The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-10-28
$4,000 PEOPLE PRESENT
AND THERE WAS HARDLY ROOM
FOR THEM ON THE GROUNDS.
TIFF GREAT PARADE IN The MORNING
What Col. John S. Cunningham has Dore
Nominee Makes the New Track Re-
cord 2: IS. Address of Cap
tain c. B. Dunson.

tam y. D. UuISoH'
Yesterday was day of broken re-
cords.
1t was a day of broken records of all
sorts. The $4,000 people who, from
morning to evening, passed the gates oil
the State Fair grounds, went o,O0o
beyond the largest attendance of last
year.
In the free for all trotting race Nomi-
nee smashed the record for speed
on the local track; the yellow chrysan-
themums of the Chollie boys were never
before so large and cabbagey; ana the
percentage of fair and nattily dresser
women took precedence of the highest
previous notch And so all records were
broken.
II was literally true that there was
not room on the grounds for the penpie
who came. Imagine a strip of ground
n quarter of mile long and 4O Feet
wide crowded with people until bargain
counter tactics were necessary TO get
from one end to the other: at one emu
an immense exposition building packed
until passing through it was next 10
impossible; at the other end an immense
stand packed to it's fullest capacity; All
the fakir resorts full; more than a thou
sand inside the encircling race-trach'
and the grounds everywhere else black
with moving hundreds; add to these the
constant stream coming and gong anu
YOU get some conception of the folks
who came to the Industrial Exposition
of 1898.
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most imposing spectacle. Looking
south towards the entrance gates one
saw nothing but a seething current OF
humanity whirling in curious eddies
with tangent circumference before the
various attractions of Midway, ana
everywhere the bright colors and waving
plumes of the new feminine fall hats
contrasting with the sober colors OF the
masculine attire. and the red CLONES or
the enevitable toy balloons bobbed over
it all like huge red apples swept down q
turbid current swollen with autumnal
rains. ~
The day was perfect and the air came
keen ont of the north where PARKWAY
the blue edge of the enfringing hills cut,
clear and smooth. into the blue of the
sky. And the blood bounded and tingled
in the veins. There was absolutely
nothing to mar the day or jar on the
nerves with incongruities. Nobody
seemed bored or out of humor and it
was a remarkably fine looking lot OF
people. The feminine world mad not
+, been extensively represented until yes
terday. Then the feminine world came
and made it Ladies' Day. And not a
man there but was ready to swear that
there is nothing that can touch the
a -. 4 tln
Heel girl especially, who goes to see the
races in her new taiIor-made habit, the
incarnation of wholesomeness and
grace. Without them the day would
have been stale and flat. lacking the
champagne sparkle and the exhilerating
Utilization that fingers i'll the memory.
Tt would have been at best but half
day, crescent day. so to speak. The
day was full orbed without even a hlck
or crinkle in the rim.
And therefore Colonel John s. Cum
ningham smiled. As why should he
not? Col Cunningham and the Fair are
OF the same age. each 3S years old,
though certainly neither looked it yes
terday And the Fair owed what it
was more to the efforts Of Col. Cum
nineham than to any other one man.
Only few know what he has done
within the past few months to make It
a success. and only a few know what is
required to be done in order to make Of
it the success that it was yesterday ac
knowledged to he. And all this the tire
less President has done desDite the fact
that for several weeks he has been ILL.,
Tar-Heeldom ought to give three cheers
for the indefatigable Colonel Cunning
ham. who was never too sick to be busy
for its Industrial Exposition, nor too busy
to be affable to everybody. The Colonel
is not only the fright man in the right
place." but he has made the place
rieht.
Many Of the schools of the State were
represented. The crowd was largely
leavened with the student element which
accounted partially for IT'S good humor
The female colleges of Louisburg. Ok
ford, Peace Institute and st. Marv's
were each well-represented. as were also
the University. Trinitys Woke Forest,
and of course the A. and M.
THE PARADE
The parade yesterday morning came
off on time and with all the promised
features. The procession formed on Ca
barrus street at eleven and marched up
Fayetteville. At the head, as on the
dNyS, tUt anu Noui
ageous Chief Of Police, followed by a
column of guardians of safety on foot.
Then came a sable bugler bedight in
green and gold. Next followed the
dragon engine of the Southern Railway
with banner bearers in flaming red. Next
was the band wagon The float of Sher-
wood HIggs and COMPANY perhaps at
tracted more attention than anything else
IN the parade, touching as it did the
popular chord of the hour. 1t was highly
lmperialistic. Enthroned at the rear was
Miss Columbia all in red. white and
blue miss May Johnson.) At either
side were tiny maidens in white Misses
wVien ana Lillian Thompson) Mr.
Wesley Jones made an Uncle Sam such
as the artist loves to draw as the reign
ing genius of Yankeedom. and he stood
at the front facing Miss Columbia. With
silken reins Uncle Sam held Porto Rico
Miss Bessie Debam), Hawaii Miss
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