The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-20
FAIRY SCENES FOR
THE COMING FAIR
Parade of Floats to be a Gay
Pageant.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DECIDES TO PUSH THE MATT
WITH VIGOR.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF BUS NESS MEN
Commi Tee Begins Canvass of the City Today.
Floats from Durham and Norfolk.
Line of March to be
Decorated.
Decorated.

Raleigh is going enthusiastically int,
at the State Fair a splendid pageant
representative of the business of thu
city and the State. 1t is certain thai
in number and beauty the floats this
time will surpass anything of recent
years. Committees have been appointed
to take the matter in hand and syste-
matte canvass of the business men OF
the city will begin today.
The line of march is TO be brilliantly
decorated throughout. The following
have already promised to decorate on
Fayetteville street:
East Side-IIicks' drug store, Chas.
Bretsch, J.. A. Pope, Jones n Powell,
johnson & Blake, Misses Karer " Ling
or. Baptist Book Store, G. n. Walters,
Alfred Williams & Co., c. z. Wharton,
Cooperative Co., Dobbn 4 Ferrall,
Hughes & Co, Mark NJ. Smith, S. G.
Pool. Dime Savings Bank. w. B. Mann,
w. Fl. King & Co., Higgs & Co.,
Royster & Co.. Miss Reese, /. 'Rosenthal,
A b. Stronach, w. G. Stronach. s. Il
ID. Berwanger, Sam. /. Smith, City Hall,
Bobbitt- Wynne drug store, A. Dughi,
Citizens National Bank, Thomas Il
Maxwell. Whiting Bros clothing store,
J. I. Johnson, entire Henry Building,
E. V. Denton, Henry Otey, Theo.
Brown. Seaboard Air Line office, South
ern Railway office, Marlborough House,
News and Observer, Carrollton Hotel,
Thomas Pescud.
West Side-Western Union Telegraph
offices Pullen Building, Court House,
Postoffice and U. S. Court House, Nc
Gees drug store. Cross & Linehan, w.
r. Crawford & Son, III. Mailer & Sons,
j. G. S. Lumsden. julius Lewis Co, j..
r. Ferrall & Co, I. III. Briggs & Sons,
Joseph Marshal. Richard Giersch, w.
f. Jones, Boylan, Pearce Il Co., Raj
eigh National Bank. Morning Post, Nj.
Rosenthal. Heller Bros, j. ID. Riggan,
w. T.. Hardin. B. r. Jolly, Everhard
& Baker. Young & Hughes, Garland
Upchurch. ]. S. Pescud, Darnell x
Thomas, Mrs. Fasnach, Southern Elk
press Co., Grimes & Vass.
The Chamber of Commerce held q
session last night jointly with the spe-
cial committee Of the State Fair Exc
cutiye Committee to consider the matter
of a trades parade during the fair. Mr..
Josephus Daniels presided and Col. +.
A. Olds acted as secretary. Secretary
Joseph E. Pogue explained the purpose
of the meeting He said the State Fair
was on a boom; that the general inter
est in it was greater than ever before;
that the one cent mile rate of fare
was greatly appreciated; that the city
was to be admirably decorated. and
that the business men Were DESTROYS
to have a trades parade which would
rival if not surpass, the notable one al
the Raleigh centennial in 1892, when
there were sixty floats. He said Dur
ham would be represented by floats
and that Mr.. Frank Dancy, of Norfolk
who was present, would have a float
in advertising the Virginia and Carolina
Chemical Company.
Mr.. Richard HI. Battle, President Of
the State Agricultural Society, said the
only complaint he had to make with
regard TO the people of Raleigh was
their lack of unanimity of action. He
expressed a special desire TO have the
fair great success. He was pleased