The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-16

Every one seems to feel that we are 60
ing to have the biggest show this year
that we have had in many years.
THE ladies of Raleigh are taking an
interest this year which they have never
manifested in the past, and you know
nothing succeeds without the ladies'
Il have adopted one or two new fea-
lures in regard to the parade, which
is at the same time new and beautiful
This feature has enlisted the support
of the ladies. We have selected twenty
five (25) young ladies in the State, who
are prominent in social circles, and have
extended to them invitations from the
State Fair Association to serve as maids
of honor.
These ladies will wear regalias and
will be mounted on horseback and join
in the parade Tuesday and Thursday of
Fair week. These invitations have been
sent out to every community in the
State, and the ladies all over the State
are much Interested. The ladies of
Raleigh have also taken deep interest
in this feature and have aided me with
their valuable suggestions in making
this attractive feature a success.
Colonel Cunningham, president of the
association, who has labored so hard to
make the Fair this year a success. will
probably occupy during Fair week the
Cameron Mansion on Hillsboro street.
If so, large reception will be rendered
the Maids of Honor on "Wednesday
night of Fair Week. We are giving spe-
cial attention to these social functions.
Tuesday night there will be the usual
club german given by the Capital City
Club in it's new and handsome building.
On Thursday night another german will
be given by the Capital Club, and ON
Friday night viii be the grand mar
shal's ball winding mp with a souvenir
german. which will be made as attrac-
tive and beautiful as possible.
The Marshal's ball will also be had
in the new Club building. The beauti
full and spacious ball room will be deco
rated IN national colors, and Mr.. Henry
W.SMiller. the famous german leader.
Sseho has no equal in the South, will lead
the german at the Marshals ball. He
is already at work devising some new
figures, and this ball is to be an event
long to be remembered in the social life
of the State.
We also expect to have in the process
sion Tuesday and Thursday of Fair
Week a bicycle parade, which will be
very unique and pretty. This will be
under the management of Mr.. Sherwood
Higgs who has kindly consented to take
charge of this feature of the parade and
make it something worth coming miles
to see.
A number of our merchants and large
corporations in the State have concent
ed to prepare few handsome and beau
ftrl Re fap ,n do n M
to this our excellent chief of police.
mounted on handsome black charger
at the head of his battalion of police,
will lead the procession, and in the line
of march we also hope to have several
military organizations, such as the Agri-
cultural a..l Mechanical college students
and the Second North Carolina regiment.
Also our splendid fire department with
all of its equipments and other civic or
CARNATIONS. 1t is going to be a parade
worth seeing.
what is your opinion about the sue
cess of the Fair this year, the attend
ance of the people and the exhibits, etc. !?
My opinion is that we are going to
have the largest crowds this year that
we have ever seen at the State Fair,
provided the weather is favorable.
We have secured very low rates on
the railroads. and the people are going
to pour in from all quarters. 1t now
looks like it is going to strain the ca
pacity of Raleigh to entertain the peo-
pie, but the people of Raleigh have al
ways been equal to every emergency,
and the tremendous crowds coming to
the State Fair this year WILL as usual,
be well cared for and shown every at
tention and courtesy.
The business men of our city will be
requested to close their places of bust
ness on Thursday. The schools, fac
tories and colleges will be requested to
close on Wednesday and Thursday of
Fair Week, and everybody is going to
turn out and unite in one grand effort to.
make the Fair big success.
The exhibits are better this year than
they have been for many years. The
exhibits from Mr.. George Vanderbilt's
farm at Biltmore, will be immense, also
those made by Colonel Carr, Of the
Oconeechee farm, Mr. Banks Holt, of
Graham, and many others, will be very
large and attractive, surprising anything
seen here in former years. | cannot be-
gin to tell you what we are going TO
have in the way of exhibits. Everybody
Will nave TO 20 10 see LOT lHelilSelNts III
order to realize their immensely.
Then the Midway, that too, is going
to be superior in every way to what it
has been in the past. 1t will be almost
equal to the mysterious and wonderful
Midway at the Worlds Fair. The races
will also be very attractive feature this
year, and great care and attention has
been given to their arrangement.
Col. Cunningham has labored hard to
make the fair success, and he deserves
it and will doubtless feel proud of his
efforts after the Fair is over. Too much
credit cannot lee given to him"
A new but happy feature intro
duced by Chief Marshall Drewry is that
of lady marshals, or maids of honor, who
will be mounted and wear full regala.
Many of the most popular and beauti-
full young women of the State have been
invited in this capacity. Several Of
them have already accepted and many
others are yet to be heard from.
Among those who have consented to
be present and take part officially in
the Fair, as maids of honor, are:
Miss Vivian Strong, Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Florence Glenn, South Boston,