The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-08
A GREAT STATE FAIR.

There Will be Exhibits Here From
Many of the Northern States.
The prospects for a great State Fair
this year are daily growing brighter. 1t
now seems as if it will even surpass,
i'm number of exhibits and in point of
attendance, the last one, which was the
most successful in every respect for
many years.
Col. Benehan Cameron returned yes
terday from a Northern trip in the in
terest of the Fair and comes back
greatly encouraged. He secured a large
number of exhibits and other attrac-
tions from the Interstate Fair now in
progress at Trenton, N. j., where he
spent last Friday. Tuesday he was in
Norfolk and made arrangements for
many exhibits which are to be sent
from that city.
A large part of the Richmond State
Fair, which will be held the week pre-
vious to our Fair, will also be sent here
and be in place when the gates are
opened Monday morning, Oct. 10.
While in Norfolk Col. Cameron call
ed ON General Passenger Agent An
derson, of the Seaboard Airline and
perfected arrangements by which a
special train III be run daily during
the Fair from Weldon to Raleigh and
return. This train will leave Weldon
at o'clock every morning and return
at 0 each night.
The educational department. of the
Fair, under the direction OF ilr Chas.
d. McIver and Prof. Logan ID. lowell,
will be made a special feature this year.
Good space, well located, has been
set apart for the Educational Exhibit.
and it will be as full and INSTRUCTIVE
as possible 1t is the intention of the
directors to give the crowd of visitors
that will attend the Fair an idea of
the best that is being done in the
Schools and Colleges OF North Carolina.
Every school in the State has been in
vited to send something to represtne it,;
Specimens of the work of students in
any or all departments, pictures of the
buildings, eXteriors or interiors,
grounds, students, printed course OF
study, or any information of interest.
The object is to advertise education. \
number of schools have promised to
send exhibits. All the Raleigh schools
will be represented: ST. Mary's, Peace
Institute, A. and NJ. College, and Raj
eigh Graded Schools. The exhibit will
be well arranged and the whole of it
will be made attractive in appearance.
All exhibits should be directed to
Educational Department, State Fair,
care of l.. d. Howell, Raleigh n. c."
and notify him by mail. The railroads
will charge for hauling only one way.
Exhibits will be returned free.
But the other departments will keep
pace with the Educational Exhibit. The
finest horses and cattle and poultry in
the country will be here. Nearly $4,000
in purses on the races are Offered and
some of them are prizes worth con-
| tending for. This will insure some
| interesting contests between some of
| the South's fastest horses.
The celebrated farms of Biltmore,
owned by G. w Vanderbilt; Oak Grove
stock farm at Burlington, owned by
Holt and Haywood; Col. J. s. Cars
Occoneechee Farm, near Hillsboro, and
county will be represented by their
| finest products of all kinds.
Mr.. Hamby's stock farm in Rowan
county.
The railroad rates from all points
will be IA cents mile going and COM
| ing.