The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-10-11
BUSY AND HAPPY.
Things Are Going With a Rush at the
Fair Headquarters.

Fair Headquarters.
Everybody connected with the State
Fair management is busy and happy
these days, and the committees quarters
in the northwest corner of the Pullen
building look like the proverbial land
office There is not department of the
Fair that is not coming in for its due
share of attention at the hands of ex-
hibitors.
The gold watch of the Bobbitt- Wynne
Drug Co., is attracting q splendid line
of pantry supplies. But as the collec-
ton for this particular premium do not
compete for the separate premiums, there
is room for all house keepers to send
anything in which they may excel.
The entries of stock yesterday morn
ing beat all records. There will not be
vacant stall, and any who delay much
longer will risk having a place. Messrs
Campbell & Son. of Pittsfield, Ohio, en-
tered yesterday % sheep and 80 hogs of
best varieties. They are old friends of
the Fair, and many new ones are COM
iHg in.
New attractions are being daily added.
The management has just secured the
wonderful educated horse, Forest Temp
est. who will perform on the track daily.
A free exhibition complimentary to the
visitors of the Fair. He marches, PAGES,
trots. runs and performs contortion
tricks at command, beside doing an
original Cake Walk. This horse has
been educated until at the request of
visitors he will read, write, spell, figure
M sums. act as postmaster, &c, while
his trainer stands in the audience. He
can select the prettiest girl III crowd,
and is the only horse in the world able
TO write figures on black board.
The Cotton Growers Convention for
Wednesday night is a very important
matter. and / note in the State eX
changes is receiving the attention it
merits.
There will be brief spirited addresses
and definite plans will be proposed for
the direct interest of all eetton growers.
The annual meeting of the Confederate
Veterans Association is now one OF the
institutions OF our people. 1t will have
special interest this year, on account of
the Annual address of the President,
sGen. ]. S. Carr, who is also the Major
General commanding the North Caro-
lima Division of United Confederate
Veterans The meeting is in the Senate
Chamber at $3.50 p. m. on Wednesday,
18th. Capt. G. Il. benson, Secretary
and Treasurer has notified all the fifty
camps of the State, requesting repre-
sentation from each, but all Confed-
crate Veterans, are cordially welcomed,
the object being the reunion of old COM
panions in arms, and a consultation for
the welfare of needy veterans, through
the treasury for the Soldiers Home,
and pensions. THE girls from st. Marys
Peace Institute, the Baptist Female Uni
yersity, will attend the Fair in a
body this year, besides the hundreds of
visitors who are arriving every day in
the city.
The entertainments, dances, recita-
tions and the like will be numerous and
delightful.
The fifteen dollars offered by the Fa-
rina Mills for rolls to be made from their
flour is sought after. There Will be "a
special attendant in charge of the entries
under this head in the department. OF
pantry supplies.
Already about 20 horses are in the
stalls at the Fair grounds-trotters and
PAGERS mostly-and others will arrive
daily until the entries close on Saturday.
Middledorfer & Son, of Richmond, Va,
expert decorators, are here and the city
is beginning to assume its fair bunting.
Exhibits are pouring in and the Far
ground siding will be one of thebuslest
bits of railroad in the State from this
until the end of the Fair.
The committee on floats held another
meeting yesterday afternoon and report
ed everything as progressing in high
ly satisfactory manner. Several new
floats were reported.