,
. through many months.. . - '
v Friday of fair week is essentially
Raleigh day. The people of the city
generally observe Friday in visiting
: .the fair so as to avoid ,the rush and
', push of the other days. There is al
ways a good attendance on the last ,
.day and this was no exception though
the rain interferred in the afternoon,
-V It is not saying too much to state
v that', the poultry- and fowl exhibit
was the most interesting,, if not one
of, the most most instructive at the
fair. Certainly there was no depart
ment more popular and more ad
mired. Nd such collection of fowls
and poultry was ever exhibited in
"this state. The exhibit included the
best strains of chickens to be found
anywhere in the country. s ?;c
' - The large and varied exhibit is
the result of the personal effects of
- Mr. F. E Hege of the State Agricul
' tural Experiment Station. .Mr. Hege
- has taken a lively Interest in the ox
t hibft and many of the healthy and
t handsome chickens . were his
-own.' "A Very large Buff ocachen
: hen of beautiful plumage, belonging.
y,!p Mr,, Hege was sold taBiltmore
' - ' estate for I50.-V "' ' "
V An pbject lesson ? ibr the farmer
: . was the exhibition in the same coop
2 , of an ordinary common hen weigh
ing 4 pounds and a fine brahma
- : ' weighing ten. Both were the largest
specimens obtainable. ,. The dressed
" poultry, exhibit, prepared by Mr;
Hege showed the- manner n which
chickens are killed inthe North
- nd kept in cold storage. '
' JThere were 1 ia : exact numbers
. 1,492 chickens and fowls" on exhibl
H ' tion.v Mr. Banks Holt's, exhibit
: numbered 300, Mr Vanderbilt 75,
' Mr. Hege 65 and Mr. Dunn 220.; ;
- The management of the fair this
I year has done a good thing in giving
y ' prominence to the educational . fea
ture, and to Superintendent Howell,
of our city, schools is due the credit
for working up a general interest in
this department resulting in a
" number of instructive exhibits; and
.'.i." to the ladies that teach in the" city
schools, (or the skill and industry
J. that have made educational ball one
Of the most attractive places on the
" grounds - " - '
There is little repitition among
" these exhibits,-hence the greater
value of the educational department
as a whole.JhustheGuilford college
exhibit is devoted largely to natural
history and minerology ; the A? and
' M. college, to physics, mechanics,
and drawing; Peace . Institute, to
art; the Blind Institution, to kinder
garten work; the school for the Deaf
and Dumb, to cabinet making, draw
ing,' and Other kinds of, practical
priunnt.ion. The " university ha9
large photographs of the campus and
buildings, and charts of information
about the university. The Normal
and Industrial school besides photo
pro j lis ef the school, has exhibits
frmn several departments, those of
sn ir
rial and practical nature
1 :r,.;l'.n. Fairview Institute
..1 C, . iacrci.il culVje?iu4iasizes
its business department' So does
the Thompson school. -From Wades
boro is seen the new Latin primer
by Prof. McLaughlin,-."Pensa Pri
maLatina." - - ' ,
" Of the private schools, St. Mary's
has the largest, and most general
exhibit, covering theusuai English
branches, science, arf, higher mathe
matics, , and the languages. , . . -
Jhe exhibit of the Ealeigh public
schools, more than any other, is in
tended for teachers It shows text
books, professional books, apparatus,
courses of j. study." The teachers'
library numbers 276 volumes, anj
is second in North Carolina only to
the simllarone at the 'University.
Among the apparatus are two origi
nal, home-made inventions.- helio
tropes for measuring the- vertical
angle of the sun at noon, its journey
from solstice to solstice; and for de
termining latitude,and the noon hour.
A prominentfeature of this exhibit
is thecollecCons for botanical study,
and nature work ip general. . The
Ealeigh children excel in writing.
