The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-10-14
LET US DECORATE
FOR STATE FAIR
and Make the City Bright
For Next Week
TIE TRAOE pPOrECCIOM
THE TRADE PROCESSION
You Must Join it or You'll be Left
in the March
COL. OLDS IS HUsrLING THINGS LIVELY
The Fair This Year Must BE- the Best That is
Held in the State and Only Raj Ugh
People Can MakeitS So Some
of the Attractions.
of the Attractions.

The industrial parade on Wednesday
of Fair Week will be worthy of the
town. Col. Olds has twice made the
rounds and talked with business men
about the matter. Everyone will re-
call the fine parade last year. The
people who were represented in the
parade were as well pleased as the
spectators, for they saw at once how
capitally they were advertising them.
selves. Well, this years parade will
ee both bigger and better tnan the last
one. The Fair will also be bigger and
better, so everything is in harmony.
sItere is the official list OF those who
are to be in the parade: Sherwood
Riggs d Co., HI. Steinmetz, Joe IL. Mar
Shall, Alien d Cram, j. A. Pope, John
a. Mills, Cooper Bros, The Times,
Wyatt d Co., harnessmakers, the Five
and Ten Cent Store, Bobbitt-Wynne
Drug Company, The Raleigh Cotton
Mill, W. X. Crawford, The News and
Observer, the Postal Telegraph Com
pany, Sylvester Pennington, William
Wynne, illustrating Raleigh's newest
Telephone Company, Sherwood Up
church, the city bill poster, the Plum
Tobacco Company, the Sydnor Artesian
Well Company of Richmond, etc There
are some who VII not allow their
names to be used; and then, too, there
will be others who will come in when
they see this list, as a good example
IS contagious. 1t has been labor oil
love for Col. Olds to see the people
personally about this matter as wei
as about the decoration of the bust
ness houses. He knows what a capital
object lesson to the towns folk as wei
as to visitors a good industrial parade
is. Last years immense gathering
on the streets showed the view the
people took of the matter.
The chief marshal of the industrial
parade will be that hustling young
business man, Joe X. Marshall and he
will have an excellent assistant in the
person of Dalen Stronach. The start
ing place will be Fayetteville street in
front of the Centennial school.
There will be new feature this
time and this also will be an object
lesson. Following the floats. and as a
section of the procession. will be the
citys street cleaning and sanitary de-
partments, with sixteen vehicles in
line, headed by DR.. Sales and his as
sistant, James Jordan. All the vehicles
will be painted, and the drivers will
be in white, the regulation color
white wings they are called in the
big cities.
Mr.. Sydnor will show a gasoline au-
tomobile and artesian well borer. 80
feet in length. Business men who
have not yet made up their minds to
go in, but who experience a change OF
heart in that matter, are asked to
notify Mr.. Marshall. 1t will be a time
when Raleigh ought to put her best
foot forward, and show that she has
laid aside her dolls and put on long
skirts; in other words, is no longer d
village.
Now then, for a little talk about dec.
Grafton. Col. U.ds has been in every
business place, office, etc, on Fayette-
vile street and the cross streets, and
one and all the occupants have promis-
ed to decorate in good style. hidden
dorfer, the well know decorator, has
been written for and will be here this
week. Make the city bright. People
who have not decorated heretofore are
right in the procession this time, they
say. 1t is the right sort of talk for a
progressive place.
The board will make Friday a holi-
day in all the graded schools of the
city, for the celebration of Educational
Day. There will be special program
at the grounds. which will be announc-
cd. Gold medals and diplomas are of
fersd for exhibits by schools and col
leges, of art work apparatus. collec-
tons of specimens, charts, school pub
LEGATION. etc. Best exhibit of maps and
charts No. 1901 of premium list will
receive premium of full set of mans
of the CaXon Company, Chicago. This
donation TO the Fair is the value of S3l
and give through Chas. j. Parker, Di-
rector of the Educational department
For individual pupils cash premiums
are provided. Among others for the
best essay on the subject of North
Carolina and her Resources" $500
cash, and for the second $500. Essay
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