The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-14

tOUkTa WARD.
Miss Annie Manning. O2
Miss Lula Dyer. Observation-Disclosures. y
FIFTH WARD.
Miss Carrie Griffin. Observation-Disclosures. 2S
Miss Nellie Tierney, Miss frankie
Cakes, Miss Clara Graves, Miss Annie
Manning and Miss Carrie Griffin we're
duly declared nominated for the watch
contest from the several wards.
Miss Nellie Tierney is one of the most
popular young ladies in tho First ward.
Her father is employed at the Roanoke
Iron Company.
Miss frankie Cakes is charming
brunette who looks like Spanish gipsy,
and is employed at Hammond's.
Miss Clara Graves is one of the most
popular and beautiful girls in Roanoke.
She is the daughter of Councilman
Graves Of the Third ward. Unless the
rest of the wards combine against her,
she will be strong favorite for first
place in the watch contest.
Miss Annie Manning is the money
order clerk at the city postoffice and
will have the united support of carriers
and clerks as we'll as of hundreds of
people who have had official relations
with her.
Miss Carrie Griffin is q popular belle
of the newly created Fifth ward. She
will be strongly backed by the Fifth,
and If the Fifth had fire com pany it
would stand by her to man.
The fair will open Monday night in
the Friendships elegant new building
in the Third ward. The opening will
begin with grand parade of the fire
department, headed by the Roanoke
Machine Works Band
The parade will form at the Friend
ships department at TAO o'clock, and
move promptly at o'clock. The line
OF march will be through the principal
streets of the city. The Vigilant Fire
Company will be out in full force with
hose wagon and engine; the Junior
Hose Company will appear with its fine
parade reel, followed by the company.
The Friendships will bring up the rear
with its new team, hose reel, engine,
and the company with fifty mem bers
strong. The Roanoke Machine Works
Band will lead the procession.
On returning to the building the fair
will DO inaugurated with music and
dancing and hundred other attrac lions.
The building will be tastefully deco.
rated and ablaze with light and pretty
girls. heladies' committee has been
hard at work. Ithas received hundreds
OF contributions of various kinds, in
Guiding cakes and fancy work.
Dancing will be held on the first floor
and the fancy work and ice cream de-
partment will be on the second floor.
The Roanoke Machine Works Orches-
ira will furnish music for the occasion
The watch contest will be one OF the
chief features. The primary has al
ready closed but the real contest will be
conducted at tho fair.
The contest will be hot and warm, as
there are strong candidates in tho field.
The first. fourth and third wards have
strong candidates, and the fifth and
second will not be in tho lurch
The contest for silk hat will be be-
tween tho candidates for common
wealth's attorney, Messrs. Eston Ran
dolph, w. 0. Hardaway. Judge w. S.
Gooch and Tbos. M. Wood.
The watch was purchased by the COM
mlttee yesterday 1t is beauty and
can DO seen in the window at Silver
thorn's It cost $3.50 and is we'll
worth working for. The silk hat is
also on exhibition and will attract con-
siderable interest.
In addition to these there will be
number of other contests Of less note,
but full OF interest.
The fair will last two weeks and will
be conducted in the best possible man.
ner. The Friendships intend to see that
all who attend will enjoy themselves
they desire to equip themselves equal
to any company in the country, and in.
tend to make pile of money They
expect all good citizens to help them