Their papers in arithmetic, langu
age, botany, history, reading,
French, etc., are not surpassed by
any. 1 , '
But the finest .thing at the fair is
the exhibit of the Durham graded
school. This -school attempts more
than any other in North Carolina,
and ' does everything better than
most others. Its curriculum 'in
cludes all theusualEnglish branches
and Algebra, Geometery, English
Literature, Latin, Chemistry, Phy
sics, clay-modeling, color study,
form study, paper cutting and fold
ing, mechanical drawing, free-hand
and artistic drawing, designing, his
tory of art, wood carving and car-
penty. All these departments are
represented, and represented' well.
This , display was a surprise and a
delight to the hundreds who had no
ideaeuch work is being done in any'
publio school in North Carolina.
Mr. BenShan Cameron's blooded
stock was very much admired. v
Mr. Victor E. Leavitt, "of. New
York, . who personally directs and
manages many " of the midway at
tractions, has made annual visits
here -for more than, a . decade- A
clever gentleman he is too. -
t The crowd here yesterday was
enormous.' borne put it at zo,wu,
others say 15,000. It wis something
wonderful.'
OFFICERS EE ELECTED.
President Camaroa and Secretary Nichols
at tbe delta Attain Move to Carry tbe
I "'i. Fair Away from Baleiffh. '
The annual meeting df the North
Carolina State Agricultural Society
was held last evening in the Senate
chamber. -The session was largely
attended and there was a marked
amount of enthusiasm displayed..
The session of the society, was pro-
sided over by Mr. R. H. Battle.
The first business was the election
of a president and secretary. Nat
urally every mind xentered .upon
the present efficient and successful
officers who have conducted ' the af
fairsof the society in such a manner
as to win the praise of every one. ,
Mr. Benehan Cameron,: tho ener
getic and popular president, was
re-elected by -a rising vote." Mr.
John Nichols, who has done so much
to make-the fair a success by his
splendid management, was re-chosen
secretary and treasurer by a rising
vote. - - r ' ,
Tho following are the vice-presi-nents
elected: - W. R. Capehart, L.
L. Staton, Col. W. J, Green, Maj. J.
W. Crenshaw, L; Banks Holt, W. O.
Smith, E. B. C. Hambley S. L. lat-.1
terson and J. F. Weston. , -., :
i The thanks of the society was es
pecially tendered President Came
ron and Secretary Niohols for the
very successful, management of the
society's affairs. Special thanks
were also voted to , Mr; George W.;
Vanderblltlor his agriaultural, dairy
and Btocjc exhibit, and to the rail
ways for reduced rates. :"
Mr. S. B.Alexander gave notice
that he would introduce at the next
annual meeting a resolution provid
ing that theiair be held in rotation
at the towns of Ashevilie, Charlotte,
Wilmington and Newborn. v 1
Aa American Syndicate Got It..
6y Telosra'ph to the Press-VlBitor :
St. Louis, Oct 23. From a dele
gate to the street railway associa
tion outlines are obtained of a deal
whe'reby the largest tramway cor
poration plant in London passes in
to the hands of an American syndi
cate. -
Sr. Loi is, Oct. 23. Lacoquard
broker, has lost three ' hundred
thousand dollars in a few days on
wheat and stocks, and has assigned
MAGNIFICENT EXHIBIT
The Display: of the Great Occoneechee Stock
t
Beautiful Agricultural Displays Fine
- Chickens---Thoroughbred Jerseys
' and Fine Stock.
The most attractive exhibit and
display of agricultural products, fine
cattle, fine chickens and other farm
productions is that of the Occonee
chee Stock Farm which is owned
and conducted by Mru J-ulian Shake
speare Carr, Of DurhamNorth Caro
lina. In the main exhibition hall is
situated the magnificent agricultur
al display, embracing almost every
variety of vegetable, grasses, and
other farm productions. The scene
presented in the centre of the large
hall- is a beautiful white, pavilion,
supported at each corner with artis
tically made posts of growing corn,
and sojerpeosmakinga pretty scene.
