The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
n. c. GREAT STATE FAIR.


The State Fair Of 1898 promises e
excel even the usually succ<ssful falYs
Of last year and the years previous
thereto. Many improvements are be-
ing made this year 10 the way Of beau
ttfyiDg the grounds and i'm proving the
| race tPack-admittediy one Of the
nest In the South Transportation IA
c'lities will be adequate to every de-
mand. The Southern and SeaboaPd
Air Line will run special trains, land.
ing passengers within shOr. distance
OF the main gate. A regular train will
be run every fifteen minutes between
the Union Depot in the city and the
Fair Grounds, and the electric cars will
BE- run from the city to the grounds on
dive minutes schedule. Those who
prefer hacks or private carriages will
have the pleasure OF driving over the
finest macadamized road in North Car
olina.
To exhibitors we would say that the
Fair aut hOrities will treat them hos
pitabiy and fairly.
In the premium Inst will be found the
substantial inducements offered to the
aRriculturist, breeder and manufact-
urer to exhibitors and eplendidly re-
| ward those who excel. 1t is the prlvi-
lege Of North CarOiinian to exhibit
| for personal satisfaction, but it is du-
~ to exhibit for the benefit of the State
at lsrge.
ATTRACTIONS.
A special object this year has been
TO secure and exhibit the products of
the Stats on q larger scale than ever
before attempted. and to make the ex-
| hibit great object lesson for the peO-
| pie. No Effort has been spared to make
this feature more note worthy and sue
| cessful than it has ever heretofore
been. The purpose was to have such
products displayed in competition for
prizes as we'll as otherwise. Such COM
| petition brOadens the market for the
producer, gives an impetus to trade
through the simple exhibition of trades
possibilities, aud tends to the growth
IN exc. llenee Of everything involved in
the contest
PRIVATE SALES.
Exhibitors will be permitted to mark
"fOr sale" any article exhibited, after
the judges have made their awards {;
but if any article is so marked before the
awards have been made, it will be ruled
out and not permitted to compete for
pre miums. And no article for which
premium has been awarded will be
allowed to be removed until the close
OF the Fair, without special permits
sion of the superintendent in charge
A violation of this rule will justify q
forfeiture of premium.
RAILROAD RATES, ETC.
The railroads have named the very
lowest rates possible, and we are sure
that they are so reasonable that no
ore can object.
Full freight rates will be charged
on all exhibits from shipping point to
Raleigh. Exhibits will he returned to
accompanied by . certificate from the
Secretary to ths effect that they were
properly entered aud exhibited at the
Fair. This provision does not apply
to racing stock.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Various improvements have been
made in buildings, stables, stalls, pens
etc, for the convenience of exhibit
tors and stock.
The large and increasing interest
4 in the development of thoroughbred
harness and trottiDg horses in the
State now insures the possibility hav-
ing large field of fine and speed
horses on the race circuit this year
and the society has sought to eclipse
all former efforts j.. this departing Mt
The race-track is the finest in the
South.
j PROGRAMME.
The Fair will be formally opened or
Tuesday, October %, 1898, at u O'Clock
noon, by His Excellency, Daniel l.
Russell. Governor of North Carolina
assisted by the president and ex-presi'
dents of the society.
Supervisors will receive the books
for their respective Awarding Judges
at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
COL. j. 8. CUNNINGHAM PRECEDENT.
Col. John s. Cunningham, the Pres
ident of the North Carolina ARricul
tural Society. and the Director Gener
al of this years State Fair, is one o
the Invest and wlsest OF the younge
I yeOmen of the State. He is nativ,
: Jarheel and comes from q family NJ
ted for it's sturdy integrity and we'll di
Q rected industry, horn and reared on
q vast estate in Person county, he &C
: CURED not only practical knOwledg
> Of, but natural fOndness for agricult
+, ural pursuits.
= He is busy man, very busy man
u He personally directs and successfully
b directs several of the most ex,ensiv
farms in the Sta e, supervises and su
t perintends vast area that ripenseac
n year into abundant harvests, gives hi
personal supervisor z to the planting
y cultivatiDg, curing and marketing
hundreds Of acres Of the rich golde
y weed for which his section is famOut
= to devote to the patriotic duties incum
i bered upon him, as a live energe'i il
r public-spirited citizen of the State. Be-
q cause of these thinGs and because tbs
the affairs of the North Carolina Az
ricu!tural Society would be in excel
% lent hands, he was at the meeting {
the society in October last unanimous
ly elected president, and while he di
not seek the honor nor desire to Al
N sumo the responsibilities, his love Il
i. his State, his devotion to the agricu
tural interest of the State, his willing
~ ness to do W hatever he could TO turtle
/ the interest of the society and bull
TO up great State fair finally induce
10 him to accept the trust. OF course Z
who knew Col. Cunningham knew tn,
TO his acceptance of the position of pre-
in ident of the society meant the holdiu
of big State fair. He cannot do thin
by halves.
Ia SECRETARY NICHOLS.
st Mr.. John Nichols has been for yea
the patient. industrious aud c0mpetel
of Secretary of the State Agricultural s
n ciety. Upon the Secretary dev0lv
- the great and tedious detail of inaui
" urating the fair, arranging the depar
n ments, looking after the exhibitor
er aud in q thousand ways exert himse
IL in the conduct Of the fair itself and Il
d, affairs of the Society. Mr.. Nichols b.
y been untIriHg in bis efforts to maj
ut escn annusi i:Ir : success, aug nis el
u member OF the Society and friend