Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-04-11
A Free Street Fair TO Be Given May
l4th TO 18th.
REPRODUCTION OF DEWEY ARCH.
Ffteen Bands of Music-A Floral Pa
rade A Wonderful Show - r,suy
Premiums Mimic Mardi Gras-
thousands of Visiiorss1any Other
Attractions.

the week, from Monday. MAY
lf'h, to Saturday. May l9th, Richmond
Virginia, will take on an entire now
dress. Broad street, lis feet wide. is ~
he transformed into a WORLDS r1,ir NJ
attractions, consisting of manufoc+ur
erS oi tobacco. booths for the mer-
Fhants exhibits. some of the booths ;o
De built of stone. These will ocerpv
TWO miles Of streets at both ends for
which contracts have been let to erect
magnificent arches, modelled after .hc
Dewey arch IN New York. These VIII
he oullt OF artificial stone. and will give
10 thousands OF people in the South th.
IlrSt idea or what the Dewey arch is
llke. lhe magnitude of this FreeStrpe+
fHlr' undertaken by the combined Bus-
mess Associations of Richmond. can ne
estimated when il is known that they
are TO build an independent electric
llghL plant TO supply the thousands nf
IlShtS necessary TO make the night as
bright as day. Fifteen bands. includ
ing the Stonewall Band of Staunton
one or the most famous in the South
and others from different cities oi
North AID South Carolina. VINO will
play continuously throughout the dav,
which will lake it one of the grand,
est collection OF bands ever assembled
In this section Of the country.
The Floral Parade has been taken i'm
hand by the leading society ladies of
hlchmond. whose magnificent carriages
and horses will make one continuous
parade of flowers, which will take more
than one hour to pass n given point.
Direct from Brooklyn, N y, will
hn
SHOW, combined with the Streets OF
cairo, German Village. and other ori-
ental features, 10 make this Free Street
Fair worth coming hundreds of miles
to see
Every railroad will give special ro+es
TO Richmond during this Carnival
Week, and at committee Headquarters
hoard can be obtained for as little as
Sl.O0 per day. including lodging.
Besides the Free Street Fair. the
Floral Carnival the Brass Band Oarni-
val. and the Hagenbeck Animal Show.
the Streets OF Cairo the German Viii
lage. the Crystal Maze, Yatch Riding
on Land, all Of which will be crowded
into Carnival Week The business
Mems Association have arranged for
Mardi Gr.ts night, for which artists
from New Orleans are now building ten
hoats, Symbollcal OF some historical
subject, and in which all the fraternal
organizations. consisting of the Elks.
Ocd Fellows, Knights Of Pythias. Roval
Arcanums. Heptasophs. Red Men.
Woodmen OF the World and many 9th
ers. are preparing floats. designed To
illustrate the objects OF the various or
ders. Also thousands of Richmond's
citizens will parade en- masuue. mid
gorgeous fireworks and the throwing OF
paper Confetti. From reports this fair
will be as elaborate as was that in New
Orleans
i, is expected that some five thous-
and militiamen from the South will
he present 10 help participate in the
many DsTades. i special ferture OF the
week IS 20 be a dinneT given no some
OF the business men OF Richmond by
the managers CT the tnaI7ed 2.~fnnl
show at whioh these men will st down
20 dine with the trained wild animals
sitting between each man.
Nearly five Eyrr'rol T-emiums. to be
given 2'Nay CI different Gays of csni-
val week, in v''ng p'ar0s. cl.'rtne
flour and even $1,000 gold pieces. fo!
all c. which evCrytcdy in any section
OF Inc ccCn;ry mrn co-tci-.. The con-
tees are very rcvel. and a premium
Est will Ee serit by mail free IL Won
wy.,e pcetal to the r., hmond car!
nival Association, Richmond, Virgin
IA. Pnepar'tio have been made TO on
eertain three hundred thousand vlsi-
tors