This pavilion, is a dainty vision and
overhead is the following reading :
" Carolina, Carolina, Heaven 's Bless-
v. infra niton rl T-Tftr.
White we live we will cherish, pro
tect and defend her.
la tbe center of this charming
vision of agricultural propucts is the
Occoneechee wheel of fortune, which
is a hugh wheel made entirely of
oats and corn. In this wheel there
are 30 oars, each of which is filled
with a different farm product among
which are eggs, apples, corn, arti
choke, butter beans, brchard grass
seed walnuts, lady peas, irish pota-
toes, rye, wheat, sorgum seed, wool,
oats in sheaf, lady 5 beans, oats,
pop-corn, - brown peas, , turnips,
onions, peanuts, 'Indian feed corn
grass seeds, ' clay peas, buckwheat,
etc. " This wheel of fortune revolves
constantly aud each ear is thereby
excellently displayed. I. . ' ,
On the sides of this wheel of for
tune are beautiful pyramids of farm
products. ' One 1 being a pyramid of
hay and grasses, made of com stover,
orchard grass., clover and meadow
hay, with large bunches of rye on
each side. :.',; ---"'"; I .
"Next to this is a large glass case
filled with pure Jersey butter, show
ing the butter as it comes from the
churn, next showing a pyramid of
'butter, next the butter of the Occo
neechee "stock farm-: in packages
labeled and prepared ; for market
The next pyramid is a hugh struc
ture of oats, interspersed with touge
half sunkin buckets filled with the
various farm products as is seen in
tn the wheel of - fortune. - Over
hanging this pyramid- Is the
Occoneechee . dinner bell' made of
grasses and suspended from the
ceiling of the pavilion, immediatly
under neath this are immense pump
kins, stocks of rye, wheat and mead
ow grasses. - Tha third and last
pyramid is made in the' same man
ner and overhanging this is a mon
ster car of corn, which is six feet
long and eighteen inches in circum-
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Farm 5
ference at the head andtwelveincseb
at the lower end. '
, All day long this magnificent agri
cultural display is crowded on all
sides with spectators who are free
with ' many words of praise at the
sight presented and in honor of the
originator 'and owner Mr. Julian
Shakespeare Carr.
Your attention is next called to
the handsome exhibit of the Oeco
neechee poultry farm which is One
of the . finest in the world. Their
display at the fair embraces large
and handsome Light Brahmas State
ly Buff Cochins, large, broad and
heavily feathered, and the popular
American fowl, the Barred Plymouth
Rocks, also tthe White Plymouth
Rocks. The Silver Laced Wyan
dottes, which lay perhaps more eggs
than any fowl in existence. This is
the oldest variety of the Wyandotte
family and is a general favorite wher
ever known, and 'merits a trial by
every poultry man and farmer in the
country. Then there arc the white
Wyandottes, w-Jiich are beautiful
plumaged fowls. Their Indian
games are beautiful fowls and are
just the thing for the farm, the
broiler raiser and egg producer.
The plumage is of varigated colors
and very pretty . The black Minor
cus is also a magnificient breed and
arehighly recommended for their
excellent, laying qualities. Tbe
white Leghorns are .the chief objects
of the Leghorn family and are profit
able' fowls. .The thrown Leghorns
are the most popular of the wfcole
ueghorn family, and are stylish
birds. Their pit games are thorough
breds and for'jpurity and beauty
they are the chiefs. ; .' ; "
One of the popular, fowls exhib
ited at this exhibit are the Bronze
Turkeys, which are the largest and
most popular of the varieties of tur
keys, also their White Holland Tur
keys; which are not so large as the
Bronze," but possess ao many good
qualities that they are rapidly com
ing to the front Their White Hol
land Turkeys are noted for their
large size and snow white plumage,
qualities that are so much sought af
ter and so hard to obtain. ;J--"f-
Their display of Peklit Ducks was
unusually good and embraced fins
birds'. - They - exhibited ' handsome
pairs of Bowen Ducks which are
rightfully considered the hardiest of
the duck-family. The head of the
drake id & lustrlous green, with a
bill of a greenish yellow. - The neck
has a distinct white ring on the lower
part and they are very pretty fowls.
