The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-15
.ThE BIG DAY.
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The big day Of tie great Potomac
fair occurs within the twenty-four
hours, the first OF which started as the
clock struck one this morning. Worlds
fairs come and 20 in all their glory,
national. international. or otherwise,
hut the Potomac fair goes on for
ever In It's perennial brilllancy of truly
rural environments. Wheeling people
yearly make the pilgrimage to the little
village amid It's fertile hills, washed by
Its classic stream, and especially in
election years Is the influx Of candidates
one to be dwelt upon in the minds of
the Innocent voter.
To-day a large number OF Wheeling
ties will drive out to Potomac, and there
need be little fear that the candidates
will be conspicuous by their absence.
The far-famed Hospitality Of Potomac
citizens is a further incentive for a large
crowd, and it Is remarkable that the
visitor to the fair one year Is always
on hand the next Potomac is "hxin'
up for some extra dnln's" this year, for
it has now a competitor in the West
Alexander fair, which gives its initial
exhibition on September % and %. With
the state fair. Potomac and West Al
exander. Ohio county can boast of three
fairs this September, for the Pennsyl-
vania towns fair Is TO be held on West
Virginia ground. and its charter was Sc
cured from the West Virginia author
tiles.
The Potomas faIr opened yesterday,
but the big day" Is always the second
day of the fair. The fair in Its youth-
full days laid claim to beating the state
fair for size and number of "punltins"
and other products Of the field and farm
exhibited, but the hand Of time has re-
suited in a lot of the NEW fangIes,"
characteristic of metropolitan fair asso-
Citations, hence 1t is that claiming atten-
ton Of the hired man and his best girl
are the red lemonade booths, side shows
and other nickel-enucing devices, go
frequently found at New York, Chicago
and San Francisco. But It is In the
genial fellowship displayed. and the
old-ume family picnic characteristics
that Potomas bids for honors, and It
never bids in vain. 1t can be put down
on unblotable paper that the visitor to
the fair will reap whIrlwlnds Of enjoy
menL.
The fair officials are as follows:
]. j. Jacob. president.
Thomas Scott, vice president.
n. L. Murray. secretary and entry clerk.
II. L. McCammon, treasurer.
Frank Blayney. chief marshal.
Frank LlgKott, assistant marshal
Dlrectors-IRmeB Howard, James Beall,
o. b. McAdoo. Frank Blayney, A. G. Har:
rell A. Mccolloch. George Rice, Salathiel
Curtis, Harrison mccarthy.
SUPERINTENDENT.
First department-Horses and Mules
James Dixon. ST., and Frank Blayney
Second department-Cattle- b. NC
AdOo and John Rodgers
Third department-Sheep-S Nuzum
Fourth depSrtment-HOgs-w. f. Davis
and John Atkinson.
Fifth department = Poultry - Salathiel
Curtis and r. II. Miller.
Sixth department-Farm and Garden
Products-w. A. Rodgers and John How
Seventh department-Farm Implements
u. ]. Patterson and Thomas Scott.
Eighth department = Bread. Canned
Fruits, etc-Airs. Ellen Liggett, Mrs. A.
c. Harrell, Mrs. Susan Ridgley, Mrs. Scott
Nuzum, Mrs. W. A. Rodgers and Mrs.
John Rodgers.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures Textiles
Mrs, Minnie Atkinson. Miss Julia Lind
say, Miss Matte McWreath, Miss jennie
Miller. Miss Maggie Curtis and Mrs.
Blanche Hutchisson.
Assistant superintendents Of hall-A. C.
Harrell, John Foreman and James How
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