The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-24

premium list, was awarded Mr.. w. A
Boyd, Of Salem, for a very interestin,
collection of magazines, newspapers, ed
ucational reports, school publications
pictures of schools and colleges, all O
North Carolina, and of historic value.
AT the Fair of this week st. Mary:
School was awarded premiums, diplomas
and the gold medal. Readers of this pa
per noted the appreciative sketch of the
excellent exhibit of the famous ole
school, which is growing more popular
and useful as it grows in years. The
awards it received at the Fair were four
as follows:
/. Gold medal for largest and most
complete exhibit by any girls school.
2. Diploma for largest and best ex
hibit in art.
3. Premium for best exhibit of clay
modelling.
4. Individual premiums to Miss Patty
Lewis in oil studies, and to Miss Susan
| Marshall in water color studies.
Mr.. w. r. Aldridge, of Lenoir county
brave Confederate soldier, who is an
inmate of the Soldiers Home, had q
nice exhibit of pepper sauce, put UP by
himself, at the Fair and received the first
premium. Good for the old veteran.
The premiums in the educational de-
partment of the Fair were awarded by
the judges, Messrs. t. X. Bruner and
John WILDER Jenkins, as follows:
For best general display of work by
a school, to the Raleigh Public Schools
Largest and best exhibit by female
school, to st. Mary's School, Raleigh.
Best general display by male school,
to Thompson School, Siler City.
Second best exhibit by female school,
to Asheyille Normal and Collegiate In
stitute.
Best display of maps and charts by
school, to the Raleigh Public Schools.
Best display of art works by school,
to st. Mary's School, Raleigh.
Best display of kindergarten work, to
the North Carolina Institution for the
Blind.
Best display of agricultural and me-
chanical school, to the A. and NJ. Col
lege, Raleigh.
mineralogy, zo-ology and botany, to the
Best map of North Carolina, drawn by
youth under 16 years, pupil of any
public school, to Miss May Lasitter,
Wake Forest.
Best county map, drawn by a youth
under 16 years, pupil of any public
school in that county, to Miss May Las
litter, Wake Forest.
One of the interesting exhibits at the
Fair was made by Sergeant Hamilton,
of st. Mary's township. He lost his eye
sight in the service of his country, but
though an impeachment, his pluck and pa
triOtism have made him a successful
farmer as well as a patriot of the first
water. Among other exhibits IN his col
lection, | noticed specimens of the giant
beggaT weed, the new forage plant, nine
feet high. 1t is said to improve the land
faster than peas and clover. 1t possesses
more properties for fattening cattle than
any other plant known. Mr.. Hamilton
obtained the seed from Florida; they
were put in the ground on the tenth Of
June and matuFed for feed August 25th.
Mr.. Hamilton also had black-eye and
wonderful peas-the last named, he says,
is the best pea known for improving the
land. He also had SOFA beans, winter
oats, Spanish peanuts, noted as good for
fattening hogs; potatoes, and a fine ex-
hibit of native wines.
Raleigh has had during the past week
first of all, the State Fair; then a big
circus, two large theatrical troupes, a
regiment of invited Fair marshals, an
assemblage of Confederate vetarans, an
array of show reople, who came to ex-
hibit at the Fair. and thousands of
guests from every section of the country,
and they have all been taken care of
and not the slightest complaint has been
laid against the hotel accommodations
nor any of the courtesies extended to our
guests. Everybody seemed to be charm
ed with their visit and went away sing
ing the praises of the capital city.
Raleigh" remarked a well-known
travelling man yesterday, lis easily the
best and solidest town in North Caro-
lima, and when you find a travelling man
who says he don't love to get to Raj
eigh, you can put it down that he has
either got a case of business or social
dyspepsia, or else he is telling a fb."
The freight trains are too slow for
the Hagey King heater, and the Julius
Lewis Hardware Company received a
solid car load of them yesterday by eX-
press.
The Hagey sis honey and when the
express gets too slow for them they will
doubtless come by limited vestibules.
RETURNED TO HER OHIO HOME.
Mrs. Diegle Goes Back With her Hus-
band and Children.
! Yesterday morning at SIS O'Clock
Mrs. X. j. Diegle was released from the
sheriff's custody. Half an hour later
in company with her husband and two
children-she left for her home in Ma.
rion, Ohio.
4 About $50 o'clock Mrs. Diegle's para
mour, "Big Ed" the fakir was turned
ONT all charges against him hav;no haar