They also exhibited pairs of Tou
louse Geese and -Embden Geese,
which aro popular birds and of the
finest varieties. They exhibited
pretty specinir. of the White Gui
neas. One oPthe most attractive
features of their poultry exhibit was
the handsome pair of Pea Fowl,
which were tbe cynosure of all eyes.
The next feature of their handsome
display was the Kve stock exhibit of
sheep, hogs and Jersey cattle. ,
They exhibit nine pens of black
Essex and Duroc Jersey Swine.
The . Black Essex is the very
best of the small breeds for
the Southern States. Thev do
not blister in the sunshine as do
other breeds and are free from skin
diseases. They mature, early and
fatten readily ' at any age.
Their Duroc Jersey exhibit consist
ed of several pens of this establish
ed breed of red s vine which are
fast growing in public favor. 'They
breed these pigs from . the finest
stock that can be found in this coun
try. They exhibited Horn Dorset
Shropshire sheep, which are the
popular . sheep of this country.
They have at the Occoneechee farm
some of the best stock ever brought
to this country.
Their Jersey catt'.e exhibit was
the best on the grounds, and when
it comes to point of breeding and
performances at the pail, their Jer
seys are second to none in 'the coun
try. They have proved themselves
invincible in tho show ring in the
Jersey class and have won the
"Sweepstakes Dairy prize"in every
contest. They exhibited such stand
ard animals as that famous Jersey
Bull, Meridale Buffer, also the cele
brated cows, Lady Edwlna and the
Duchess of Occoneechee, as well as
younger stock of note, and as Effie,
of South Side, Taltecs Fancy, Mag
gie's Occoneechee, Romalo's chief,
Puritan Queen, Matty's Occonee
chee, Countess Eno and others.
They also have a large farm of
trotting and thoroughbred horses
and Shetland ponies. "The owner
of this beautiful Occoneechee Stock
Farm isMr. JulianShakespeareCarr
a gentleman who is one of nature's
noblemen and who has shown him
self to be as generous as he is rich,
and he contributes annually thous
ands of dollars to various objects of
charity.
He is one of the largest tobacco
manufacturers in the world, is
genous to a, degree that touches
the heavts of those in distress. He
is not only generous .but is a patriot.
He takes time to keep abreast of the
issues and enterprises affecting the
general welfare of the State. In
business circles he occupies many
positions of honor and trusts. He is
a director of the Oxford orphan as
sylum, a trustee of Trinity college,
member of the executive committee
of the National Tobacco Association
of the United States; Member of the
executive committee of the North
Carolina agricultural society, mem
ber of the executive committee board
of trustees of the University, vice-
presidentD ur ham cotton manuf actu r
ing Co., Vice Presidence Durham
Street Railway and Durham and
Lynchburg R. R. Company, Presi
dent of the Greensboro Female Col
lege Association, President of the
Board of Trustees of tbe Methodist
Female Seminary of Durham, Presi
dent of the Tobacco Association of
North Carolina, President of Golden
Belt Manufacturing Company of
Durham, President of Durham Elec
trio Light Company, President of
the First National Bank of Durham,
President of Black well's Durham
Opeative- Tobacco Company and a
prominent figure in every enterprise
that tends to benefit North Caro-H
lina."
TMteatn"WMtBer.'t '-f
i The ttorut yesterday westof Texas
has moved eastward andls 00 w cen
tral over lastera Texas and Louis,
iana.' It has increased, in iaten<y
and dominates the weather Over the
entire central valley and eastward.
