The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-08
Opened wide Open! The ExposI-
tson Begins to Exposit! Arts
and Arms Unite 70 make
Brilliant holiday.

ofiiiidHt HOiiCdJ-
Our last number announced the as
sembling of the clans aud conspicuous
citizens To set in motion the machinery
OF the State Exposition the finest Iu-
dustrlaI Display ever made By any SIN
gle State South Of the Potomac. The
attendance was large, but not 50 large
as had been expected. Hundreds Of
prominent men who usually attend the
State Fairs were absent but are daily
arriving, and will increase in numbers
as the weather crow cooler. In lieu OF
hunters, the SOLDIERS Bows" took a
large figure in public attention. TWEEN
ty three companies of the State Guard
were present; and five Dress bands.
which to .ether with those oFtl.e theatre
cal companies kept the town in a con
course of sweet sounds" a. well as dust.
and draymen.
Senator Ilawley, after being enter
tanned in the Governors office. was cs-
corted to the grounds in Il f~our-house
barouche, with President Primrose.
GOV. Jarvis, Judge Howard aud others.
The porches Of the Agricultural Depart
meut.anJ Of residences along the route
were packed with pretty girls, babies,
dust, etc.
ORDER OF MARCH
Band of the Second II giruent, Col 4
II Worth, commanding Second Repi-
nenj. aud staff; the Fayetteville lnde
yendent Light Infantry, Ma. w + Camp
bell; lafayette Light Infantry, Capt. "
) Cook; Wilmington Light l%utantry
Capt. II IL Beery; Shoe Heel Rifles.
Capt. VIM. Blae k; Sampson Light In
iaDtry, w L Eaison.
Band of Fourth Regiment; Col. w II
Fitzgerald, commanding Fourth Regl-
ment, aud staff; Monroe Light Infantry,
Capt. } " Austin; Polk Rifles, Capt.
" W Boyce; Dallas Light Infantry,
Can't. j w Templeton, Hornets Nest
kItiomen. Capt. L Robertsou; Southern
Stars, Capt. Chas. w Childs; lredcll
Blues, Capt. y NJ Nanuoy.
Four horse carriage containing Gov.
jarvis, Senator Hawley, Mr. W ) Prim-
Use, Judge Geo. Howard. In other car
risges were Col. g w Woodruff L s \.
surgeon General Elgene Grissom, Sena
tor Il ! Vance, Chief Justice Smith, As
sociate Justice Merrimon, w Upchurch
50. Following came the first Brigade.
Gen. X ID Hancock commanding. with
staff. First Regiment band, Col. } W
Cotton commanding, and staff; Pasquo.
tank Rifles, Capt. j L Wood, Washing
tou Light Infantry, Capt. Chas + War
rem; Edgecombe Guards, Capt Carl W
Jeifreys; Greenville Guards, Cap. | A
SIgg; Goldsboro Rifles, Capt. W / llo-
lowell.
Band of Third Regiment, Col, Jas. d
Glenn. commanding Third Regiment aud
staff, Durham Light Infantry, Capt. Il J
Parrish; Reidsville Light Infantry, Capt.
i j Ellington; Asheville Light Infantry,
Capt. W / Weaver; Forsyth Riffs, Capt.
5 Il smith, Haywood Greys, Capt j Is
> Mcintosh.
Closing the procession were carriages
containing the city officers and the board
OF aldermen. The extreme real wa,
closed by Assistant Surgeon Genera
Hubert Haywood and the ambulance
! corps
The procession was the finest military
| parade ever seen here since the close OF
the war. The troops presented a mag
ulticent appearance.
At The Grounds about 1900 peop!,
gathered to hear the speeches. Gov
Jarvis introduced Hawley in a tlorid
and rather fulsome address r|rciting hi:
~notoriety. and referring to him as 'thi,
native born North C%arolinian. this dis.
man, this great citizen" whom IA mil
lion and a half of people welcome bacl
to his native State, and bid him feel a
home" etc etc, etc.
That is all fudge. tFaNley's acciden
tai birth III North Carolina Y mad,
hun Il North Caroliniau; his daddy, ;
Yankee School teacher, quarreled will
his mother, and the family scattered be.
fore young Hawley got acclimated, Hi
''~,listiuction'' as a soldier consisted o
leading 4 brigade OF Slcrman's Bum
mers" to assault the state which CAV,
HIM birth. His emi:ence as a Estates.
man" came from his viruienee in hos
! t.i;tv TO the South, as editor Of thr
t'ackcst Black Republican paper il
Connecticut; and his greatness as
~''ciLizen"- who that saw him would cal
him great: Gov. Vance with a quizzica
ok, remarked suppose he had re
NAMED in the backwoods of Robson
what would he have come to - Hem
Berry Lowery is much more famous
said a bystander. His old neighbor
Col. Cash. has a National Reputation
rhe truth is. Senator Hawiey was in
vited & open the Exposition because h
had been the DireclOr-General OF tn
Centennial Exposition. aud his prcsenc
would be useful in advertising on Stat
Exposition at-the North: and finally
would show that we are not so scctiona
rs the Yankees. They would ncvc
,hirk u giving the chief post of honor i
any enterprise 10 { Southerner, but W,
are always quick 10 select a NcgLherne
for such occasions. And in this case
was probably best to do so.
Hawiey personally proved rather
} disappointment The miiaestcommeu
!, on his speech we have heard was -''tirC
, some" He read his remarks, and wa
not AZ all '~imqauetic." Before he be"ar
he found the table 100 low. Gov. Jarv.
l shirmished around to get 4 caHdie=bOl
upon which a newspaper was spreaC
and then the eminent Senator I'm ollie
, his speech. fished some half dollars ct
OF Lis pocket 10 hold down the edges
D the manuscript, ooughed, ahemed, ~
and spoke The address iils seven sol.
, columds of the Datiy ObSerrer. 1t COZ
-. 1900 ,.,fgz ,,l .,Al-
= p~'easaut rei@iruee TO his North Carolin
nativity. He spoke fos nearly too hour
recitIn- the Rise aud Progress OF fah
, l., IL AufinIS