The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-31
THE STATE FAIR.
The One This Fall Will BE BETTER Than
Ever Before.
Communicated.

Communicated.
The great State fair for 1894 will be
held October 23, "a, - and 26, the date
having been changed from the week be-
ginning October Is on account of con.
fliCt with the Richmond fair. Practical
and documentary indications are 10 ef-
feet that this fair will be the most extern
sive in point of exhibits, and the most
largely attended one ever held in this,
state.
Pres. }. ). Carr will himself make dis
plays that will be the admiration of every
one who sees them. They will come from
his factories and his famous Occoneechee
farm The immense Mcintyre estate
| of Onslow county, will be represented
in manner to show the resources of
Eastern North Carolina. The great Van
derbilt estate of Western North Carolina
will make exhibits Of live stock, farm
products, minerals and the like The
! News Observer Chronicle, of Raleigh has
just printed extracts from letters from
large number of representative farmers
and citizens of North Carolina who ex-
press vigorous interest in the fair, and
who say that they, themselves, will make
exhibits, and will use the best influence
that they have with neighbors and ac-
! quaintances to secure exhibits from them.
The premium list this year is more
liberal than eyer before. One hundred
dollars is offered for the best bale of cot
ton, $40 for the second best, and there
are six other cash premiums. The pre-
miums for stock exhibits are liberal, and
so we'll proportiOned as TO insure the eX
| pense Of almost any Credtable exhibit
and to handsomely reward any exhibit
! of superior merit. Forty dollars is Of
| fered as premium for the best milch
COW, $25 for the second hest, SD for the
third best and so on the cow to be tested
at home by rel resenta'ive Of the Agri-
| cultural Experiment station, under the
most favorable cOndilicns Fifty dollars
is offered to the lady resilient If The state
making the best exhibit Of wCman's
handiwOrA An $500 piano is offered
! to the female school making the bcst ex
hibit; the second premium for this fea
ture is a handsome god medal, and the
third premium is two volume edition Of
the new and Incompatible edition of the
Standard Dictionary The premiums in
every department are we'll scheduled, and
ought to be examined by everybody.
Special features at the fair will be sol.
diers' day, farmers day and educational al
day.
1t is proposed to have grand reunion
of Confederate and Federal veterans on
soldiers day, who will have an opportu-
nifty of seeing the great cyclorama of the
battle of Gettysburg. Educa ional day
has been taken charge of by the North
Carolina Teachers assembly, and will be
the most interesting occasion of the kind
ever known in the state. Farmers day
will be replete with specisltes of interest
to farmers, and when the particulars are
announced will strongly appeal to their
interest.
Quite number of interesting attrac-
tions have been secured, and more are
being negotiated for. Let everybody
note in their minds that the coming state
fair will be something that must not be
missed, and determine at once that a
visit TO it must be a part of the year s
programme.
Premium lists will be sent, and all in
| formation given by
II. W. AVER, Secretary,
| Raloipb " T.