It has caused cloudy, threatening
weather all over the country, except
in the extreme northwest, with rain
at a number of stations, especially
over Texas, and thei lower Mississ
ippi valley. Thelargest amount was
2.60 inches at Palestine. - ; .
The temperature has risen in the
east and fallen in the central west,
where the high area is now central.
' The prevailing winds are from the
east and northeast. - -'
Mr. Rradshaw Sonad Moacy Elector. :j
Mr. G. Sam. Bradshaw, of Ash
boro has been appointed elector
from the fourth district by th exe
cutive committee of , the national
democratic party. Mr. Bradshaw
Succeeds Mr, J. T. Brittain, of Chat
ham, who resigned. r ; " r;'
It will be remembered, that Mr.
Bradshaw was a ' member of the
democratic state committee and only
recently tendered his resignation
THE BOOK TUfiNS UP
" ' . O"'
Rogers Suddenly Discovers the Lost Beg.
, istratioa Book. -
The return of the misplaced regis
tration book in the second division
of the second ward, which disturbed
the peace of mind of several hundred
voters aroused, the indignation
of all people who believe in good
government, set the local courts in
commotion and called forth a special
opinion from Justice of the Supreme
Court, was as sensational as the an
nouncement of its alleged disappear
ance. George Rogers, the former Repub
lican registrar in the second divis
ion of the second ward, who claimed
to have lost the book while in his
possession, .walked into Clerk of the
Court Young's office this morning
with the magical and mysterious
book. It is now safe under lock and
key in Mr. Young's desk.
Rogers refused to state where and
under what circumstances he came
in possession of the book. He says
he will fully explain the entire
transaction when the case against
him is called in court.
This policy pursued by Rogers
clouds the incident and mystifies it
still more. There can be no doubt
but that the book has been trifled
with. Its disappearance under sus
picious circumstances and its sudden
re-appearance is palpable to every
intelligent citizen.
It has not been established as yet
whether or not the names in the
book has been tampered with in
any way.
TODAY'S MAEKETS.
New York, Oct. 21.
Cotton quotations furnished by G.
E. Leach, Broker, 311 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C.
By Private Wire.
MOMTH OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS
INO. EST. EST. ING
January, 7 91 8 03 7 90 8 02-
February, - 8 03-
March, 8 02 8 14 8 01 8 13-
April, 8 00-
May, 8 15 8 23 8 09 8 22-
June,
July,
August,
Seji'uib'r,
October, 7 66 7 04 7 56 7 64
Novemb'r, 7 63 7 72 7 60 7 71
December, 7 90 7 92 7 79 7 91-
New York Stock Market.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today:
Sugar 1111
American Tobacco i-5
Burlington and Quincy 73i
Chicago Gas 681
Des. and Cs t. Feed
General Electric 274
Louisville and Nashville 45t
Manhattan 921
Rock Island 64i
Southern Preferred 25$
St. Paul 721
Tennessee Coal and Iron 231
Western Union S5
Chicago Qraia and Provision Market.
The following were the closingquo
tations on the Chicago Grain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat December, 731; May, 774.
Corn December, 25; May , 288.
Oats December 181; May 21.
Pork December, 701; January, 7.87.
Lard December, 422; January 4. 45.
Clear Rib Sides-December, 3.65; Jan
uary 3.87.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
October 4.16
October-November 4.12
November-December 4.09
December-January... 4.071
JiuWfmTOf. "Jt Tt.dT.
Man'ff Aprll,,.,.. . . 4.07.
. The Robinson Opera Company,
The Robinson opera company will
present tonight that beau t'-ful opera,
Bohemian Girl and : the. house will
doubtless be crowded again. This
company 'has had a big success
here. . . .. ' . .
' Pinafore will be the matinee Satur
day at 2:30 p, m, and Chimes of
Normandy will be presented Satur
day night by spcoial request.
Girofle Girofla, which was pre
sented last night was one of the best
attractions of the week and greatly
pleased the large audience.
