The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-04-12
A Free Street Fair to Be Given May
l4th to 18Th.
REPRODUCTION OF DEWEY ARCH,
Fifteen Bands of Mus;c-A Floral Pa
rade-A Wonderful Show - Ilany
Premiums - Mimic Mardi GraS-
Thousands of Visifors-fIany Other
Attractions.

During the week. from Monday, May
i4th, to Saturday, May 18th, R Richmond
Virginia, will take on an entire new
dress. Bread street, Us feet wide, is 20
he transformed into Worlds Fair of
attractions, consisting Of manufactur
ers of tobacco booths for The mer-
chants exhibits. some Of the booths -
be built of stone. These will occupy
two miles of streets at both ends, for
which contracts have been let to erect
magnificent arches. modelled after the
Dewey arch in New York. These VIII
be built of artificial stone, and will give
to thousands Of people in the South the
first idea of what the Dewey arch is
like. The magnitude Of this FreeSreet
Fair, undertaken by the combined Bus
mess Associations of Richmond. can be
estimated when it is known that they
are to build an Independent electric
light plant to supply the thousands of
lights necessary 10 make the night as,
bright as day. Fifteen bands, irclud-
ing the Stonewall Band Of Staunton,
one of the most famous in The South.
and others from different cities Of
North a-d South Carolina. who will
play continuously throughout the day,
which will Ike it one Of the grand
est collection OF bands ever assembled
in this section OF the country.
The Floral Parade has been taken in
hand by the leading society ladies Of
, inh oor q
and horses will make one continuous
parade of flowers, which will take more
than one hour to pass a given point.
Direct from Brooklyn, n. y. will
come the great Hagenbeck Animal
Show. combined with the Streets Of
Cairo. German Village. and other ori-
ental features, to make this Free Street
Fair worth coming hundreds CT miles
to see.
Every railroad will give special rates
to Richmond during this Carnival
Week, and at committee headquarters
| hoard can be obtained for as little as
$100 per day, including lodging.
Besides the Free Street Fair. the
Floral Carnival. the Brass Band C2rni-
val, and the Hagenbeck Animal Show,
the Streets Of Cairo. the German Vii
lage, the Crystal Maze. Yatch Riding
on Land. all CT which will be crowded
! into Carnival Week. The Business
Mems Association have arranged fer
! MaTdi GraS night. for which artists
| from New Orleans are now building ten
floats. symbolcal of some historical
subject. and in which all the fraternal
organizations. consist-g OF the ElhS,
| Odd Fellows, Knights Cf Pythias, Roval
Arcanums, Heptasophs. Red Men.
Woodmen Of the Wc-id a2d many 9th
ers, are preparing iloats. designed 10
| illustrate the objects Of the various or
| tiers. Also thousands OF Richmond s
citizens will parade en- masque. mid
! gorgeous fireworks and the throwing Of
paper Confetti. From reports this fair
will be as elaborate as was that in My
! Orleans.
i. is expected that scmo five thous-
and militiamen from the South will
| be present to help participate in the
7 many parades. a special fe2,.CTe OF the
week is to be a dinner given 20 Scne
OF the business men Of Richmond By
the managers OF the tI'2|'2sd ?~tTal
SHOW, at which these men will sit down
to dine with the trainsi wild animals
sitting between each man.
Nearly FIVE 'hT!ri'rerl premiums, to be
given away cn diffe-T'nt days of cani-
val week. ino,u1;ng rfaros, clc%E.ng
-four and even $1,000 gold pieces, for
all OF which everybody in any section
of the country mcsl ccCrclE.- The con
tests are very r'cvel, and a premium
list will be sert by mail free, il you
write postal TO The Richmond Car
nival Association, Richmond. Virgin
ia. Preparations have been made 10 en-
tertain three hundred thousand visi-
tors.