; The Gold Clause Iaeerted.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
New York", Oct. 23. Many recent
leases for houses and apartments la
this city contain a clause stipulating
that rent be paid monthly in advance
and In gold coin at the "present
value. This clause it is said, is in
serted for the owners protection in
case silver triumphs. '
EX-SPEAKEBCRISP DEAD
The . Georgian Died This
Evening at 2 P. M.
END UNEXPECTED.
Bad Hoen Sick for Some Time -Was
Speaker of the Hons Bora ia
England la 1845 Served '
in Army.
By Telegraph to the Press Visitor..
Atlanta, Ga..Oct.23. Hon.Chas.
F. Crisp, ex-speaker of the House of -Represntatives
, and . member of
Congress from the third district of
Georgia died suddently in this city
this afternoon at two o'clock. Mr.
Crisp has been sick for some time, -but
his death was unexpected. . He
had been at a sanitarium here far 60
days. He wt.s born in England in
1845 and served in the Confederate
army.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN.
Crooks Crack Gray Bros. Safe In Caiy,
Seoaiing, $250.
Professional croons cracked a large
safe in Cary last night, securing
$250 in cash and other valuables.
Safe cracking is something new in -Wuke
county aud Cary was singled -out
as the victim on which tie
burglars practised this up-to date ,
method of robbery.
The work was that of professionals
and they made a neat, clean job of it.
They entered a general merchandise
store of Mr. F. B, Gray & Bro., lo---cated
in a large brick -building, by'
prizing the front dooropen with iron
bars. AH the money drawers were
opened, but they were empty.
Then the work of opening the -safe
began. Judging from the ap
pearance of the safe door this morn
ing, tho crooks first knocked off the "
knob to the door, where they
placed their explosive. The door
was blown off and the mech
anising of the combination shattered.
After blowing the door from the
safe, the burglars had no dif&uclty In
securing the money contained in it. "
The store of Messrs. Gray is in
Cary, but no one heard the explo
sion aud the first that the Messrs. '
Gray knew of the robbery was the
sight of their safe door laying on the
floor when they opened up for busi-:
ness this morning.
TROUBLE AGAIN.
Populist Registrars in Buncombe not
Satisfactory to Republicans.
Upon an order by Judge Furches
of the supreme court, J. L. Cathery,
clerk of the superior court of Bun
combe county has been cited to ap
pear here Saturday and show cause
why he should not appoint the list
of registrars and judges of election
recommended by Chairman Ayer, of
the Populist state executive com
mittee. Theorder was returnable
yesterday, but it was continued
until Satu .-day.
The case is brought by H. S.
Harkins, chairman of the republican
county executive committee in Bun
combe. The Ashevilie Gazette says the
facts in the case are that late Mon
day afternoon, October 5, the last
day for the chairmen of the different
political parties to hand in their '
lists, Ayer had failed to hand his
list. Secretary George W. Justice, .
of theQpijmyiurihedJlIii,,
ella.7 1n A. Ul . ." - . - "
Kir:-' -V .inliBl''il!i'"'tlUtll. -B.
...trr 3 P. 'trr- if Koriv-....-called
a bluff of theiusumcaneuaauiti
for county officers yesterday, When
speaking in Mr. Brown's section
Jim Young and other candidates
stated In their speeches that the
Democrats had destroyed every:
copy of the history of the last legis
lature and that a reward of 13
would be paid for a copy at the Hay
seeder office.
Yesterday Mr. Brown presented -the
Seeder office with a copy of the
history and incidentally asked for
the reward, .
Of course Mr. Brown didn't get
the 12 and he was also told that the
book was not desired.'-'- i;. : - -
Tag Blows I'p.
By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
'v. Niw YoRK.-Ocfc 23. The boiler
tugWm.Hown of the lying at the foot
of Smith street Brooklyn blew up
this morning.? Alonzo Lewis, owner
was killed. The coal boat Vim was
sunk. . ,